Magnus Carlsen's Pirc Defense beats Zhigalko

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A great lesson in coordination from Magnus, illuminated well by you. Thanks Jerry.

[@Ebobster]

Carlsen’s Pirc borrows heavily from the Czech variation where Black plays c6 & Qa5 to get in a support e5. Supposedly the best way to meet the Czech Pirc is the “Austrian” attack with pawns at f4,e4 & d4. Very curious to know how Carlsen would handle such an attack. Anyway, exciting game… both players were fearless! Thanks for highlighting it & your spot on analysis.

[@RoyGazoff]

Magnus has a talent making his pieces just a little bit more coordinated than his opponents', instinctively or not, and he's obviously has been unmatched in this skill so far

[@robertfrydell703]

Outstanding commentary.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you Robert. 👍

[@iSa_10a6er]

Great analysis, Jerry! Deep and concise.

[@dr.alikhudhair9414]

Thank you .. I love your presentation

[@chrishauser5505]

Thanks, Jerry.

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@neiljacildo8776]

Love pirc def

[@bluecocacola]

I'm currently playing the pirc and kind of digging it

[@sciencefaction2646]

It’s only bad against players who study against it

[@JuanRodriguez-rw7wi]

nah fr bc i’ve been playing the piece for a good couple months n it’s strong asl against most opponents

[@meinewahrnehmung4594]

@@sciencefaction2646 …excuse me, but for which chess opening or defense does this not apply?

[@se_eikeboom6891]

Hey Jerry, the Qf8 move is also sensible if you look at the other moves Carlsen could've played. qe7 goes into a pin, qd6 provokes rd1, qc5 meets be3 and the rest of the moves hang the queen.

[@RoyGazoff]

A very thick game, interesting though

[@ddmannion]

Nice

[@suyashmisra7406]

6:50 why is white's bishop bad, if it is active? I'd really appreciate it if someone could pls explain this to me. Thanks!

[@TY1979KA]

after move 25 instead of 26 Qc7 maybe Ra2 would have been a better try threatening Ra7a4 cause the black Q is rather unprotected on b4, feels more resilient and its easy to overlookcause it looks like a passive atemp to protect pawn b2

[@danger_donkey]

20...Qf8!! What a move!

[@c2c001]

Pretty thematic and standard actually.

[@irfanyamashita7184]

1:38 how if white defend it by Bd2? Where should the queen go?

[@jezza669]

Hey Jerry, what’s your message to all the haters out there? Love your work.

[@Entheos84]

Ah the myth of Jerry haters. It is a long lost tale, whether there is truth to such beings, who knows? Perhaps we will never know. Some of the worlds mysteries will never be solved.

[@keithm257]

7:25 but the white knight also has e4 covered no?

[@NoahNoahNoahNoahNoahNoahNoah]

You're right that taking with the queen would be strange - but don't forget the knight on ...Nf6 also attacks e4. So black's ...Qb4 creates a double attack and now black threatens to swipe a e4 with the knight.

[@keithm257]

@@NoahNoahNoahNoahNoahNoahNoah thanks for responding - appreciated! yes would be strange if exchange was initiated by black queen tho instead of knight which is what it seemed like Jerry was talking about..

[@willmunoz1638]

Guess it falls to me to respond. Hi Jerry, this is everyone.

[@roydavis7561]

Hey Jerry, go browns.

[@liammcconville5390]

not a Browns fan myself but I was so relieved to learn Jerry wasn't a Steelers fan, I would have kept subscribing but that would have been a real let down lol

[@ChessNetwork]

🏈 !!

[@triscuit5103]

Thanks Gary, awesome video ❤

[@thomasdequincey5811]

You mean "thanks Jerry".

[@triscuit5103]

@@thomasdequincey5811 whatevs bruh nobody cares lol

[@mylifemyhacks4283]

Why even then you replying to a comment cared by none ​@@triscuit5103

[@shahariarshahed2175]

@@triscuit5103 your mom

[@Entheos84]

I want to personally thank all the Gary's and Jerry's that influenced the making of this video ❤

[@cpsingh09]

Modern defence and not pirc defence