Magnus shows how to calculate squares in chess!

Magnus Carlsen is playing against 2500 rated IM.
Magnus Carlsen shows how to calculate squares in chess.

[@KangKurai]

Watches Magnus. Gets motivated to play chess. Loses elo rating. Comes back to watching Magnus.

[@ginchan5510]

typical me day

[@Diachron]

The circle of life.

[@zarroncello1]

ahahahahahaha me too!

[@أحمد-غ3ش5ف]

just analyse your games bruh

[@CoryTheSimmons]

Lol every. Single. Time. 😅

[@crashtestdummy87]

first man in history who knows what a woman thinks

[@247DroneFootage]

😂

[@royaumeuni5730]

Perhaps what, but not how.

[@AndrewReevesArt]

hahahaahah

[@illusion466]

takes, takes, takes, takes... 😩

[@leolacic9442]

ha ha ha ha - That have not nieder the points.

[@ich2712]

Calculating the line is no problem, most of the intermediates can do that. But actually recognizing, that you are winning there without spending at least 10 minutes is insane

[@robertrodes1546]

Where he just says "and I should be better in the rook ending"! I followed it to the point that I could see the position, but no way I could just evaluate that position as better. Amazing to get to watch him clean up in the ending that he visualized.

[@darkhunterc7]

The Secret is experience (obviously), the amount of positions you can remember at once and playing lots and lots of finals... Carlsen's level is so high hw achieved this kind of position milions of times apparently, so he could handle things like he's doing his every morning coffee, with one hand tied behind his back... We also can achieve this level... by training and gainind experience you can shoot as high as your determination permits

[@johnstahl3256]

@@robertrodes1546 I think the easiest way to tell that his position is winning is that his rook keeps the black king pinned at the back of the board, whereas Magnus's king is free to simply walk up and eat stuff. Obviously Magnus saw more than just that, but I think that's the gist of it.

[@dagifelner9298]

actually no. not at all. cause you can easily calculate, that your pawn is gonna go trough.

[@vegeta4693214]

He knows he's better in that position because it's an endgame and his king is closer to the center, every intermediate player would see that. One impressive thing is he anticipated his opponent would play Kf5, but maybe he was just calculating that just in case. The truly impressive thing is how he casually walked his king though the board to promote the pawn, he didn't even had to calculate that, I'd spent a lot of time wondering what's the best square for my king to avoid checks and losing material.

[@jakelakeyt]

We live in an age where you can have world champions giving you lessons for free what a time to be alive

[@WoodyMoitout]

true, acces to free art, free music, free chess, internet is noice, thx mister Internet

[@AhmadJustin]

The magic is not the calculation part (which in itself is very impressive), it's the part where Magnus can conclude "I should be better in the rook ending" in a heartbeat after he's done with the calculation.

[@robinburkart6445]

He is or at least used to be the best lategame player in the world, no? So of course he thinks he should be better in any ending.

[@SaixanMobile]

@@robinburkart6445fair

[@Pherecydes]

He saw that he was going to get a passed pawn in the endgame.

[@dimebag6996]

@@robinburkart6445 nah he just knows instantly which endgames are winning or losing

[@Tim666-o5n]

@@robinburkart6445 He will only go into an endgame if he sees himself winning. If he can't have an edge, he will try to draw.

[@agustin1204]

He makes it look sooo easy 👏

[@DPME820]

Casually calculating mate-in-100

[@t-love8351]

it’s his job, and he uses engines like hans.

[@247DroneFootage]

fr

[@DPME820]

@@t-love8351 10,000+ Respect if u the viewer ignores this reply made by him

[@iann6999]

@@t-love8351 does he though? there's a clip on GJ_Chess from 9 days ago where he says engines are good for noobie players to get over the initial hump of learning. based on the way he's talking he sounds like he doesn't, but if you can link something that indicates otherwise i'll read/watch it

[@maelstrom57]

* Magnus simply calculates a line.

