Magnus Very Upset With Pragg's Early Sacrifice

[@kabthesax]

Magnus even applauded Pragg and showed him a thumbs up at the end of the game! Pragg is truly a scintillating talent, looking forward to these two playing each other over the years to come.

[@ImAnBoosterBaby]

Yes, Might turn into a relationship similar to Kasparov and Carlsen, with Pragg having the potential to become the next chess god amongst men.

[@peyton7344]

Until magnus accuses him of cheating

[@somedude3236]

@@peyton7344 nah he wouldn't accuse a good player of cheating. Only people who have a history of cheating and suddenly jump 200 elo in a short time and beat all the top players out of nowhere. Two very different players.

[@ImAnBoosterBaby]

@@peyton7344 I don't know if Hans actually cheated but you must admit, him beating Magnus even thought there's a 200 Elo difference, his meteoric rise, even though he only started becoming good fairly late (in relation to other top GMs) and especially his explanations and interviews after the games are suspicious. Not condemning but definitely suspicious!

[@Avus86]

@@somedude3236 Totally! The scores from the official fide-page absolutely prove that. Look at the impossible rise of Niemann in contrast to some other strong players at a similar age: Niemann: +162 2021-Mar 2526 2022-Sep 2688 Gukesh: +163 2021-Mar 2563 2022-Sep 2726 Arjun: +166 2021-Mar 2559 2022-Sep 2725 This is just insane!

[@mainchar_tv]

Never have I ever in my life was this satisfied with a draw in chess.

[@wingzacademy369]

Watch morozevich vs kasparov games

[@askthepizzaguy]

I am pretty thrilled to see when Tal or Morphy is drawn by someone who either defends amazingly well or attacks them instead. Those are fun draws, too.

[@pandoorloki1232]

It's not at all satisfying that Pragg missed Ke4.

[@PHENN7]

It's "Never in my life was I this satisfied...".

[@lukegyzzle1639]

@@PHENN7 thank you 😂

[@ramachandra776]

Pragg does not seem to be wary of Magnus . he is willing to match blow for blow and not afraid to go for the jugular against Magnus .

[@kennethward4985]

Hes got nothing to lose.

[@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

@@kennethward4985 precisely every encounter is a learning experience win or lose

[@tonybarfridge4369]

It's a game, not a murder

[@crimson.ghost22222]

@@tonybarfridge4369 Relax

[@tonybarfridge4369]

@@crimson.ghost22222 That's what I'm saying

[@CubanCubeFan]

Magnus acknowledging Pragg was just wicked great...

[@nicbentulan]

Does Magnus Carlsen have something against Americans? Hans Niemann is American, like Wesley So and Bobby Fischer. Wesley So 'completely obliterated' Magnus Carlsen in the 9LX world championship 13.5-2.5 and 4-0. Bobby Fischer invented 9LX. Hans Niemann is American (like Wesley So, Beth Harmon and Bobby Fischer). But consider the non-Americans of the next generation: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is not American: Magnus gives Pragg today round of APPLAUSE after his Stunning performance (Julius Baer Generation Cup 2022) Andrey Esipenko is not American: Magnus 'didn't say anything when got beaten by Esipenko'. (Image here.) Alireza Firouzja is not American: Don't really have anything to put here except Magnus and the Alireza thingy of world blitz 2019: Initially, Magnus talks on own time after Alireza moves. That's fine. But later after moving and then punching clock Magnus still continues to make noise. Additional: Magnus cheated against Daniel 'Danya' Naroditsky on lichess. Magnus described Hikaru Nakamura as merely 'decent'. Eric Rosen beat Magnus in 9LX. Magnus condescendingly asks Andrea Botez how knights move. St Louis Chess Club is in the US. Note: This post is not (completely) serious.

[@PKS02]

@@nicbentulan I seriously hope you didn't spend more than 30 minutes writing that wall 😬

[@ongemakkelijkegladjakker]

@@nicbentulan delet this

[@nicbentulan]

