Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi || World Chess Championship (2021) || Game 10

[@kasra9439]

“Showing Chest hair to assert his dominance” lmao these pre game analysis are next level

[@black350Z]

As soon as he said that I just busted out lol. Love agad's sense of humor.

[@churrobscuro6434]

@@black350Z I don't think it's humor, Agad probably analyzed these pictures with a very strong engine.

[@pauldailey4477]

Hey Tay, the buttons are buttoned. The shirt was professionally starched. Are you now accusing the number one chess player in the world of living your life of petty shalom´n insincerity? Should he be wearing a wife beater tee-shirt for your benefit?

[@Arctic_Dude]

😄😄😄

[@johnwamsley1896]

@@pauldailey4477 Body language is mostly an unconscious expression

[@sifk6163]

Listening to Agad tell me about Magnus asserting dominance by showing chest hairs is why I love this channel.

[@devroopsaha4020]

he's unintentionally funny

[@harshitpurohit2416]

Hear Hear

[@tom_ad9343]

@@devroopsaha4020 I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's intentional...ag has a very dry sense of humor (e.g. "so you can show these moves to your friends in the library...")

[@mohammadal-abbasi7247]

Lol

[@manuelper]

@@devroopsaha4020 Wrong.

[@saulbadman5705]

Lmaoooooooooo "Maurice is behind her, enjoying himself as usual". Agad is just on another level with these pre-game commentaries. Just the delivery of that line had me laughing for a solid minute looool

[@andreacassano3991]

Great comedy at its best

[@gravity6316]

😭

[@whirlwolf369]

And she was taking it very seriously🤣

[@Chris_Lohmann]

I couldn’t tell if Maurice was looking at the move being played or if he was looking at her butt. It seemed to me that the expression on his face was something akin to “I’d hit that.” 😂

[@vitekkozov3980]

It went right over my head lol

[@siddharthpathare2]

Agad is completely dedicated, his channel is the fastest when it comes to posting, post game analysis. Salute to his dedication something we can learn from him, apart from chess.

[@rudolphschmidt313]

Careful the gotham chess simps are gonna attack you

[@rudolphschmidt313]

@@lauraberbieberbie1003 Tiananam square

[@oacmd282]

@@rudolphschmidt313 imagine not being able to distinguish between Chinese and Japanese

[@rudolphschmidt313]

@@oacmd282 Are you really gonna defend a bot? Are you that much of a simp 🤣🤣🧂🧂😋😋

[@siddharthpathare2]

@@rudolphschmidt313 I am fan of Gotham too.

[@TopDownMikey]

"As I always say, Knights are tricky bastards" Humorous understatement!

[@liampowell5014]

Nothing worse than getting a bullshit fork

[@nektarioss]

If you hear it out of context I think it must be even funnier.

[@iykigugu6798]

@@nektarioss malakia kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2LNaqKtd9qqmrM

[@vbucksroblox7368]

@@iykigugu6798 lmao

[@TyTimeIsAwesome]

They really are. My chess teacher always told me if you want to be a great chess player, you must master the knights.

[@GKFC]

5:31 This game had two Queen trades. Impressive.

[@davidsanders5861]

Those were very flamboyant rooks

[@anthonyjs8048]

@@davidsanders5861 hahaha gold

[@Tynah4729]

Hahaha I didn't even notice it at all

[@DevamBansal]

@@Tynah4729 me neither haha

[@arkaarka2628]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@akmd114379]

Magnus is a machine. He has the longevity of Kasparov and killer instinct of Bobby Fischer.

He is more of a Capablanca that actually prepares and continuously studies the game 💯👌🏼

[@123you876]

@ I mean Capablanca is probably the most talented player ever but he was also the laziest lol. He didnt study openings at all.... just had an excellent intuition.

@@123you876 that’s why Magnus is an improved version of Casablanca lol 🤣

[@123you876]

@ Ah I see what you're saying now lol. My bad!

[@isaacwebb7918]

And the chest hair of my dad.

[@cmac6345]

Ahh I see. Magnus took the eyes closed variation in the eye contact decline into the chest hair defense. Not my favorite variation, but fun chess nonetheless

[@manuelmeruendano]

5:30 what a strange Queen trade, gotta tell about it to my friends at the bar and the library

[@Chopper153]

Two queen trades in one game! Quite rare

[@felipemp93]

Magnus: forgets to button Agad: you can see he's asserting dominance

[@Waiting_Heaven]

It’s difficult to defeat Magnus 3 times in classical chess even if you play 20 games. There are 4 games left though. It’s just over.

