Magnus Carlsen ROASTING The Candidates…

[@vishal.iy24]

Bro life is soo crazy, I was watching this video and in the middle of the recap my mom told me that my sis was pregnant. Just wanted to share this wonderful moment with my fav community!

[@GothamChess]

Congratulations to your sister and your family, Vishal! :)

[@Karimotoo]

gratz

[@waffles1042]

You're gross

[@bartvansliedregt5482]

Congratulations!

[@talonthehand]

Congratulations!

[@Hummabubba]

The mad man did it. He found a way to incorporate Magnus back into the titles. I can't even be mad, I'm just impressed.

[@daniel6869]

Pin of shame incoming

[@cyrnoz1803]

Truly a master of his craft

[@PHeMoX]

But Magnus _did_ roast Alireza...

[@noysam3570]

The second I saw Magnus commenting the games I knew Levy would put him in the thumbnail

[@L3nLu]

To be fair youtubers need to do stuff like that to attract new viewers and get a good algorythm

[@EagleDarkX]

Magnus roasting everyone is the perfect villain arc.

[@kau4u]

Unfortunately the antagonists win this story.

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

yes...for some reason when magnus said he only wants firouzja reminds me of Madara saying :" I Madara declare you the strongest "

[@jarirepo1172]

What he said is mostly true. Rude maybe, but true.

[@n1ppe]

@@jarirepo1172 It can't be rude if it's true

[@psychwolf7590]

@@n1ppe rudeness is usually true

[@greglyon2591]

Fide: Hey Magnus, we've gathered 8 of the greatest chess players on the planet, who do you wanna play? Magnus: they all fuckin suck!

[@farazsiddiqui1312]

🤣🤣

[@Keitar88]

🤣🤣🤣

[@buuythbuuyth1412]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Arctic_Dude]

😄😄😄

[@Carl-Gauss]

He isn’t wrong though

[@salamashiru6153]

Levy never lets go of an opportunity to use Magnus in a title.

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

Simping for people s power .. Welcome to the world where weak gets ignored and strong gets admired

[@dachdol]

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 Bro😂😂

[@ssik9460]

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 its for clickbait, it has nothing do with "power"

[@alexeilopez3716]

this needs a pin of fact!

[@pushingyourownagenda9889]

@@ssik9460 lol ...it's even more funny when u realise chess 24 themselves havent put Magnus in their title of today s live broadcast 🌚

[@gianlucaprivitelli2257]

Now how did this man get a magnus title in a tourney he's not even in

[@oxytocin1989]

Better be pinned 🤪

[@soccertalaa6846]

Levy has to pin this comment lol

[@autosemimatic6071]

Pin of shame lmao

[@alfredyt]

You better pin this

[@backdoorguy1]

Surely gonna get pinned...

[@Litwinel]

Having Magnus commenting on the games was golden. I hope he returns for more games.

[@ShermanKyle]

Would be sad to see Magnus leave the champion title without defense; on the other hand it would be an unbeatable statement that he waited years for someone to challenge him and nobody could.

[@DvdAvins]

Carlsen was fine. He wasn't gloating or baiting, he was giving honest and fair assessments to the audience.

[@hfwatts]

Yeah, I agree. Levy embellished it, over-hyping for drama. Magnus told it like it was, and I love the shark adage. 🦈 Spot on... 😆

[@newpgaston6891]

Saying the 7th best player in the world is just someone who plays poor moves quickly, isn't exactly fair...

[@DvdAvins]

@@newpgaston6891 Compared to other top players, that's Nepo's style. He may reach an inferior position, but you'll be the one in time pressure. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

[@kimaboe]

@@newpgaston6891 Its not like Magnus is the only one to make this observation. Leading up to the match last year, this was basically the prevailing sentiment on Nepo. "He plays aggressively, and probably overly so, and gambles on pressure instead of solidity. When it works he can win games in impressive fashion, when it doesn't work for a couple of games in a row, he can collapse for the whole of the tournament."

[@jamesknapp64]

I feel its a bit of psych battling as well.

[@mwitkacy8763]

Psychological game by Magnus. „Not gonna defend the title”, „All players poor performance” etc. Imagine you play in whatever tournament and hear that from your future opponent, who is considered supreme in your game 🫣

[@nametry3]

Bro doing real life tactics against the candidates

[@notchmath9642]

@@nametry3 I’m almost wondering if Firouzja is trying to play for second. If he gets first he has to face Magnus and might lose, but if he gets second and Magnus doesn’t play, then he only has to beat first place next year.