[@DiligentDopamineDude]

lmao, so true

[@Dominic_Amoe]

Im 2300. The line isn't simple to spot. You'd never see it in a real game.

[@maelstrom57]

@@Dominic_Amoe You said you're 2200 in another thread. Nice try noob.

[@Dominic_Amoe]

@@maelstrom57 I'm in the 2200-2300+ range.

[@maelstrom57]

@@Dominic_Amoe Oh wow, I'm so impressed. No jk I'm way above 2300. And lmao at liking your comments like an insecure little boy.

[@josezamora-v8t]

Great to be able to hear Magnus's strategy as it develops on the board, in quick moves..

[@Osiris261]

some people see 3 moves ahead. others 3 games.

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

and others years . ( fischer )

[@sgwa11]

"She will play Qd4, this will trigger a synapse in her brain that will cause her in the next game to pre-move incorrectly Rd8. I will take advantage of that and she will resign. In our 3rd game she will want to play a line she is most familiar with to prevent another blunder. Unfortunately for her, I am more familiar with that line."

[@SuhasSreehariOnline]

And I only see 3 moves behind.

[@Sufi39]

Mario is 4 parallel universes ahead of everyone else

[@mynameissongohanandamnotah17]

​@@SuhasSreehariOnline it actually better than seeing ahead as you can see move behind u will know what not to move

[@stoyandimitrov7699]

Bro thinks he is Hikaru

[@somebody-anonymous]

Takes takes takes takes takes and ke2

[@renzi2933]

DONT BOO SPAM!! BRILLIANT!!

[@kioku2022]

Bro is Hikaru Carlsen

[@SaschaEderer]

Word.

[@tomiokurt]

⁠@@kioku2022Hicarlsen

[@moppis_welt6814]

Takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, takes, Ke2 ... and im winning. Chess can be so easy 😅

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

"Chess speaks for itself"

[@MrSupernova111]

Amazing how easy Carlsen makes it look! I'm roughly an expert level player and its mind boggling how quickly and accurately Carlsen comes up with strategic ideas and calculates the relevant lines. Thanks!

[@CapAnson12345]

Interesting how he instantly sees and plays the winning endgame plan once she makes a mistake. I might find that but I'd have to think about it for ten minutes. He just does it immediately.

[@colddeath37]

Tons of experience makes it see every possibilities in seconds. To make a different line of speaking, you need ten minutes because you are calculating a line with your pieces meanwhile magnus just remember various aspects that he saw thousands times before so he just put those puzzle pieces into the game

[@Raymart6543]

That's how GMs play chess. It's no longer a game but rather a series of memorization that goes through their heads. Calculation only goes second. I dare not to say that a single person can actually memorize the Shannon's number but the realm of possibility is close if you have an eidetic memory. This is why most GMs chess battles always result in a draw because at the top of competition, the battle is between your opponents psyche and your own. In short, you wait for the opponent to blunder or if you have a higher state of mind than your opponent, you can force them to take a blunder because it only takes a single major mistake to turn things around in the game of chess.

[@spasegeek9214]

They mostly result on draw because of stupid rules like stalemate.

[@bigkuriboh3814]

I wouldn't be able yo call the while end game line, but I would have been able to break it down onto junks over more turns and far slower if that makes sense.

[@bigkuriboh3814]

​@@spasegeek9214 how is stalemate a stupid rule?

[@JoeBob79569]

I think a lot of it is probably being able to actually visualise the pieces clearly after all the exchanges (Queen's Gambit with the pieces on the ceiling kind of thing). I still find this kind of hard because what I see on the board with my eyes, before the exchanges, interferes with trying to imagine where the are _after_ the exchange.

[@gasparddelanuit3462]

You could look away, but at that point you really need those visualisation skills

[@Ragenarok]

"Magnus shows how to calculate squares in chess" *Watches video to end* Magnus: "There you guy. Just draw arrows and then it happens in the game" Me: Genius.