[@jimbobimjo6715]

It's difficult to defeat Magnus 3 times in 5 years

[@slanigrad]

Its not over. Ian needs to show some spirit and his fire. Its ok to loose to a great champ. But dont give up beforehand. Thats all fans want feom him now. And for haters, whod gives a sh for those sad souls. Peace

[@armando-_-1261]

1:53 "maurice behind enjoing himself as usual”😃

[@Legur0]

Imagine shooting the video predicting all the last 10 moves, the result and then upload it to youtube. Thank you agadmator!

[@Spingerer]

@Greet Gysen He wrote it 2 minutes before you

[@ChicCanyon]

@@Spingerer you arent good at reading people

[@splat_rick3369]

Now I want to see agadmator analyze the post-game press conference.

[@paulharris2331]

#suggestion

[@mateom7056]

#suggestion

[@Exayevie]

Or the horrible commentators

[@yasmanisantana1336]

Cringe

[@Hanini87]

Antonio you are simply an expert psychologist and this extends beyond Chess!

[@Arctic_Dude]

This game might be symptomatic for the remaining games. Magnus is quite pragmatic, and won't go for the wins unless he has a clear advantage. I doubt Nepo goes all in even with white, he just wants to avoid more humiliation. Hope I'm wrong though...

[@jasonkoch3182]

Nepo is really in a bad spot. If he doesn't push for a win, this thing will end on Saturday, because with two more draws Magnus wins. If Nepo does push for a win in the next game, he leaves Magnus open to counterattack and a chance to win on Friday. Nepo loses in both scenarios, so at this point, it's really down to HOW Nepo wants to lose. Does he want to go quietly, or does he want to go out with a bang?

[@kaemonawa8326]

@@jasonkoch3182 I would love to see Nepo try giving it a shot and go all-in on the next few games. I understand Magnuses qualities and would see him as a deserving champion, but it is no humiliation to try to win (and possibly fail) in a world champ, aka "2nd" player in the world if you play for the win and just don't make it. Yep, there are other players rated higher atm and Nepo probably won't win another candidates, but that is all just another reason to try going for it now.

[@slanigrad]

@@kaemonawa8326 everyone would love to see him give his best. Loosing to magnus is not embarrassing. He still got to fight wc. Just do it in style bro. And he has style

[@bclaudew3]

i think he tries to avoid humiliation

[@kimgysen10]

I find it frustrating that he just exchanges all the pieces without clear game plan. Imo his team should analyze a crazy line that requires a lot of perfect moves and chances to go wrong.

[@JanjuaGamerRajpoot]

Fun Fact before this match Ian was leading 4-1 in classical chess against magnus but now its 4-4 2nd fact Magnus is the only Grand Master who have the positive scores in Calssical Rapid blitz chess agiants all Grand Maters This is Just Incredible....

[@jobsinpakistan3474]

Magnus is just goat

[@JanjuaGamerRajpoot]

@@crayyzen1913 neutral means nor positive nor negative soo 🤷

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

5:30 "Offering a queen trade" ... wow, that is amazing! The second queen trade already so early in the game. Surely this position has never been reached before, and it probably never will be reached in the future :-)

[@blotzkrog]

1:50 LMFAO boys will be boys 😂😂😂😂 Agad is freakin HILARIOUS 😂

[@georgejefferson8914]

You can not convince me that Maurice didn’t just get caught in 4K checking out some Formula 1 buns.

[@trequor]

100% this is what happened lol

[@maximilienandre7047]

The man that uploads faster than Nepo changes haircut

[@nalgene247]

So once every few years?

[@olegzhokhsrightarm8849]

Disappointed in Nepo that he chose to play timid and safe. He should go down with a fight, not roll over.

[@TTtahnok]

Hes just gotta win every gamr from here on oit to draw dont count him out yet lol

[@milton5417]

I'm just a bit frustrated that Nepo changed his playstyle altogether for the WCC. I feel he never played to his strengths, which are tactics and attacking chess. Seeing him play overly positional chess was a bit disappointing to me.

[@tensuranikki3529]

Nepo’s given up, winning against Magnus is hard enough as it is, but winning when he is up on the scoresheet is next to impossible. I think Giri said it best, Nepo’s now just salvaging his reputation, sending the message that ‘if I wanna draw, I can draw easily’. One thing Agad didn’t mention… Nepo blitz out all his moves.

[@alexanderramos9121]

Agreed completely. After he lost the first game, I expected him to come out playing like a maniac and attacking in really sharp lines, and then he essentially threw away his white pieces with that really drawish boring Roy Lopez line he played. I thought that he looked defeated and sure enough he's playing well below his capabilities.