[@hasanyaseen5547]

@@notchmath9642 Plot twist: magnus enters the canditatates next year and emerges as first just to give everyone a huge middle finger

[@schwebor]

@@hasanyaseen5547 my thoughts exactly

[@Narrowcros]

Thats how he beats his oppenunts, psychologically first with his arrogrance. Glad he will lose his title this year

[@josephkrausbiggestfan9450]

You went 4 rounds without posting Magnus 👏👏👏

[@Sebas-xn1hk]

We all proud of levy 👏

[@mikescherrer4923]

He sure did. And YOU don't have 1.5 million subs!

[@delanomartin]

@@henk7747 You just bored and make nasty comments.

[@mikescherrer4923]

@@henk7747 I understand jokes just fine. When are you going to tell one?

[@mikescherrer4923]

@@delanomartin He's about a 150 ELO at making jokes, hope he's better at chess...

[@redipanthrix5891]

The candidates is supposed to be to find a true candidate but magnus simply stole the show and made everybody playing look absolutely silly 😂😂

[@DavidMoreharts]

This is the best way to watch the candidate’s

[@deuelellan2446]

Here before this is pinned

[@deuelellan2446]

PIN OF GREAT CONTENT

[@christianmargary378]

I watched it all and I still find myself watching the recaps! Levy is truly an entertainer.

[@alanpedro1448]

Pin of truth

[@_A-B_]

Magnus Carlsen calling best players in the world "not well" by their playstyle so far. Hikaru: But... I was DECENT???

[@NNOQMAn]

No word can describe hikaru... but 3/10 does (Magnus opinion btw)

[@robmustard6484]

Stop copying memes and hoping for likes

[@smort123]

@@robmustard6484 You must be fun at parties.

[@thatguyliam6506]

@@smort123 I’d bet he’s not

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

@@smort123 anyone who still uses the old stale "you must be fun at parties" is inherently boring and begging for likes

[@seymenkapkiner64]

Magnus making his future opponents nervous without even participating : I am Jose Mourinho

[@fyed1]

Sometimes, I forget why Magnus is the GOAT, and then he reminds the whole world by saying "Smell the blood in the water dude, be a f'ing shark" Hot Dayum

[@swhopkinson]

We need the t-shirt or cup with Magnum face and this slogan "Be a f*cking shark"

[@PaulThronson]

Magnus is the GOAT. If he tells Nepo he needs to take this more seriously, it's because why waste the time playing at this level and be sloppy? Magnus believes Nepo could be much more competitive by doing some simple things. How much better can the second best player in the world get? A lot better according to the best player, and that's a compliment.

[@imjoeaf]

As you've said a couple of times, the higher the ranking, the less fun chess becomes: I think Magnus considers not defending his title cuz he's bored. His trash talk on Twitter and his latest games just confirms that he wishes for more fun in the chess universe. That reminds of one of Fisher's interviews in which he says that engines ruined chess.

[@jackurokawa3838]

The only reason people say that lower level chess is fun is because they can understand what's going on without it being pointed out. Chess at lower levels is just sloppy and full of blunders.

[@shahzainhabib4145]

@@jackurokawa3838 but those blunders are entertaining not only to watch, but also to some extent play against or with. This is Joe van bafers point. If u played with someone 100 rating points lower than u for (in magnus' case) the foreseeable future, would u not get bored?

[@Bladin84]

Magnus is definitely suffering from the Fischer effect. When you are over a 100 points higher rated than anyone else like Magnus and Fischer both were its easy to be tired of the boring competition you are met with.

[@ted6580]

@@jackurokawa3838 chess at higher levels is playing 7 hours for a draw because players hate losing more than they love winning

[@shahzainhabib4145]

@@ted6580 well said

[@stealthyshadow567]

The amount of prep these guys are expected to do is insane. “How is Ian not prepared for this opening Hikaru played 1 time 7 years ago?” It’s gotta take insane amounts of time to prepare for all of these obscure lines that have been played by 7 different players and know enough theory in just about every opening.

[@BrennenChua]

Except that Magnus instantly recognized this game. Magnus has insane memory.

[@XoIoRouge]

@@BrennenChua Pretty sure Magnus simply did the same prep Ian did. I'm pretty sure Magnus did prep on all of the candidates because he's not actually playing so wtf else is he gonna do. Yes, he has fantastic memory; so do the other candidates because those types of folks naturally succeed in chess (like tall people in basketball). But no one actually remembers SOMEONE ELSE's game from 7 years ago. Instead, they do research on their opponent before hand. This is called "prep". See how they play certain openings. Due to the internet and chessbots these days, it's extremely easy to get data from a single opponent, sorted and identified. THEN they remember it.

