How Magnus Carlsen Became World Champion

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Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand 2013 World Chess Championship.
0:00 Intro
1:22 Candidates 2013
8:21 World Championship
11:38 Game 5
19:38 Game 6
29:45 Game 9
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[@notatall2237]

The comment section has officially become too repetitive and mindless and I shall therefore no longer visit it, farewell.

[@christiankim2323]

instant pin

[@iamhowtobasic70yearsago10]

Epic Levy moment

[@pomtubes1205]

ok

[@artrudari7353]

You won't be missed

[@dhanushkondabathini3164]

ok bozo

[@AMSNDylan]

“I can make a compilation of absurd questions from press conferences” YES PLEASE LEVY

[@elihowitt4107]

I would love to see that

[@CoasterMagicX2]

@@elihowitt4107 I also really enjoy it

[@tresto1332]

This would be incredibly entertaining

[@alejandrojaramillo9910]

@@CoasterMagicX2.

[@jman2050]

Yeah Levy you can’t tease that and not follow through with it!

[@gromburt]

Vishy became a GM like 33 years ago and is still top 20 in the world to this day, what a legend

[@IRON--MAN]

Yes...he is 51 years old, and still beating top chess players upto the date! He is such a legend man! Salute to him!

[@secretunknown2782]

Well he is even better then top 5 he is in top 20 because now he don’t play too much chess and tournaments more like he is retired from chess

[@harshnaidu784]

Love to see Foreigners praising indian Vishwanathan anand

[@secretunknown2782]

@@harshnaidu784 lol I am indian

[@harshnaidu784]

@@secretunknown2782 Oh i thought you are foreigner by your name but still the one who commented is foreigner

[@michaeltomlinson1052]

“I just drew a lot of arrows only a few of them were accurate” 😂😂

[@andyq2899]

I read this comment as soon as he said that 😂

[@JaguarParty]

Came to the comments section for this comment

[@meanbluepanda9237]

me when attempting to calculate a line

[@Patrick-ev5ye]

timestamp plz

[@micharichard1961]

21:40 my friend @@Patrick-ev5ye

[@werderlebenslang4576]

They should just invite grischuk to hold all the press conferences even if he didn't play.

[@rikardobalaj]

bro that would be hilarious

[@FourOneNineOneFourOne]

I imagine Grischuk asking "so if you win you're obviously drinking champagne but if you lose are you drinking beer or vodka?"

[@bjorn2003]

Let’s do a tournament of subscribers where Levy does the recaps

[@aquivan2564]

I wanna see how he would manage 917k people In a bracket

[@musique-ef3rz]

@@bjorn2003 that's his guess the Elo series, as well as his how to win at chess

[@musique-ef3rz]

@@aquivan2564 probably twitch subs

[@hildenbrandt21]

@@bjorn2003 that's what the sub battles are for. He's done multiple of them with Anna Rudolf and Hikaru, none recently as far as I know

[@wajdisafadi8722]

Let's do a tournament of subscribers where they compete for spelling Levy's name right.

[@gitpusher2400]

I just wanna thank Levy for helping me to get better at chess. A year ago I had only 200 ELO but now it is over 9,000 and I have been World Chess Champion 5 years in a row

[@tabi9411]

i think your gonna reach star system chess champion in a years worth at least at this point

[@gremmy4908]

@@tabi9411 na i think bulzgwarg the martian chess super galactic master has got it this year

[@bobiblocky8284]

FIVE YEARS AND AN YEAR AGO

[@-Mr.Admin_01]

Same

[@agentperry9211]

You had me in the first half I am not gonna lie

[@TromboneMaster95]

"Doing your best is doing your best, I don't know why you don't understand English" Vishy was so done lmao

[@psychohist]

Carlsen's expressions are fun to watch there. Obviously he thinks the journalist asking the question is an annoying idiot, but you can also see he wouldn't have dared give the answer that only Anand could give.

[@fantafanta2823]

"I can make a compilation of ABSURD questions that these players get asked at these press conferences." You know you gotta make this video now, right Levy?

[@trippmurphy7566]

id love that vid

[@justingolden21]

DO IT

[@effsatrocko9615]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpDWh5l5lt2KbZo This man explains so well .I liked it .

[@manumohan3271]

Levy you gotta

[@nagarajramachandran5481]

Joined 15 years ago. Wowww!!

[@dialecticsjunkie7653]

Please do an absurd chess press conferences compilation!