@@PKS02 When Wesley So or Bobby Fischer accuse people of cheating, we listen. When Magnus Carlsen accuses, we laugh. Magnus is a cheater too. Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. Magnus sucks. Wesley rules. Magnus may be the best currently, but Wesley is the most talented currently. Magnus lost 4-0 actually 13.5-2.5 to Wesley in 9LX . Chess = great = a combination of theory and talent 9LX = pure talent Talent is how good you are when there's no theory. Looks like Magnus is good only for openings. Turns out Magnus is a talentless patzer who crumbles without opening prep. PATHETIC. Note: Patzer means extremely good at openings but sucks at middlegames and endgames. So much for greatest endgame player of all time ey? Magnus is maybe a GOAT but THE GOAT? Please. How can you be THE GOAT when you're TALENTLESS? saynoto2900 Wesley told Hikaru in stream that 50-70 years 9LX will replace chess. See my vids if you don't believe me. Wesley said in 2018 interview that Bobby or Garry is GOAT. Even if Magnus is GOAT, Magnus is definitely not MTOAT. Don't tell me about 2nd place. 2nd place in 9LX is pathetic for a 4x world chess champion esp 1 who later became 5x world chess champion. 9LX removes openings, so Magnus should be STRONGER not LESS STRONG. Yet Magnus lost 13.5-2.5 to Wesley and didn't get a single win. Why?!?!?!!!! Magnus is a coward because: The 9LX world championship in Iceland doesn't have a candidates the same way the last 4 world chess championships do. Magnus had the privilege to defend against ONLY 1 OPPONENT each of the last 4 times. Here, there isn't like a tournament / a series of tournaments and then the unique winner will face Wesley. Rather Wesley and Magnus will play others in a tournament. Basically Wesley has to play the 9LX candidates to retain the world 9LX title while Magnus never had to play the candidates the last 4 times! If Magnus isn't a coward then Magnus should complain about this! Why the Hell should we accept a new champion esp if it's Magnus if they become champion without beating Wesley? Imagine a round robin of just Wesley Magnus Nepo and Fabi. Imagine they all draw except 1 game where Magnus beats Nepo. Then Magnus out-scores Wesley to become world 9LX champion without actually beating Wesley? PATHETIC! ABSURD! REPREHENSIBLE! COWARDLY! saynoto2900 Bobby Fischer was on top for only a short period of time because FIDE and Anatoly Karpov (no offense Sergey!) were cowards who ran away from Bobby. See? It's happening again. FIDE and Magnus are being cowards running away from Wesley. 9LX saynoto2900 Magnus cheated with David Howell against Danya naroditsky 1 - in the lichess thing. 2 - in relationships. Lol. Anyway Magnus also cheated in world blitz 2019 in distracting alireza. Also Magnus cheated nepo with the knight touch move thing and then said 'do better' as part of gaslighting the reporter. Magnus is like the cheaters tigran V petrosian and tigran L petrosian and is unlike the HONEST people Wesley so and Bobby Fischer. I guess 9LX players have more integrity than chess players. Google "magnus carlsen gaslighting" Quote 1: After playing Chess960, I realise how mentally unwell chess players become the more they play it. They know they will get the same ideal setup every game and they deny the fact that they will mess it up unless they memorise some other geek's ideas. In Chess960 there is nothing to deny. You know you are going to get a far from ideal start position and you know it is up to you to make the best of it and you know you will be playing moves nobody has tried before. Which is better for your mental health? Quote 2: Chess960: The winner is the more agile mind. Chess: The winner is the biggest nerd.

[@nicbentulan]