[@ru2979]

okay now play gow

[@DanZhukovin]

The way to win at chess is to just be Magnus. That's it, just be Magnus.

[@DPME820]

Intermediate players make it seem so hard often, it just so simple. Be Magnus...

[@Karl_V.]

That line wasn't very impressive it was the ease with which he sees it and knows instantly it wins that's impressive.

[@williamrobert9898]

🤦‍♂

[@Dominic_Amoe]

The entire game was impressive. You just don't understand chess so it looks simple to you.

[@Karl_V.]

@Dominic_Amoe Well at least Isreal isn't wiping out my family 🤷

[@Dominic_Amoe]

@@Karl_V. rock bottom lQ confirmed.

[@陳怡秀-r7y]

@@Dominic_Amoe that dudes brain runs on potato power, confirmed

[@jpar3926]

he seems like a good chess player, looking forward to seeing him play at top level some day

[@tuhaggis]

Wow look at you with your original jokes.

[@tomarintomarin9520]

@@tuhaggiswow the originality police 👮‍♀️

[@Mitochondria312]

​@@tomarintomarin9520catch him he's already black

[@Travellahh]

​@@tuhaggis Them Reddit dorks bro 😂

[@VeMi1337]

Yes, if he took a break from content and stopped being a chess influencer and tried tournaments instead i think he would actually do pretty good

[@humblepawn873]

Magnus made this calculation look very easy but in the real game I would not even able to calculate for 3 moves accurately

[@TheGrandmasterMan]

Awesome technique there....very strong player bossed.

[@Hector_10305]

Yes, he should dedicate himself to this, it seems like he has a lot of future.

[@mahmoudkchaou1799]

​​@@Hector_10305He has a lot of past 😢

[@Wava-ob5ng]

your enthusiasm about the subject matter is infectious!

[@thelovalova]

hi, at 4:41 why the rook disappear? how it is possible to do that?

[@papaproduction]

Yeah what’s up with that

[@KM-bg7ii]

The same happened when they exchanged queens!

[@370freeark]

Black rook kills white rook, white king kills black rook. He just skipped those moves in the video because he explained them previously with the arrows (notice how the black rook disappears too) .

[@Hickeroar]

The speed at which he predicted all those takes was insane.

[@richardcasey4439]

Casual brilliance

[@sethrose1325]

Does anyone know where the full video is?

[@williamrobert9898]

You'll find it on the channel of Offerspill Sjakklubb

[@pitterpatter4557]

This guy is really decent at chess, he should play more.

[@cordialement4383]

Same joke every vid…😊

[@flomycel]

😴

[@pikaso6586]

stupid overused joke, shame on you!

[@Austin-rt6qo]

He's kinda mid

[@huskypup3489]

Trick was getting his king into the action quickly to support the pawn promotion.

[@ndelsandjok1947]

just another day at the office. Legend!!

[@tomasseeber]

