Magnus Carlsen - Petr Svidler, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009

Some fragments of Grischuk - Karpov as well...

[@donnelictar2255]

this was the last round in the tournament and the players are not seem to ve tired. brilliant players.

[@mavaddat]

Simply wonderful. Thanks so much for posting.

[@TeeteringBulb]

Magnificent game! Well filmed, you can see everything that's going on. Thanks a lot for the post! :-)

[@diggitus]

Note the one time Svidler makes a move, his piece falls over, and he hits the clock *before* he adjusts the board. This happens all the time in Blitz, but here Svidler throws up an apologetic hand in recognition of the breach of etiquette. I love how Svidler hides his face behind his hand as soon as he is losing.

[@swingdocta]

great video

[@achilies12346]

amazing.

[@ddstar]

Cool how they talked it out at the end, no bad blood or anything

[@iloveihop07]

i love how that dude just stands right in front of the karpov/grischuks board at the end, completely oblivious...

[@_9ko]

Today Magnus swept the floor with Karjakin with black pieces. Impressive to bounce back so quickly after a big loss.

[@jevitigre]

That`s the typical Svidler mood when he plays; usually the players analyse after the game.

[@viriatovitch]

Well done, Carlsen ! Very good ending !

[@_9ko]

Awsome! Thanks for posting.. You think Magnus Carlsen can win this? Dude isnt more than 18 years old.. Remarkable!

[@_9ko]

@Volumep Off course age is important. Like in anything else, you gain experience the more you play. As you play the more you pick up and learn, both with your chess game and mental game. Magnus Carlsen is alot better chess player at 18 than when he was 16. He will also be better suited and probably master the game even better when he is 21. Age is definately a factor.

[@diggitus]

javilack, the time controls for this year's WBC are 3' + 2" instead of 5' flat. Not sure if the players voted on it or not, but it's a much superior rule that eliminates the debasing final-seconds time scramble. Remember Krush flagging in the US Ch. blitz playoff when she enjoyed a time advantage of seven seconds to two? I don't blame her for being pissed. These guys, though, move very precisely and respectfully, and that continues til the final seconds.

[@ebntje]

Carlsen wins by 3 points ahead of World Champion Anand.Reminds me of Fischers dominating performance in the 1970 Blitz event.

[@gredow1979]

@adhdboy699 the time controls are: you are controlled by the time you live in. it is out of your control to live in a different time. if you cannot make anything happen in this time, then you have no self-control over activities that distract you from making things happen now.

[@bgangioni]

@bajen3 Yes, that's Karpov... Man, was he good! He was a world champion! Also, he's running for FIDE president 2010.

[@mongopilot100]

@MagicianPugh Yes

[@bumblebee1607]

Magnus can win anything :)

[@steveoplacebo]

I love the way Carlsen always looks so totally bored at the introductions and how he always playes around with the taking chess bits at the side of the bored lol Carlsen rules

[@Cristiano051285]

muito bom

[@Simenter13]

@Fupper16 If black takes with the queen, white can take the pawn on d3, and if black takes with the pawn on g7 instead of the queen, there is no king protection anymore.

[@Chewy427]

lol at the glare off the chess boards xD Might as well be playing on floodlights.

[@bajen3]

You can see a player who was good in the 1980's. Hes name is Karpov

[@zalazalaz]

gracias tu si sabes como grabar partidas de ajedrez

[@abdi14]

dont worry they coming i am working on them.

[@user-fe3yt1ro8p]

А что произошло у Магнуса и Свидлера я так и не понял. Объясните если кто понял.

[@cLiPz0r]

Its just a sign that he didnt resign but just kicked his king accidentally ...

[@SniperMonkeh]

4:19 Illegal move? He didn't queen his pawn.

[@ray8uk]

I thought it was funny at the end when Svidler got in the way and the camera man just has a quick zoom in on his arse!

[@pepedroko]

despues svidler se tenia que meter justo en medio para que no podamos ver la partida de karpov jajajaj

[@zgorl]

d4 was probably wrong?!

[@Chunkshank]

JESUS H!!! These guys have Ph.D.'s in chess. I'm still working on my Bachelors. DAMN!

[@vipulkaushal1597]

at 6:37 why not Kf6?

[@Siyar612]

Because rook will eat the king?

[@vipulkaushal1597]

sorry i might be drunk when i wrote this

[@YTM021807]

Click here to bypass the initial irrelevant comments -----> 1:12

[@Garen1234]

I don't get why magnus didn't play a6 instead of b5 in the last few moves..he just complicated things more

[@PudgeyisFat]

Magnus Won?

[@colemanli4025]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c4 0-0 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bf3 Be6 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Rc1 d4 16.Ne2 d3 17.Bxf6 dxe2 18.Bxd8 dxd1Q 19.Rfxd1 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxd8 22.Ke3 g5 23.Rc5 h6 24.Bb7 Rb8 25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Rc6 Bd5 27.Rxh6 Kg7 28.Rd6 Bxg2 29.a4 f5 30.a5 Rh8 31.Bd3 f4+ 32.Kd4 f3 33.Rg6+ Kf7 34.Rxg5 Rd8+ 35.Rd5 Rxd5 36.Kxd5 f2+ 37.Kd6 f1Q 38.Bxf1 Bxf1 39.b4 Ke8 40.h4 Be2 41.Kc7 Ke7 42.Kb6 Kd7 43.b5 Kc8 44.Kc5 Kb7 45.b6 Bf3 46.Kd4 Ka6 47.Ke3 1-0

[@Alberturkey54]

ur a legend

[@TipoQueTocaelPiano]

Despite seeming bold, I must say these guys play endgames quite poorly. For example, at 7:28 Carlsen plays Kb6, letting the black's King reach the pawns and stop them, instead of playing h5 which wins easily. He is won anyway, but thanks to the subtlety that his King prevents black's Bishop from getting to e4 stopping the h pawn. Otherwise Svidler would have been able to capture on a5 and stop the h pawn on h7. I don't think Magnus had seen all this, though.

[@JimJWalker]

g5 looked desperate, and the Rb8 chasing the bishop only to attack it with Ra8 is a waste of a move. Why not let Carlsen take on a6 and play an attacking move like f5?

[@Volumep]

@niconude In chess age isn't important.

[@bjw2kc]

@eeeeeriickkkkk a6 white win

[@bumblebee1607]

@adhdboy699 3+2

[@CowsGoHumpingLOL]

A6 doesn't win run it through an engine

[@bulletbukkake8907]

annoying how so many of these blitz videos have a full minute of nothing at the beginning