@@ongemakkelijkegladjakker When Wesley So or Bobby Fischer accuse people of cheating, we listen. When Magnus Carlsen accuses, we laugh. Magnus is a cheater too. Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. Magnus sucks. Wesley rules. Magnus may be the best currently, but Wesley is the most talented currently. Magnus lost 4-0 actually 13.5-2.5 to Wesley in 9LX . Chess = great = a combination of theory and talent 9LX = pure talent Talent is how good you are when there's no theory. Looks like Magnus is good only for openings. Turns out Magnus is a talentless patzer who crumbles without opening prep. PATHETIC. Note: Patzer means extremely good at openings but sucks at middlegames and endgames. So much for greatest endgame player of all time ey? Magnus is maybe a GOAT but THE GOAT? Please. How can you be THE GOAT when you're TALENTLESS? saynoto2900 Wesley told Hikaru in stream that 50-70 years 9LX will replace chess. See my vids if you don't believe me. Wesley said in 2018 interview that Bobby or Garry is GOAT. Even if Magnus is GOAT, Magnus is definitely not MTOAT. Don't tell me about 2nd place. 2nd place in 9LX is pathetic for a 4x world chess champion esp 1 who later became 5x world chess champion. 9LX removes openings, so Magnus should be STRONGER not LESS STRONG. Yet Magnus lost 13.5-2.5 to Wesley and didn't get a single win. Why?!?!?!!!! Magnus is a coward because: The 9LX world championship in Iceland doesn't have a candidates the same way the last 4 world chess championships do. Magnus had the privilege to defend against ONLY 1 OPPONENT each of the last 4 times. Here, there isn't like a tournament / a series of tournaments and then the unique winner will face Wesley. Rather Wesley and Magnus will play others in a tournament. Basically Wesley has to play the 9LX candidates to retain the world 9LX title while Magnus never had to play the candidates the last 4 times! If Magnus isn't a coward then Magnus should complain about this! Why the Hell should we accept a new champion esp if it's Magnus if they become champion without beating Wesley? Imagine a round robin of just Wesley Magnus Nepo and Fabi. Imagine they all draw except 1 game where Magnus beats Nepo. Then Magnus out-scores Wesley to become world 9LX champion without actually beating Wesley? PATHETIC! ABSURD! REPREHENSIBLE! COWARDLY! saynoto2900 Bobby Fischer was on top for only a short period of time because FIDE and Anatoly Karpov (no offense Sergey!) were cowards who ran away from Bobby. See? It's happening again. FIDE and Magnus are being cowards running away from Wesley. 9LX saynoto2900 Magnus cheated with David Howell against Danya naroditsky 1 - in the lichess thing. 2 - in relationships. Lol. Anyway Magnus also cheated in world blitz 2019 in distracting alireza. Also Magnus cheated nepo with the knight touch move thing and then said 'do better' as part of gaslighting the reporter. Magnus is like the cheaters tigran V petrosian and tigran L petrosian and is unlike the HONEST people Wesley so and Bobby Fischer. I guess 9LX players have more integrity than chess players. Google "magnus carlsen gaslighting" Quote 1: After playing Chess960, I realise how mentally unwell chess players become the more they play it. They know they will get the same ideal setup every game and they deny the fact that they will mess it up unless they memorise some other geek's ideas. In Chess960 there is nothing to deny. You know you are going to get a far from ideal start position and you know it is up to you to make the best of it and you know you will be playing moves nobody has tried before. Which is better for your mental health? Quote 2: Chess960: The winner is the more agile mind. Chess: The winner is the biggest nerd.

[@coldtruth4u]

What a ruthless attack by Pragg, he threw the entire kitchen sink at Magnus yet he managed to survive

[@mr.anonymous5961]

Ayo watched the whole stream but didn't see any of that action!

[@mn1233]

perhaps Magnus was cheating?

[@Kaha_se_mitra13]

@@mn1233 I think you're supporting niemann

[@mn1233]

@@Kaha_se_mitra13 I saw a KZbin video that showed Magnus cheating; based on Magnus’ own standard, he should be disqualified…

[@babu6984]

🤣Nice Funny Example

[@houtarooreki9802]

Magnus clapping to praggu at the end serves two clear statements.

[@lorenzomartinez8543]

It shows that Magnus believes himself as the one who deserves to judge who is a worthy GM.

[@sugoi9388]

He wants the support of Indian viewers

[@noxus7462]

@@sugoi9388 hahaha no

[@diwaker_yadav]

@@sugoi9388 The deserving dont need to, he's the best, he needs no backing

[@rakeshshukla4915]

There are 75 other Indian GMs whom magnus has never clapped for and few of them have played many more games than prag. Its good for the kid dont look at it from the nation prism.

[@alwaysup22]

One of the most complicated games I have seen played on the channel, the dynamics from early on were just crazy. Great review Agad!

[@asdf123311]

agadmator: “and of course, this move -“ Me: “- yes! That’s what I was thinking. Killer move-“ agadmator: “-would be a terrible move” Me: 😓

[@uedito]

I feel you , you are not alone young one

[@thabzaone3784]

😂😂😂

[@PredatorMounts]

No, he's definitely not alone, I'm pretty sure I'm in that VERY crowded room. LoL

[@ZeufAabe]

Forking the rooks ? ;)

[@PredatorMounts]

@@ZeufAabe that's a grandmaster move, right?

[@olivercash6586]

Prag vs magnus is never boring

[@whiskeySe7en]

Snooooze.

[@rickymackie2340]

fighting chess!

