Magnus Carlsen gives a London System lesson! 👑

[@joshjohnson6677]

"the objective evaluation is that i'm completely winning" - magnus carlsen

[@shanliu1588]

Carsen

[@Mr_Man_7803]

Carsen

[@nipahhhhh]

Magnus 🚗 sen

[@batata8455]

magnurse 🚗 sen

[@explodingmonad4535]

Professor Carr

[@Lusc1nt]

Magnus creates theory as he plays

[@dan-3268]

Theory follows Magnus

[@ericb5457]

True

[@SriramMalladi]

Nice instructive game

[@ManOfWar53654]

Magnus IS the theory.

[@baguette3000-V2]

if the opponent is bad... ;)

[@gordonblack6803]

This man just casually walked 2 pawns straight down the board in the middle of a game and promoted both of them 😱🤯

[@WalkerBrown-t6z]

The position is closed

[@vladn6031]

Yes, it's a well known chess tactic called a pawn storm.

[@WalkerBrown-t6z]

@@vladn6031 that’s not a tactic tho

[@vladn6031]

@@WalkerBrown-t6z it is

[@DavidAF311]

This guy is going to be good. Really quick learner. One of his best traits

[@mothupilekgau310]

He's not going to be good, he is already the highest rated chess player of all time and world champion

[@WilloPR]

@@mothupilekgau310 Pretty sure he's being sarcastic... hence the 12 likes.

[@matnasa8292]

@@mothupilekgau310 u very smart boi

[@MrBreadisawesome]

@@mothupilekgau310🤓☝️

[@Minkywhispers]

/r whoosh

[@mattcavallaro8617]

I have never seen the London played this way. I'm gonna try it and lose lol

[@BrontoChess]

Haha best of luck!

[@duskgleam4634]

it's not the london system. It's the jobava-london where you go for Nb5 and reroute it to a3 later on or go for a kingside expansion to justify putting the knight in front of the pawn if a6 is played. you can check out the theory; it's interesting. In one of Gothamchess' videos, he played a tournament using this opening. It's also a favorite of Hans nieman

[@mattcavallaro8617]

@@duskgleam4634 jobava London is still a London. To me, the novelty was the g and h pawns both on the 6th rank, where every combination was losing for black.

[@gabrielkimbrough]

Same. 😂

[@datscrazy4095]

@@duskgleam4634 Hans nieman 💀

[@GB-ez6ge]

I can only watch in awe as Magnus casually destroys highly rated opponents.

[@CovidIslandDiscs]

"I'm a quick learner that is one of the good things about me" Magnus is also the master of understatement.

[@VercingetorixGaming]

He controlled the whole board with few moves

[@AiR1DaN]

Thats what happens when you block in your bishop

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@Ojas97 no no. That depends on both their playstyle and opening/defense they are using. Take for example the Sicilian defense, some of it's lines have black letting white get a lot of control intentionally

[@kakyoinnoriaki6857]

@@Ojas97 Prag isnt equally as good as magnus💀

[@Xplora213]

@@Ojas97 Magnus doesn’t quickly do anything, he simply applies pressure at appropriate moments and keeps things sensible while the opponent has to deal with it. Black wasn’t forced to do anything in the opening, London System gave him ample time to get organised. But he didn’t organise well when given the chance. That’s not offence. That’s just principled play.

[@Xplora213]

@@Ojas97 and what are you doing? 😜

[@thelolmaster1997]

He makes it look so easy

[@gregoryrobertson]

Beautiful! Castling looked scary, but man that h6 move was brutal!

[@joelhaddad9434]

At the end of the video he said he castled on move 15, he instantly remembered when he castles on what exact move 🤯

[@gjzgodd]

Maybe, but he could be looking at a report also. I know players write their moves down when playing offline

[@djcheckmate1]

moves made are on the screen as you play.

[@EMFObserver]

That was insane!

[@BrontoChess]

Thanks for watching boss! I know I'm an average chess player so I'm going to be reediting others lessons and adding music/cutting them up to give them value again. Check back for some sick stuff coming up!

[@marlandt.renhoek9853]

His kingside pawns literally went from the second rank all the way to the seventh rank and ended there

[@BrontoChess]

Wild right? They just kept getting stronger as the game went on.

