Magnus Carlsen Plays The SODIUM ATTACK

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[@kingviper3444]

Levy, you need to get a better haircut like I cant stand that one, get some waves 💀💀 itll look better ong

[@kingviper3444]

*YESS*

[@imamasterbaiter6645]

Pin of shame /:/

[@lontongtepungroti2777]

pin of based

[@lukanatsauri]

Naaaw, not really worthy of pin of shame

[@xvvrc]

Pin of shame

[@obryanmeli2887]

I like how Magnus does an opening quiz on weird unpopular openings, calls them all trash, and then beats a gm using one of them

[@lillemy5062]

One of the best gm in the world too, not some low elo gm

[@onniruusunen9444]

@@lillemy5062 he isn't

[@djr5024]

@@onniruusunen9444 wym

[@door9875]

@@onniruusunen9444 better than you at least

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@door9875 yes he is better than Onni Ruusunen that's not the point he is not one of the best in the world

[@imamasterbaiter6645]

To be fair, I’ve never lost to magnus Carlsen with the sodium attack.

[@DarthScott]

Same ngl

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

r/angryupvote

[@sankalanchanda669]

Omg me neither

[@kcyccyck6556]

I've never lost to him at all

[@rachit6366]

You talking about sodium attack? The guy has never beaten me with his Catalan bro.

[@splaffy981]

Magnus really took the "stop playing a4 h4 nonsense" to heart

[@teodorul9280]

who said that? I remember someone said it but not who

[@lia-ym3se]

@@teodorul9280 nepo said it after winning the candidates

[@teodorul9280]

@@lia-ym3se ohhh yea you're right, I remember thx

[@BlazeSLK]

He needs to play a4 h4 in the WCC

[@biolumate]

@@Ronaldo-eu1nz way to waste 10 seconds of my life

[@ice_cream_melt]

Wait, Sodium's abreviation in Na, and the move is Na(3). That's a pretty creative and interesting name for an opening. If only the opening wasn't so stupid

[@billumnbvc4608]

N for Nightking

[@novicelifts5197]

@@billumnbvc4608 N a3 for the place the knight move…

[@novicelifts5197]

@@billumnbvc4608 so Na3

[@smort123]

Theres also the Ammonia attack NH3

[@ryanlind5239]

Should it be like trisodium or something? Idk I’m not a chemist

[@thalfie]

I love the name "Sodium Attack". Because the opening is so dumb it can make your opponent say "Na" three times before flipping the table with a pinch of salt.

[@bananapotato9926]

also Knight A 3, in chess notation Na 3. Na.

[@crazypvpHow]

Sodium Attack: Chloride Variation

[@tomg7686]

You're salty lol

[@qcnj9043]

Just eat a baNaNa if this ever happens

[@khytron06]

@@bananapotato9926 Exactly what I was thinking the moment I saw the thumbnail and title

[@shazmanu786]

Sodium Attack = 1. Na3. Sodium Defense = 1...Na6.

[@pokmanl9810]

Lots of sodium on the board

[@FernieCanto]

Na3, Na4, Na4 = Hey Jude

[@sogadupolus6136]

I would probably say Na to this opening

[@HaveANiceDayLol.]

@@khytron06 Me:Sf14

[@victorkao1472]

1. Nh3 = Ammonia Attack. 1. Nh6 = National Highway (India) counterattack

[@dillangermonpre]

"It's not a blunder, it's a book move." - Me in a conversation showing my brother this opening

[@unholy_squid3234]

I am appalled by this crab slander. The crab is a great opening that carried me through 12 grades of chess clubs until I decided to learn chess & take all the fun out of the game

[@hanspeter3084]

Just watched the intro but I gotta say I never shuffled my pawns back and forth didn't even know you can do that

[@lionlegend3897]

Pawns can’t go back XD

[@bensay8442]

Hahahaha great comment

[@julymagnus493]

You learn something new everyday

[@osasisidahomhen3597]

Touche

[@morgengabe1]

​@@lionlegend3897 they can, it's calles "en tardant"

[@jj848bedwars8]

The fact that magnus learned this opening just yesterday

[@talphazero1036]

Considering his weird Bongcloud Variation where he pushes his C and F pawns, then plays moves with the aim of switching the position of his King and Queen...this is a pretty credible opening, especially for a Blitz game.