[@XoIoRouge]

@OP: I was thinking the same thing! When Gotham said that, I forgot for a brief second that Gotham's prep for his youtube video isn't just for show; and he EXPECTED Ian to prep for Hikaru's opening. Legitimately every time Gotham has said, "All of these moves have been played before." I assumed that was a nice little nod to how chess games have branching paths of decision making or whatever; No, it's because the players PREPARED FOR IT by reviewing one of their older games. Crazy amount of work goes on behind the board!

[@benjaminclehmann]

There actually were two italians, both in round 2. Nepo v Caruana and JKD v Ding were both Giuoco Pianissimos, but they followed the 3. ... Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 move order, rather than the more common 3. ... Bc5 4. d3

[@Carl-Gauss]

In Russian broadcast on Levitov Chess Vladimir Kramnik was roasting everyone except Duda for their today’s performance real hard. So Magnus isn’t the only one who believes they all played terribly, lol.

[@lollakasfamilianimi3246]

what did he find bad about Rapport-Fabiano game that he didnt like?

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

I'm super impressed with Judit as well. Comming up with so many ideas Magnus didn't see and approved of.

[@someone98760]

Yeah, she's one of the GOATs. She wasn't just top female player of her time but was also among the top 10 male players during her time and had a 2700+ ELO at her peak.

[@lammatt]

Yesterday live show made David sound like a noob.

[@aryandhande]

Magnus was not serious yesterday that's why he didn't see those moves

[@jbisaldy2027]

Judit IQ was 170 no wonder she was that good

[@renishisrael9520]

magnus was simply having fun . why would he calculate lines ? i dont understand

[@capotthomas9719]

I love this guy, just not giving shit about the way people will interpret or receive what he says. Most important : his roasts are legit

[@iPrank911]

28:54 Magnus was spot on with his comment about Ian. This format is especially favorable for his play style. No increment means his faster play style puts the time pressure on his opponent. He "plays poor moves quickly" because now the opponent has to burn time to think and understand why the move is not accurate and why their position is now favorable. All Ian has to do is not straight up blunder and he can hold most of these situations to a draw when the opponent gets nervous about time pressure and goes for a repetition

[@harry_krish]

If Ian's intention was to make hikaru burn the time with quick moves why would he settle for draw when hikaru has only 8 mins for 10 moves.? You just blitz out moves and settle for draw? that's not the way candidates to be played i think.

[@bigpoppa1234]

@@harry_krish Because he's winning the tournament so he doesn't need to take risks.

[@harry_krish]

@@bigpoppa1234 yea that's right. But even in world championship game last year he blitzed out moves and blundered. If you have much more time advantage and in pretty equal position why would you accept draw even you are top of the table that too not by big margins.

[@iPrank911]

@@harry_krish I'm not going to assume why or why not he settled for a draw. There are a number of logical reasons as to why he would, but only Ian knows why he did or didn't... I am commenting on why his play style is advantageous in this tournament

[@williammcguire3426]

magnus just speaks the truth and everyone is calling him arrogant for saying it? He is calling it as he sees it....and he is right!!! Any of these candidates, and they are the very best, playing as they are right now......he will wipe the floor with them!!!!

[@tanjiroushirogane690]

Most of us are just having fun.. only haters got no chill..

[@gamessportsandmore3371]

12 draws versus fabi. I am a magnus fan but let's not get ahead of ourselves he isn't going to dominate fabi in a WCC match.

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@gamessportsandmore3371 Magnus was at his lowest that year wasn't he. He was rated 2830, had lost bunch of rating points and fabi was just one rating point below him. That game showed how accurate elo is. Today the gap is 70 Elo points. Last World Championship showed what happens at that much gap.

[@suryanshshirbhate5954]

@@kunalsingh4418 well we can say fabi was on a roll back then and magnus not so much

[@gamessportsandmore3371]

@@kunalsingh4418 it wasn't about the gap. Nepo played like fabi the first six games and draws happened. Fabiano has much better preparation and a much better defensive mindset. Nepo is a great attacking player but folds under pressure. Magnus and fabi played like 25 classical games after their world championship match and magnus only managed to beat fabi once. Fabiano hasn't been playing at his peak level but stylistically he is the toughest matchup for magnus.

