Magnus Carlsen's amazing Chess double bishop sacrifice Mikhail Tal like chess game at the age of 12!

[@kingscrusher]

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[@ThePetar89]

I got excited watching this and went play chess online lost five times from amateurs and returned to play agar.io..

[@RayyanKhanRayyanKhan]

ThePetar89 my life

[@albytaykn]

To play to play..

[@TimLee356]

Technically, Magnus' dark bishop wasn't a sacrifice; he offered a trade for a knight.

[@rafmal7506]

exactly. but if You want to get as many views as possible, You have to lie at some point ;-)

[@ushergold5149]

+Raf Mal you got me laughing....

[@thomasanderson404]

checkmate

[@MouriWouri]

Absolutely amazing!! Hope to see Carlsen-Caruana in 2016 :P

[@locutusdborg126]

By 2016 it will be So vs Carlsen or Caruana. Don't see Nakamura doing much.

[@animesloversunited9069]

Now you can. 😂

[@ramirroxd6986]

Where was when the darkness came to life...and carried you away ..in the aligator sky.......

[@LolDarrellLol]

he's just on another level

[@animesloversunited9069]

Hentai 🤣🤣

[@davidaskew2959]

Just a quick note of appreciation for your videos that I follow often, this was quite brilliant. Here Magnus is not doing the fine conservative play I think of being more his style. All the more amazing his age. I practice a relatively aggressive aproach but often fall short where Tal, and Bobby almost always pull it off. Keep up the nice work, maybe I'll get the nerve to play a blitz with you down the road. I'm only a 1640 in rapid. Cheers in any case! David Askew in France.

[@Nola213]

Incredible stuff. I've never seen this or the Carlsen game from yesterday. They're both amazing, especially considering how young he was. thnx for uploading these KC.

[@ApeloFellow]

6:00 whats wrong with Bxg5

[@Metagross31]

I was just wondering about the same question and wanted to look in the comments, if anyone asked that already. I'll ask the Fish quickly.

[@Metagross31]

Ah, ok I got it. after Bxg5, black can go for Qe8 followed by Qh5, forking both bishops. And if you try to save your DSB by playing Bxg5 Qe8 Be3 Qh5 your LSB is still trapped and the Q next to our King on an open file with the f3 pawn looks really scary. The best continuation, if you go for the pawn is according to Stockfish Bxg5 Qe8 Kh1 Qh5 Rg1 Qxh3 Rg3 Qh5 Qa4 Ng6 Rag1 Rf5 and a repetition of Qe8+ Rf8 Qa4 Rf5 After all, Stockfish doesn't even recommend going for the pawn, since you lose your LSB anyways. It's suggestion isn't Kh1 either, but Re1 (at least on my slow PC at a not so deep depth).

[@kingscrusher]

Yes very good question, and I am a bit gutted I didn't go into that possibillity. I will add an embedded comment. From what i can gather, the two loose bishops here of White's mean that Qe8 is very powerful (also the threat as well is Qg6 pinning the bishop to the king) as this engine analysis shows (with the threat of Qh5 - also really embarassing the Bishop on h3) : Magnus Carlsen - Dennis Rylander, Salongernas IM-turnering 2003 r1b1qrk1/ppp1p1bp/4P3/2PPn1B1/8/2N2p1B/PP3P1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1 Analysis by Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2: 1. = (0.00): 17.Kh1 Qh5 18.Rg1 Qxh3 19.Rg3 Qf5 2. -/+ (-0.80): 17.Qd2 Qh5 18.Kh1 Ng6 19.Rae1 Qxh3 20.Rg1 Qh5 21.Rg3 a6 22.d6 cxd6 23.cxd6 exd6 24.e7 Re8 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qf7 Bh3 27.Rd1 Bg4 28.Bf6 Bxf6 29.Qxf6+ Kg8 30.Qd4 3. -/+ (-1.21): 17.Qd4 Qg6 18.Kh1 Qxg5 19.Rg1 Qf4 20.Qxf4 Rxf4 21.Nb5 Nd3 22.Raf1 Kh8 23.Nxc7 Rb8 24.d6 exd6 25.Rxg7 Kxg7 26.cxd6 Rh4 27.d7 Bxd7 28.exd7 Rxh3 29.Ne6+ Kf6 30.d8Q+ Rxd8 31.Nxd8 Rh4 4. -+ (-2.02): 17.Bh4 Qh5 18.Qa4 Ng6 19.Kh1 Nxh4 20.Bg4 Qg5 21.Rg1 Ng6 22.Bxf3 Qd2 23.Ne4 Qxb2 24.Rab1 Qe5 25.Rg5 Qf4 26.Rg3 b6 27.c6 a5 28.Qc2 Ba6 29.Be2 Bxe2 30.Qxe2 Rad8 31.Qd3 Qe5 5. -+ (-1.63): 17.Qa4 Qg6 18.Kh1 Qxg5 19.Rg1 Qd2 20.Qe4 Ng6 21.d6 cxd6 22.Bf5 Rxf5 23.Qxf5 Qf4 24.Qh3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qf6 26.cxd6 Bxe6 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.dxe7 Nxe7 29.Qg5 Qxg5 30.Rxg5