[@ozkupelaileenyc4330]

I knew the opening from day one

[@sigurdnf9121]

He knew the opening and he has played the opening before, but he might not have knows the name. This game was played during candidates

[@RishabhSharma10225]

Bro that video of Magnus Howell openings test is pretty old one. It was uploaded of Magnus' channel just now but it's around the time of early pandemic.

[@travisSimon365]

For me, this is an example of how watching professionals play each other can distort your perspective. Watching pro NBA players, you start to appreciate the subtle differences between them, and you think that the variation in skill is minute, but significant. And with chess, maybe it's just better prep? Who has a better memory for long sequences? And then you see the odd video of a pro play at a playground, and they are effortlessly making shots from incredible distances, and you see how amazing they really are. I'm not saying Naroditsky is street-ball league, but I sometimes forget just how incredibly good Magnus really is. But watching him play against non- super-GM is like, '. . . oh, yeah, I see now. Sorry about that, I kinda forgot.'

[@Noctua8]

Magnus toyed with him too, not only with knight a3 but also there's no way in hell Magnus missed rook d3. He's just too good

[@awmdanger9677]

@@Noctua8 Why can't he miss it? He is best player alive, but in humans. He is not stockfish. If he were to find all the best moves, he would have countered rook d3 instead of playing a3. He doesn't underestimates his opponents.

[@PerfectSense77]

@@Noctua8 Nah, even Magnus misses things. There’s a game where he blundered a knight fork of his rook and king, like a bozo 700. He’s not Stockfish.

[@ShiningLion]

Yeah, like, the thing with Naroditsky is he shares so much of his knowledge and so understandably on his YT channel. You get a lot of games from him when he plays really principled chess, then finds some alien line a 2000 or under could never see in their dreams, and wins an opponent easily with that line or some variation he adapts into on the fly if the opponent is playing especially well. Enter super GMs, who see those same lines as Danya, and more, counter them with ease, and often when two enormously good players who give each other absolutely nothing, they win with a sheer grind. Positioning, forcing an error or inaccuracy, making an occasional non-move if there's nothing to improve... heck, the difference often seems to come to something like one pawn push that shouldn't have happened, but super GM forced you to do it. That's enough for a seemingly narrow endgame win, but the super GM likely found that win 10-15 moves prior. This is completely different world to normal person's internet chess. :D

[@chrisbeaudoin9818]

@@Noctua8 you don't toy with people by blundering into a drawn endgame lol

[@ΔημήτρηςΤερζάκης-τ9π]

I like how everyone implies being magnus is an advantage in every position Levy said : "how do you evaluate a position? Well if your name is Magnus and your last name is carlsen you are probably winning". Also Robert Hess when asked by Danny Rench who wins an equal endgame replied "Somehow, Magnus Carlsen"

[@quanghoangminh7626]

Please note that Magnus's Rook at a1 is considered trapped and useless most of the time (6:20 to 11:40). So Magnus is fighting down a Rook nearly the whole game and Daniel can't do anything lol

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

You have to have a certain kind of mindset, wake up on a certain side of the bed, to play the sodium attack. Magnus is that kind of man.

[@maciejmaecki3823]

You are a kind of man who is stupid, unfortunately.

[@user-fb4du2yv8x]

The fact that Magnus converts an equal complex endgame to a win with 30 seconds on the clock when many others would've failed to win this position in classical... that dude is no GM or Super GM, he should have his own title. Greatest player in chess history.

[@thomaskershaw3050]

I mean his opponent has 30 seconds too

[@RandomPerson-gf6gd]

I think that title happens to be “World Champion”

[@tyrellwilliams317]

@foreverinvaliduser na it’s equal at the very least bc Bobby anthem didn’t have these super computers to practice or study on… Bobby still has candidates records that might not ever be broken… also Gary was ahead of his time

[@yzfool6639]

@@andrewbailey7045 No World Champion was worse than the previous World Champion, except for Euwe.

[@ventimain6546]

@@tyrellwilliams317 No one cares lmao. We're talking about who was the better player, not who had the most potential given we give them access to things they didn't have access to.

[@sami6911]

Magnus says to Naroditsky that he missed rook d3 after the match, he also looked a little confused right after it, as if he was thinking “did I really not see that?”