[@areezzy]

With a funny switcheroo on the seventh rank!

[@moosewild4239]

Makes it look so easy. Nice.

[@MihaiMihai-fw7do]

that 5:01 G6-H7 pawn move, was better than an action movie scene

[@frogiwthoutahat]

music making me sad af

[@BrontoChess]

Maybe you should call her

[@kingsaf90]

Its from Chess ultra for sure

[@guillegermo9406]

At first I tough it was Beethoven's moonlight sonata...

[@kingsaf90]

@@guillegermo9406 chess ultra is the go to chess game on console and they feature many classics so it may be that

[@BrontoChess]

@@kingsaf90 I believe it’s linked in the description but it’s from a studying playlist and they may list the track name.

[@curtisw0234]

Flawless h6 move so clean so casual. There is not another like him and never will be

[@robertakerman3570]

It's just that easy(4 Him).

[@btiddy1709]

there will be another, people said the same about Fischer and Kasparov

[@wifichess9326]

h6 ain't special move.... Its easy to find

[@rahultalreja242]

He's certainly the best, but if want to see magic in chess then watch Mikhail Tal games

[@btiddy1709]

@@rahultalreja242 Oh i love mikhail tal! The tiger! Great offensive player he is definitely top 10

[@ez9647]

The piano in the background is just cold.

[@NOST4YOU]

Magnus is awesome! It is so much fun to watch. It would be cool to see how his mind works in other things.

[@jakemccoy]

Pay attention to the trial and how he handled everything surrounding it.

[@whyvern6817]

"taking into account the wind velocity going towards the south east which makes my pee get carried away by the wind, I will instead pee in a bottle and make it simpler"

[@mrowiegg6781]

@@whyvern6817 straight fax my G

[@djcheckmate1]

he plays poker and is quite good at it.

[@paulquirk3783]

There's a good chance he has some abnormal circuitry and thus some significant deficits--not just the best brain ever. Very very good brain, too, of course.

[@Mohit-ph2rk]

The background music is so soothing I slept the first 2times trying to watch this video!

[@RaunySilva]

I like how both hikaru and magnus destroy their opponents in ways totally different: magnus has deep and elegant tactics while hikaru has viciously violent moves

[@vanmatthijs]

And when they play they make it look so logical and easy, especially as they are explaining while they are doing it. But when I try to copy some of their tactics I still get destroyed.

[@VykeFingerprintKnight]

​@@vanmatthijsyou gotta try to copy the thinking but not the tactics. That's just pure calculating and those guys aren't humans when it comes to that

[@dragonmartijn]

Hikaru just looks to play like that thanks to his Mongol roots.

[@bullymaguire8266]

They are humans​@@VykeFingerprintKnight

[@jakemccoy]

It would be so demoralizing playing Magnus. The game is just cruising along, and then suddenly you're in big trouble out of nowhere.

[@BrontoChess]

For real

[@TheMinarus]

"SO the objective evaluation is that i'm completely winning" HAHAHA I love that

[@MaxDooDat2]

One of Black's blunders was first attacking with his bishop move to A6 before he castled. He needed to castle and get his king back behind protection; along with getting his roukes supporting each other. Plus, he allowed Carlsen to manuever so many of his pieces into position for attacking the king side while pushing his pawns forward. He needed to stop that by trading off pieces to blunt the attack and getting one of his knight positioned to defend that side. But, of course, that is much easier understood in restrospect compared to while it is happening.

[@peterthecheese4650]

Funny thing is...he played the line Hans Niemann recommended in his Jobava London Course

[@tikenmorang7484]

Funny thing is Magnus learned this lines before hans was born

[@captjuanco5766]

Magnus will take that course if he wants to dumb down his jobava london opening.

[@jyc313]

Maybe he can give a lesson on the Niemann Denied, I’ve only seen the version where you resign in 1 move. Maybe there are variations?

[@bobcobb158]

man the h6 was beautiful

[@prarjucarju957]

Looks like how comfortable he is while playing

[@runiusgatan]

Like a boss

[@BrontoChess]

EZ

[@dera1406]

He is the boss

[@TheZoriaN]

@@BrontoChess hahahahahahaha ez mid

[@IbokRock811]

This is actually super helpful 😅 thanks for posting

[@BrontoChess]

Appreciate the comment thanks

[@bv5191]

the quality of Magnus's gameplay is only surpassed by the quality of his videos

[@SwaggerSnail]

360p?