[@Metagross31]

Ad Hominoid YEAH!

[@kyvss]

+Ad Hominoid Seeing a fellow meshugger in a chess video made my day! Beams of fire sweep through my head as well man, how curious.

[@Lightysword]

Its an amazing game by Magnus. However, I'm pretty proud of myself and my engine actually agrees with me (Stockfisch on a pretty good system) that on move 17 after Qd4, Bxe6, saccing the bishop is a pawn advantage for black believe it or not! The line would be: Bxe6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxe5 Bd7 20. Bxg4 Bg7 21. Qe4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qc8 23. Qg3 and Black is still better at depth 30 by roughly a pawn!

[@kingscrusher]

I think you got the evaluation wrong. It is still an advantage for White in your variation on my analysis: Magnus Carlsen - Dennis Rylander, Salongernas IM-turnering 2003 Magnus Carlsen - Dennis Rylander, Salongernas IM-turnering 2003 r1q2rk1/ppp1p1bp/8/2PP4/8/2N2pQ1/PP3P1P/R4R1K b - - 0 1 Analysis by Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2: 1. +/- (0.83): 23...Kh8 24.Rae1 Qd7 25.Rg1 Rg8 26.Qxf3 Raf8 27.Qe3 c6 28.Rd1 2. +/- (0.93): 23...Qd7 24.Rg1 Rf7 25.Rae1 Kh8 26.Re4 Qf5 27.Rg4 Qe5 28.Qh3 Qf5 29.Ne4 Bxb2 30.Qg3 Rff8 31.Ng5 Rg8 32.Qxc7 Qxd5 33.Qxb7 Rxg5 34.Qxb2+ Qe5 35.Qb7 Rag8 36.Rxg5 Rxg5 37.Rxg5 Qxg5 38.Qa8+ Qg8 39.Qxf3 Qxa2 3. +/- (0.97): 23...Rf6 24.Rae1 Rg6 25.Qxf3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rf8 28.f4 Kh8 29.f5 Rgf6 30.Rde1 Rxf5 31.Rxf5 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 33.Rxe7 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Rxd5 35.Rxc7 a6 36.Kg1 Kg8 37.Rxb7 Here is the full notation just to make sure we are singing from the same songsheet at Move 17 - if Black had played Bxe6 instead: [Event "Salongernas IM-turnering"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "2003.06.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Dennis Rylander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A89"] [WhiteElo "2356"] [BlackElo "2348"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] {12 years 6 months 8 days} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 exf4 12. e5 (12. Bxf4 Nxe4 13. Ne2 Nd6 14. c5 Nf5) 12... Ng4 13. e6 Ne5 14. c5 (14. Re1 f3 15. Bf1) (14. Qb3 f3 15. Bh3 b6) (14. f3 Nxc4) 14... f3 15. Bh3 g5 16. Kh1 (16. Bxg5 Qe8) 16... g4 17. Qd4 gxh3 (17... Bxe6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxe5 Bd7 20. Bxg4 Bg7 (20... Bxg4) 21. Qe4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qc8 23. Qg3) 18. Bh6 (18. Rg1 Ng6) 18... Bxh6 (18... Ng6 19. Qxg7#) (18... Bh8 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rg1+ Ng6 21. Qe4 Bg7 22. Rg3 Qf4 23. Rxg6 Qxe4 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxe4) 19. Qxe5 (19. Rg1+ Ng6) 19... Rf6 (19... Bg7 20. Rg1 Rf6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Ne4 Qf8 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxc7) 