[@nicbentulan]

Does Magnus Carlsen have something against Americans? Hans Niemann is American, like Wesley So and Bobby Fischer. Wesley So 'completely obliterated' Magnus Carlsen in the 9LX world championship 13.5-2.5 and 4-0. Bobby Fischer invented 9LX. Hans Niemann is American (like Wesley So, Beth Harmon and Bobby Fischer). But consider the non-Americans of the next generation: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is not American: Magnus gives Pragg today round of APPLAUSE after his Stunning performance (Julius Baer Generation Cup 2022) Andrey Esipenko is not American: Magnus 'didn't say anything when got beaten by Esipenko'. (Image here.) Alireza Firouzja is not American: Don't really have anything to put here except Magnus and the Alireza thingy of world blitz 2019: Initially, Magnus talks on own time after Alireza moves. That's fine. But later after moving and then punching clock Magnus still continues to make noise. Additional: Magnus cheated against Daniel 'Danya' Naroditsky on lichess. Magnus described Hikaru Nakamura as merely 'decent'. Eric Rosen beat Magnus in 9LX. Magnus condescendingly asks Andrea Botez how knights move. St Louis Chess Club is in the US. Note: This post is not (completely) serious. When Wesley So or Bobby Fischer accuse people of cheating, we listen. When Magnus Carlsen accuses, we laugh. Magnus is a cheater too. Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. Magnus sucks. Wesley rules. Magnus may be the best currently, but Wesley is the most talented currently. Magnus lost 4-0 actually 13.5-2.5 to Wesley in 9LX . Chess = great = a combination of theory and talent 9LX = pure talent Talent is how good you are when there's no theory. Looks like Magnus is good only for openings. Turns out Magnus is a talentless patzer who crumbles without opening prep. PATHETIC. Note: Patzer means extremely good at openings but sucks at middlegames and endgames. So much for greatest endgame player of all time ey? Magnus is maybe a GOAT but THE GOAT? Please. How can you be THE GOAT when you're TALENTLESS? saynoto2900 Wesley told Hikaru in stream that 50-70 years 9LX will replace chess. See my vids if you don't believe me. Wesley said in 2018 interview that Bobby or Garry is GOAT. Even if Magnus is GOAT, Magnus is definitely not MTOAT. Don't tell me about 2nd place. 2nd place in 9LX is pathetic for a 4x world chess champion esp 1 who later became 5x world chess champion. 9LX removes openings, so Magnus should be STRONGER not LESS STRONG. Yet Magnus lost 13.5-2.5 to Wesley and didn't get a single win. Why?!?!?!!!! Magnus is a coward because: The 9LX world championship in Iceland doesn't have a candidates the same way the last 4 world chess championships do. Magnus had the privilege to defend against ONLY 1 OPPONENT each of the last 4 times. Here, there isn't like a tournament / a series of tournaments and then the unique winner will face Wesley. Rather Wesley and Magnus will play others in a tournament. Basically Wesley has to play the 9LX candidates to retain the world 9LX title while Magnus never had to play the candidates the last 4 times! If Magnus isn't a coward then Magnus should complain about this! Why the Hell should we accept a new champion esp if it's Magnus if they become champion without beating Wesley? Imagine a round robin of just Wesley Magnus Nepo and Fabi. Imagine they all draw except 1 game where Magnus beats Nepo. Then Magnus out-scores Wesley to become world 9LX champion without actually beating Wesley? PATHETIC! ABSURD! REPREHENSIBLE! COWARDLY! saynoto2900 Bobby Fischer was on top for only a short period of time because FIDE and Anatoly Karpov (no offense Sergey!) were cowards who ran away from Bobby. See? It's happening again. FIDE and Magnus are being cowards running away from Wesley. 9LX saynoto2900 Magnus cheated with David Howell against Danya naroditsky 1 - in the lichess thing. 2 - in relationships. Lol. Anyway Magnus also cheated in world blitz 2019 in distracting alireza. Also Magnus cheated nepo with the knight touch move thing and then said 'do better' as part of gaslighting the reporter. Magnus is like the cheaters tigran V petrosian and tigran L petrosian and is unlike the HONEST people Wesley so and Bobby Fischer. I guess 9LX players have more integrity than chess players. Google "magnus carlsen gaslighting" Quote 1: After playing Chess960, I realise how mentally unwell chess players become the more they play it. They know they will get the same ideal setup every game and they deny the fact that they will mess it up unless they memorise some other geek's ideas. In Chess960 there is nothing to deny. You know you are going to get a far from ideal start position and you know it is up to you to make the best of it and you know you will be playing moves nobody has tried before. Which is better for your mental health? Quote 2: Chess960: The winner is the more agile mind. Chess: The winner is the biggest nerd.