[@kendelmatthews488]

"The game of chess comes down to a tempo, one move very often..." Well, yes. This is why I mastered the tempo! -Dewa Kipas probably

[@akarshJD]

Mastered the tempo but lost his dignity

[@bryanthales2717]

The TEMPO MASTER 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@KeeZ0_]

Levy playing Handball makes him even more OG

[@pray4matt]

Levy was the first international handball champion at the age of 11

[@robertfriedmann1845]

And levy Rosman is also Obama, he is the ultimate OG

[@hshahshsh1]

Does he play the same handball I'm thinking of as a european or is it some sort of American thing?

[@5HT2A292]

@@hshahshsh1 It's American handball. It's played with the foot.

[@NoOne-qi4tb]

@@5HT2A292 i swear to god americans make negative sense

[@dhanushkondabathini3164]

Is it just me or is anyone looking at this dude more than their own family?

[@Andy100hp]

Same

[@gabecichocki3915]

*quietly exits the room*

[@BubblingOnion]

No family recognition.

[@stormcat3648]

Ooof, I’ve been got

[@dhushy63]

Same

[@aryanpatel2414]

I just want to thank you Levy for all that you have done for me and the chess community. My rating climber 400 points in about 5 months and am now 1400. Let’s get you to 1,000,000 subs!

[@waeelwaell6238]

Official or online

[@Sesquipedalia]

Wtf thats crazy

[@steampunkofgondor2619]

Me too i went from 600 rapid to 1150 in less than a month. Tho im having a hard time trying to get to the same level in blitz. Tilt is quite a factor

[@isum9674]

i went from 500 bullet and yesterday i got 1000

[@louiswinterberg9513]

went from 980 to 2250 in rapid in 3 years

[@demonguy5082]

It's funny how Magnus's face always looks like a clueless kid, even in his stream he always has this expression.

[@abhigyandatta2008]

Indian Moms to their Kids after 3-4 hr long Math exam: "Did you calculate all these problems?" Indian Kid "No, I was thinking what to eat for dinner".

[@gabriella7140]

Lmaoo

[@nerovfrost910]

And he gets a good beating after that

[@prathameshwaje6424]

Then mom -omae wa mou shindeiru Even god of chess (Vishy)will fail to save that kid

[@futuregmchess1561]

@@prathameshwaje6424 God of chess? More like ONE of the gods of chess.

[@prathameshwaje6424]

@@futuregmchess1561 In india may be you don't know how much he have promoted chess . His greatness is undebatable in india Still it can be personal choice but for me and majority indians he is godly in chess (most of the people's don't even know other players)

[@zeablade9072]

Levy is so good at story telling that I feel like I'm in 2013 and sometimes forget I am in 2021

[@justanotherdude655]

What a boss answer "I was thinking what to eat tonight"

[@ioannislelou6437]

Lol i heard: “I was thinking about the easter bunny”, and couldn’t stop laughing.

[@IRON--MAN]

Lol

[@apexpredator36]

That's more of a frustration lol

[@meridianp8031]

Viswanathan Anand, the 2758 player: “Look, I saw Rook a4. I liked it.”

[@NotoriousKhamid]

Even +2800 back then

[@lucasirineu2824]

if he was 161660 he would still be the world champion

[@apaarshrivastava]

@@lucasirineu2824 wtf?

[@lucasirineu2824]

@@apaarshrivastava look at gotham chess diss track and then at the pinned comment on that video

[@Tx66]

He really is a psychic

[@ant5399]

Honestly Levy, if you manage to shoot these videos in one continuous take whilst telling a compelling story, making jokes and explaining disgustingly complex games and alternate lines then I couldn’t be more impressed! I absolutely love your game reviews.

[@jamesmelbrook7432]

Press conference compilation: not the video we deserve, but the video we need

[@yooneunhyesarang9245]

Never in my miserable life watching anything more interesting than this straight 40 minutes without breaks. Truly a master itself. Kudos to you, Sir.

[@oxytocin1989]

Deep

[@dakshbeingdaksh9379]

Levy : Have you ever gotten mad when you lost and you start raging? Me : I do that everytime i lose 100 elo or more

[@KrysiekPL1]

Good advice: when you are on lose 3 games 3 lose streak Just take a break.

[@joshkulkz1217]

@@KrysiekPL1 can't end on a loss xd

[@filipbodea1654]

Me: "i'm gonna take a break from the stupid chess memes and watch some serious chess content" Levi: "And we have a ruy lopez"

[@HitmanSanta]

At the end, talking about Anand's comment about meeting Magnus' pace, and how you should create your own pace, is a very interesting catch. Especailly since this is mostly what Magnus does, as Anand and Caruana both are experts at preparations and working with computers before matches, and Carlsen's response to that type of play is normally to play something "Magnus-like" and force them out of their preparations, by simply doing something so crazy and unexpected they would not have prepared for that variation.