For all those saying "It's incredible how he knows he should be better in the rook ending after that calculation": (this is not a comment to call you wrong, it is to show you how this is so simple -in that situation- that most masters would have known it. So this is to show you how, and if you can see its simplicity, you may become able to do it yourself) A Master is constantly looking for information on the board. Chess is what's called a "Perfect Information Game". Unlike poker, you know exactly what your opponent has. This information is not only material count, but what material means on the board. An example of this information is an open file. If you don't acknowledge the existence of an open file, you can make your calculations to whatever move depth you can, but you won't be favoring outcomes in which you would have moved a rook to be controlling that open file. Now, if you have indeed told yourself that there is an open file, you'll be favoring calculations which do include a rook move to that file, which means pointing the long-term arrow (positional) to better outcomes beyond your depth of vision, while you care for the short term arrow (tactical). Some of the information you can collect during a game at every stage, are clues about posible endings. When Magnus said "... and I should be better in the rook ending", he had already told himself things like "Pawn on a5 is weak" (because it's difficult to defend, especially when white has the 'c' file, so the only way for black to defend it would be to enslave the black rook behind the pawn, and either doing that or losing the pawn, would make the rest of the board much easier to handle for white). Furthermore, when he thinks about fxg3, he immediately knows his king is a step closer to the center (pawn on f2 removed from the f2-e3-d4 path), and that this makes it able to neutralize the potentially running passed pawn on d5 while also getting close to his own e5 pawn. He already knows pawns on the king side can't break through for either side (he knows pawns on three consecutive files can't break through three pawns with double pawns on the center file, by themselves). So remember he knows his rook is dominant, his king is closer to the center, etc. And the moment he spots the final position after exf5, he notices new information like "Black's 'd' pawn is no longer defended (although he knew already that its defender was falling anyway), then he sees his e5 pawn is now attackable from the opened file in front of it, but he trusts the looks of it, because he knows his king is fast, his opponent's king can't reach that pawn, and as happened in the game, if black goes rook e8 to attack that pawn, he can advance it, which controls f7 forcing black's king to maneuver a lot if it wants to attack that advanced pawn, and remember: white's king is fast. So once a master imagines that position after the calculation (which is pretty straightforward because most moves look like natural basicaly only moves -although they both missed moves that were a little bit finer), the only thing that needs to be really evaluated is wether white can hold that 'e' pawn long enough to reach those long term positions that are so obvious to arise, that even if white lost that pawn, is still winning, although in this case it would need a much higher precision than the one according to which one can say "I should be better".

[@GrouperGames]

@4:47 - why was it a bad pre-move? Might she have played the completely illogical Rc8 (or Ra6)? Is that it?

[@MrSupernova111]

I'm guessing Kf7 to e7 and it acts like a blockader. In the game the e-pawn was able to run freely because the lone rook on e8 was no match for white's pawn, rook and king.

[@MilesHemingway]

No, the line would be Rf8 followed by Ke2 and Rxf5. This stops white from getting his passed pawn in the centre (for example after Rxf5, Rxe6 Kf7 Ra6 Rxe5+)

[@elbarbonnhiphop]

I hope this guy goes far, he is quite good

[@shamassive]

Hahaha😂

[@DPME820]

Him being the best player in the world: There is no far after this, other than Stockfish

[@michaelschweigart3517]

​@@DPME820 uhm, what about A.I. or even aliens?

[@DPME820]

@@michaelschweigart3517 I thought when I said ''in this world'', I meant Earth

[@Tulanir1]

@@michaelschweigart3517 Stockfish is stronger than any "AI" at playing chess.

[@AndreTaker7]

i love how he smiled when she resigned

[@normannolasco4390]

What did he mean by the "bad premove" and "she could have gotten a rook"? I'm looking for the move at about 4:50 and I don't see it.

[@paulpaul4681]

But can he play uno

[@natanholanda821]

wich platform, or site, is he using?

[@supereinfach929]

I asked me the same question

[@milehighslacker4196]

Is it chess24?

[@TheRussianGenius]

4:46 haha damn

[@kanivakil198]

4:14 Yeah that wasn't difficult for me to follow but only because he showed the line it to me. Also because there are less pieces pieces on the board: only a pair of knights remaining (minor pieces). So that's why they suggest less experienced players to practice calculation in the endgame; it's much easier on the mind.

[@JohnBarrylizard]

The world chess champion and, probably, GOAT freely sharing his insight so we can analyze how he thinks, is such an amazing privilege. I think next generations will study videos like this and build upon that. As for me... I suck but enjoy watching games like this.

[@ralfwinkler4765]

"This was at the very least an inaccuracy" - me when my fellow 900 opponent blunders his queen in one move

[@hathspider9763]

5:11 - Can someone explain how his king was able to move 3 squares behind the rook. I thought the king can only move 1 square at a time so should be behind the pawn.

