Magnus Carlsen (NOR) vs Wesley So (USA) | Banter Series | THE FINAL | Tuesday 29/09

[@Athinira]

I remember the 2018 Speed Chess Championship where Carlsen beat Wesley 27 - 9.5 in the quarter-final. Wesley has come a long way since then in speed chess.

[@AndrewBackhouse1]

That was brutal

[@hatoriterry8198]

Athinira hello there, it’s February 2021 , who beats who?

[@scrumpymanjack]

What a beast Magnus is. I LOVE that I’m alive to witness his reign - especially in the era of online chess. Just amazing!

[@hatoriterry8198]

scrumpymanjack hi , it’s February 2021, how’s magnus?

[@scrumpymanjack]

@@hatoriterry8198 what a weird reply. How do I know how he is? He’s probably studying chess and feeling good.

[@hatoriterry8198]

scrumpymanjack 2 things. 1.You really have no idea what’s happening in the chess world. 2. Pretending to know nothing, knowing will be like bitter pills to swallow.

[@scrumpymanjack]

@@hatoriterry8198 Two things: first, I hope you speak English better than you write it; second, Magnus is still the strongest chess player in the world. A couple of poor performances tell you only that he’s going through a rough patch, which has happened before. But what’s your deal, anyway? Magnus is still a beast, I still love that I’m alive to witness his reign and it’s still just amazing. Did Wesley crush him? No. In fact, Magnus had plenty of winning chances. So what’s your point? He’s out of form and yet still got to the final and still almost won the tournament last week.

[@hatoriterry8198]

scrumpymanjack this time I’ll be giving you just 1. You’re reading comprehension is below child level. You didn’t understood any single word on my comment! You do? Then , your common sense has the problem!

[@bobovieri5796]

Magnus endgame is insane.

[@godempire007]

Magnus is even better than Capablanca at endgames

[@bobovieri5796]

@@godempire007 yes he's the goat of endgame.

[@maxd3480]

His endgame is brilliant. The fact that he can spot best moves a majority of the time with little time on the clock is insane

[@bobovieri5796]

@@maxd3480 yes magnus can play 50 move with 10 sec in endgame. he's fast and play almost always the best moves.

[@amirulashraf5699]

Im suppose to be the greatest endgame player - magnus

[@LucilleMilo]

magnus is a very funny dude. love his banter.

[@cogybear]

Magnus losing in openings but equalises in mid and wins endgames.. clever strategies ‘drag him down to my level and bamboozle him’

[@sovysethi]

Magnus played Bong cloud in the first game and still managed to win😂🙌

[@hgalve99]

@@tarunverma8355 never read the comments before watching the game buddy!!

[@unpong01]

@@csongorcsernai4877 I think that's the reversed color. I had to look this up because no one is playing it but it's called Barnes Opening - The Fried Fox Attack.

[@hgalve99]

@@richardcochrane1966 yeah you are

[@unpong01]

@@richardcochrane1966 It's to take people out of their prep. Top GM plays a suboptimal opening all the time.

[@soIatido]

Richard Cochrane That’s why the bongcloud has a great psychological advantage

[@meetabhani2129]

G.O.A.T. MAGNUS CARLSEN 🔥❤️

[@moka1915]

Nah he’s currently the best but bobby fischer is the goat

[@prem2187]

@@moka1915 I would say Mir Sultan Khan. Though he didn't get much formal training, he stunned the world champions.

[@moka1915]

Prem Srawan ya but I think the craziest person was the mysterious man that beat nigel shorts in an online match 8-0 in 2001 but some say it was fischer but whoever he was the way he played was unorthodox

[@pa41980]

@@moka1915 HAha lol, Fischer GOAT? Great player sure but he was world champion 3years and did not even defend his title vs Karpov - he chose not to - whatever reason, maybe afraid maybe not. In terms of achievents there are so many players above him in the history of chess, Kasparov Karpov Lasker Capablanca Alekhine Botvinnik Carlsen Anand to name a few

[@user-uo2sl5us8f]

Paolo Angioni fischer is at least top 5

[@piyushsrivastava5581]

Well Anish once said if he loses to Magnus Or Hikaru even if they play bongcloud, he will leave chess & go to Himalayas. Well, Wesley just lost to Magnus with this opening. Quite possibly, even Anish would. Bye bye Anish.

[@gobbedy]

When was the bongcloud played in this video?

[@vaskarghosh8543]

Very first game

[@pauldejean7899]

Nah Anish is save, I'm pretty sure he'd be able to make a draw ;)

[@bobovieri5796]

Anish is a small boy to compare with magnus.

[@piyushsrivastava5581]

@@ashscott6068hahaaa! Simply, there are times when you win and times when you play Magnus.

