Magnus Carlsen SHOCKS Hikaru w/ NEW OPENING! (The Norwegian Kangaroo!) || Magnus New Chess Opening!

[@drmikechess]

What do you think of Magnus Carlsen's new opening - the "Norwegian Kangaroo?" And yes, the !! symbol on move 4 was added to emphasize the genius of Magnus Carlsen's new opening, the other annotations are correct 😉

[@madhavic8895]

Thst was a careless lazy, not thought out opening, which he did for the sake of doing something different.... and eventually drawn the game by his natural prowess.

[@VRietySociety]

This is not new. it already has a name. St.george Woodchuck variation

[@joshwatson9725]

Im hitting dont recommend on the channel because you felt the need to say the name of the opening 4006 times. Ive never been so annoyed listening to a chess a video before. Never again will i watch one of your videos

[@IrishBeerCan]

It's not the Norwegian kangaroo. Nice try tho.

[@POll358O9]

this video is so cringe. i have a new name for your channel, it's called "Dr Mike Wanna Be" Channel. Please close it.

[@johnholmstrom4212]

This guy's trying SO HARD to make it called the "Norwegian Kangaroo" lmao

[@chriss1034]

Fetch is never gonna happen

[@CamiloHenao1996]

Trying to force the name of a 'new opening' by constantly saying it in the video, putting it in the title, or including it in the comments just because you want to be credited with inventing it, ruins the video, it feels so cringy. I don't know why it annoys me, but I think that is because it shows how many people want to take advantage of any situation to seem relevant, even though they didn't actually do anything. Also, the name doesn't sound good either for me, don't know for everyone else. AND ALSO, the invented symbol at move 4, naah man.

[@leveshramchurran2072]

Drink some water and chill

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@nateg.6187it’s your headset. He’s just speaking fast and not taking any real pauses.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

The !! on move 4 isn’t a new symbol he developed. That’s a chess notation for a brilliant move.

[@drmikechess]

Sorry you don't like the video brother, I did NOT invent this opening, the credit goes to Magnus Carlsen there. I'm not taking any credit here for Magnus Carlsen's new opening, so I have literally zero clue why you would suggest that. But this was a brand new opening by Magnus (his novelty was on move 4), and it was an extremely entertaining back-and-forth game, which fully justifies doing a video on the game. And the free market seems to agree this was a great game, hence the views. I guess you can't please everyone!

[@David-qn9wu]

Tell me you've never played a brilliant move without telling me you've never played a brilliant move

[@ahankendi]

the opening deserves better name , please...

[@_HaSSaaN_]

Magnus should give a name to this opening not you.

[@lipgloss202]

What was the name of the opening again? I think I missed it.

[@POll358O9]

I think it's called the Dr. Mike sucks balls opening.

[@PrisonRnBreak]

I am calling it Norwegian Kangaroo. I!!!

[@ArthurvanH0udt]

It’s called the Woodchuck Variation dunno why it needs a NEW name!!!!

[@meleyga6873]

Your recap is really good but please don't try to forcefully pin 📌 your idea in viewers' mind by repeating it such as annoying commercials during a movie. This idea not only ruins your recap videos but also shows the cringy manner of content creator. Honestly, repeating that stupid name was annoying! (with all respect but imo was very stupid name)

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

I agree and share your opinion. His chess commentary is great, but he stuffed up hard parroting that Norwegian Kangaroo nonsense over and over.

[@beereaucrat3233]

Naka's escape skills are mind-boggling. He can get out of anything.

[@drmikechess]

Yes that was incredible chess by Hikaru!

[@davidw6936]

There are no kangaroos in Norway.

[@drmikechess]

That may be true, but there is a Norwegian playing the Norwegian Kangaroo opening in Norway!

[@WhyDoISmellLikeCheese]

There are now

[@glych002]

Someone else will name it, not you.

[@bobmarlej9106]

not even in zoo?

[@kaanozk]

but they have a magnus.

