Finally - The Big Clash! || Arjun vs Carlsen || Tata Steel Chess India (2024)

[@Puschit1]

"And now Magnus is winning even though it's not clear why" lol, yeah, everybody else is always puzzled but eventually you'll come to the conclusion that the answer simply is "because he is Magnus"

[@spidermiddleagedman]

because i am batman

[@nishmusic4438]

Timestamp?

[@Puschit1]

@@nishmusic4438 9:12

[@Machiavelli-b2s]

Coming out to prove why he's still No. 1

[@herearewe]

Dude everyone knows he is a prodigy, born to play chess. 😊

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Prove to who

[@vivekpipalia1182]

Dude! Spoiler!!

[@khann2159]

He has Notting to prove everyone knows he is way ahead of everyone by a very large margin

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Play Tainanov Sicilian with a black peaces with King in the centar against 2800 is nuts and yes he also won i mean😂

[@charlesf8774]

Chess is so consistent with Magnus, I love it, it really shows the incredible skill difference. Curious, are there any other sports where a winner beats someone else so consistently? I'm thinking arm Wrestling maybe?

[@Shiba_George]

Jon bones jones

[@GladwinNgobeni]

@@Shiba_George The ducker?

[@indcredible7839]

​@@Shiba_George That comparison would imply Magnus ducks Fabi, Hikaru, Arjun, Alireza. Takes up matches with low 2700s and declares himself the best because he never loses to them. Also, he pokes his opponents in the eye after every 5 moves.

[@Shiba_George]

@@indcredible7839 then in that case maybe Michael Phelps, bolt, Michael Jordan had similar domination no?

[@KingStibroz]

Armand Duplantis in polevault.

[@Kwaj]

*Magnus:* We're gonna party like it's 1999!

[@petermhart]

Awesome game! So entertaining. Great commentary as always!

[@agadmator]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@almahmud9345]

Arjun rating is incorrect

[@Drunkenmaster632]

​@@almahmud9345Why so, Sir?

[@baonguyennnnn]

@@almahmud9345I think this is rapid rating, not classical rating

[@tarangabanerjee2693]

Watched this game live today at Kolkata. Witnessing the Mozart of Chess in action, is something unbelievable 🔥

[@namikazeswapnil671]

When Morphy and magnus is playing it is indeed a sight to behold

[@rossdevlin5251]

Bach tops Mozart

[@aleladebiri]

​@@rossdevlin5251 nice to see a man of culture.

[@manashisarkar9775]

Did you have to register beforehand, or did you drop in at the venue and they let you in? I know there are no tickets for the event.

[@ulkesh6031]

Yes, I like the analogy. The Mozart of chess. In that case, who's Bach?

[@viralviral3200]

Hello agadmator,Just wanted to say i paired up with you in a bullet game 2 hours ago I was black and i played caro-kann you attacked me in the king side with the queen bishop battey but you flagged at the end just wanted to say good games and a was so hyped and nevrous to play just happed out of nowhere.

[@agadmator]

Good game! Rematch soon!

[@gabrielmakoba9329]

Thank the Lord Trump is back in the Whitehouse.

[@scienceatitsbest5836]

@@gabrielmakoba9329Get a life

[@ralph0149]

​@@gabrielmakoba9329 hey, I voted for the guy too but this comment does not belong here. Please respect the channel.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@gabrielmakoba9329trump is garbage please don’t make political statements because this is not the place

[@neverknow1317]

Everyone coming and commenting that arjun was gaining ELO because he was playing 2600s as if they know anything about chess. This is not classical you arm chair experts. Arjun is near 2700 in Rapid, the Elo difference as you can see on the side is more than 100. Try to look at what is happening before giving dumb opinions.

[@PeterWhite-q1k]

Such righteous indignation over what? Did anyone get injured in this situation. Please, for your own health and the health of those around you, please relax and don't sweat the small stuff (and yes, most of life's frustration are over small stuff).

[@devadathans5506]

​​@@PeterWhite-q1k I don't feel like he is the more offended one here now.

[@johnjameson6751]

Yes that was my thought also - Magnus excels in particular at rapid, whereas Arjun does not.

[@nihilistPenguinz]

Indians doing Indian thing.

[@Flashyfinancier]

​@@nihilistPenguinzscams?

[@goonerboy93]

I love how Magnus has that fianchetto style set up in the middle of the board. Never seen that before

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

Ya i noticed the same. Ofcourse i have seen the black king in the center with that pawn structure many times before, but to have a sort of a dragon bishop in there is pretty new for me.