[@bumblehatches6637]

Levy is that girl in high school who says she doesn't dig drama, but actually thrives on it Not trying to insult him or anything, just making an observation. You gotta do what you gotta do to pull the numbers in

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

He never claimed not to like drama, he knows what he is doing.

[@imax22_85]

And that's why he has 1,5 mln subscribers and you have none

[@imax22_85]

Not trying to be mean just making an observation

[@imax22_85]

@@PurpleSkies_ I'm calm and I agree with op my dude

[@ChocolateMilk..]

@@imax22_85 No, you're not calm, you started crying immediately.

[@alexwarren582]

I like magnus speaking his mind. It's nice to hear his unfiltered thoughts and more insight into why he feels the way he does about defending the title

[@Aaron-cc7yq]

Magnus' commentary made this the most entertaining chess video I've ever seen. More please!

[@pipipupu5732]

imagine if Magnus gave the titled up only to play the next candidates...and then beats everyone, reclaims the title only to give it up again 🤣

[@Ash-rx5wl]

I could totally see that happening. Or even further, imagine he wins candidates and says he just played for fun like the World Cup, he ain't playing the WC🤣

[@RajaRimbaHere]

That would be historic lol

[@rahulg5403]

I wish he does do that. Would be so funny

[@robertpetersen436]

"Rapport play well against everyone, expect me. Awful against me." - Magnus

[@tombos211]

except*

[@kaminoyami30]

@@account2198 does seem like someone got hurt so bad by magnus lol

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

@@kaminoyami30 I mean, the record actually isn't that good to be bragging about like that. Magnus can brag about being 14-1 against Hikaru but not 2-1 against Rapport.

[@kaminoyami30]

@@wasifchowdhury2004 you sound like those kids in league that think that winrate = OP, bro you need to consider if magnus is talking about wins vs quality of games, and he definitely wasnt bragging just speaking facts.

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

​@@kaminoyami30If Hikaru said: "Yeah man, I can EASILY beat 2400s without a queen and/or blindfolded 95% of the time," that would be factual, but it would also be bragging. Magnus was saying how awful a top-20 player in the world played against him with no hesitation. If that's not bragging, I don't know what is. Also, since these games were classical games between two super GMs, I assume the average accuracy in all of their games was over 90%, so that rules the quality of the games out of the question. Also, uhm, excuse me? Kids? What about your profile picture, bozo? It looks like some 10 year old snagged a $5 pair of headphones and tried to make a 'cool' facial expression.

[@AlexDings]

1:12 I love Magnus's comments, there aren't many sports stars or other celebrities who speak their mind so frankly, I find it really refreshing. He also doesn't cross the line from trolling to bullying. All of his comments are such that world-class players should be self-confident enough to not get them under their skin

[@mabel3989]

It's just double standards, people is fine with Magnus being often an arrogant prick. If anyone else would say the exact same words of Magnus to other players (best example is if Hikaru would say it) 90% of the people that sucks Magnus dick would be outraged and calling him toxic and unlikable.

[@patrickoconnell9387]

Can't really fault Nepo for taking that draw. He's leading the whole event and was given an opportunity to take a draw in a game with the black pieces where he was losing a few moves earlier

[@BrennenChua]

Yep, perfectly understandable for me as well. But that's also why Magnus is champ, he doesn't think like a normal person.

[@magnus5882]

Good lord Magnus doesen't pull any punches does he?🤣 His brutal honesty was actually entertaining. We have to remember this guy has been on top of his game for about 10 years. He can talk smack about anyone. Imagine playing to face him and you hear him say that you played horribly😂😂😂

[@Lamentor219]

It's kinda true that someone needs to step up their play and prove they're worth playing someone who's going to be 70+ elo higher than them going into the WC. Most of the W/L's in this tournament have been from 1 move blunders. Someone needs to step up and prove themselves. A close tournament might make Magnus puke a bit.

[@payedactor9177]

People in candidates historically tend to perform worse due to pressure Or so I've heard, im not good enough to evaluate this lol

[@johart309]

@@payedactor9177 Im also not good enough to evaluate this (or in chess haha) but from what I understood the WC match is even more stressful ??