[@devroopsaha4020]

I was really expecting a sicillian

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

Ian is in damage limitation mode now. Don't really blame him for that. Just get this thing done and prepare for next year without doing himself more damage

[@annalisajohn]

I don't think he will be there for next candidates

[@carlgauuss399]

Damage limitation mode? Hmm, you should be able to play solidly to draw against Magnus. Either you underestimate Magnus with the white pieces (because if someone is in damage limitation mode you imply that they can easily draw against Magnus) or haven't really understood the quality behind their moves and just looked at the result.

[@hassanhussain6605]

Stop it, he would never blunder mate in a classical game. Go back to playing 300 rated blitz.

[@FalconJudah]

@@annalisajohn he is, the loser of this wcc match has an automatic slot for the next candidates torunament.

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

LOL! The game hardly finished maybe 20 minutes ago, and the video is uploaded already. I know other people have commented about this, but Croatia is very far from my time zone so this is the first time I've seen it. I guess this was a very prosaic game that petered out to a draw by about move 15-20, so there's not much to cover. The 12 minutes length testifies to this.

[@rag1258]

nepo strategy : trading every pieces is a good way to avoid any blunder.

[@DaveTheDopeFiend]

This year's WCC was a necessary transition event to allow Alireza to fully mature. His battle with Magnus for the world title is going to be legendary.

[@Dude-etiquette]

I hope agadamator shows his chest hair in the next video to show his dominance of chess on KZbin. Love your work agadamtor!

[@supersaiyan_420]

Remember 1-7 thrashing that Brazil got. Ian is trying to avoid the same happening to him. cant blame him for taking this safe approach.

[@Wladislav]

I just want to say I hope you continue to include analyses of the photos and handshakes for all future games that are played in the flesh.

[@Ehsunnn]

Agadmotor is so fast he should join F1

[@nachisuper]

He doesn't see the point. It's not for him.

[@ferafona]

@@nachisuper GOAT comment.

[@phuanh992]

@@nachisuper Ye he would probably prefer watching the legend Barcelona

[@Snoflakes_1]

Nah F1 isn't about speed anymore

[@BinaryRex18]

1:52 "Maurice behind enjoying himself as usual" 😂

[@yourn4m3h3re]

That game is Nepo asking "OK, prove me that this is a draw". I admire the fighting spirit.

[@mandaark17]

Love your style of commentary and organization. Please direct a more massive scale reporting, your format and ideas are top tier.

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Your commentary on this tournament is great.

[@lu-bu8366]

I mean like , they are still in the interview section . Wow .

[@HeyRamy]

The pre-game commentary is the best part of the videos

[@KYHONKOMA]

Agad you never fail to entertain, appreciate the complexity of your analysis, taking into account ALL the factors including chesthair hahahahah

[@kblazy]

bro that Maurice comment about him enjoying himself was hilarious

[@williamgoss4691]

Indeed, very enjoyable. Great combination of play and analysis, thanks. ( I imagine Nepo can hear the echo of the countdown in his head …).

[@kostasmanikis]

Even if I watch live the game with great commentary by Caruana,still I come bask to watch agadmator's video every time!

[@MrK623]

Since Magnus is up 6-3 coming in, the onus is on Nepo to win, since any draw helps Magnus at this point. Why is Nepo playing the Petrov? His prep team has failed. He is not going to beat Magnus in a drawish line. His understanding of the endgame is so strong. Perhaps the best of any world champion. When he is in a drawn position he will either draw or win. And this is when the other players crack. They know how good Magnus is, it's not luck. And they must play perfectly to draw. 1 slight inaccuracy and Magnus is going to get blood out of a stone.

[@malsawmzela609]

That's the thing. He isn't playing to win anymore lol. He just wants to draw the rest out. He blitz all his move this match.

[@annalisajohn]

He blundered to this, it's not the prep

[@Marcusjnmc]

he successfully took Magnus out of his prep by playing the Petrov, according to Magnus , & there was a sharp line in the position that Magnus took some time looking at before deciding against it, I don't think Magnus would have taken it even if he was only 1 point up , but it seems good preparation, as there was at least a chance it would be accepted

[@MrK623]

@@annalisajohn Yes. But he played the Petrov twice earlier when all the games were draws and the match was undecided. He had to play 1....c5 here and get an unbalanced and dynamic Sicillian.

[@MrK623]

@@Marcusjnmc It was not that groundbreaking, as the game was a draw from start to finish. You aren't tricking Magnus with the Petrov which has been analyzed to death and is not a plus score for black.

