'He's showing you your stupidity' - Giri vs Carlsen | Grand Chess Tour Zagreb 2019

[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@mwangikimani3970]

This is very Kasparov-ian the positional dynamism that Carlsen has recently developed - makes him a very dangerous opponent now! A modern day Fischer.

[@strong8705]

Unfair game, one queen is Siberia, the other nicely centralized at a8.

[@nicknamenescio]

Fantastic video, as always. Of course, the most recent things often seem the most impressive, but still: This feels to me like one of Carlsen's best games to date and it again underscores the dynamic transformation he went through, towards a more complete player, following his intense preparation for the Caruana match.

[@nicknamenescio]

@@clydemccoy1768 You are entitled to your opinion. Carlsen cannot be blamed for bad moves by Giri. The graveness of Giri's mistakes only became apparent a bit later down the road. Carlsen swiftly, creatively and decisively punished these accumulating smaller mistakes and totally crushed the world no. 4 in under 25 moves. Surely an impressive feat. Problem with "Carlsen's best games" is that there are so many of them and something for every taste. So someone will always have other favorite games, and that is a good thing.

[@iwanabana]

@@clydemccoy1768 care to share a few of your favorite games of Carlsen, apart from the one you mentioned above?

[@louismiller4374]

Man you are probably more than 1000 points lower rates than these players. You cannot judge at all whether a game was high (2900 ELO) or low quality (2600 ELO). If someone enjoyed this game because it was just crushing, stfu and don’t act like a smartass.

[@Pu14unkiihooiV]

@@clydemccoy1768 > Please don't make this about "my opinion." Are you on a blast? It is about your opinion *in any case*, you're not the one to hummer nails in our heads "to accuratuly (to your opinion) describe" > your lack of intelligence and your lack of understanding chess. You're an absolute idiot if Just go get some

[@user-svqmbiv]

@@clydemccoy1768You're a complete asshole.

[@PolicyofIllusion]

The passive activity of many of Carlsen's pieces in combination with how well his king is protected is just insane. There's such a beauty to his play, even when played in an era of as much skill and preparation as we have nowadays. It's hard to imagine someone will come along and topple him some day.

[@williamkyburz]

Thank you Daniel for a great analysis of a complex game.

[@williamhk1847]

3:20 reminds me how little I understand about top level chess. Simply in awe at the understanding of these super GMs.

[@rhalleballe]

Wow, what a game! Carlsen makes it look easy, really impressive! Thx Daniel for the video, still the best chess channel on youtube!

[@paulsontag9233]

I think AlphaZero’s arrival has helped Carlsen immensely. Elements of Carlsen’s style and and approach to the game can be seen in AZ’s and I believe this has given him enormous confidence knowing he is on the right track.

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

Alpha Zero and Carlsen have polar opposite styles.

[@Immortalassassin1]

Magnus seems to be unstoppable. His rating is massive! He's a beast with no beast slayer in sight. :D

[@nonavailable4000]

" Gigi simply couldn't cope with the change of gear !!" , Great chess poet Daniel King !!

[@johnnybrew1]

Giri thrashed. It's certainly a shocker when your Queen is in Siberia. :)

[@ahilanpalarajah3159]

You mean Georgia

[@sarbasov]

@@ahilanpalarajah3159 listen to 13:02

[@okatebuch]

Thank you Daniel for this excellent instructive video!

[@melodychest9020]

I think we should call him CARL-ZEN cos he is in the realm of the Zen with supernatural intuition and meditative chess. He is well past the ritual study of chess for best moves. Instead he now mesmerises his opponents from playing to watching .. from Siberia!! Great one Daniel.

[@gambitgareth]

I regret not saying hello and thanking you in person in Scotland recently - I was too shy haha! thanks for your content it's always instructive.

[@technowey]

A friend recommended your channel. I think this is the first video of your I’ve watched, and I’m already hooked. I subscribed. Thank you for this video.

[@HiReeZin]

Carlsen has an enormous practical strenght. Giri has modest 2779 and MC seeks and goes to speculative play - and a massacre in under 30 moves. He really deserves to be the world champion.

[@markritchie8874]

Illustrates a paradox pointed out once by Carlsen himself, that when you're playing well your opponents don't raise their game, they play worse.

[@mofalaufkultur46]

"And with white's Queen in Siberia..." made my afternoon! :)

[@Electronite1978]

Giri is such an honest person when he get's owned. 7...d6 looked so ugly but Magnus showed his magic.