20. Rg1+ Rg6 21. Qh5 Kg7 (21... Bg7 22. Rxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Qf8) 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Rg1 Qe8 24. Ne4 (24. Nb5 Bf4 25. Nd4 c6 26. Nxf3 Bxe6 27. dxe6 b5 28. Nh4 g5 29. Rxg5+ Bxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Qg6 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Nxe7+) 24... c6 (24... b6 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 (27. Qxg5 Ba6) 27... Ba6 28. Rg4 Qf7 (28... Qf8 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ Qh6 31. Qxh6#)) 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Ng5 Bxg5 (26... b6 27. Nf7 Bg7 28. Qg5 Rb8 29. Qxg6 Ba6 (29... Qf8 30. Qh5) 30. Qxg7#) 27. Qxg5 Kg7 28. Rg4 Bxe6 29. Qe5+ (29. dxe6 Rd8 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Rg1 Rd5) 29... Kg8 30. Rh4 Bxd5 31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Qg7# 1-0 Here is depth 33/55 : Magnus Carlsen - Dennis Rylander, Salongernas IM-turnering 2003 r1q2rk1/ppp1p1bp/8/2PP4/8/2N2pQ1/PP3P1P/R4R1K b - - 0 1 Analysis by Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2: 1. +/= (0.67): 23...Rf6 24.Rae1 Rg6 25.Qxf3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rf8 28.f4 Qh3 29.Qf3 Qxf3+ 30.Rxf3 b6 31.Re1 Bxc3 32.bxc3 Rf7 33.cxb6 axb6 34.Re4 Kf8 35.Rg3 Rgf6 36.Rg4 Rf5 37.c4 h5 38.Rh4 Ke8 39.Kg2 Kd7 40.Kf3 2. +/- (0.78): 23...Kh8 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Qxf3 Qf8 26.Qxf8 Rgxf8 27.Rae1 Rxf2 28.Rxe7 Bd4 29.Ne4 Re2 30.Rf1 Rxb2 3. +/- (1.02): 23...Rf7 24.Rg1 Kh8 25.Rae1 Qf5 26.Qxc7 Bxc3 27.bxc3 e6 28.Qd6 exd5 29.Re5 Qd7 30.Rxd5 Qxd6 31.cxd6 Rd7 32.Rd3 Rg8 33.h3 b6 34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.Kh2 Kf7 36.Kg3 Ke6 37.Kxf3 Rxd6 38.Rxd6+ Kxd6 39.Ke4 Kc5 40.f4

[@Lightysword]

kingscrusher Looks like my engine had some kind of problem. After restarting it I seem to get the correct numbers like you said. But I still think that this line is very interesting and might have saved black here. It's certainly better than the game continuation and I thought it was an interesting idea in a difficult position. :) Thanks for the answer anyway.

[@Lightysword]

***** Normally i wouldn't answer such a comment but here you go cause its Christmas: I saw the beginning of the line duriing the coverage of the video and thought that it might be good. Checked with engine later of course but saw it during the game. Merry Christmas.

[@markrwarner4075]

yup but then comes the entire endgame and ....well

[@DavideMartiniCommentatore]

I asked myself why the Bxe6 move was not considered in sidelines. It's easy to show the amazing game Carlsen played, but you can't assume black won't try "everything" in order to save himself, even for a lost endgame. And it may be that Carlsen calculations weren't 100% perfect, just much better than his opponent's.

[@technolynch527]

FeelsGoodMan. British accent. It's like a symphony for ears.