[@tysonhabein8655]

@@johart309 yes, but it is also simpler because you are playing only one opponent, so prep is more pointed

[@tysonhabein8655]

@@account2198 I mean I don't disagree that magnoose (lol) is far from flawless and is likely a bit over the top in terms of his arrogance, but realistically he doesn't have a competitor in this list. My prediction is he doesn't play. We have a few years of someone else as champ, and then he randomly comes back makes a good go of it but doesn't put in the work required and then he disappears as one of the best to ever do it. Personal story line. Your predictions may vary

[@frankjohnson123]

What strategic sense would that make? They're trying to win the tournament first. Everyone is close enough that trying to blow them out of the water would likely backfire terribly.

[@PowerofGodofWar]

As soon as I saw Magnus on the stream I knew Levy would do it. I am not even mad xD Great recap!

[@alphaarsenic8323]

So far, Duda is like he intends to play every game for a draw even tho I know at that level it's not easy to get an advantage. I like how Fabi has some really different ideas for his openings everytime. Hikaru has been impressive ngl, if not for missing one or two key winning moves, he's been playing the best imo. I just love Rapport ever since the Grand Prix. His style of play is super entertaining and very difficult to play cause of how risky it is so he's super good and I honestly want him to win the candidates.

[@januszsiema4377]

Magnus is doing such a great job for chess.

[@chuckthepenguin]

i love nepo but magnus is spot on. you could see nepo getting tilted until he found the way out, at that point i'm sure it would be hard to switch modes from being on defense/just relieved to not take an L to going for the attack. but that's when nepo is best, when he's playing aggressive, and he's gonna have to be more disciplined and find these opportunities if he's gonna beat magnus.

[@randomshotz13]

The sad thing is if Magnus is unimpressed and thinks everyone is going to play slow & safe or occasionally sloppy chess (by his standards) he probably won't play the WC Match... He wants someone hungry for blood, happy to play on a knifes edge, I think that's why he wanted firouzja but he's been "sloppy" this tournament so far. I put it in quotes because a "sloppy" GM is still by most standards a well oiled terminator level machine we could only ever dream of playing like hahaha

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Playing on knife edge does not win tournaments. Or more precisely, it does not win the tournament you need on order

[@axeman1134]

Could yall imagine any other sport where teams/players agree to draw their way through a tournament when other teams/players are winning and losing but the top ranks of the championship just drew their way through the event

[@williamwilliamson6506]

I missed the live broadcast. Magnus flexing dam I missed. Magnus can be ultra deep and profound, like his chess I guess! Duda`s Knights created a huge neo-pseudo space advantage which was awesome! that ending was crazy, I want to play that ending lol. Remember how hard Ding had to work just to make it to this Tournament. Even candidates need to be ultra fit. The stamina and endurance required must be enormous. Hahaha King Magnus. Its great he`s making it more dramatic and exciting thumbs up ! hahaha. I always like to see Rapports unorthodox mystic style chess. Hikaru Solid ! GGs thanks GothamChess :)

[@pablojoselucaslorenzo6920]

One perplexing detail in this is that Ding came to the tournament totally on his own: no team, no company...

[@Kay-jg6tf]

you should watch the chess 24 stream, totally worth it if you have some hours to spare.

[@RajaRimbaHere]

@@account2198 not long after that, he proceed to get long list of win streak troughout the year

[@felixg1382]

I was litterally wondering if your recap was out already, refreshed the page and there you are.

[@haleysettembre]

293rd day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Magnus Carlsen manc e rispett: o quint turn re candidat"

[@tiny_elvis2375]

The determination of this madlad

[@Shiaddan]

Man, that casual Красная Поляна without any accent was really surprising!

[@mattwilsonms]

I LOVE MAGNUS!! He is so not afraid to speak his mind, and hes usually right! Love that guy..so candid and unafraid to speak the truth! I mean what he said was on point..no hes not been playing outstanding chess and Nepo is known for his breakdowns so who knows?> Especially Naka-Nepo his comments were spot on and Naka, well its not blitz so what does he know...no fanboys to bow at his feet n praise him...

[@MonoDubs]

Even though I watched the broadcast from start to finish, I can never say no to a GothamChess video. Love ya Levy!

[@System.Error.]

I literally saw just before this recap that clip of Magnus casually saying that about Firouzja...

[@bamdadkhoshkhah6213]

I saw hikaru's recap and I was instantly waiting for yours.

[@aldocort3418]

This is my favourite recap so far, purely for Levys paraphrasing.

[@kaczuch7475]

Mr. Rozman, Can you tell me/us where do you get the ideas for the opening? Thank you in advance.