[@JBfromFL]

I've only been watching your videos for a few months now. The videos are great! Thank you for making them!

[@MrSupernova111]

Wow! Incredible game by these two! As competitive as Magnus is he must have loved the impressive game by his opponent. Amazing game! Thanks!

[@yassine-sa]

Don't forget that Magnus's highest classical rating is 2882, yes he's 2831 now but that's because he's not really interested by ratings nowadays, if he was to really focus on his classical rating no doubt he will be at least 2860+, but that would be exhausting for him without much of a reward which is why he's not going for it

[@devansh5562]

Lol no. It doesn't work like that. He can't be 2860 if there are no 2800 players to play against. And as Magnus himself said, the FIDE ratings have deflated in recent years so today's 2830 is more like 2850 from a few years back

[@yassine-sa]

@devansh5562 okay that could be an explanation as well, I thought his rating decreased because he doesn't care anymore as he used to

[@hmmm3210]

​@@devansh5562 He can. He just needs to have a much better win ratio.

[@devansh5562]

@@yassine-sa yes you are also kind of right. If he was playing more classical against top players he would be higher right now. When he reached 2882 he was motivated by his goal of reaching 3000 but slowly he realised it's impossible so now he doesn't care much about ratings as long as he has a decent gap with the number 2.

[@cazorla82]

@@devansh5562Yes I agree iirc there were around 5-6 super gms over 2800 around that time. Now it’s almost impossible to reach 2900 but can def happen in the near future

[@somtoChess_]

he generally gets a slow start, and then he clears the field the next games

[@jire9831]

Just like the old Morphy matches. It's almost as if they are an AI learning and then getting stronger.

[@kolaas2006]

3:35 why not Qxc2+???

[@janakibajatovski]

I was looking for this comment

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

after Ka1 you have to recapture the knight. Then comes Rc1 attacking the queen and seizing the open c file. White is better

[@akakia1989]

Your phone: don't worry, I am listening all the time.

[@ferassoliman4441]

كارلسن يثبت ما لايحتاج للاثبات

[@bogdan449]

Brilliant

[@AppleJuice-or4qs]

3:37 why not QxC2?

[@edwardlane1255]

I think after the king moves - assuming you also take the knight you get Rc1 (see comment above) - but not sure where it goes if you take bishop instead, the knight to b6 threatens mate - forking the rook, so I guess the rook moves and gets tied to d8 followed by bishop to g5, but I think you are then in a more complex game than I can hold :)

[@RoskildeJonas]

10:39 "The absolute best move by Magnus" - In my head I got it mixed up with "The absolute best move recommended by the engine", but unsurprisingly agreed, that he is indeed an engine.

[@awm8158]

Move 8 = new game. At this level. Amazing!

[@Galactopus]

4:05 time difference is crazy

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Arjun might be better off just playing solidly with a bit of defense instead of his usual aggressive style play especially against a player of Magnus’s caliber Thanks for the Game enjoy your day Agadmator

[@snatchinyopeople]

he'd still lose

[@davidkwong1503]

after black nd5 and white captured the knight why magnus dont go for qc2+ first and wins a pawn before capture the knight

[@edwardlane1255]

I think if you just move the king to the corner and then take the knight you get Rc1 which pins the queen to the rook - the queen probably takes the bishop on e2 and then Rxc8+ - so in the end it becomes an unfavourable trade of rook for pawn and bishop

[@DiegoHavenstein]

at 3:38, why didn't Magnus take on c2 first, and after Ka1 Bxd5? What am I missing?

[@ubertoaster99]

Looks like Rc1 is winning.

[@DiegoHavenstein]

@@ubertoaster99 yup, that's what I missed

[@martinskoda8725]

Ruthless...such precise play

[@Dexsting]

Why in almost every video does he say "sorry about that" and reach to do something. Is there a noise I can't hear he's turning off? It's in almost every video and I now admit I have no clue what's going on and it's driving me crazy.

[@wellesmorgado4797]

It is in every video. If he does not do that, it is certainly a fake AI video.

[@goose5462]

It's become quite annoying.

[@thembadube9589]

It's a ritual that goes back a long way.

[@mitchleblanc]

"Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of."

[@DavidMatthews88]

"Sorry about that" I love it, trademark!