[@vilpurikilpuri1771]

Just adressing the elephant in thee room, Magnus Carlsen has not beaten me with this attack once.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

You > Magnus Carlsen confirmed

[@SouICoffin]

Gotham, you are giving off real "front of the store muscle for the mafia who is set up in the back office of a jewish deli" vibes and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.

[@camelliascholl6564]

I hate how I found Rd3 the instant you said "there is an incredible move" but i can't see that my queen is hanging with 30 minutes on the clock

[@biharek7595]

just realized why it's called sodium attack lmao

[@robinrobinson6714]

Bless ya Levy! You seem to be happier!! Of course I’d just be kidding, if I chastised you about only claiming to give up competitive chess. I mean why are you doing all that exercising then? Hohoho! But I know what you meant. And I’ll keep on watching you no matter what your rating is or whether or not you’re competing. For me, you’re one of those who makes chess fun! Heck I might even get around to taking one of your courses! Hohoho!😊👍

[@user-cv2uf1yy1f]

Ah yes, Magnus Bleglegleh, one of the most people of all time.

[@pomtubes1205]

Pp

[@macbot21]

You been working out brah?

[@mastercrafter101-minecraft5]

The fact that I saw rd3 is craaaazy I'm still in the 3 digits group. Probably saw it for the wrong reasons but still

[@ettoreciabatti]

Same and i'm 1200

[@bullymaguire632]

Mastercrafter come on if you found that then what are you doing in the three digits? Go grind some rating points and come back here when you're 1100

[@ethantrottier3330]

@@bullymaguire632 imagine gatekeeping a 3000 year old game played with tiny statues on a wooden board.

[@bullymaguire632]

@@ethantrottier3330 you didn't understand what I meant, what I was trying to say is they have the potential to reach 1100 if they found that move, better do it now than leave it for later when you're rusty

[@Galcian2]

@@ethantrottier3330 That's not gatekeeping. Stay away from that word if you don't understand it. Why yes, I am gatekeeping gatekeeping.

[@artemisfowl2182]

Idk if you are still making videos on specific players, but if you are, could you make a video about Milan Vidmar, he was a top 10 player in the early 20th century and many top players of that time, like Capablanca for example said many good things about him. He was a very good chess player, but as many have called him an amateur becuse chess wasn't his only thing, he was an engineer, wrote books,... He was 1st GM in Yugoslavia too.

[@davidkoval862]

1.Na3 is the Durkin, Championed by Robert "Bob" Durkin. I played him a few times in southern NJ tournaments in the 70's and early 80's. I have seen him credited in sources like MCO or ECO. If i recall he was a USCF rated expert (

[@larskerkhof8835]

Yeah but sodium attack sounds more fun init

[@xaosIncorporeal]

​@@larskerkhof8835 Having an opening named after a person is rare. Meeting that person over a chessboard, win, lose, or draw has more significance.

[@anthonywong7906]

I loved how you said on 1:45 about the normal game with just that minor glitch with the knight

[@keithmason1485]

LOL. I just watched a video where Magnus got quizzed on ridiculous openings and this was one of them and at that time he didn't know WTF it was. This had to be after he did that video and he was like I'm going to beat a GM with this nonsense.

[@renobgm]

This is unironically my favorite Magnus recap channel

[@mysterioushackers5612]

I was just watching David's video with carlsen where David gives magnus a opening quiz and guess the openings name I was wondering why carlsen didnt play those in his online games and there he goes 😂😂

[@axatix]

I can feel it too 🙂 the ferry chess dust when I used to play my coach. Already on move one. I felt lost even though the game hasn't started yet 😭

[@orlandoleyva1352]

Greetings Levy from a small country in the world called Cuba. After 20 years, partly because of your videos, I went back to playing chess. In the end it went well for me but I didn't care, I love chess and this time, unlike before in my younger years, I played to have fun not looking for a result, in a certain way I try to instill that in my youngest son who just started in this wonderful world of the 64 squares, I always tell him that the effort is required, not the result... anyway: thanks for your fun and instructive videos and one day if you can I would like you to make a video where you delve into the Pelikan variant that it's my favorite.

