"It's Unprecedented." Chess Such As This Comes Once In A Lifetime

[@onepieceatatime]

I live about 15 minutes from Wesley So. There's a shortage of blankets in the area. We all play the London and we're all freezing cold. Wesley can be heard cackling at night, destroying everyone with black in 20 moves. There is nothing we can do.

[@epicchess2021]

Hahaha that explains it all then mystery solved!

[@Eric-xt3os]

In MN?

[@onepieceatatime]

@@Eric-xt3os yep

[@balintborgye1945]

"This is Mahagony Carlsen" bro u do him dirty right at the start :D:D

[@AndrewKeifer]

I love the "prawn to see ships!"

[@mrdraw2087]

These queen endings are tough. I believe the defensive strategy is to move the king away as far as possible so the queen can check the enemy king without the risk of getting exchanged. Psychologically, that's a difficult thing to do, as you also want to try to stop the pawn with your king.

[@joshpinchuk7061]

I'm only 4 minutes into this video, and the writing that you did was excellent. So clever. You must have gotten good sleep last night?

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot I don’t write I just rehearse In my head what I want to say and no not good sleep lol had a couple beers with friends as it happens! Cheers for watching and commenting

[@prakash_clt]

​@@epicchess2021 Arjun would go to fork town population Magnus . What does this phrase mean?

[@Kirok2005]

Haha, "he's got his blankie but it's still weird." LOL

[@davidk8699]

Party hat formation - one of my favourites :)

[@NisseHult101]

Very nice! Love your style of rapid and witty commenting!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot!

[@dylanmason1867]

sage and onion brilliant

[@mouradaissani8957]

5:10 u missed "never play f6" moment :)

[@epicchess2021]

haha yeah was deliberate, didn't wanna overdo the same line !

[@2Oldcoots]

Thanks!

[@epicchess2021]

Thank you very kind much appreciated! Glad you're enjoying

[@holyphainesthai286]

This commentary was awesome! And a fun game to see too! Subbed

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot much appreciated

[@top_ramen_guy1]

“explode it out” 😂😂😂 1:00

[@Ran_Tt]

Another great video! Thank you for covering these games

[@epicchess2021]

Glad you like them!

[@stephenconnor6309]

I am so glad I subscribed to this channel. It is by far the most entertaining chess game analysis and presentation you will find 🙂

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks very much glad you're enjoying!

[@murkywters]

.castles, bishop d6 .. Magnus whipping that one out, but Arjun says “can you nay nay” omg 😂😂

[@Philopantheon82]

Mahogany Carlsen had one of the best performance in chess in that particular Polish Super bet event

[@zacharysherry2910]

Lol

[@gchomuk]

@0:55 THIS is Epic Cheese.

[@mitchu9677]

I love the queen and knight off. Couldn't have scripted it better.

[@benthomas9830]

"the queens in Siberia" hah, that is a top tier joke

[@labrinth999]

Another great video pal. If I could suggest one thing its to maybe look a little deeper into the not-so-obvious lines. As a ~1300 im often a few steps behind an idea. Keep up the good content:)

[@epicchess2021]

Thank you noted much appreciated

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

We are lucky to live in the time of Magnus, truly a wonderful player first amongst a whole group of great players. Thanks James.

[@johnedward71]

"Prawn to sea ships"....

[@clivethereddevil3178]

6:32 ..Qxe6+ ;Qxe6 Nd4+; Ke3 looks like black wins a pawn but white has Ne5 winning it back.

[@majorowe]

@8:43 was a forced queen fork. Can't believe mongoose missed that one

[@JoeBob79569]

That opening brought back some memories for me, from when I learned how to play chess back in the 80s on the Atari 2600. I didn't know any of the rules, and so I set the computer to be white and I'd just copy every move it made. But when first time I saw the computer castling I thought it was cheating, and the first time I saw an en passant move I was absolutely convinced the computer was making up moves and taking the piss out of me.. 🤣

[@epicchess2021]

Haha cool story! 😁

[@john2001plus]

Where can we get the PGN?

[@epicchess2021]

I don’t tend to copy and paste them in as takes so much space sorry

[@MrHistorian123]

Well if that's true that amazing chess comes once in a lifetime, in my case it came from 1969-1972, when Bobby Fischer made all the other grandmasters look like beginners.

[@nickmurry3199]

I wanted to see King G5 catapult launch 2:17

[@Max87372]

Love the video

[@epicchess2021]

thanks a lot!

[@Milehighssc5280]

+1 for epic cheese channel. Keep up the good work brother!

[@davidschneide5422]

EyeHeartCamelToe

[@daviddurbin7682]

Game chairs are very important to hold you laptop

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Nice endgame ❤

[@dylanmason1867]

love this channel

[@3Torts]

...crazy that he won by half a point

[@ransenharris]

Wesley So catching strays lmao. That setup is whack!

[@Corteum]

"World number one across all time formats".... except bullet!