[@hooper45217]

take a shot everytime he says norwegian kangaroo

[@TheAtlasSupreme]

Easy compared to taking a shot every time he says "harass".

[@drmikechess]

Nooo don't do it, you won't live until the end of the video 😂

[@TravelingMooseMedia]

I’m not even going to watch because the comments

[@ArthurvanH0udt]

It’s called the Woodchuck Variation dunno why it needs a NEW name!!!!

[@JadaDeveloper]

Who invented the opening should name it, good luck.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Stockfish: That was brilliant! But WTF are you doing? 😂😂😂

[@drmikechess]

What do you mean brother?

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@drmikechess it said move 4 was brilliant but he had a lot of questionable moves according to the engine.

[@Sankichup]

Why do you want to give a name to what Magnus does? let Magnus give his own name?

[@ingwiafraujaz3126]

Keep your panties on. He didn't say he named it officially. He just said he's calling it that for now (for lack of a real name).

[@zubenthunglotha6863]

Lol😂

[@breeziemw8637]

Naming something you didnt make is the most American thing you can do, God Bless you.

[@drmikechess]

I named it after the guy who made it LOL, magnus is norwegian. If I called it the "Carlsen Variation", would you still be mad? Becuase that's basically what I did LOL. There is a Norwegian Rat opening named after Magnus, did they take credit for that as well? LOL

[@andremartinslopes]

this was the 1st video I watch from you... subscribed! nice line of thoughts. quick and deep at the same time. ty :)

[@drmikechess]

Thanks! That's exactly what I'm going for - deep explanations but also somewhat fast-paced to keep it interesting :)

[@GM-ft4my]

If you don’t like this brand new opening called The Norwegian Kangaroo then I don’t know what to tell you. The Norwegian Kangaroo is a brand new opening played first by Magnus. Instead of playing a main line opening, he played The Norwegian Kangaroo which was first invented by Magnus during this match when he played The Norwegian Kangaroo. It was especially effective because Hikaru wasn’t playing The Norwegian Kangaroo but Magnus was playing The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo. The Norwegian Kangaroo.

[@MrVladaF]

The opening resembles the famous Dodge city Kansas opening, where the cowboys played the same way. After six months with the cows on the prairie and in the dust, and having found saloons, they suddenly decided to try playing chess - surrounded by whiskey and pistols. Here it is very obvious that Magnus improved that opening.

[@TamerlaneLM10]

Are you even the GOAT if you did not open a new Chess opening?

[@highjim7778]

Depends how drunk magnus was

[@drmikechess]

Well Magnus is the GOAT and he has invented a crazy number of new openings!

[@FymTJ]

Bluds forcing This name upon us like it’s his newborn child.

[@drmikechess]

Sorry bro, it's an older video and I'm rapidly improving my commentary, I will keep improving!

[@luketrottier6677]

I know it's not literally meant to be statement of fact as we can never know, but I find "never played before in the history of chess" funny, considering 99+% of chess games played are not documented. But I get it obviously applies to documented chess games that are indexed and can be referenced from a database.

[@drmikechess]

Correct we don't know, we can only go by the databases we have available. So you are correct, it's possible someone played it in a blitz game before, but that is true for all opening novelties.

[@luketrottier6677]

@@drmikechess For sure, I just find language funny. But the use of it makes sense, too. :) It is still informative.

[@Snceday1]

Saying something alot dont make it real or new

[@texasguy11363]

New Chessable course coming soon!

[@drmikechess]

Hahahahahahaha XD

[@jen0495]

Excuse me but it’s called the Norwegian Snatch Wrangler.

[@highjim7778]

these 2 must troll each other at all times.

[@drmikechess]

Hahaha it's true, I'll be covering their weird opening games for years to come 😂

[@shanewrichards]

Stop trying to make Norwegian Kangaroo happen

[@drmikechess]

😂😂😂

[@13randonLutz]

SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE.

[@Sauceburn88]

What was it called?

[@dr.floridamanphd]

The new opening is the Gravity Bong.