[@julianfraredavis2842]

ty your channel's the best at explaining games imo

[@turtle752436]

12:13 Now, i did notice, and i would pay 3 to 1 if Arjun did not notice the move that would cost him the game, the move that scared him the most. As i would pay 8 to 1 if the key moment that Magnus hinged upon was not, that same move, as he obviously had prepated this. Failing that, i'd pay 16 to 1 if Magnus was winging it, but knew that he would probably win this game, after the move. 14..Bxg2 Advantage Carlsen! Checkers alert on Whites kingside!

[@michaeldao1]

@3:33 If the white N captures why not Qxc2+?

[@NJ-ky9jm]

Because after Kb1 you can’t recapture on d5 with the bishop due to Rc1 winning the rook on c8, so you’d have to recapture with the pawn which is bad for black.

[@dontrachtman3095]

Arjun showed real courage castling queenside in this game. He gave Magnus an attacking sequence.

[@phoenixfly366]

at 3:24 , the logical and the most obvious move is f3 which arjun was supposed to play. reason he didnt play it he wanted imbalances in the position so that he could out calculate magnus. intuition triumphs over intellect in shorter time controls. man the reason im most disappointed by is tomorrow magnus will beat nodirbek and it'd all be over... no competition whatsoever... prediction : magnus wins the blitz section with 2 points lead ;)

[@stantheman143]

#suggestion - Yo Agadmator! Hope you're doing fine frined. At some point - would you like to cover Laster vs Ralph Gahtan from 1975? There is a brilliant sequence of moves that ends the game with an explosion (no spoilers for the people in the comments), generally a good vintage game to cover :D

[@VishwasRao-k6v]

Why not ....Qxc2+ after Nxd5 (instead Bxd5). You are also winning the bishop on e2.

[@ricardo072]

Magnus with minimal effort is showing Arjun how a real 2800+ player play chess...

[@samsuddinhussain1123]

Yup when I said Arjun is good all other Indian players r great too .But during the Olympiad just after speed chess championship where magnus won ,I commented that magnus is not taking Olympiad seriously when magnus lost 😂😂😂. And then I was jumped by all those salty Indian kids 😂😂😂. And I gave them the proper reasons that magnus team is not that good except for him and tari .He has no prep at all which is required for classical .And he is most likely not even willing to play and was just coming after the speed chess championship so not in right state of mind.Also he willingly left the world champion status becoz he doesn't like all classical formats . And as u expect from Indian kids they started arguing abt it 😂😂😂.Like magnus is noone 😂😂😂

[@007Saad007]

LOL There's no "real" 2800 Arjun may not be as strong as Magnus but he is still 2800+ at the moment and as "real" as it can be. Question is for how long he can stay 2800+. But at the moment, he is there already.

[@animeshsharma6338]

And when I thought of studying, I heard - "Hello Everyone" 😂💯

[@rmh9419]

Pls cover welsey so vs arjun erigaisi

[@bisket81]

This was rapid though. The big clash for these two needs to be in classical.

[@mamaBucketvfx]

Love the both players in thumbnail, no spoilers #suggestion

[@Jk-ki7tr]

Never have I ever wanted Magnus to lose. I watched a documentary of him as a child playing Kasparov and supported him ever since

[@justanotherguy625]

Arjun clearly over-extended. He played rough like he plays random 2600s

[@arkzbh]

Magnus himself said Arjun plays like that, like a mad man. Hikaru also said it'll be interesting to see if can keep his dubious way of playing infront of the absolute bests like Magnus, Hikaru, Fabi or So for example. He

[@monikaperson99]

​@@arkzbh Arjun lost against Wesley as well in round 4

[@critical_analysis]

​@@monikaperson99He is very young and needs experience. He himself is not bothered with ranking or rating. He is very level-headed and talented player. We see people either hype him or dismiss him. Very rarely people are giving balanced views. It will take at least a year or before he becomes consistently strong.

[@malcolm_in_the_middle]

"Random 2600s". What a statement. Yeah, they may not be the best of the best, but they're still world-class. They're not scrubs.

[@monikaperson99]

​@@critical_analysis Nordirbek is one year younger than Arjun and has a much better result. It's far from clear, who of the youngsters will be the next goat.

[@InvestIntelShorts]

7:40 Oh Agad, it’s always listening :/

[@marvelfan4029]

Nice video!!

[@MaxyDandyYT]

3:37, why not snatching a pawn with Queen before recapturing the knight?