[@OZcafehead]

Yea, Mr Smif. Is that one 'f' or two? Free chum, free.

[@antoniodespenteado]

Great video. Thank you for replaying the whole game to conclude at the end. Amazing stuff !

[@junkyjuice21]

KC, this game is amazing! Thank you for sharing it!

[@mikhailisatj]

I've got a question... What if 16. Bxg5 Qe8 17. Be3 ? (5:55) In the note it sais Qe8 has Qg6, but after 17 Be3 Qg6+ 18Kh1, there isn't a inmediate menace to the king because of the bishop in h3. Please tell me how would be black's continuation after 16.Bxg5 Qe8 17. Be3 (or Bc1, if prefered)

[@rpdigital17]

14:52 after Black Qf8, the Qh6 is also possible, because the Black Bishop is pinned.

[@MrMerlin87]

great game nice commentary. thanks

[@jeytech]

amazing game and a big fan of your commentary and analysis, sadly i failed to spot the moves even by stopping and thinking for a while.

[@brockgeorge6437]

I was perplexed why the mate I thought I found wasn't the mate shown, but it works for sure you can check it with an engine if you want proof. 1. Qh8+ Kf7 2. Rh7#. Turns out there was yet another faster way that I didn't spot until I checked it with the engine which is after 1. Rh8+ 2. Kf7, instead of 2. Rh7 2. Kf8 3. Qg7#, simply 2. dxe6#. I'm sure Magnus saw all of these as well but I just thought it was interesting to point out.

[@zaynmariandallas7579]

6:53 to 6:58 after white Qd4 black gxh3...( i think best move for black instead of taking bishop on h6.. it will be Bxe6) Whoa i didn't type that ^ someone hacked my acct?

[@bailinnumberguy]

Kh1 and then Qd4 for white, giving up the bishop, are moves that I can only marvel at.

[@nicovillacruz7168]

in 14:45 you can take pawn on g6 instead of moving queen to g5

[@Meverynoob]

14:55 black queen saccing at f7 stops the momentum of the play right? even if wqueen to f7, king always has a spot to move to. anyone has an idea on continuing the offensive from here?

[@amigosXcorrespondenc]

What was the time control for this game? It was a fast game?

[@1petrutu]

14:03 find a good move for white after bishop g7 (without engine).

[@bailinnumberguy]

Absolutely extraordinary. Carlsen had a whole bunch of these masterpieces in his youth.

[@shanelevene4864]

Another fantastic commentary KC. You really brought the game to life.

[@pokerplaya1010]

@6:54 why not Be6???? Please do a variation of this...white has no chance with this move right??

[@misterbee180]

Rg1. 3 attackers on g4. If gh3 then qxe5 threatening mate with qxg7. Rf7 is the only option but bh6 triple attacks the bishop. Qf8 could be played but then u can attack the original bishop with qe6 pining the rook to the king. It's a good idea that winds up being devastating for black.

[@vegardhvidsten8560]

Wonderfully aggressive play by the wonderboy from little Norway. And your commentary is really good. Thank you so much, KC :)

[@christopherengen]

Thanks for another great video Kingscrusher! Your unique commentary always conveys a sincere love for the game

[@enoch6450]

12 years old!!! fucking hell !! Superb

[@JS-fx6fo]

10:00 after Qf8 white play maybe Rg1 and Kh8 Ng5????

[@D4n21]

Why not BxG5 @6:15?

[@MidasSchonewille]

is Bh6 officially a sac? Because it just wins the knight immediately when taken...

[@CharcoalBlasterdog]

Uerdue i sacrifice my pawn for your queen. epic pawn sac.

[@jakecorbett8552]

It's more of a deflection tactic, really.

[@mrpossibilities]

Well, I think Black's first mistake was that Pawn at F5.

[@JoeTheXC]

The Dutch is a fine opening for Black if he wants to play aggressively. Perhaps instead g4 caused Black's downfall.

[@ErikBolager]

Amazing, simply mind blowing. A quick question that you have probably answered several times before, but i'm new to this channel. What is the chess program you are using to show the game?