[@Axiomatic75]

My father just moved to Cuba (he's been married to a Cuban lady for 25 years). I hope I can visit him there at some point. Is chess a popular game there?

[@orlandoleyva1352]

@@Axiomatic75 At the moment it is not so popular and it is not a country worth visiting either, from the outside many see it as a kind of living museum but from the inside it is a prison where you dream of leaving, there was a time when money did not live bad but that after covid changed.

[@Axiomatic75]

@@orlandoleyva1352 I'm sorry to hear that. The damn communist bastards destroy every country they get their grubby hands on.

[@lukasg4807]

@@orlandoleyva1352 what is life even like it cuba? Seems like it used to be a bustling tropical island and then disappeared off the map into a black hole, despite being right next to the US and mexico. Wasn't even sure if people there had internet. No offense meant, just weird because besides castro not being in charge anymore I've never heard anything about cuba past the missile crisis.

[@johnchessant3012]

just one question, how exactly does one shuffle their pawns back and forth? once they go forth they can't go back

[@yzfool6639]

Says you.

[@givemesomegeorge]

Yes I have played nonsense openings but no I’m not tilted. Call me magnus, call me an 800. Tomato Potato

[@1wakuralain]

4:00 is so accurate it's scary. When I got back into chess I played the Sodium exclusively cause I'm chunni and everything has to be done like Rock Lee with weights on. I got up to 1200 rapid before my opponents began punishing the opening even a little bit. There's a couple excellent salty messages from people saying "(they) only lost because (I) played a bad opening and they didn't know how to handle it." The salt line is a salt MINE.

[@user-un-known]

What's a chunni?? If that Rock Lee reference is from Naruto, then surely you meant chunin (中忍: middle ranked spy in fictional works about medieval Japanese spies).

[@1wakuralain]

@@user-un-known sorry for the confusion, i was shorthanding Chūnibyō

[@blacklight683]

12:40it took me 20s to find this move sadly if I was in game I will never find it cuz you had to say "there is a good move here" for me to start searching

[@adamjohnson9188]

Yo, I watcyed this while drunk and I was so proud when you asked what move saved the game for Naroditsky at 12:30 and I found Rd3. LIke, how did I do that, wooooooooo!

[@yangmingmeng5414]

I'm waiting for Magnus to at some time play h4, a4, whatever against Nepo

[@lifeenjoyer9699]

"1. Na3 is based" -Sun Tzu, Art of War

[@nixxor7]

"when magnus plays a move you don't ask questions. you just go oh wow "

[@AcePincter]

At 15:31 you mention moving White pawn B4 to B5 but it's actually at B3 and cannot move to B5. That reduces the fatality. Love your work!

[@kevinsips3658]

Been shoulder pressing a lot lately. Levy? Make sure to hit some lateral raises, it'll really broaden out your frame.

[@OpinionOfTheDay]

Great video. Haven’t even watched it yet.

[@dharris5887]

Gotham , salt 🧂, Magnus say less

[@wow-roblox8370]

Ware crab? Ehh I gave up on THAT one a while ago, a4, e5, a5, d5 however, very good at 000-700 level.

[@Rynamarole]

I had a friend who would constantly brag that they were better than me at chess so I challenged them to a game I opened with 1. Na3 and absolutely crushed them

[@andrewnotgonnatellya7019]

Got Sodiumed

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

Did they get salty?

[@hxcktt1402]

Highlight of my day: i found the Rd3 move that both Daniel AND Magnus missed in about 10 seconds.

[@alamoflint7055]

0:09 Ahhh Yes, Shuffling pawns back and forth is a very good choice, might as well try it later.

[@Sevenigma777]

If I only had a nickel everytime Levy would use Magnus' name in his title then I would have enough money to buy several useless NFTs and watch them decrease in value everyday lol

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

4:07 One of the best advice for chess, this also applies to alot of things in life If you play super serious against someone who is not serious then losing will hurt much more than if you play not serious against not serious

[@roastghost901]

For future reference: Magnus Mitbo is another Norwegian badass named Magnus. Magnus Bluwueweooah is probably a great guy too.

[@andygil7696]

Magnus Bluwueweooah looking at this video like 😐

[@mrcavafy]

fun fact:The only animal to blink both eyes is the shark.