[@ajayv4831]

Showing chest hair to assert dominance would be the most devilish way to do it! Agadmator's pre-game theories are on another level! 🤣😂💯

[@giovannicorno1247]

Nothing is impossibile but there are too few games left. In a match with Korchnoy in 1977, Spassky recovered from 0-5 to 4-5 winning the 4 games in a row, this is the nearest example of what could happen and it would be a total surprise like that strip of victory in that match.

[@albertsanvura8039]

Thanks Agad for the great stuff

[@jackdaniels1749]

11:59 Ian Nepo's blunder

[@zaidsheikh3183]

Dude XD

[@jannieseth]

Not gonna lie, This World Championship is very intense. Not because it's once per year, but the new influx of chess players watching this makes the chess community get more attention than they should have

[@alaaroumeeh2752]

In my opinion, this WCC is not beautiful. Modern chess boi, nothing like past-century chess

[@TTtahnok]

Its every 2 years

[@ChicCanyon]

rapid/blitz are annual not classical

[@joshuawall2590]

Nepo should whip out the kings gambit or Stafford. May as well make a legendary game.

[@T-Dogg121]

The saddest thing to me is that games like this show that Nepo can indeed play disciplined, solid, chess and grind out draws as black - something which many doubted before this match. Yet that epic loss in Game 6 seemed to disturb his mental equilibrium so severely that he just had a total mental meltdown over the next 2 games, leading to silly losses and effectively rendering the second half of the match moot. A real shame.

[@RiksK15]

Well it can be argued that Carlsen played for a draw here. He had opportunities to go into more complex positions, but always went for the more safe, and draw-ish moves. If the score was level I doubt Carlsen would play this passively.

[@phil4863]

I love Nd3. A new move which opens to a whole new range of possibilities

[@GotAnyChance]

Thanks for the coverage, Agad.

[@sandipbanjara6316]

A writer writing a line of a story normally: The room was dark Agad: Here, the writer tries to explain the bad situation of the country by the means of darkness of a room Like wtf!! 😂

[@Interista232]

Nepo took zero risk this match, looks like he give up winning hopes. Now he must play for his pride, he showed zero ambition from the start, you don't became champ playing that way..

[@NWRIBronco6]

Fingers crossed for some attacking, *classical* chess in game 11. Rn Nepo's playing bullet.

[@theaquaticdesert]

xD enjoying himself as usual and the hair chest made my day I've been having a bad day and you just made it Thank you so much Agadmator!

[@elitetennistraining3471]

Great quick upload 👌🏽

[@fahad5354]

Even when the game is boring agad makes this vid interesting and funny in the pre game analysis 😂

[@justlaugh7468]

Oh this game was so exciting just because of double queen trades! (5:31)

[@qazzaqstan]

I think Ian will really try to win coming off the next rest day go for a fighting position, even if the match is effectively over I doubt he wants to get shut out especially not in a way where he was playing far below what he and everyone else knows he is capable of doing. That said playing as black off the back of the last game taking a game to stabilize makes sense especially since he is probably too far in the hole to actually have a shot at the comeback. I do expect Magnus to try to play the safe line as often as possible because he is pragmatic and wants to make sure he wins the match even if the end is more boring. (Not that he won't play for another win if it is there, we know he does this but I don't expect him to take any risks he doesn't have to).

[@hpy2101]

Nepo should play aggressive openings as black such as the Kings Indian Defense against d4 and Sicilian Najdorf variation against e4 to create imbalances

[@tomgold5006]

Everybody: chess Agadmator: chest hair

[@kanishkmod]

3:32 and it was at this moment that Fabi took over nepo

[@hereiseminem]

Guess agad misses fabi. Can't blame him. At least he reached the tie breaks. Looking less and less likely to happen this time.

[@kudzem]

I don't understand the fuss about the draw. Nepo has four games left. So if he wins all he is the champion. Which is easy to do playing sharp lines like Bongcloud, Evans gambit and Botez gambit.

[@andrewwiggincluj]

Lol

[@fincy645]

whats the evans gambit?

[@dkscotland]

This takes me back to the sort of negative chess I used to play, even down to N and symmetrical pawn endgame. in the hope that my opponent would mentally go to sleep. I really was that boring. I might have exchanged Qs earlier and (from Magnus's side) play f3 before Nd2 to deny hope of Black playing Ne4 in the short to medium term. Maybe then possibly h4 to protect my N on f4 from g5 ideas, but (as The Stranglers advise) I probably wouldn't bring Harry and maintain my pawn structure as is.