[@poopoo73906]

it was two separate moves

[@RoyZennet]

It was 2 moves instead of one Because magnus premoved and you might didnt see little detail

[@MechPaul]

4:57 - "After this I'm probably winning". Stockfish says +3.5.

[@daarionaharis3675]

I loved him when he fought against the Hulk in Ragnarok.

[@feliperabello6859]

Game name?

[@Habück]

Chatrang-Namak

[@yoramgelfman]

If this guy works on his openings, middle game and endgame, he can be a decent chess player

[@thearlomusic]

If he just works on his theory, defense, attacking, positioning, openings, middle game, end game, and king safety; he could be pretty good.

[@gilbertsenyonjo963]

I hope you'll make more videos. Very fascinating. We love u

[@danfrederiksen1607]

Why does it look like the video is analog captured?

[@Yassin-oj1ko]

what website is this

[@IvanSanchezMath]

What a calculation! 😮

[@ladislauneagu2025]

I love your channel in wonderful and you are a wonderful person in your strategies, thank you😃

[@average_student0]

What kind of chess app?

[@davidverbuyst4]

Could somebody explain Magnus his move at 4:40? His rook just vanished from the board with his King... I have never seen that move?

[@nikolasoskic9006]

black premoved their rook on to his rook and it disappeared instantly, i also had to rewind a few times to see what happened :D

[@Kishor_Sapkota17]

can someone tell me which website was that where magnus was playing

[@cubicinfinity2]

Magnus is more aware in blitz than I am in classic.

[@ediomoeffiong]

*Even in bullet

[@cubicinfinity2]

@@ediomoeffiong You're right.

[@brightphoton4200]

@@cubicinfinity2 In all fairness you haven't been playing Chess 10 hours every day since you were conceived.

[@thetruths7389]

4:57, Black could Re8 to block that pawn from advancing.

[@onurX9266]

No

[@suntzu6122]

Best I can do is count how many pieces attack something and how many pieces defend and act accordingly

[@Jupiter_don]

People might think they are Hikaru, but Magnus is at GOAT level among Kasparov, Mikhail Tal, Vishi Anand - The champs

[@eagle-eye29]

I know I’m Hikaru. What you talking bout?

[@M.J.2012]

Why is Magnus exchanging knights on f5 instead of talking the pawn on e6 and getting a +1 lead? Is he afraid of the black pawn moving forward to d4 with the black knight covering it? Is that black pawn too dangerous and not worth the +1?

[@toddytyke]

Failing to see the "calculate squares in chess" What did you mean by that title?

[@Carterofmars]

Watching those arrows drawn is like when Jeremy Brett playing Sherlock Holmes explains his method of deduction. It seems so simple when explained but try to do it yourself! 😉

[@keaton718]

Magnus knows what he's eating for breakfast for the rest of his life.

[@codystephenson3607]

This is great qould love to see magnjs teach more chess

[@rcs1876]

What does "calculating squares" mean?

[@Ausuraaa]

What site is he even on?

[@gabbro72]

One can see that a big boost victories come from understanding the finals, because Carlsen could instantly see that he was going to be better in the rook ending.

[@slowtyper95]

What website is this?

[@claudiu2186]

Chess24

[@heyhowyoudoin]

Chess24 I think, not sure tho

[@bardo2000]

Chess24 or weird looking lichess

[@SigurdBraathen]

This is KZbin, son.

[@anjsclan6549]

@@SigurdBraathenbruh

[@HighStakesDanny]

I heard that he can just see positions in his head and never forgets them. He is by far the best Chess player in the world and it is cool to be alive and see this stuff for free basically.

[@kylekupse6330]

I love and find find very interesting is the fact that he backed up in the middle of the game away from the left he knew what to take after he backed up pieces. I need that skill 😊

[@sebastiend161]

His brain works as a perfect qualitative machine learning system.

[@eagle-eye29]

To all you MC bathers out there…we are lucky to be able to watch him in action. Chess is better and more popular than ever before because of him.