[@varadkousadikar9424]

After king moves to A1, black will have to worry about Rc1 winning the rook

[@MaxyDandyYT]

@varadkousadikar9424 thank you

[@sagnikghosh25]

​@@varadkousadikar9424 , why black can then trade rooks

[@d4slaimless]

"You can see audience in the back, both of them..." Incomplete quote might be quite misleading.

[@ronjohnson9690]

One of the more interesting games I have seen.

[@go4teeth334]

@agadmator why not Bxa3 instead of Nf6 (at 03.19)?

[@matthewross3828]

7:49. Your phone is always listening. Lol

[@khallell]

Flawless game , bravo

[@MrRaindog]

I never get tired of watching Magnus win.

[@stateofdecay2210]

Kasparov said the world championship ended with Magnus and now it is just a fide competition 🧐🧐🧐 I'm beginning to understand why

[@miserere_me9168]

i request some game with dubov it as been a while!

[@Broke_Stacker]

Whatever happened to Shaun Wilcoxen?

[@Smmaskman1507]

Potentially matchups should be in classical not in rapid or blitz. Arjun rated 2750 in blitz.. people in comments don't know they are playing Rapid & Blitz

[@RaunakSharma-kv6my]

People are stupid af

[@matejtopic826]

They are playing Rapid

[@mohamedthrwat8979]

#suggestion :: Fawzy, Adham vs Loay, Sameer ..Round 7 Arab Chess Championships 2024

[@guptayush179]

Buddy won 2 games in a row and thought he could castle queenside against Magnus Carlsen 💀💀

[@critical_analysis]

@@guptayush179 where did he win 2 games in a row...what is your rating and id, where you play? Because castling queen side is a commin feature in sharp sicilian for imbalances.

[@SreeramReddyB]

Magnus is not unbeatable in any position.

[@SpaceEag11]

At best he can contend for number 2 position, MC has the 1st place reserved.

[@cartmelthreads2867]

before Magnus capture the knight on d4 i did it several times

[@johnjameson6751]

I want to see Arjun and Magnus play a classical game!

[@sleepingtiger4436]

it takes many attempts. so this is likely just the start. but magnus isnt going to get taken down by any single game.

[@kasparov20]

its winter ,the farming stopped

[@moaek3966]

There are levels to this shii .

[@purvammodi5257]

Such a fine game !!!

[@daviddurbin7682]

Crushing as always

[@stevemuigai1464]

"You can beat other players and get close to Magnus in rating but that is not same as playing against Magnus himself"

[@kingyodah5415]

You know the quality of the game when your phone suddenly starts listening to you 😂

[@S08GTM]

Lets be honest - Arjun is a strong player but the tournaments he was involved in the past where he gained lot of elos were against not as strong players like this one. He has a bright future but still lot to prove.

[@critical_analysis]

This is rapid and not classicsl. He gained in classical.

[@renishisrael9520]

​@@critical_analysiseven in classical, he has not played top 10 GMs often

[@critical_analysis]

@@renishisrael9520 yeah, he is not 40 yr old, his journey has just started. Very talented youngster and I believe he will prove himself in the future. We need to give time to these youngsters, they need to perform at top level at least for few years before anyone talks about comparisons. Alireza, Arjun, Gukesh, Nodirbek, Keymar, Prag, etc., all have great potential to be top players in classical chess and maybe someday world champions.

[@fsflip3111]

This Magnus guy seems pretty good at chess.. I hope he tries classical at some point.. He might even win.. not sure, but its possible. He plays well..

[@exponentmantissa5598]

The Empire strikes back!

[@physicscogitor6192]

Magnus simply is the best. Shame that there is no young Bobby Fischer around to challenge him. In the end, my bet would be on Bobby being trained by modern computers, but it is very unclear.

[@nihilistPenguinz]

Big clash? Where? When? How?

[@rwarren58]

No spoilers! Thank you!

[@prim16]

Magnose Carlos' Son does it again!

[@amyalindaily3781]

Tks for the game ❤

[@paragzade27488]

Dude!! If everyone's a pawn grabber, why is his soul made of silicon!! 😂

[@121nahibataunga]

Everyone giving comments as if Arjun is about to retire from chess and reached his peak.

[@RaunakSharma-kv6my]

End of the world

[@colegieseking5136]

Rb8 before Ra8 just seems like a clear waste of a tempo.

[@dmaniaxd5447]

Problem with Indian kid is he mostly won against 2700-2690 and got the points. Playing against Carlsen is different.