[@thefighterinhades]

@@nicbentulan stop spamming.

[@nicbentulan]

@@thefighterinhades why? Magnus is a racist.

[@janakiraman2317]

You missed to include the clip where Magnus appreciated pragg by clapping and thumbs up sign... It was a rare sight!

[@Hubythereal]

is there a link? I want to see that

[@janakiraman2317]

@@Hubythereal kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnrPYWOJjraCn68

[@babayada2015]

@@Hubythereal go for CBI

[@C.Riram123]

@@babayada2015 overrated

[@Gg-ki5dn]

..

[@mihaelfitz]

The imbalance in pieces was a wild scene to behold. I guess that's what a modern opening and two rook exchanges will get you. That, and a Magnus clap of respect because you are a fearless 17-year-old. Mental game.

[@KSHMRmusic]

Love the Final Fantasy VII quote 👌🏼

[@soulpaulx5947]

Whatt???!! KSHMR? big fan !

[@sonalnegi8134]

Wow that's really you

[@manumudgal4988]

It's KSHMR? omg!

[@waveexistence5742]

Does he throw in FFVII quotes frequently or is this a one-off I wonder?

[@drjeffhousecallchiropractor]

What quote was that? I missed it....

[@jimdiroffii]

I think it’s somewhat more thrilling to see them play out a draw to kings.

[@CoachJohnMcGuirk]

It's really funny they played it out to the last move instead of a handshake draw. They both knew it was a draw long before the game ended.

[@olemew]

I was surprised too, maybe it has to do with playing online? somewhat more awkward than extending your hand in real life.

[@indianpe624]

This was ridiculously good. It seemed like Pragg was Christian bale trying to climb out of the mercenaries' well in Dark knight rises. Jumping without a rope and clinging on and getting out anyway

[@bunny-yawn]

So early magnus hasn't resigned yet!

[@James-vc1kc]

Made me burst out in laughter

[@moosa1461]

I don’t get it

[@collinnear3570]

@@moosa1461 the thing men put on to not get women pregnant

[@moosa1461]

@@collinnear3570 yes what about that, I still don’t get it😭

[@yourstruly1234]

I have never seen Magnus being made to defend like this for the entire game..well done Prag..

[@jisooya7878]

Waiting for this recap from agad...finally it's here...great coverage!!

[@nikhilchandra9258]

Probably the most entertaining draw of the year

[@vaiku8453]

Man pragg is such a legend a lot of young talent will be like let's try to get a draw out of Magnus and beat the rest but pragg is like let's push for win

[@theotherjoedimaggio]

Pragg will be world champion one day. He plays like one already.

[@farazsiddiqui1312]

🤦🤦🤦

[@edward4817]

@@farazsiddiqui1312 he is a kid and grand master stop the hate its not good he is just kid allah won't be happy with your behavior

[@sreekanth7223]

Magnus respects who brings fight to him and make him earn his draws. Nice gesture at the end of the game.

[@nicbentulan]