[@drmikechess]

Gravity Bong - I like that 😂

[@arddeguzman4856]

You could've ask Magnus the opening name instead of naming it taking credit from Magnus.

[@drmikechess]

Brother I don't exactly have Magnus Carlsen's cell phone number, but trust me if you get me in contact with him I will absolutely ask him what he wants to name the opening. And obviously it was named after Magnus, he is Norwegian after all, so the name was chosen in honor of him.

[@clerothsun3933]

@@drmikechess Trying to name an opening that someone else played once is just so absolutely massively cringe.

[@jinete1023]

If you think any Kagaroo´s moves is going to improve your performance then you didn´t watch the las olympics. If you can call names for other´s then i´ll call you and this channel "RAYGUN´S CHESS" because every time you said "nodddweigan kangadooo " i pictured Raygun´s kangaroo steps acting like it´s the coolest thing in the world.

[@keswanihoshang]

What was the name of the opening?

[@drmikechess]

Well it doesn't have a real name but I think the name Norwegian Kangaroo is appropriate, named after Magnus!

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

@@drmikechessterrible name. You have no business trying to name it.

[@RenatoKentDelgado]

Don’t mind all the negative comments bro! This video is great. Keep it going!

[@drmikechess]

Thank you so much!

[@clivethereddevil3178]

There are 6 games in the Chessbase Megadatabase 2024 played by a weak amateur called Bjoern Nielsson that started with the moves a6,Nc6,Na7 etc between 2014 and 2017. He lost every game but that was due to him being a weak player.

[@drmikechess]

Great find, I saw those as well. I believe Hikaru is the first to play 4.c4 and Magnus the first to go 4...b5 though!

[@actionadventures]

Excellent presentation. I'm a new fan. Fast and precise analysis.

[@mathisrecords]

you said the word harass like 58 times dude

[@AlexSanchez-ff8nm]

The name of the opening is no good. Simply a variation of St. George.

[@mauzz]

... but the Norwegian Kangaroo!!!.. this and that and the Norwegian Kangaroo!!... was starving... and the Norwegian Kangaroo ate an apple because the Norwegian Kangaroo!!!! was close to a tree and then the Norwegian Kangaroo!! died.

[@mrsommer84]

Wow. I liked the introduction of that new opening. 🙂

[@clivethereddevil3178]

6:29 Qxb4 Nd3+ is a horrible way to lose quickly 😂

[@actionadventures]

And even after reading the comments (and they nake sense in their own way) I like Norwegian Kangaroo. It's memorable with a sense a humor. I was on an ice hockey team called Llama Knights. The logo was a medieval knight atop a llama, instead of a horse. Obviously it made no sense whatsoever but everybody got a kick out of it.

[@2019inuyasha]

I mean the bishop looks a bit stuck in the supposed puzzle @ 14 minutes.

[@thelazygamer3788]

Bro you didnt come up with the opening you dont get to name it.

[@mrsommer84]

7:01 Nc3 would be funny if that Knight attacked anything.

[@shturmovik3033]

Only Magnus can make this Clown Opening work…

[@MeIsRoblox]

why is no one talking about that purple inaccuracy?! 4:02

[@gperrenai]

Im surprised Magnus threw the game so hard. Even I, a 1700-ish player saw the fork and would have capitalized on it…

[@BytesnBobs]

i play this i use the pawns early though to storm out a knight advantage. i call it the dragoon gambit but thats just me.

[@nercoG]

Are you a bot? Your whole thing looks like made by ChatGPT 2.1

[@reginald6803]

My proof on the chess equality is connected to the our coming understanding of modern theory of chess opening. There is no forcing win for White against 1...a6!

[@feinmotoriker]

Great commentary!

[@Tiertanas]

"has never before been played in the history of chess!" *Goes to lichess and puts the moves in* *Has been played 217 times* .......................... This is why I hate chess content creators. "Everyone I just discovered 1. E4" ..... .... . . . Did you also discover America Columbus?