[@lp4969]

The lag in chess24 board is disgusting, please fix it once and for all

[@DK2820]

Magnus is doing instructional commentary while playing the best players in the world

[@melvincastronuevo429]

Magnus and Wesley So the New Rival in Tandem

[@khaledsyr1892]

The first match though 🔥🔥

[@lyovmyshkin7561]

10:24 there is knight d8, and black has to sac the knight on e5

[@markmmipi1913]

Beast...! That first game opening😅😅

[@AdipatiNormandy]

MY NAME IS GM MESGEN AMANOV

[@schachmatt1581]

The first game is proof that openings just don't matter except for top level classical chess. You can play whatever you want.

[@x-b5516]

Is he drinking wine?

[@alvis4129]

Magnus seems happier lately.

[@hatoriterry8198]

Alvis Today is February 2021. How’s Magnus?

[@Swagtorian]

1:17:54 engine was evaulating the game as a draw for some 15 seconds, after magnus said so bad so bad it also agreed that white is better

[@erikthehalfabee6234]

The eval bar bottom right was more up to date

[@I_am_Itay]

Lol the eval on the left was turned off

[@ancientknight9805]

i prefer watchinh online chess cause you understand whats the person thinking ,but from player perspective nothing beats a board 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@brbcrew9957]

You have video in your adds

[@janvanvelthoven5027]

Your marketing efforts are rather good chess24, but please hire some people to improve your gui, it'd be more than worth the investment. It's the sole reason people refuse to play on your site IMHO

[@hatoriterry8198]

Congratulations Magnus for winning the Banter defeating Wesley So. Likewise congratulations also to Wesley So for winning the Skilling open and Opera Euro defeating Magnus Carlsen in 2 Finals.

[@UclaChris1]

Drinking wine and winning again!

[@GrislyAtoms12]

I thought it was coffee. Am I wrong?

[@aymen_zelda]

?

[@alisaadaoui259]

Could Anyone here tell me why magnus keep winning everything all the time tournaments ? Dafaq ??

[@kajaskov6270]

The reason could be; He is just better!

[@thegorn]

He has this thing called “skill”

[@robertf7989]

@@MrBalor89 that's circular reasoning fyi. No shade on magnus.

[@f.d.3289]

7:39 i just love it when Magnus the Great stupidly blunders a pawn, just like yours truly XD Plus you also just gotta love that Carlsen plays a Hammerschlag against Wesley So in a final. That's so badass.

[@olivierp7433]

A00 Hammerschlag (Fried Fox-Pork Chop) Opening

[@ashperov934]

Very cool but an ad every 3 or so minutes sucks

[@hughwheaton2705]

What's the engine seeing at 11:56? Is it Nf4+ followed by g6, g7, after which ...Ne4-f6 is met by Nh5, and Nd5-e7, by Ng6?

GOAT Magnus Carlsen

[@dennyortiz7242]

54:31 Magnus: "Sorry about that."

[@pollys9340]

38:07 Magnus shows why he's the world champion

[@pollys9340]

PepegaTube it's because of the pun he did

[@malinkifox2011]

Can someone explain to me the loss at 1:02? I don’t understand that at all

[@cndbrn7975]

​Magnus is the einherjar drinking mjöð waiting for Ragnarok

[@paulharris2331]

Are you referencing what I think you are?

[@d.tbichnga3448]

43:21 "oh boy oh boyyy" Poor Magnus 😂

[@pongwiboonma]

1:13:23 This wine is not very good. lol

[@ayushmishra7296]

All hail the goat Carlsen

[@rm9994]

In the last game Magnus chose not to win the exchange several times why?

[@mikaelserviam7329]

Magnus playing Hikaru's Bongcloud in game 1 EPIC!

[@thegorn]

Felipe Van Leeuwen different moves = different bong

[@everythinkispossible90]

when I was in Nashik ...MAGNUS CARLSEN WAS BUYING A CHESS BOARD TO PLAY CHESS Only few will get this Who get this ????

[@devynkumar1997]

ya

[@ameydamle400]

yes got it! now KZbin has been launched in nashik! you should come back! its fun!

[@AvinashKumar-xr8ss]

VD

[@vighneshreddy30]

I don't get it.... Can u explain??😅

[@petrarovanski3824]

@@vighneshreddy30 lag

[@gregwh2000]

We're watching a world chess champion who has better intuition than Capablanca no?

[@darrenhendarmin]

Bruh he played bongcloud against if not one of the best players in the world, what a troll

[@mikecantreed]

How is no one in the comments complaining about the lag?

[@felixdonar1015]

Because this is Chess. Go back to fortnite buddy.