[@kaijiesoo8588]

14...f3 & 15...b6 might have turned it into a hypermordern positional masterpiece featuring the collapse of the overextended pawn centre

[@chesss1985]

+Kai Jie Soo Yes,white would have been completely lost after 15..b6. White really cannot take on b6 by playing 16 cxb6 because after16...axb6 black bishop would come really active via a6 and otherwise black will just play 16...bxc5 with winning advantage(positionally).

[@Levelstomymaddness]

People are missing the point! The big picture concept of this game is off the charts.

[@nileshpednekar1756]

If Bg7 for black in your analysis at 14:30, then Rxg6 is much stronger but you havent mentioned that line... thought of telling u.. good video.. good analysis.. thanks

[@pavliv]

this is absolutely winning bzetion right here

[@ShareTheSphere]

why does`nt Magnus take pawn with Bishop at 6:03?

[@maxpheby7287]

Do you think Carslen SAW the moves after the first bishop sac or he FELT that it was strong and just trusted himself to pull it off.Either way its quite incredible.

[@rajeshhere1]

stockfish is very hard. play magnus is perfect. i actually feel like im playing carlsen. and it improves my chess skills...

[@rohithjacob4699]

Yes.. agreee

[@tony0000]

That cheeky knight!

[@David_F97]

I usually have theses same attack methods, but sometimes I just don't execute it well.

[@booster8618]

isnt Rxg6 the better option at 14:32? Blacks only option is QxF7 to stay in the game. All other moves will end up with QxG7##

[@risanad1971]

6:11 it seem's to me that is a free pawn right there. with the bishop at 1c takes the unprotected awn at 5g

[@dobrinivanov395]

what happens if the black square bishop attacks the pawn that was advancing threat the other bishop ? im a shitty player and its probably not a good move but noone talked about it idk :D that being bishop from c1 -> g5

[@FlowMustGoOn]

Stunning game absolutly stunning!

[@chesss1985]

Really nice attack indeed, but if black had played positionally, not grabbing the bishop it would have been white who is in big trouble. Basically after 15...b6! white would have been positionally lost. 16 cxb6 axb6 would be immediately over , so it's difficult to find a move.

[@gegemarkaj4713]

After white playing Ng5, why black needs to take it, black could have played Bg7 attacking white's queen, and for sure would gain a very strong position....

[@UncleSamsCabin]

16:23 why not play Kf8? That would allow the bishop to retreat and block the rook which is coming to h8...

[@littlecesar11]

After 1.Kf8 1.e6 will be an unstoppable mate unless the queen sacrifices on f7

[@pocoapoco2]

@6:57 Anything wrong with b x e6?

[@jomic9060]

paul morphy was mikhail tal b4 mikhail tal was mikhail tal. so when theres a sacrifice and its not mikhail tals, they must say its a morphy like sacrifice or a miktail tal. now if mikhail tal...

[@TheNeilsolaris]

At 5:45, why not bishop takes pawn on G5?

[@alanassante9995]

at 8:17 is C8 take E6 a possibility ?

[@Gr8Believer]

Great game. Tell us what's wrong with Bxg5 at 19:08

[@OzkarPlus]

Gr8Believer It's Bobby style.

[@мехтизарни]

Gr8Believer losing tempo for combined attack and also provoking blacks to play g4 sacking the bishop and opening line for the rook. So it's all about the time and tempo

[@robyspeed22]

superb tactical move..

[@chinmayakishore6219]

19:07 why didnt the white bishop take on g5..its a hanging pawn??!!whyy?

[@Kbcqw]

Black had so much time to take e6 pawn with bishop. He would have dropped the bishop but freeing up the rook must surely be worth a dead bishop, no?