[@luizsilva9991]

One day this guy will achieve great things in chess

[@licha11]

you think so?

[@luizsilva9991]

@@licha11 yeah. He seems decent.

[@herrrmike]

The kid has a future, I tell ya!

[@GabrielSimp]

​@@luizsilva9991espero q esse dia chegue logo

[@RobinOnTour]

At 4:50 he says whatever the opponent does he will get a queen but I think that not the case is it?

[@tikenmorang7484]

magnus vs normal GM's is like mewtwo vs Pikachu

[@Ytremz]

“He’s taking a lot of time” “He’s looking at the engine move”

[@thomasmartin473]

the background music makes me crazy

[@BrontoChess]

You're tripping lol

[@jacobdrollinger4802]

Amazing acceleration of thought! With such ease, he attacked the king side. I am going to have to use this in my next game!

[@ghoulbladee]

What if black goes Ke4 at 0:48? What would be best?

[@KublaiKhan2025]

Ke4??? The king can't jump over pieces to e4!

[@darrylkassle361]

Love the elevator music gee reminds me to do my x-mas shopping early i suppose

[@BrontoChess]

Get after it 🤣

[@mekullag]

sounds like startup menu music for a darksouls title. Or anything Hollow Knight. Super relaxing if it didn‘t trigger dodge-roll reflexes

[@IlhamVCC]

That was brutal 😮

[@Proflaxis]

If you turn on the captions then "The critical moment was h6" becomes "The critical moment was at age 6". Indeed !!

[@slendrmusic]

How lucky that we live in a time when we can hear directly the chess GOAT’s thoughts in real time as he plays

[@Dezdichado1000]

ok i will be pushing my G and H pawns like that in every london game I play, which is every game I plays.

[@robertsasata5635]

5…Bb4 is probably better than 5…Be7; white typically responds with 6.Nge2 to avoid doubled pawns, and then after the bishop later gets kicked with a3, it retreats to e7, reaching positions similar to the game but the white knight on e2 is less optimally placed than on f3.

[@connorgames6668]

The sad background music works well

[@BryanSmith-bn3wq]

"I'm going to get a queen. I'm going to win his rook. Then, I'm going to get another queen. Then, I'm going to checkmate him". 😂😂😂

[@OregonMikeH]

Enjoyed This, a new thought process on a favored opening. Your Smooth Explanations and Host Demeanor have me Aboard now with all Notifications on. I Thank Ya Big M, wishing Blessings Your Way from Oregon. ... Mike.

[@bagboybrown]

Magnus made the poor fella ragequit LOOOOOOOL

[@independentnature295]

The way I've seen the general white London set up explained before has pawn c3 and Nbd2 ....just wondering.

[@BasicShapes]

Pawn h6 was incredible foresight

[@culture21133]

Very instructive nice

[@WorldChessComunity-gh3xx]

we've loved this video

[@simonragnarson22]

this polytonal background music gives me the creeps in a good way

[@yoshidaharrow1872]

Music link please 🙏

[@ItsThatVogue]

What about queen a7 at 4:03?

[@joenbiden]

Tt's always that low quality videos. Always! That teach you the best

[@victor6010]

very well played by this magnus streamer guy... this dude could become an IM or something one day

[@timwilson7326]

Every time i try to create king side attacks i end up down a piece and two pawns somehow

[@nonton3466]

Good advise from magnus, but but my brain somehow reject it

[@ciao_abhi]

hes a genius that was crazy tactics

[@RJA]

At 4:50 wouldn't black be better taking the pawn on g6?

[@librabys]

After ...hxg6 then hxg7... and after rook g8 white rook h8. Black rook is pined to the king and is lost. Nothing will prevent the pawn to promote after that either.

[@Mike-VR]

The music idea doesn't work. Thanks for the video though!

[@BrontoChess]

@@Mike-VR video has almost a million views, I think it worked. Thanks for the comment though!