[@jacopo_2165]

I think he has gotten mentally better, the first game tells a lot. I think that’s also why he lost against alireza. (Or maybe not lol)

[@omwu1307]

I know chess pretty well the only thing I dont understand is why does the time go up again when its close to 0:00, to lazy to look it up now lol.

[@ocudagledam]

They are playing with a 2s increment, which they get after every move. It has become the norm over the last several years (goes for over the board chess as well).

[@antoniobreaux1584]

Increment

[@xavieryates9782]

Am I who thinks Magnus is pretty funny?

[@arnoldo8642]

i like his self deprecating humor at times. shows he's humble and can roll with the punches

[@xavieryates9782]

@@arnoldo8642 Yes. I agree. He's confident enough to show some of his 'normal' side...

[@xavieryates9782]

@@1ucky1ukskywa1ker You're right! But I could've sworn they were in there originally...

[@Rya1RaineS]

holy cows! such an endgame beast magnus is...

[@amitloutube]

Why in most of the matches Machine goes pawn up against humans...

[@whitegoldsilver]

Congratulations!

[@I_am_Itay]

GOAT

[@harykusumo4152]

Monster chess = magnus carlsen

[@greenhammer1148]

why is the remaining time resetting?

[@hughwheaton2705]

Increment

[@renuawasthi7533]

Feel bad for Wesley I wish he had played bongcloud against some egoistic players like Nakamura or others instead of such a nice guy and humiliated him. Wesley didn't deserve this😭

[@koghost2249]

lol egoistic? nakamura is the most humble chess player out there. also, he wasn't a part of this tournament but sure Magnus can try it, after all Nakamura is #1 in blitz, we'll see some Lindores Abbey repetition ;)

[@renuawasthi7533]

@@koghost2249 you clearly don't know nakamura's reputation before he started streaming

[@soumyadeeproy127]

@@renuawasthi7533 yeah he's probably just some twitch frog

[@TarabAseel12]

@@koghost2249 LOL, nakamura on stream blocks people and call them idiots for beating him, he is FAR FROM HUMBLE. stfu please.

[@sgtsnakeeyes11]

ive never seen someone with a bigger ego that nakamura, it's embarrassing

[@thegorn]

Magnus took Wesley into a deep dark and bongy forest

[@flyingbirds6408]

😂

[@flyingbirds6408]

No disrespect, but woke up in alice wonderland

[@arjuncv5277]

Amazing..Brilliant..No words..What an endgame..Magnus Carlsen 👌👏

[@centralprocessingunit2564]

im quite disappointed that they never show the standings before they start, because i knew nothing about this event and couldve been a lot easier to understand the situation by standings.

[@strong8705]

Of course they do not hide it. Just not in this video.

[@centralprocessingunit2564]

@@strong8705 they never put it in any of the videos

[@queengambit9000]

after winning 2 points, Magnus "gives" points to his opponent to make the game look more interesting

[@tedcapital1237]

how fuckn hard is t to have a coordinated board? can even follow the moves in real-time there a 2-second lag. This is horrendous.

[@bobovieri5796]

Too strong too fast😂😂😂

[@francistapulgo9814]

Wesley has too much respect for magnus that is why he can never beat him.

[@erwinjoseph1600]

In Fischer Random maybe Magnus has also too much respect with Wesley that's why he can't beat Wesley 😂

[@erwinjoseph1600]

@Virchow yes he won the event but was beaten by Wesley

[@outerdimension7276]

38:07

[@deejy232]

Magnus is funny too!

[@slimanoaburas9351]

ماكو عرب بالطيارة !!!

[@shantanusinha2828]

Lmao the only reason Magnus played Bong Cloud was to one-up Nakamura, who beat Jeffrey Xiong with the Bong Cloud

[@rexomaster9428]

lol naka fanboy, It's awesome how you see ppl write random shit like it's facts. Naka fans often forget that magnus is the chess world champ, they tuned in in the xqc time, and see some online blitz and rapid games where naka is close to magnus in some games, and one event. So now they think naka is better then magnus. Damn... It's just sad, magnus has playd the bong cloud so many times before that naka game vs xiong. He even improved the bong cloud a bit ;) check out agadmators channel =) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen* Check him out before you talk out of your ass again beacuse of some twitch fanboy shit. Btw i love hikaru, he is a super gm. but comon, online games the last months does not cancel out the chess before covid. naka is still nowhere near to be a world champ, thats just facts atm.

[@Joekd6.1]

Nakamura will never beat Magnus in a serious match up

[@smhdpt12]

Get rid of the evaluation bar!!

[@strong8705]

Put it in the corner so minority who like mysteries can hide it by covering screen.