[@fredrikmannsverk5071]

Nice analysis, Daniel. Keep up the good work.

[@chazzabh]

"Giri couldn't cope with the change of Gir!"

[@Algolxxxxxx]

A note worthy game. Carlsen's rook is developed by default on h8 in one corner of the board and his queen best placed on a8 in the other corner of the board.

[@Third297]

Brilliant analysis, as always.

[@edmorrell3421]

Carlsen plays the first 1/3 of this like someone messing about - position even looks a bit flaky. But 10 moves later the game is over & all the seeming complexities were bad for white - very difficult to solve as they say.

[@swapnilv2439]

Great analysis as always

[@456death654]

I’m in awe from this game. Amazing

[@sebastianapolo8515]

Carlsen in full Fischer mode.

[@thamim1991]

Magnificent Magnus.. great video.

[@amodelchucrut]

I recommend watching in 1.15x speed :D great vid as always!

[@muhammadshahid-bc2ov]

Always an excellent comentry by super man

[@doncar9]

Nice analysis as always Danny. Isn't it funny how even the strongest players get beaten doing something as stupid as a novice would. In Giri's case manoeuvring his queen out of play. His best chance to save himself came after he played Ne2 covering the d4 square when he could have played Qe4 without facing Qd4 from Carlson. A wonderful game from Carlson. Should keep Giri quiet on the tweets for a while.

[@anthonykernich1035]

Queen in the corner reminds me of that Stenitz game with colours reversed

[@humanrightsadvocate]

Do you remember the time when Giri used to be Carlses's kryptonite?

[@hoozimajiget]

Kryptonite? Giri has 1 win against Magnus in classical time format. Magnus is +4, -1, =18.

[@tgwnn]

@@hoozimajiget the original post used the past tense. Giri was undefeated (+1) for a long time before Carlsen finally beat him.

[@Shockprowl]

Umph. Good grief, Carlsen's just... well, he's just the best in history, surely? Now, I know Grandmasters and chess historians don't like to consider the question 'The Best in History',or 'The Best Ever' etc, but.... Carlsen really is.

[@inguh7041]

Wow. Excellent of Carlsen. Unlike Kramnik, whose results dipped upon becoming World Champion, Carlsen seems to be getting stronger. Like Kasparov.

[@MjrLeegInfidel]

The game was remarkable and I'm a Maggie fanboy, but I was hoping youd cover the So/Ding game

[@aneet4316]

Nice video !

[@rookcrusher4962]

Brilliant stuff by Carlsen - what a Champion! Not looking good for Vishy tomorrow... although it is unfortunate for him that this will be his fifth Black against Magnus in a row!

[@shauntaylor6040]

Why do we need a World Championship match, its clear who the best player in the world is.

[@nilsp9426]

Great strategically sound game by Carlsen, but Giri really tempted fate early on... His improvisations looked dubious.

[@ricj441]

Fantastic!..'your own stupidity'...perhaps Giri finally wising up!

[@joshuagonzales4009]

Maybe d6 was just a possible variation if white plays h4 who knows, GoodGame shows you dynamic plays and why did giri allowed his knight to be captured by that black light squared bishop :3

[@yorick021]

Since Carlsen started playing the Nc6 sicilian, I wonder how he would handle the main line of the Sveshnikov with Bg5. Caruana only used Nd5 in their WC match.

[@HiReeZin]

There was a tournament last year(?) where he faced the main line Bg5 at least twice. One of them was against Giri, IIRC. Danny reviewed that game here.

[@HiReeZin]

OK, I think it was this year Tata Steel masters, but can't find right now King's video on that game :-( There was a one.

[@subudjj9368]

"With whites queen in Siberia" lol

[@sanekabc]

What do you mean by a "dynamic" position?

[@reddevilkev]

If they show this game with faster moves over the board you would think it is a blitz game. Giri had no chance!!

[@2bo.7rb]

I am a subscriber from the middle east ☺☺

[@HiReeZin]

Gens una sumus

[@flippert0]

Black's pawn structure is compromised. Carlsen showed great confidence in his piece Play on the king side.

[@mustafasaid2797]

Good Commentory. À Giri play badly lots of weak move thus making It easy for Carlsen. Thé world champ is not afraid to variés from thé Usual Line... g6. And Hé Also brave enought to let oppenant Take pawn with check. Bravooooo Carlsen

[@claudealain85]

Carlsen agit de façon pragmatique et humaine. Il est prêt à jouer des coups assez laids et pas forcément les meilleurs mais qui sortent son adversaire robotisé de sa préparation. Il l'avait fait avec Caruana (la Sveshnikov aux deux cavaliers avancés) et là, avec l'horrible mais déstabilisant pion d6.