[@eulermachado3968]

Magnus is so great he can roast everybody, even the top8 players that are candidates. But oh Lord, what did he do with Ian???!! "Back to his true self, playing poor moves quickly"... ow wow Magnus, you already destroyed him in worlds, please have mercy!!!

[@kimaboe]

it is worth noting what "poor moves" means to Magnus. Basically he thinks anything that is lower than Stockfish' first two moves is shit. Playing "poor moves" to Magnus is playing at 2750 level.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Magnus is so great he can roast everybody. Roasting everybody is not a sign of greatness

[@Ashokis-sz1wf]

@@dmitripogosian5084 the greatness is in the fact that he has a positive score against all of them, so he can without looking dumb

[@kimaboe]

@@nicbentulan Lol, this is like saying Magnus is terrible because he's not great at crazyhouse. Also, the game is called Fischer Random or Chess 960... 9LX is a tournament organised in St Louis, not a chess variant.

[@Ashokis-sz1wf]

@@nicbentulan Wait, didn’t Carlsen win the 2020 9LX online tournament 😂😂😂. Also Wesley lost both of em, the 2020 to Carlsen and Nakamura, and the next year to Dominguez, (Carlsen wasn’t participating). Coping so hard that you had to forget the last 2 years. He can’t even win the 9LX tournaments when Carlsen is not there, very disappointing

[@karibrimacombe8710]

Magnus is the kind of person to give stockfish 90% accuracy

[@leomaltos3901]

Love the trash talk from Magnus, seems like he showed up in response to Ian’s early dominance. Wasn’t surprised to see him sending the biggest shots at Ian. Would all be even better if Rapport ends up beating Magnus in the championship. If that last sentence seemed absurd, maybe Mangus’s comments are justified after all

[@andrewclastic2835]

Hey, Gotham, I'm a not a great chess player, so excuse me if this is a dumb question, but isn't white knight to d6 at 9:40 a fork? And a fairly good one? I don't see where black can play danger levels against it. (Yes, there's a check, but it isn't a good one)

[@emmnttvideogamemusic6021]

Magnus: Magnus sad, nobody loves Magnus also Magnus: YOU BOZOS HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PLAY CHESS RATATATA

[@bryanlaabs]

Maybe they need a tag team handicap chess tournament. Fabi vs Magnus but if it goes to tie breaker blitz games Naka gets to sub in.

[@olivetree7430]

Magnus is really like 2 levels above everyone 😀

[@xxcybertruckxx2805]

omg another Magnus fan

[@olivetree7430]

@@xxcybertruckxx2805 no , I actually hate the fact that he swears live . Chess should be family friendly and should never be like this .

[@rahulg5403]

@@olivetree7430 no it shouldn't you must be like 4 years old

[@olivetree7430]

@@rahulg5403 maybe just because you are dumb and can't relate to a 6 year old playing chess?

[@michal55935]

Duda is his surname his name is Jan-Krzysztof (his parents couldn't chose between those two)

[@nomoreblitz]

Great analysis & recaps by Levy, Magnus, Brian, Jan, & Judit!!

[@lvplayve8257]

in order to impress magnus you need to: only play best movers + sac 9 queens+ force en passant mate in 12

[@Wasimq]

I need magnus commentary every round

[@meshy1478]

I love the start of every video when he just has a blank death stare, it's a nice start to every video since it always happens.

[@Woodshadow]

Magnus is a savage. He is turning into the villain. No one is good enough to challenge him and he bored by petty mortal squabbles

[@Kay-jg6tf]

He is basically Thanos, trying to kill half of the players spirits. And he is hilarious and i can't imagine having any other WC than him.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

The problem is, the future is not that far when he will go down. It would be interesting to see how it will go

[@noone-ld7pt]

I really hope Magnus will play the match regardless of the challenger, but my personal take is that the only ones he will play are Hikaru, Firouzja, Ding and maybe Caruana. My reasoning is that I think they are the only ones who could feasibly threaten his legacy at this point, for the following reasons: Firouzja for being the up and coming superstar of the next generation, Ding since he only has beaten him once and has said himself that he finds Ding hard to play against, Caruana since he didn't manage to beat him in classical the match, and Hikaru since he has been rated higher than Magnus in Rapid and Blitz, and also cause he has this cult like following online claiming him as the best. The rest just don't have much claim to actually hurting his legacy, so I think giving up the title to one of them would be somewhat acceptable for him as no one would claim that any of them are better than Magnus. But I may be way off of course, this is just my personal guess.