[@nerdtalk1789]

I’ve never been so happy to see Rook D3 immediately in my whole life.

[@k0pera]

Levy I like when you make a video a day but i hate when you are youtubealgorithm addict. Some of your best videos that made me one of your first fans were made by you when you wasn't addicted to this. I hope you find calmness from this addiction.

[@DavidEmerling79]

If one plays the Sodium Attack too often it could exacerbate an existing blood pressure problem. To me, when Magnus plays openings like this against highly rated masters, it's a sign of arrogance and disrespect.

[@ButterSolace771]

This man woke up that morning and said "lmao what if I played the funny chemistry element opening against this guy"

[@Emblazened]

Moist "Charlie" Cr1TiKaL is in shambles rn.

[@maciejmaecki3823]

Honestly, Levy, why are you goin' up Magnus's b*tt so much? Na3 move is absolutely useless, not to mention that Magnus missed Rd3 move. If he wasn't lucky for Danny to miss it, he might have even lost this game. What is your problem? Milkin in to make him play WC or smilin towards his crowd? Im really concerned :(

[@GothamChess]

Don’t be disrespectful maciej

[@maciejmaecki3823]

I am not disrespectful at all, I like both Magnus and You but this whole "anything he does even if it's just lucky or mind trollin is just awesome" video is kind of irritating. I've been watching Your channel for quite a while and I always loved Your excitement towards chess as a whole and being like really in the middle of the ratings/standings (like You just enjoy good game not really caring much who plays). Peace and love, man :)

[@maciejmaecki3823]

Vibe, not video ;)

[@d4mniel]

0:10 I really like to shuffle my pawns back and forth.

[@unfunctionaldevice]

Shuffling your pawns back and forth? REALLY?

[@sebastianrex6697]

At this point Magnus is just toying more like flexing...

[@AnkitKumar-fy3ek]

Yesterday I had an advantage of +3 against magnus bwawhawa!

[@schizoframia4874]

You should make a video on 5 times gms played shit openings

[@Philiopantheon82]

Magnus also knows that his opponent at utmost best shape cant really play like engine and so he does his goofy stuffs

[@mohawkdakidd5933]

To be fair magnus has never beat me in any type of chess

[@SayajinCQB]

talking with the undisputed champion of doing recaps of losses, if you think about it levy's "energy" is gonna carry him to like 140 and I'm talking still jogging in the morning and sht

[@Levo_D_Angelo]

i ve played Magnus 3 times and won 3 times in my dreams

[@kendzy7]

**Highlights bishop and pawns** Levy: This blob of pawns The Bishop: Why am I here? Just to suffer

[@martininja5889]

Wife sleeping. Dog sleeping. I can finally drink whisky and watch Gotham. Live is good

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

"Wife sleeping. Dog sleeping. I can finally drink coffee and make videos. Life is good" - Gotham, probably

[@sebastianrex6697]

Magnus is beyond Gm or super Gm or even world champion he is beyond all that Might as well say The best chess player to ever exist...

[@basilpines2201]

Hey Levy! Love you buddy, keep up the amazing work!

[@snabol]

Gotham uploading a video without clickbate looks very strange

[@lionlegend3897]

Lol

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

When it's not clickbait it's Magnus

[@AirThru.]

12:30 I ACTUALLY GOT IT IM NOT EVEN JOKING OMG LOLLLLLLLLLL

[@thesmollcoco]

People saying they never lost to Carlus Magunson meanwhile i've never lost to a grandmaster.

[@jonoxes8662]

I can't believe I found Rd3. I mean I would've never if you didn't tell me there was a tactic, but I'm still glad I spottet it, and it was my first guess.

[@aldarones3419]

I SAW IT! WTF I MUST BE THE LOWEST RATING GM OF ALL TIME! (1100 :D) because seeing a pin whith so little piece its hard xD actually for whatever reason i tend to be able to see all this tactics and things while seeing a videos but then when im playing i see nothing never until i touch the engine, something is wrong with me :(

[@CashMonkeyBluffmaster]

People don't realize how sick endgames are

[@_kingsofthe64]

Levy sir I want to ask as you are not playing competitive chess now so can you show your opening repertoire. Btw big fan sir. Love from India

[@sadatwani8015]

Man srsly for how long have you been commenting that now

[@NidusFormicarum]

Yeah, I found ...Rd3 and its follow-up in about ten seconds. That's the difference between playing a blitz game and a slower time control game; I would never have found it in a 3 min. blitz game. Yes, I found it quickly (even ten seconds can sometimes be lot in a blitz game!), but that was when It was informed that Black had a good move. In a classical chess game 90+30 or something similar, I would kick myself if I missed it, but that a completely different situation.