[@PowerPlayChess]

186/5000 Je suis d'accord avec vos pensées sur le jeu de Carlsen. Mais, j'ai joué toute ma carrière aux échecs avec un pion d6, est ce n'est pas mal!

[@claudealain85]

@@PowerPlayChess Si vous le dites, c'est sûrement vrai. Je n'ai pas un niveau suffisant pour contester vos sensations. Disons que, visuellement, ça me fait drôle. Merci à vous.

[@massibotta]

I'm getting more and more convinced that Carlsen is the strongest human entity in chess History

[@انت-صلي-عالنبي-بس]

“ The White Queen in Siberia “ 😁

[@orilevi1123]

rip giri

[@jamesfisher529]

Giri is just one of Magnus's "customers"

[@yarabamba]

That white queen was not in Siberia, but in the Antarctica.

[@suyashsharma7949]

I always like things in principled way whether it be attack,defence positional play I just like to have principles.But for this game it is very difficuilt for me make to make principles. So for that I need danny to tell me and other readers about the principles followed in this game or the principles we can make out of it.

[@lazyatthedisco]

Main principle in modern chess is piece activity.

[@lazyatthedisco]

Look at those pitiful Qa4, Ne2 and Bc7 for example, compared with Nf5, Qa8, Rh8

[@jenniferqi253]

13:08 Siberia is not thaaaaaat far from Croatia

[@valentijnraw]

you have no idea lol

[@zulzulkifli5557]

hahahhahaha

[@mariusdafunk]

But the rooks were disconnected! ;)

[@stopover1238]

Queen had breakup with King and dumped him

[@lazyatthedisco]

lol

[@xCupressocyparis]

Giri wishes he was Carlsen's rival!

[@Kobs.A]

I give up, Carlsen wud reign for 20 years, seems the others are 2500 rated players he plays with

[@jackkrom]

Amazing. Just looking briefly, it does look like White "castled into it". I don't like 15 0-0, it's superficial play. Instead I"m considering something like 15 g3!? the engine then suggests ... Nf5 16. Qe4 Nd4 17. Bf4 h4?! 18 0-0-0! and the beast says that White stands better. At least White keeps his Queen centralized and relevant. As it went, White sidelined his own Q and Black''s h-pawn could march. I would not say great game by Carlsen, more like poor show by Giri.

[@axhalon3812]

it doesn't matter what your beast plays when you drink a cup of tea watching its calculations, what matter is sitting in front of World Chess Champion thinking you are better player, but worring that one odd move will make you look like a stupid kid, and that exactly happend. Stupid trashtalker got knocked down

[@jackkrom]

@@axhalon3812 Not really. Giri is a world class player and has a decent lifetime score against the Magnus. So he would not be like all "a bundle of nerves" because it's the world champion. The move 15 g3 is ... sort of obvious. It was the first thing that occurred to me so surely it must have occurred to Giri too. I checked the variations on the engine later. It's not like a very obscure brilliant idea. Just saying.

[@Nash9r]

Everytime he says pawn, I hear porn. Strange accent.

[@Narrowcros]

Carlsen properly wont be taken down until the next generation of super GMs grow up...nihal sarin, pragga, aryan tari..etc

[@L2ggs]

no sarin and pragga are trash, maybe a few others will

[@SamSharma9999]

@@L2ggs why is pragga trash??

[@pmlouisjuste]

alireza is coming as well

[@lazyatthedisco]

Like Fedrñ

[@arkag2678]

White queen in Siberia. 👍👍👍

[@Myrslokstok]

This must be like: 5-0 in soccer!

[@pinkopalinko2881]

WTF - a što ima toliko specialnog u Zagrebu za špilati šah ? ?.....

[@TBKGOLDY]

Veći nagradni fond od drugih mjesta.

[@pawn4129]

Debi ti zeljeo da imas turnir ako ne u Zagrebu?

[@strong8705]

Tradicija neka

[@pinkopalinko2881]

@@pawn4129 U Portorožu !... 3 Km od moje kuče !..... ;-)

[@pinkopalinko2881]

@@strong8705 hmmm - tradicije, ima je više na Bledu i Portorožu negoli u Zagrebu !...