[@drmikechess]

Brother according to my chessbase database it was new, chessbase is often the gold standard here.

[@jamiemoore1056]

Before magnus castled Hikaru should of taken the pawn g7. Just to punch a hole and prevent king side castle🎉

[@mitsuhide03]

its a really good presentation, and a good video, unfortunatly ruined by you trying to name it and saying it over and over.

[@MohamadDerFroschKermit_Frog]

Hikarus big mistake not attacking that bishop, and tak7ng it with a check. That lost him the game.

[@Marty-sg1yb]

He could of won that bishop several moves earlier

[@drmikechess]

Could you be more specific?

[@JunTingzon]

This opening was played before and it wasn't new..

[@drmikechess]

I literally pointed out the exact opening novelty in the game, meaning the new move did not occur in any prior games in the chessbase database. Meaning yes it was new brother!

[@AmazingCondominium]

There is now!

[@brianlittrell797]

Great video. I decided to subscribe.

[@migueltell9625]

How is that a kangaroo? Are you a kangaroo 😜😜😜

[@Lloyd-ly2xt]

This queen side pawn attacks is not new to me I've used it in several of my games and won many already using it.

[@o3nisoaso3]

You claim this is a new opening never played before!?! I played this many times when I was young and barely understood how chess pieces work. False claims made in this video... Maybe I should be the one to name this opening 😂

[@SYNDRONE]

How could Hikaru miss Queen a3?

[@artemdelidovich1062]

Sorry, I didn't get it. How would you call this opening?

[@clerothsun3933]

Bullet? Blitz? Rapid? What is this game?

[@Chessdummy]

Such wonderful satire, yet we know who the best in the galaxy is. 😎

[@RakibulHasan-cw5uz]

Hikaru will be win if he continue the game

[@abababa7483]

Who says games which end up as draws are boring?👍

[@drmikechess]

Agreed! This was a crazy game. Of course there are some GM games that never go anywhere and end up drawn, but this was definitely not one of those games!

[@lordnilsson]

How can an opening be that important...? It's not like an F1-race, where the one that takes the start, has a good chance to win the race..! Instead... it must be during the rest of the game, where the strategic moves and intelligence will increase the progress forward a possible victory.....

[@drmikechess]

That line of thought makes a lot of sense on paper, but chess opening theory and principles often extends deep into the middlegame and endgame - especially in modern tournament praxis. This has been exacerbated by modern neural network engines etc. So today, a very deep understanding of openings and the middlegames / endgames that arise from them is 100% necessary to compete at the highest levels of the game. As an example, after his loss to Magnus Carlsen in the 2024 Speed Chess Championships Semi-Finals, Hans Niemann mentioned opening preparation as the #1 thing he needed to improve before his next matchup against Magnus!

[@lordnilsson]

@@drmikechess I don't agree with that total decline of my ideas. Because already after a number of moves the current positions often have broken any pre-estimated strategy. I believe, that forcing one of those latest chess computers with a "bad" opening, they probably could win anyway..!? (Have anybody tried that..??) Because of their capacity to predict so many moves. In the middlegames the positions are so randomly and rare, that nobody can prove, that they are a result of a certain opening.

[@lateek35]

@@lordnilsson you should coach Magnus maybe ? Or any GM

[@lordnilsson]

@@lateek35 He doesn't need that. He can start with any wild opening.... and still win..!!! Which prove my opinion....

[@lateek35]

@@lordnilsson It doesn't prove anything. Playing kind of a new opening doesn’t mean it hasn’t been prepared in advance. The goal is precisely to surprise your opponent with lines he don’t know in order to create some advantages. At this point, I’m curious to know your level to be questioning the training of these top-level players..

[@mwatkins0590]

you should have maybe said your pet name for it twice, at the start and once at the end. forcing it so many times into the video just makes everyone dislike the entire idea. it also already has a name.