[@TheCWhitekid]

12:27 I´m really bad at chess. 1200 Elo but i found the move 😁 nobody cares but it made me happy haha

[@ramble21]

Levy needs to get Magnus in the titles again, view counts be dropping

[@big_darkside2716]

0:00 - 0:03 = Noooooooooooooooooooooo, Neeeeeeeeeeeeeever :D

[@Collektor1]

At 4:45 this is actually a half open file, not an open file. This is why you’re retiring chess Gotham. You don’t even know the basic terminology that beginners get taught! Are you a beginner? Might as well be! (This is ironic I’m mocking people who try to become the pin of shame I love gothams content!)

[@m.m.3552]

I always find those moves Gotham asks for

[@ralphwang1434]

I can't believe I waited for Gotham to upload to eat dinner XD

[@cheeky5]

What would you do if I said this was my most well-known opening...

[@atypicalelectronics]

Holy shit I'm just some like 600 elo scrub but I saw Rook D3 but totally missed the fact that c2 couldn't take the rook because it's pinned so I was like, "nah that can't be the move then". And this is why I'm just some 600 elo scrub.

[@axatix]

:) I really like the new way of evaluation. No how I can check but, is your name Magnus Carlsen? Then you are winning. Second question if this first one isn't is your opponent Magnus Carlsen? If yes you are losing 🤣

[@miketaylor7023]

dont forget to study yourself in life and watch your own reactions in everyday situations and occurrences. and be honest with yourself about your feelings and observations. if you feel scared admit it to yourself. if you think youre good at something but youre not admit that. dont lie at oneself. admit the truth. bruce lee was right about that. humans have alot of illusions. see that. when youre playing chess and you dont follow your plan youre getting sidetracked by your curiosity and following trails too often that are dead ends. all players even grandmasters make mistakes and clog up their positions often at times creating conundrums for themselves where we cant extract ourselves from bad positions very easily if at all. thats a very instructive life lesson if you can ascertain that to a better degree.

[@colegieseking5136]

I don’t mean to be rude, but the fact that you think your shoulder press is good and your chess is bad is laughable. As an avid gym-goer, I can confidently say your shoulders are average at best, whereas your chess is better than 99.9% of people.

[@peterjames232]

Bobby Fischer used to say, chess it's just memorization of positions and he was the guy who played and memorized the most of them. Magnus made Daniel looks like a noob in the endgame, like Daniel was unable to memorize positions out of his range.

[@darioquirici9485]

Please do again HOW TO WIN AT CHESS. I watch many doing something similar but you are the one make it interesting and instructive and with a Levy touch that is nice. Please back to do it again

[@friedrichfaust1366]

The rd3 missed move by Daniel is smth I would expect to see in a Dubov game

[@markhegedus1981]

Shout out to my man GM Magnus Eaahhgehgahhh

[@harry_krish]

Magnus never plays goofy openings when black because it creates significant loss of advantage. But if you play goofy openings with white, it is just like you are playing as black despite being white giving black the first move.

[@Dream146]

In fairness I think you can kind of see how this works. You play a rediculous opening the. Your opponent wastes time thinking how to get the game back to a standard board state. It didn't really cost you anything but it cost your opponent time.

[@cephasliu9929]

The amount of satisfaction and dopamine that my brain released after correctly guessing rook d3 (albeit after 2 minutes of solid thinking) (as a 500 elo player) was amazing.

[@TheGrandChieftain]

Magnus was just getting back at Danya for coercing Alireza into playing hundreds of hyperbullet matches and ruining his chances to win the Candidates. Obviously.

[@mecubing]

for GMs: Breakfast: En Passant Lunch: Opponent's blunder Dinner: Smothered Checkmate

[@richardbroski2933]

Levy: Magnus! Please never play h4 again!!! Magnus: ... ok sure ...