[@critical_analysis]

@@dmaniaxd5447 but yiu know he is a young guy right? Carlsen in his initial.years was.smashed by Annand too, right?

[@mercronniel3122]

@@critical_analysiscalm down.

[@ninecat9341]

​@@critical_analysis when carlsen was young vishy was already in his 30s

[@critical_analysis]

@@ninecat9341 yeah, because he was inexperienced and later on managed to turn the tables easily. Here, everyone is commenting like Arjun is some 5 yr veteran at top level, he is just starting his journey. Long way to go. Too many noobs commenting rubbish nowadays. Either they hype to the moon or dismiss completely.

[@stowlicters8362]

@@critical_analysis poo in the loo

[@Ahmed-ui5wn]

I desperately want to know what is Agadmator always sorry about 😂 . Great vid as usual.

[@Kwshal]

Wait how he got to 2707 from 2800+ ?

[@amitraohuman]

That's in classical. This is rapid.

[@Kwshal]

@amitraohuman ok

[@tadeuszbazooka6498]

It's a proper time for Magnus to start compete in Fischer random. We know already that he is no.1 in classic chess. Now its a moment to prove that he can conquer on non theoretical ground.

[@ultrainstinctshaggy669]

Arjun feeling like a big fish in the ocean in the standings

[@mariosilva-s7i]

its always great when the goat proves again why him have 2800

[@LympyDownunder]

Magnus will always be the greatest non-computer assisted player of all time, I say this because the era is coming and it's enevitable

[@abhinavsahay-n4v]

what a win for magnus

[@englishtinglish5416]

No one comes 100 miles closer to Magnus😀 Title went wrong

[@pashapasovski5860]

Gods Vs Titans !

[@red32_12]

tomorrow , Magnus is going to be way ahead and the rest will be gasping for breath trying to win the second place... if Magnus is in the right form , he is untouchable..

[@snatchinyopeople]

Untouchable? They're in India

[@sagarsawant3955]

Magnus is just at different level..

[@God_emperor_Doom]

Bloody hell Indians are the new Soviets 😅. They are dominating this board 12:35

[@critical_analysis]

None of the Indian prodogies are that great at faster controls. They are strong at classical controls, when they whopped all in Olympiads and Gukesh challenging for WC match. Got it Einstrin? 😂

[@507RiverRock]

Taimanov was playing in 1999?

[@joykikx5301]

Wat happened to gukesh 😢

[@enzoweber4845]

He is preparing for World chess championship

[@SanjeevDDandekar]

Three Indian super GMs at the bottom. Not what Indian supporters would like. But you win some you lose some and you lose more often than not when your opponent is the great Magnus.

[@1Eagler]

Magnus and chess programs humble chess players.

[@antoniotruong5647]

The final boss fight.

[@michaelcarrig627]

Who is thinking we get Gukesh vs Arjun for the World Championship next year? India would pop off.

[@critical_analysis]

This is rapid, world championship is in classical.

[@Neltrix2000]

@@critical_analysis Youre acting as if he suggested the world championship was gonna be in rapid. Are you slow?

[@critical_analysis]

@@Neltrix2000 then why to discuss classical in rapid where both Arjun and Gukesh were never that strong and here the discusson was rapid? Also, Gukesh is competing for WC match anyway, so in future Gukesh vs Arjun may happen. No one gave Gukesh chance but he won candidates. Got it Mr.Einstein sorry Mr.Super Slow....Don't think big of yourself, ok?

[@Neltrix2000]

@ Gukesh and Arjun are both strong in classical and this guy made a comment about it in one of Arjun’s rapid games. Why are you so mad about it? The 5th grade insults were funny tho

[@critical_analysis]

@@Neltrix2000 you do know how sarcastic and insulting he was, right? I just give the same medicine which I receive. Give respect and take it back. Anyway, I am sorry.

[@fahmifarizi7242]

everyone is awesome untill they face magnus...

[@philippfrogel9355]

This game was so counterintuitive and unprincipal. Just wow

[@anmolverma9318]

It's 2806. Not, 2706. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@kolawolelawalson7770]

It's 2706, and even less now in Rapid.

[@drnnnkk]

Who else is watching every video since 4 years ago?

[@thenakedsingularity]

You are so fast!

[@Microguru1]

While most of the top GMs struggling against arjun and magnus defeated him without doing castling magnus level chess😂

[@Microguru1]

@jire9831 yeah right like candidates

[@Microguru1]

@@jire9831 it's rapid