[@GhostPuddle]

I watched it live from beginning to end but I was really looking forward to your recap. Love you Levy

[@brentsarbon2551]

3:23 Ok that was hilarious 😂😂 duda is crying somewhere around

[@comeonbar6590]

If there were a Trash talk Candidates, then I think Levy vs Magnus would be a very Interesting Final Match. PS: Maybe this would be the first competition ever that Levy would have a chance to win.

[@megatruble22]

I should’ve started watching Levy earlier, his enthusiasm for the game is infectious and his explanations are understandable

[@warwonder576]

One of the reasons why I like watching Nepo play is that he almost always has an interesting game, regardless of whether he is winning or losing.

[@schizoframia4874]

I accidentally fell asleep during ding lirens game. The last time i saw the game it was -1. When i woke up i was under the impression that ding liren had won.

[@munchingfire2165]

Hey Levi, I just wanted to let you know how much I love your content and reviews of these games that I would never comprehend otherwise. I hope you have a great day!

[@Yognaughto]

Feels like it would be unacceptable arrogance where he not possibly the best chess player of all time.

[@gladiatorgaming5582]

Magnus is the World Champion and even though they expect him to have tact and proper well mannered responses... I appreciate his candor.

[@Mrbeahz1]

I do like your NYC native comments - I rarely hear hide and go seek referred to as "Manhunt"!

[@ralfvidakovics9114]

If y'all are familiar with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the football player, he is basically the equivalent of Magnus, when it comes to brutal honesty and a *bit* of arrogance 😆

[@floijd]

Just a tad. Difference is, though: Ibra was never even close to being as great at his sport as Magnus.

[@Youssef-zo3ls]

Not really, Magnus does come off as arrogant but mostly with factual statements, Zlatan would say outrageous things like ´i'm king of france' and such

[@damelillardfan]

@@floijd my man's a paraplegic lion

[@hasanyaseen5547]

The only difference is that he's trash at his game and doesn't have what it takes to back his talk up

[@ralfvidakovics9114]

@flojid I'll give you that @Youssef yes, Ibra said things, that might be waaay too offensive, even for someone who watches Levi 😂

[@noone-ld7pt]

I must say that I really enjoyed hearing Magnus showing just how far behind he considers the candidates to be. The Caruana Leela story is such an interesting insight into that period when Caurana seemed to outprepare everyone.

[@1001011011010]

You speak as though that was in the past only lol

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Sure, Magnus does not use the engines ... or a team

[@noone-ld7pt]

@@1001011011010 Well not only, but he has dropped 60 points since then. He was at one point 2844 and could have passed Magnus with a single win in their match, now he is 80 points behind. Of course he is still incredibly good, but he is not outpreparing the others in the same way he used to, which makes Magnus' Leela explanation very interesting to me.

[@noone-ld7pt]

@@dmitripogosian5084 What? I don't even know what your point is? No one said he didn't, obviously all of them does. But Caruana has dropped 60 points and doesn't outprepare the others like he used to at his peak.

[@teodosy]

I was literally refreshing the youtube home page waiting for your recap. Cheers.

[@chrissywissythewishwishfairy]

"a buffet of things." solid gold from Levy!

[@calvinchristensen9544]

Magnus Carlsen is a GOD, we can't even attempt to understand him.

[@filipe10messiyou]

We do understand him. He has better chess skills than the other players

[@xxcybertruckxx2805]

@@filipe10messiyou no

[@swhopkinson]

Loved Magnus commentary. No doubt a bit of psychology involved but its never nasty and feels like his genuine assessment. As long as its not nasty then when your at Magnus's skill level you can say what you think. And man the way he reels off the variations. For an old timer like me (late 50s) its a bit of a golden age for chess - when I was a young player (aside from the lack of the internet) just the idea that the world champion would drop in to commentate on the candidates say in writing or with analysis was just unthinkable.

[@WilsonFerguson]

The nepo interview was hilarious

[@lookingforvideo9978]

Levy be practicing his beatboxing with Duda.

[@verstraetenandre]

What wrong with Magnus speaking his honest mind? There is enough hypocrisy in this world to go around...

[@user-fb4du2yv8x]

I think there are ways to be honest without being a jerk to people. Being brutally honest about what you think is generally caused by extremely poor social skills, or an autism spectrum disorder. I don't think Magnus has either, trashtalking and dry humor might just be his communication style, but he does it in a way that might offend some people.

