Magnus Carlsen’s Strategies for the Ruy Lopez Opening!

Magnus Carlsen vs Nihal Sarin
The essential move marking the Spanish Game, or Ruy Lopez. It is the double king's pawn opening most commonly used in master play; it has been adopted by almost all players at some point in their careers and many play it from both the White and Black sides.

[@rays2794]

I love listening to Magnus commentary as he’s playing because he’s always honest. As a very low rated player even I could see how badly he screwed up this game up and he just handled it well. I’m the type of person who learns more from players mistakes and bad games than I do from their brilliant games. Great content.

[@yuanfanzhang6183]

This guy is good at blitz for a reason, he tricked Magnus at the end with that pre move

[@hackdog1258]

I like watching magnus explain

[@DanielSmith-pf2mq]

I was thinking rook h1 to stop the checkmate threat. Downside is it is passive, and your rook would likely be in jail the rest of the game.

[@fikriwildanf6696]

6:40 why didnt he take the rook? someone explain pls

[@Revant1504]

King x rook on e3 Bishop c5 is a fork

[@fikriwildanf6696]

@@Revant1504 ty

[@xekind]

Strategy: miss cxb2. Got it.