[@tankoteemusic9755]

After this video, I just understood why Magnus is rated over 3000 on most if not all servers on online chess.

[@Dbentzjr]

the missing visual from chess is elevation, the more powerful pieces are elevated to higher positions of power and this changes dynamically as the game plays out so having a high lookout doesn't always mean you are winning the game. The best commander will always win in the end.

[@DexterHaven]

That was cool -- more arrows than at an Sen. Elizabeth Warren family reunion.

[@MishaChorniy]

Petition for playing top-GMs into hexagonal chess

[@Loxeer]

He makes the game look so easy

[@asdf9C]

Magnus is just on another level.

[@L.Dellavolpe]

he`s showing strategy ... It`s not only about caulculating.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

2:47 Surely Ng5 is best?

[@macktheknife2037]

4:39 why does she take the rook?

[@vox95831]

Magnus looks like hes just been out jogging. I think he really enjoyed this casual game as hes not competing in tournaments.

[@rckd5903]

This guy has great potential. Should play some tournaments.

[@STBRetired1]

Okay, complete noob here. It took me awhile to understand why she resigned. I love it when chess people verbalize their thoughts as they play. It makes for a great learning experience for beginners like me.

[@metalslug_1143]

Man he knew all moves in advance! his opponent was rated 2500, he won and made it look so easy.

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

Magnus appears like a normal man. Which is very sympathetic. I didn't expect him to say words such as "perhaps", "apparently", and "maybe" when thinking loud about a move...

[@en_hawk6928]

it seems so simple here

[@rotorblade9508]

what squares?

[@exdejesus]

"Shows"? I missed that part.

[@baptm727]

So effortless.

[@hugothor2588]

Thank you

[@mingdianli7802]

0:55 why didn't he take the knight with his bishop and then, after black takes his bishop, move knight f3 to e5 to take the pawn?

[@reemduh8434]

Because he will take back the bishop with the D pawn which permits opponent to play queen d4 forking the knight and the pawn you save the knight they take the pawn with check

[@reemduh8434]

So the best thing is to retreat the bishop since they're stronger than knights when paired

[@funnyclips7049]

Bro won the game yesterday

[@aprimic]

Why can't he win the pawn at 2:33? I'm trying to learn

[@coldheaven8007]

he can, he just thinks the other move is stronger

[@mehdi669]

he can but there is some counter play like rb8 or d5

[@WalrusRiderEntertainment]

I think the "1000 ELO" kid on Gotham Chess can beat this guy with the funny English accent..

[@SpraxTI]

Magnus "Engine" Carlsen

[@PalciosEmilia-lv8bj]

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[@LouHondo-vl9ce]

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[@AbdulrahmanOdehBahr]

Mrs Michelle Catherine was my hope during the 'bear summer' last year. I did so many mistakes but also learned so much from it, and of course from Michelle Catherine.

[@JehnnyJonathan]

Well...I will advise you should stop trading on your own if you keep losing and start trading with an expert because trading with an expert is the best strategy for newbie...

[@LydiaClark-ne7mr]

Wow, I'm surprised to see Michelle Catherine mentioned here as well. I didn't know she had been kind to so many people.

[@RoseGregCorona]

I think I'm blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert mrs Michelle Catherine.... High recommend

[@jupiterapollo4985]

He's insanely fast in the end game.

[@Despond]

"Fuq Dat" - Alberto Einsteinz

[@jizzervirusreptikonski8756]

Opponent is Abdumalik?

[@IcuTapIcu]

No It's a she abdulmalik is her father's name, probably

[@jizzervirusreptikonski8756]

@@IcuTapIcu that's what I am saying. Mentioning her surname

[@colly7912]

You're not watching a human you're watching a living breathing computer he's from another planet. Incredible how he makes it so matter of fact.

[@Coolcatguy92]

Hey this guy is pretty good

[@newbreaker0403]

When he explain, it look so easy lol He is incredible!