[@robinwells5343]

His accuracy wasn't actually that good this tournament though. I mean it was amazing but not the best ever. A lot of "lucky" wins or wins where the other player was fully to blame for their own downfall

[@Widiar0]

Sometimes my man crushes scare me.. and their choice of words! 🧐

[@ZachBurns-gu9zk]

Incredible.

[@rturp23]

I feel like I’ve seen this same title before.. or one very similar..

[@primeobjective5469]

7:30 -- The bombastic camel toe formation! 😮

[@carlingtonme]

every day is unprecedented 🤣

[@tonyennis1787]

These clickbaity headlines you've been using lately are getting old.

[@epicchess2021]

I appreciate the feedback, I'm mainly using these ones for the incredible games from this SB tournament, there's a lack of fresh top tournament chess I'm finding at the moment :(

[@cutenessab9225]

He is getting paid to do so (not talking about views)

[@oscarvazquez2818]

That’s your opinion.

[@ConsciousExpression]

Yeah but it's always worth it anyway because he's so entertaining

[@MatthewLane-rm1ni]

Don’t be such a weenie. The dude’s entertaining, if you just want to look at the moves pull up the games yourself.

[@ddddsasawwfdwafaw]

Next level glazing

[@adamkorekach9936]

How much for that rook threatening to check your right ear?

[@epicchess2021]

Oh haha it’s not even mine to sell I’m currently club champion so I get to keep it for a year

[@adamkorekach9936]

Love it! Is it solid wood?

[@jamesdelb6885]

10 in a row!!!

[@TheLaughingOut]

how are adopted kids treated?

[@C-OBrien]

I love these videos and think you’re by far the most entertaining to watch, but I do have to agree the thumbnails and titles are a little repetitive and bordering on clickbait, I always like the videos so don’t really mind being baited but thought I’d give the feedback

[@epicchess2021]

Thank you I appreciate it and will bear in mind

[@serbach]

Pretty soon people are going to start asking about that there "Terran Chess Federation," eh? Another fun video, James.

[@Dark_Putha]

Do Hans vs vidit

[@epicchess2021]

Oh yeah might do that thanks!

[@paulbloemen7256]

The prawn and pony salad, OK, but once in a lifetime for a not so very good game is a bit much, I feel lured.

[@epicchess2021]

Oh I meant the streak not the game per se apologies

[@derpymoose9948]

Forktown!

[@MPD90]

Bit clickbait for a game full of errors.

[@epicchess2021]

Apologies was referencing the script not the game but I’ll bear feedback in mind for sure thank you

[@ref8893]

... yet another sycophantic Carlsen clip. This channel is really going down hill.

[@epicchess2021]

Oh sorry to hear

[@haumana5987]

You are on to something but you are still too cute by half. Refinement is your key to success. Carry on!

[@rafaelvelez1232]

I like chessbase india better. But, it's all about getting views and gaining popularity.

[@NotSomeone68]

Generic comment to increase engagement statistics.

[@bogdanvladisavljev9090]

Debt collector 😅

[@daviddurbin7682]

Uh it's Morphy's birthday. I'm sorry but this game not in the spirit

[@epicchess2021]

Oh is it, had no clue!

[@freebee8221]

Another clickbait

[@epicchess2021]

It’s quite dramatised yeah tho I did think was a pretty special tournament and I’ve never seen it done in my life 10 in a row

[@freebee8221]

@@epicchess2021 yeah but you sell these videos with titles like Magnus goes absolutely totally berzerk and brutally destroys his opponent ect ect and then you show a game where its just normal winning

[@rumblefish3290]

Carlsen is a clown 🤡

[@sirloin17]

Clickbate........click off

[@epicchess2021]

Sorry to hear was more referencing the streak

[@Whysoseriousja]

This Magnus glazing is very unbecoming! But, I guess the utube cheques make it worthwhile ... it's giving temu gotham.. //i don't even like that channel...

[@nighttimeasbestos5958]

I mean the title may sound like the game was unprecedented - but I mean it is a blitz match, it's pretty impossible to have a perfect blitz game so maybe the title is a bit clickbaity in that sense. What's "unprecedented" is Magnus just scored 10 in a row vs. supergms. Like it or not Magnus is in a league of his own across all formats. I guess the commentary could criticize Magnus more, but I don't get why that should be the video when the man just won vs. a 2700 in blitz to win a tournament of super gms.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

have you morphed into a Carlsen propaganda channel? It's a bit of too much of a good thing

[@stischer47]

Let's see, Magnus is the most entertaining (and top GM) in the world, so he shouldn't showcase his games. Start your own channel then.

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah it’s a lot true mainly just cover him kids cuz it’s what ppl wanna see. I’d like a super GM tournament right now and I’d cover a load of that

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

@@stischer47 if you find squeezing water out of stone entertaining that's your personal fetish you have to live with, not sure about the remaining gibberish as it's incomprehensible

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

@@epicchess2021 'f.course... GM tourney or Carlsen.... what else is there in chess ;-) but maybe you could spice up things with a little Hans update here and there after every 100th Carlsen episode? :-)