[@Jzhongzhi]

@@user-fb4du2yv8x If you are the undisputed best chess player in the world, you can flame your opponents a bit. Magnus looks like he really wants someone that could really challenge him, right now his opponents feel difficult, but always a step behind.

[@builderphill1361]

@@user-fb4du2yv8x English also isn't his first language so that should be taken into account

[@neckenwiler]

@@Jzhongzhi sure, you CAN, but it's a dick move. Some people like arrogance; I am not a fan.

[@markrobertson3054]

@@neckenwiler naka doing the same, everyone does. Stop crying

[@slowelk095]

Well, that was a fantastic recap! I thoroughly enjoy all your content, but your tournament commentary can be at times extraordinarily funny and inspirational! You have a real talent for it. Thank you :)

[@kislay1418]

There should be Hikaru Nakamura for the challenge to Magnus Carlsen.

[@DarthUke]

Magnus must be feeling like Paul Morphy did back in the day . . . no one on his level! Excellent commentary as usual -- thanks Gotham!

[@WilsonTexasRager]

I wish we still had Paul Morphy. What a legend.

[@fergusbolton2804]

Never done cock and ball torture but pretty sure it feels like Levy recapping a crazy, wild, attacking game and then it ending in a repetition halfway through the craziness.

[@pavelnovikov1059]

24:07 Dude, that's was amazing

[@apexpredator36]

Today’s stream was one of the best chess stream ever just coz of Magnus roasting everyone😂

[@jaym0ney_]

That pause where levy stares at the camera before starting the intro is all that is keeping me sane right now

[@rytoryk2642]

The difference between Magnus and the rest. Magnus: I don't need to win but I'm going to try to. The rest: I don't need to win so I'm going to try not to lose. No one else shows that killer instinct or desire to make people earn their wins and draws. That game was an embarrassment by Ian for not pushing that time advantage.

[@Tomwithnonumbers]

Magnus is just playing mind games here. He's perfectly capable of only aiming for a draw - his entire gameplan against Caruana was to get draws as quickly as possible over the classical games and then beat him in stricter time controls. He knew how to crack Nepo mentally last time, this is him getting into the head of whoever he faces next.

[@Konstantinos_Mpas]

Man, this Duda joke got me laughing for 5 minutes straight!

[@jyotiradityashukla4569]

Levi getting the rank of grandmaster is like Anakin trying to earn rank of master in council.

[@Vavutsikarios]

Gotham you're moving too fast! I had to use KZbin's 75 percent speed setting. This was abnormal slow but still preferable to the original - it's 1 am here so the extra slow speed helped my tired mind. So here is a suggestion, if you're speeding up your videos in order to avoid them getting too long, please don't do that. Take as long as you like

[@barny6537]

i think when someone is able to consistently beat magnus and is worldwide considered the best chess player than they’ll be able to talk as much smack as magnus :)

[@thenewstyle8704]

What I really like about these videos is the research Levy does. He watches the other videos to find quotes, ideas, etc so when we watch it here we don't have to look through 4 different streams worth of info.

[@TheHigherSpace]

Listening to Magnus was a blast, I just wish 24 listens to feedback, their layouts and production level in general has been a disaster for years, they just don't care ..

[@theyneverlearn3679]

I guess you could say... They literally don't care?

[@asprinama]

Magnus commentary is in a league on its own, just as it is his chess game. Love the recaps Levy

[@jacksonstarky8288]

All I can say about Magnus and his smack-talk is that he'd better back up his words with actions. If he chooses not to defend his title after talking like that, then the championship is better off without him. But as other commenters have said, this could all be psychological warfare on his part... and warfare is always ugly.

[@sk8_ikiller74]

Magnus is the greatest chess player ever what's your point here ?

[@lightman9935]

He doesnt have to prove anything to anyone. He defeated Vishy the former world champion back to back which basically caused Vishy to ''retire''. Karjakin was the only person that got close to actually beating Magnus and even then he didnt have enough to overpower him. Fabiano studied 40 hours a day on opening preparation and only managed to draw Magnus, and then got obliterated in the rapid portion. Everybody was talking about how Ian is the only one with a positive score against Magnus and that he has chances of winning, only to get wrecked and lose the positive score he had from when they were young. Magnus has been the highest rated player for nearly 10 years, the fact that you question his abilities is insulting to say the least.

[@fromfuture5519]

Also he is not a egoistic youngster blaberring nonsense . He is the best chess player in history or at least the second best.

[@michaelhamilton5484]

really loving the content! love the new shirts for the recaps, were do you get them?