[@patrickheart9390]

This was so quick if it was something else you'd be seeing a specialist . Great content

[@petejuneaux7549]

Showing his chest hair? Where in the hell did that come from? Lmao!!!! Who would even think about that? I freaking love it! This is why you have the best Chess Channel on KZbin!!

[@Nyx__]

Sad they didn't play Knight e4 King d3 and then draw. Would have looked funny to end on such a symmetrical position.

[@SmartHobbies]

The handshake photo says it all.

[@oisinruxton7184]

"There is nothing more to be done here " is particularly hard to take on this video haha

[@vaivs7903]

#suggestion since tomorrow is a rest day, can you show a game of Maurice Ashley?

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

or show the game that magnus didn't win "smoothly enough" lmao.

[@saeednaser7700]

"he is showing chess hair to establish dominance " that was hilarious, that deserves a like

[@anthonygross1963]

If you’re trying to come back from 0-3 I would have expected a Sicilian instead.

[@michelthegreatable]

Hi I love your channel I’ve been subscribed since 2018. Small request, if possible when you say the players agreed to a draw, could you also mention which player offered the draw? If it’s not available for a particular game no worries, but if it is, that’d be great! Thank you!

[@nitgivs4198]

keep up the good work Agad!

[@wot_hog]

Magnus came out in his dark jacket to play the white pieces. Fabi and Hess had a field day speculating on whether this was a signal to Nepo that he wasn't going to go all out, or Magnus's servants dropped the ball and didn't launder his light colored jacket in time...

[@n20games52]

The photo interpretations were just as entertaining as the coverage of the game. :D

[@jason41482]

Nepo is now playing for quick draws so he doesnt get embarrassed more

[@imal1015]

Great analysis thanks 🙏

[@dodekaedius]

1:42 and this is the perfect picture to show, that women focus completely on the camera (aka themselves), compared to all men, making move 1, who entirely focus on the game and the board

[@reen4371]

7:46 Why not play Nh5 offering knight trade, opening up the G file with a pushed pawn and placing the rook on g1 open line?

[@erichoffmann8515]

Hi Antonio have a question What happens to the chess pieces after the match ? Does the winner get them or are they sold or does the loser get to throw them against the wall?

[@hornetgamer8980]

Would have preferred them to play one more move each for the symmetry.

[@ajazs4527]

5:31 Agadmator: "offering a queen trade" Rooks who were being traded: " Are we joke to you" 😅😅😅

[@groovybuddha667]

There is no other chess channel that delves into the subtle nuances of magnus's chest hair. #FAN4LIFE

[@camilohiche4475]

Top tier chest hair analysis. 👌👌👌

[@AmanSharma-bj2yc]

corrections agadmator : Magnus has lost only 2 classical games in all his WCC matches and not 3

[@SamuelPearlman]

troof

[@PlayRough089]

The photo commentary humour is so dry I had to go get a glass of water.

[@Iran_kurd]

Hi, dear agadmator! please make a video on this match : Salem Saleh from UAE and Parham Maghsoodloo from Iran (the 3rd round of the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Cup) 2021 #suggestion

[@arkadeephalder581]

The commentary on the pre game photos are on another level... 😂😂😂

[@rchinmay8692]

1:54 Moreise enjoying himself in the background. 😂Agadmator's epic jokes😂

[@axexim]

I love your videos ❤️

[@abelchess8430]

You got me when you analysed Magzy's chest revealing.

[@abdullahyousef3596]

5:31 offering a rook trade not a queen trade, and thank you for this video and keep it up.

[@thewarlordscalling6537]

Whats up with the E4 move?. I remember Topalov vs Kramnik reunification match... All games where d4... Queen's Gambit Declined.at the time 1.e4 e5 was famous for drawish play. But now its revived.

[@amun1040]

@1:52 "Maurice behind enjoying himself as usual" :D

I very much enjoy what you are doing with the thumbnails of showing lightnings ⚡️ every time we have a decisive game!! 👏🏼👏🏼 very nice touch 👌🏼

[@agadmator]

:)

[@sriyansketavarapu5396]

By the end of this game, Ian had more time than what he started with and it's a record now. 2hr 17min.

[@juanmartingomezs.6234]

#Suggestion Could you analyze the game Meier vs Anton, 2013, for the European Championship?

[@robinsingh4651]

One of my favourite youtuber🙏

[@damejamal4530]

Ag with tempo uploads lmao love it

[@hemant05]

Magnus showing his chest hairs to distract Napo