[@manojbala6870]

I was in Chennai at the time. Despite Vishy losing which was something I was sad about, Magnus played so well. Ra4 is something I remember watching live and I thought it was fine. Thanks for an unbiased and good recollection of a new generation of chess master taking over. Good memories and a wonderful presentation of the svidler game and the whole video in general. Well done

[@katarinaenright5404]

The way Levy commentates makes it so exiting like my heart is racing and I'm at the edge of my seat

[@domrick783]

After cruising a bit on r/anarchychess, seeing the Ruy Lopez just hits different

[@professorjacob6702]

37:18 good response from Anand

[@ostiedestrie2155]

That Carlsen-Svidler game was fantastic. Svidler won a great game.

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

I would love a video on the Botvinik system? One of the most dynamic and positional systems, which can be played with both black and white.

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

Levy's explanation of the rook and pawn endgame of Game 6, the idea of being just in time, is chilling. Riveting and so satisfying. Thanks Levy.

[@DanielPetri]

Hey Levy, since you already have the video timestamps, could you use them to play the ad breaks there as well? It's annoying to have you interrupted throughout a sentence and it would certainly please the algorithm since it would result in people watching for a longer time:)

[@sachinbaral1514]

use ad block

[@absidyabsidy2727]

@@sachinbaral1514 some people watch on mobile

[@Coatez2000]

@@sachinbaral1514 nah ads help content creators make money. I'm happy to watch ads if Levy makes bank lol

[@rudraksh3470]

just use youtube vanced bruh

[@hemishrajguru7602]

@@Coatez2000 bro makes a couple pennies per ad...

[@siddharthneminathan2154]

Clicked faster than a 500 en-passanting

[@twanschrover3]

Ooh damn, faster than an addict

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

On crossont

[@aunimjoarder]

500's en passant? 😂

[@parabolaaaaa4919]

What’s en passant

[@iamhowtobasic70yearsago10]

@@parabolaaaaa4919 google en passant

[@tuddgrimley8532]

Great video Levy! I hope you make more like this. An overview and analysis of several games, a selection of entertaining footage, and a history lesson all nicely packaged together within the broader context of the tournament. It's just a seriously great video among everything I've seen. I can't understate this. I get tired of the cheap content makers just swiping clips from people's streams and being total garbage click bait. This is the opposite of that and it's damn refreshing. I bow my head to you sir. Know that you are more valuable than the queen and most appreciated.

[@sanskrititrivedi2097]

Lmao the thumbnail 🤣

[@linnarttraugott]

Would really enjoy a series where you cover the past world champion matches in this style starting from steinitz to carlsen

[@Ahmed-cn6hj]

GothamChess head looks like a bishop lol

[@leskobrandon8454]

Lol he looks like Rob Schneider from Grown Ups wroth the toupee lol

[@euclid9492]

Or Robert Downey Jr. at least the mustache goatee and hair combo.

[@rajg.1464]

His head looks like a rook

[@ashe_xox]

@@rajg.1464 thanks I'm gonna use this to insult people in the future

[@thomasdequincey5811]

He looks likes a Bishop? Really? Are you sure you know what a Bishop looks like?

[@bf1-casim621]

Im french i discovered your channel a month and a half ago i think and I love your channel ! All the game reviews are amazing you are passionate and know how to transmet it ! Keep going Levy and make more historical game review ! One of the best is Kasparov against the world, amazing job

[@dasquidward4822]

Hi Levy, I’ve been struggling with mental health issues pretty badly over the last few months. Your content helps me so much in terms of just being able to focus on something else than my problems. I started watching ur videos about 3 months ago and even started playing chess myself last month. I’m enjoying it very much and wanted to thank you for your entertaining videos and streams. They really cheer me up when having a rough day. Keep it up & stay healthy. Greets from Germany.

[@dasquidward4822]

@@IamMusicMarco thank you so much. Stay healthy, god bless you.

[@hishamz4328]

Levy: Peace out Me: well that was a great vid... Levy: GET OUTTA HERE Me: Okay.

[@dunkindonut3271]

clicked faster than levy cutting the potato

[@Em4gdn1m]

Look, I saw Ra4, I just didn't like it.

[@aryanpatel2414]

@@Em4gdn1m He saw ra4 so it would be, I saw ra4 I just really liked it . . . Magnus your a physic.