[@spencerfisher4080]

at 16:45 is queen H8 not mate? ive been staring at this entirely too long to try and figure out if im crazy

[@samasamasamasamas]

Spencer Fisher Kf7

[@spencerfisher4080]

yeah im an idiot lol

[@LordCargena]

when black take the withe-square bishop i think that wolud be much more stronger make an intermedian move discovering the atack on withe queen with Ng6 or Nd7, the withe squere bishop of withe is trap so black can capture anytime. i thnk this atack really could be defended but its really on tal style. :) even when sacrifice the second bishop can be defenden in the variation of bishop g7 and rook f6(i think that rook f6 is stronger but in bishop g7 after rook sacrifice for the bishop knight e4 is weak to King f8 (rook is defended by pwan on e7 so queen f8 only cut the scape for the king) i think here is stronger rook g1 instead of kinght e4. after rook g1 king must move to f8 becouse king h8 is losing to knigh e4 now with the idea of knight g5 iwht the powerfull atack on h7 maybe sacrifing the knight for the pawn an then the check mate of Queen h5 and the idea of kight f7 check mate. so king must move to f8 an d then queen h5 is very strong, in this poin black would be checkmated in three moves. but black have defence before all that. black can defend with rook f6. i think that kig to g7 is a weak move, stronger would be Bishop g7.

[@karthi123456karthi]

i think u cant make an intermediate move because u take Qxg4...

[@SAIS559]

16:33 mate in 2. Queen h8, black king f7, white rook f4. I'm beginner. What are you all thinking about it?

[@sc_max]

Bishop f5

[@benwest3305]

Thank you. A lovely one to have shared. Sublime chess

[@JohnDoe-me9ml]

Magnus today would probably be scared of playing against his 12 year old self. This was excellent.

[@dnap2526]

cekinxxx I also lost against Magnus age 12 when he played against himself on the app

[@pingnan111]

Amazing! This is what made chess chess.

[@rachelw6822]

Just amazing . . . yes, much like Tal!!! Such fun.

[@BSBCHREAF]

14:33 RxG6

[@LH-du1eq]

I got a chess ad while watching this!

[@jefffritts68]

the most important move in this game was the fact that black never mover his pawn from e7, this is why magnus got away with it

[@DavideMartiniCommentatore]

The Nb5 move is crushing? Oh, yes, the threat is crushing, Nc7. But what if black answers Kh7? Now WQ is "en prise", and in order to keep the pressure on g6 the only square (I can see) is g4, but this allows g5 by black (WQ can check, but Nc7 now "only" wins a R (in fact, it deprives W of a good N for a bad R. Nb5 - under this point of view - is not that good (I can be wrong, of course). Ne4 was "the" plan: bring reinforcements into the fry. Concretely: after Ne4, Kh7 was not possible anymore due to Ng5+, Kg7, Nf7 - and this is crushing, much more of Nb5.

[@late_arvie]

Interesting game indeed. The title gives away the moves, tho. Obviously you will sac the bishops, since the title says so. But nevertheless - video worth watching. Thanks KC.

[@jf13579]

the cheeky queen haha

[@orrinhudson4599]

You're an amazing teacher!! Love you!

[@angc214]

At 6:06, can't white just take the pawn g5 with his bishop? I'm sure Carlsen had the whole idea mapped out in his head, but it still looks like a free pawn to me and the g file still gets opened up.

[@inikous58]

at 9:19 black could sacrifice his bishop taking the pawn at E6..Why is that move bad?

[@evianwahter]

KaneLLo' Cause it comes back from tha grave oooohh

[@JAIGOLOKASW]

Nice Crusher, thanks for that.

[@fredackerman2511]

Very nice! Good commentary.

[@Aleksashka1110]

Why could not the white bishop take the pawn on g5 sguare without any problems?? in 5:45

[@exs1803]

Now I know why Carlsen is a champion...... brilliant.

[@ahmedalhammadi4061]

why not RxG6 then QH5 - QH8 at 14:32 !?? pretty sure that's mate.

[@18Elbe87]

Ahmed Alhammadi cause pawn takes queen

[@agyson]

on 10:03 , could the rook go for Rg1+?

[@norde6533]

+agyson yes for sure, but it would not change anything because after that i think Qxg7 be played anyway

[@daiweilee9297]

Why can't Kh7 be played to stop the Nf7 Qh8 mate?