[@MalstromFonseca-ze7xe]

the kangaroo is already a chess opening. its an alternative name for the keres defense 1.d4 e6 2.c4 bb4+ although sometimes its used for the follow up idea after bd2 and bxd2 where black goes nh6!? and f5

[@justjay3750]

i played that in jail years back trying to be funny and i got destroyed. ofc, im not magnus so theres that.

[@neilcowan535]

I like your analysis and the tempo. I wish you did not say 'on the board' so often (or at all, lol)..... repetitive superfluous words....

[@andersonmejia56]

This game really happened?

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

This fella does great commentary on some brilliant chess games, but he’s overstepping here by trying to claim the naming rights to someone else’s opening just by repeating the lame name he plucked out of thin air 10 x. Feels rude of him to be trying it.

[@VRietySociety]

that name does not even remotely make any sense. Norwegian goat maybe but kangaroo?

[@muscatleotenor]

On the booooooard × 9999999999999999999999999999999999999

[@daveingerslev]

I'd assumed all moves were "on the board". But maybe just to make sure it should be said after every single one.

[@abrakadabraa7787]

Nice video !! 👌👌

[@drmikechess]

Thank you!

[@carmenschumann826]

. . . can one (compared to your announced full pawn) be up half a pawn - too? Maybe you should try to comment less a "football match' but more a chess game . . .

[@dddddbbb]

Horse jumping round and hardly going anywhere - the Norwegian dressage opening fits better ;)

[@gasaiv2]

Rlly trying to name someone else's move and making it sound cringe 🤧

[@eliochse44]

What’s the opening Magnus is using?

[@drmikechess]

The Norwegian Kangaroo! Or at least that is my name for it, there isn't really an official name for 1...a6 2...Nc6 3...Na7 4...b5, so I made up a name for it lol

[@AbhinayPandeyryan]

it’s called Magnus Opening

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

@@drmikechessmultiple people seem annoyed with you for thinking you have the right to name that opening. Me included. Listen to your viewers.

[@luisb1337]

Dude picked the guys nationality and the australian national animal......where is the logic? Why not the Norwegian Moose while we are at it.....or maybe the Norwegian Slide....... fjords opening (Norwegian )........think he just likes saying Kangaroo

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

Maybe because the knight hops around?. Either way it was stupid and rude of him to try claim the naming rights to someone else’s opening.

[@matthijswillems2331]

You really need to watchout for not using the same words a kazillion times in one video. "Harrasing", "Norwegian Kangaroo"...

[@sunilchristian3430]

Nice!

[@NievesPIXEL]

its not new

[@drmikechess]

4...b5 was a novelty, making it a new opening brother!

[@AlexSanchez-ff8nm]

@@drmikechess stop it!

[@xijacox]

Shouldn’t Magnus name the opening? Just makes you sounds like a vulture and trying to steal credit.

[@Sotanath86q]

Noone cares what you call it

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

Multiple people (myself included) are pissed off he thinks he can just claim the naming rights to someone else’s opening. Plus the name he’s parroting sux.

[@dockilat8722]

i thought they could calculate ahead why Magnus did not see that king fork

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

Was a blitz game with hardly any time to think.

[@David-j6e9n]

Video is better on mute

[@naresht7848]

He is not da goat

[@WilliamPapadopoulos-s9w]

There are only TEN POSSIBLE FIRST MOVES in chess! How can there be SO MANY “BRAND NEW OPENINGS”?

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

There are 3 types of people in this world. Those who can count, and those who can’t.

[@mwatkins0590]

more than the first move matters for an opening. consider the ruy lopez vs the guioco piano. openings are typically 3-5 moves deep and involve moves from both sides. you can open the ruy lopez against the sicilian for instance.

[@SoNg-dh1me]

Like !

[@alexchesss]

Hay una partida con ...a6 de Karpov en que se juega "a4" y no "d4"... siempre hay que combatir adecuadamente cierta "excentricidad" o se convierte en un arma...

[@himanshunagpal7777]

Magnus does too Much of mistakes, hikaru still not would be able to beat him

[@drmikechess]

👍