[@taigastenton427]

I clicked faster than levy roasting his own arrow drawing skills

[@Sodmaster111]

I love these chess "history" videos. I kind of want more Gary content

[@nodnal9797]

I think Levy’s comedy is underrated

[@jansnauwaert1785]

You easily can see that he is a really smart, witty guy.

[@omkarpardeshi7905]

Totally loved it ! I must say this is the longest video I've seen and dint realize how time went!especially those clips in between made it spicier Love to levy!💜

[@asimplecolor8600]

"insert punchline with time frame here"

[@sparkysummons4454]

A chess interview compilation sounds like a great video idea, I'd watch hours of that XD

[@BirdDawg1]

I think Annand made a mistake revealing his team. Magnus has shown an alien brilliance to remember games/positions and I'm guessing he was laughing because he then knew EVERY possible opening he could face.

[@rockstarali99]

Its not new in prodigy chess players to accurately remember chess games WITH their dates too. Hikaru has shown so, so has Wesley as well as Anand. It had a lot to do with tact more than opening intel but yeah you do make sense here.

[@fakteachhakchhuak]

29:05 He explained 'How chess works'❤️

[@mudit7657]

please do make that compilation of absurd chess after-game conferences

[@teooviedo]

Great video. You also can make a little review of who was the favourite, or what was expected from the match for the ones like me that dont know so much about chess history

[@rafbuelens4908]

omg it's so horrible they have to do the press conference thing straight after the match.

[@yalixxx]

I just wanna thank levy for everything he has done for my chess play... My rating a year ago was 150 (yep, I didnt know the rules) and now I'm peaking 1600 thanks for his videos

[@niandral2631]

please do make a compilation of absurd questions on chess press-conferences

[@R_Riley]

Awesome video! Great content. Covid has re-energized my love for chess and Gothamchess is the first one I found on KZbin. I recently purchased some of his courses and they are great. I have had success already and will be purchasing his gambit and caro kann courses when I finish studying

[@shaileshmalar6274]

Awaiting to see round of matches between my 2 favourite youtubers Agadamator and Gotham chess. Love to see you concluding matches with "it this moment Agadamator actually resigned the game" or "at exact this moment I resigned the game"!!

[@TheCategor]

38:25 That's why i like your channel so much, you cover the entire event in one video, and verbally summarize the boring parts. Please keep it up!

[@rvargasjr0418]

Can you please make a video on Tal and whether or not it’s good for players to try and emulate him?

[@Crunyil]

16:17 : levi turns into one of those tubes you buy as a kid that groans when you flip it

[@ahphong2904]

I must say this is one of the best Chess review after a match. Love you energetic vibrant style with snippets of interesting news. You presented this video like a story. Really good.

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

Carlsen has the positional skill of Karpov and the calculating attack strength of Kasparov. Perhaps not quite as powerful as either in each individual category but an insane blend of both.

[@davidfranch8609]

Who else wants that range compilation off GM in press conferences?

[@drmindriot]

I think moving that pawn as the 58th move was the tactical flare. Another fantastic video thank you.

[@blainecantwell2497]

Would love to see a video of the best Chess Interview moments and the games behind them.

[@pierrevaneerdewegh4165]

Hi Levy, Great video, I was hanging around wondering what was the story between Carlsen becoming a world champ and, of course, you have it covered! Thanks for your content.

[@kyfetrombetta3691]

I have never lost to this boy Magnus, which means i'm better... Edit: Hey ma bois i know that you guys are the peak of creativity and the creators of the comedy itself, but it's just a repeated joke. Chill.

[@waeelwaell6238]

This will be funnier if its didn't got repeat 100 times in chess related video.

[@hishamz4328]

Lol

[@kraduskradius8241]

You are so original

[@afaasfari2164]

at making jokes? i dont think so. but ok whatever idrc

[@leotrace9158]

No. You are neither better or worse, you are nothing because you neither won or lost.

[@QwQw-kk4hg]

21:46 ah yes the famous “pawn h3 to e3”, doubling up on the e file preparing for d4 and pushing the bishop back

[@erikboncoref.7020]

Excellent video. Just one thing: on 31:00, the Nimzoindian variation with 4.f3 is called the Kasparov variation

[@raflyandrahaikal4830]

Can you makes more history moment of chess like this

[@a-manthegeneral]

"I'm going to show you this clip o a press conference before the match begins" *Save the children ad plays*

[@jimmytwotimes802]

I remember this very vividly, it was during ICC’s peak, everyone in the chat was in shock. Everyone felt so bad for Kramnik.