[@louiscyfer6944]

Dai Wei Lee because it would step into check from the knight on g5

[@patrickcollins1790]

perfect Chess ASMR

Fellows, but what's wrong with 16. Bxg5 Qe8 17. Rg1 My computer evaluates this as +3.3, which (although indeed slower than the actual game continuation), should still lead to a very big plus for white, more than enough to win the game. I sincerely doubt that Magnus would still play 16. Kh1 these days, as he evolved into a calculator, rather than spectacular player.

[@JSSTyger]

I don't understand the strength of knight to F7 at 14:09 when the black queen or king could take it.

[@NicholasGorski]

It's backed up by a pawn.

[@JSSTyger]

I have no idea why I didn't see that.

[@arsseling]

funny, I came to the comments because I couldn't figure that out either... For some reason, I also couldn't see it

[@olistaeuble]

I like this game its intuitively played

[@Treeborn]

15:30 black can play ..Bxe6 then?

[@TheQ-Continuum]

Carlsen, even at the age of 12 - sees everything and misses nothing !

[@biffrod]

Nice commentary - best chess channel.

[@karrimuurimaa5622]

8.17 why not Bxe6 ?

[@fcoclarinete]

Well, kind of false publicity, the second bishop move (Bh6) is not really a sacrifice but a simple exchange (Qxe5)...

[@Godl1ked]

The reason "sacrifice" comes to mind in this situation, is because bishop pair is almost always stronger than knights or mixed, also, bishops make it much much easier to mate the black king in a vicious attack, also - they're superb in endgame. So when you're attacking the black king and you're losing bishops, you're losing "trump cards" that may make the mating of the black king much easier. Which essentially means, in order to be "brave enough" to lose them, you have to have counted ~12to15 moves ahead, and you have to know, that you won't be needing them. That is what every "sound" sacrifice is all about, and Tal's and Nezhmedtinov's sacrifices were just like that. It's just an exchange of energy for different purposes.

[@JazevoAudiosurf]

kinda intuitive playstyle ^^

[@markaaron814]

couldn't he have mated by moving queen to h8 instead of mating in 3 with the rook ?

[@josheckendorf2941]

he can just move his king out

[@danghidirim5256]

Why didnt magnus take the paun on G5 with bishop 6:10

[@dazelandpointcom4170]

Had the same question, didn't find answers in the comments, so my computer provided: because it gives black time for Qd8-Qh5-Qxh3! This gives Kh1 even more merit.

[@radenochrioveros4955]

Meanwhile 12 year old me:Loses to Lvl 3 computer

[@Alfonsomarisol]

where we can follow the match without comments?

[@maizenblue2441]

alfonso marisol The first 6 seconds of the video should give you all the info you need to find it

[@brosephjames]

+alfonso marisol copy and paste the game in the description into any chess gui in the world?

[@pranavbalaji9845]

+alfonso marisol mute the video

[@siakisiaosi8982]

C'mon mate...reminiscent to Mikhail Tal u say?? now I do appreciate that Magnus is an awesome playerin his own right but he is defs no Mikhail Tal. I do agree Magnus played an extraordinary game especially for his age and is phenomenal in his own right and I take nothing away from him or his achievements. But I do think its a bit rich to compare him to Mihail Tal who holds a positive win/loss record against Fischer and who many people believe would've been the greatest ever if he had looked after his health. Tal even had "the great Kasparov" lose by running out of time after setting him to many problems to figure out on the board in his last game. I mean no disrespect, I love your videos and appreciate your thorough analysis of such memorable games and I will sub and will continue to watch your content but imo Magnus is Magnus and Tal is Tal ✌PEACE✌

[@ZenoDiac]

yea it is pretty incredible

[@tommyepstein1091]

instead of king h1 allowing the bishop to be trapped why not play re1 giving the bishop a square

[@Skandalos]

Single bishop sacrifice would be accurate.

[@joeynorth6706]

Skandalos how?

[@xeryues]

+joey north because the second bishop sac has a knight compensation, not a direct sac.

[@olistaeuble]

I like this game its intuitively good