[@saidulchowdhury227]

Watching art in motion

[@beatsbyjuni]

Would it have been better for black to move knight to e7 rather than bishop takes f4? You’d still lose the rook but prevent a queen

[@misterclownface]

Love the dinner music

[@BrontoChess]

Thank you you’re invited for meatloaf

[@sunnyh314]

A joy to watch.

[@lemlem2.00]

Great one magnus 💪💪

[@TwinBroz]

Magnus does what he wants

[@BrontoChess]

He’s the man 💯

[@jonathanlechman]

Feeling better thanks

[@reidarjohnsen6207]

This Magnus guy seems pretty clever, he should realy try to play som turnaments

[@altonito777]

Don't push him so much, starting tournaments too soon and getting destroyed can make you give up playing chess !

[@poyraz8368]

He is laughing at the beginning of game because Nc3 and g4 concept was in Hans niemann's chessable jobava london course.

[@joefawcett7166]

He's a quick learner

[@curtisw0234]

He learned it from Lawrence Trent, what is a Hans Neimann?

[@schuylerasplin3744]

Could you please link the music?? thank you!

[@BrontoChess]

Song is called Crank Dat by Soulja Boy

[@skwasigr]

Nice game, so the oppent missed to play G6 ? I think that would have bought time.

[@ttjciluk]

What is different from London and English opening?

[@danielemanuel5890]

I am a London player, but I have never played these lines, it's crazy

[@Megalodon1-u6j]

plz song name of the backround ??

[@Megalodon1-u6j]

no one know the background song ? even the publisher of the video he doesn't ?

[@mindi-ebitesylva]

I think this dude has what it takes to be a professional chess player,, maybe win a local tournament. I like how he played

[@ThomasistheTwin]

He traded a side pawn for a center pawn in the end. Seems good.

[@Santa_Muućka_SO2]

London System: Magnus variantion

[@tommynilsson2022]

Magnus Carlsen is phenomenal. His games most oftenly absolutely brilliant! Lots of admiriation and respect from Sweden. Norway rules.

[@yvettemaldonado3725]

I love you Magnus you are a genius thank you for the lesson. 😍

[@greenmoxy]

I will castle to an empty space if it makes sense.

[@AbhikAbhi]

Background music name?

[@mojonianososo]

Great playing but that's a weird background song

[@lanceareadbhar]

I love the London too, but I'm too strict and rarely put the knight on c3.

[@talsgi1577]

i think you only put it there when your opponent plays Nf6

[@serje494]

Anyone know the background music?

[@neils2292]

Song in the background?

[@conorolden8527]

isnt this the music from 2 girls 1 cup?

[@BrontoChess]

You caught me

[@christiantabali4486]

Magnus has used this line before london woth g4. Anyone know this variation? or he just use it?

[@lennoxfan1781]

Magnus had played this variant before against Caruana in 2017 (Nc3 and g4).

[@JSSTyger]

Magnus GOATsen

[@justinchanut9508]

Am i dumb or did he blunder his queen at 5:00

[@justinchanut9508]

oh didnt even matter lmao

[@KublaiKhan2025]

​@@justinchanut9508 you can sacrifice queen if you get a new one...learn BASIC TACTICS

[@dylanhzimmerman]

damn that attack was so nice

[@gourmayo]

Is there ever a situation where you WOULDNT turn a pawn into a queen? And instead take a knight or bishop? I can see knight in some instances… but never bishop / rook?

[@jaydonwinter]

Very rarely you could be in a position where promoting to queen would result in a stalemate. Hence, rook or knight being the only non-throwing move

[@jeramiahccabacungan4891]

You win chess if you know how to find those attacking moves or forcing moves.

[@astroversace466]

why music in the background?

[@TheChessMasterBattleofWits]

Background music name please!

[@BrontoChess]

Im pretty sure it’s linked

[@TheChessMasterBattleofWits]

Is it Beethoven or Brahms?

[@BrontoChess]

@@TheChessMasterBattleofWits I couldn’t tell you sorry. I just found it in a copyright free background music playlist.

[@Priyanto__cb]

This variation known as-Jobava London System❤

[@borisandalfie]

To be precise this is the Jobava London

[@JanuszSyty-s8k]

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[@thomasgrabowski2202]

Lol when Magnus is playing himself 😂😂