[@psychohist]

Poor Vishy. All these after game conference questions with undertones of, "you failed India!"

[@carlingtonme]

Anand was not only a world class player but a gentleman..but in truth psychology can play as big a factor as talent.Magnus is known for grinding games pot and Anand was prudent to take this into account

[@Kunalsharma0044]

You should do a series of these type of chess history videos about different players. For example you can make a video on Kasparov's or Anand's world championship runs and more. Its very interesting and very informative.

[@paramgoswami7224]

Thanks a lot for this video. Also can you make recap of Vishy Anand vs Boris Gelfand if possible. One of the games is very small and great, where the queen gets trapped very early and Boris Gelfand resigns

[@husseinmohamed8705]

Actually, it is super amazing for me, to find out this video by Levy today, I was just thinking about the same idea, to cover those matches when Carlsen became the world champion and when he retained his title, just in time.

[@andrewcook9011]

Please do make a compilation of absurd questions players get asked!

[@mcgoo721]

I’m in to board games and my mom wanted to do handmade Christmas gifts last year. She made me a really cool epoxy/acrylic board and pieces that she worked so hard on. But I hadn’t played chess in like 15 years or so. These videos have me so hyped to relearn though! I downloaded Dr. Wolf, been watching guides and playing exercises. I think there’s even a pretty active group in the area that goes to cafes.

[@tronalddump1133]

Nice! How is that going for you right now, 4 months later?

[@liamstone5842]

can we have that compilation of chess players getting asked absurd questions?

[@rolfbuchner3991]

Love your videos. Always filled with great analysis, and I like the historical context you added to this one.

[@danielstoner3831]

Absurd questions in chess interviews compilation sounds like a really cool video idea!

[@tmithoth8956]

Magnus is so suitable as a TV personality. His trolling is on another level 😂

[@jakenewman5189]

You’ve been a big help in my quest to learn how to be a strategic chess player. I appreciate your content a ton!

[@LucasCBC]

Amazing recap. Thanks, man! Learning alot of chess history here.

[@theMoShaShow]

Levy’s middle name starts with C, where C is CONTENT!

[@bullymaguire632]

Or chess 😳😳

[@jinolin9062]

@@bullymaguire632 you, you little…

[@bullymaguire632]

@@jinolin9062 hehehe 😏😏

[@zaidmohammed3072]

"and you've double isolated E pawns which just looks ugly and gross kinda like me " 22:57 Thanks Levy now I have water on my pc

[@ehabuddin9251]

Waiting for the next part of Vishy winning the candidates and challenging Carlsen in the world championship after 2013. Make it happen levy!!! Amazing content as always ❤️

[@existenceghost9701]

You're a wonderful story teller good sir and absolutely outstanding at speaking about the games while keeping them so very interesting. Love and appreciate the content brother keep up the great work.

[@user-md5fm7bk6w]

clicked faster than the 1600 blundering a piece

[@changeable-geometrydash1867]

LMAO

[@jackleese7949]

This hurts as a 1000

[@harshal1718]

Me being 1200😐

[@philipp17802]

On move 6

[@Speedster___]

A 1600 hundred player blundered a piece on move 6

[@jrs2392]

this man deserves the youtube algorithm blessing fr

[@TheMazinka]

We need a compilation analysis of chess conferences

[@gokalpulku6555]

great content Levy, thanks a lot i am looking forward to the 2014 world chess championship match between anand and magnus

[@mjtpli]

1:00 Hot take: the tiebreak system is fine. ANY tiebreak system will be controversial and unsatisfying; head to head seems logical to start, and no matter what Anish says, the last thing we need just to give these guys more incentives to draw. I keep hearing complaints, but not many specific ideas for a better system, as far as I’ve seen.

[@kelzakdub]

I just want to say that this was amazing. You are a content machine!

[@vioguitar]

Hi Gotham, did you make the continuations of this video? Do you made summary of the other world chess champions mathces?..if not, you should do in the same manner. I'm in :) 10x

[@amarishikaanbalagan226]

Levy please can you make another video on how to prepare for a chess tournament please?

[@davidszeleselemer6752]

This is one of the best thumbnails, EVER!

[@y1521t21b5]

I don't see anyone dethroning this king for many, many years to come. The player that will dethrone him might not even be born yet...

[@ctonnation394]

Would still love to hear more on his journey as Champ, new to chess and your content allows me to actually consume the concepts

[@funkmaster39]

Amazing coverage as always. Particularly liked these games because I was there in London watching the tournament!