When Wesley So or Bobby Fischer accuse people of cheating, we listen. When Magnus Carlsen accuses, we laugh. Magnus is a cheater too. Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. Magnus sucks. Wesley rules. Magnus may be the best currently, but Wesley is the most talented currently. Magnus lost 4-0 actually 13.5-2.5 to Wesley in 9LX . Chess = great = a combination of theory and talent 9LX = pure talent Talent is how good you are when there's no theory. Looks like Magnus is good only for openings. Turns out Magnus is a talentless patzer who crumbles without opening prep. PATHETIC. Note: Patzer means extremely good at openings but sucks at middlegames and endgames. So much for greatest endgame player of all time ey? Magnus is maybe a GOAT but THE GOAT? Please. How can you be THE GOAT when you're TALENTLESS? saynoto2900 Wesley told Hikaru in stream that 50-70 years 9LX will replace chess. See my vids if you don't believe me. Wesley said in 2018 interview that Bobby or Garry is GOAT. Even if Magnus is GOAT, Magnus is definitely not MTOAT. Don't tell me about 2nd place. 2nd place in 9LX is pathetic for a 4x world chess champion esp 1 who later became 5x world chess champion. 9LX removes openings, so Magnus should be STRONGER not LESS STRONG. Yet Magnus lost 13.5-2.5 to Wesley and didn't get a single win. Why?!?!?!!!! Magnus is a coward because: The 9LX world championship in Iceland doesn't have a candidates the same way the last 4 world chess championships do. Magnus had the privilege to defend against ONLY 1 OPPONENT each of the last 4 times. Here, there isn't like a tournament / a series of tournaments and then the unique winner will face Wesley. Rather Wesley and Magnus will play others in a tournament. Basically Wesley has to play the 9LX candidates to retain the world 9LX title while Magnus never had to play the candidates the last 4 times! If Magnus isn't a coward then Magnus should complain about this! Why the Hell should we accept a new champion esp if it's Magnus if they become champion without beating Wesley? Imagine a round robin of just Wesley Magnus Nepo and Fabi. Imagine they all draw except 1 game where Magnus beats Nepo. Then Magnus out-scores Wesley to become world 9LX champion without actually beating Wesley? PATHETIC! ABSURD! REPREHENSIBLE! COWARDLY! saynoto2900 Bobby Fischer was on top for only a short period of time because FIDE and Anatoly Karpov (no offense Sergey!) were cowards who ran away from Bobby. See? It's happening again. FIDE and Magnus are being cowards running away from Wesley. 9LX saynoto2900 Magnus cheated with David Howell against Danya naroditsky 1 - in the lichess thing. 2 - in relationships. Lol. Anyway Magnus also cheated in world blitz 2019 in distracting alireza. Also Magnus cheated nepo with the knight touch move thing and then said 'do better' as part of gaslighting the reporter. Magnus is like the cheaters tigran V petrosian and tigran L petrosian and is unlike the HONEST people Wesley so and Bobby Fischer. I guess 9LX players have more integrity than chess players. Google "magnus carlsen gaslighting" Quote 1: After playing Chess960, I realise how mentally unwell chess players become the more they play it. They know they will get the same ideal setup every game and they deny the fact that they will mess it up unless they memorise some other geek's ideas. In Chess960 there is nothing to deny. You know you are going to get a far from ideal start position and you know it is up to you to make the best of it and you know you will be playing moves nobody has tried before. Which is better for your mental health? Quote 2: Chess960: The winner is the more agile mind. Chess: The winner is the biggest nerd. Does Magnus Carlsen have something against Americans? Hans Niemann is American, like Wesley So and Bobby Fischer. Wesley So 'completely obliterated' Magnus Carlsen in the 9LX world championship 13.5-2.5 and 4-0. Bobby Fischer invented 9LX. Hans Niemann is American (like Wesley So, Beth Harmon and Bobby Fischer). But consider the non-Americans of the next generation: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is not American: Magnus gives Pragg today round of APPLAUSE after his Stunning performance (Julius Baer Generation Cup 2022) Andrey Esipenko is not American: Magnus 'didn't say anything when got beaten by Esipenko'. (Image here.) Alireza Firouzja is not American: Don't really have anything to put here except Magnus and the Alireza thingy of world blitz 2019: Initially, Magnus talks on own time after Alireza moves. That's fine. But later after moving and then punching clock Magnus still continues to make noise. Additional: Magnus cheated against Daniel 'Danya' Naroditsky on lichess. Magnus described Hikaru Nakamura as merely 'decent'. Eric Rosen beat Magnus in 9LX. Magnus condescendingly asks Andrea Botez how knights move. St Louis Chess Club is in the US. Note: This post is not (completely) serious.

[@luutzennijdam7213]

Great play Pragnanandha, sacrificing Rooks for Knight and Bishop and creating a winning endgame in the center of the board.

[@goose5462]

Pragg is a beast, seems to always play interesting games.

[@rajeshgunesh]

Pragg: Forget about beating me!

[@markangus3252]

Shame that Pragg didn't find that winning moves which would have made this an epic brilliancy. Great game from Pragg.. What a talent.

[@dopecello8670]

I really enjoy the way Pragg plays

[@harrisaxer2651]

I didn’t find the move but found Pragu’s move. May not be as deeply calculating as an engine but matching (by sheer luck) a GM makes me feel kinda cool!

[@woodfinchcrafts7267]

I saw the move immediately. Proves I was cheating - got nothing to do with how obvious it is (except to a super grandmaster)

[@nick1752]

I found the move Ke4 as I was thinking about Rook retreating to d7, HOWEVER... I didn't see the follow-up idea at all. Sad, but chess is a really hard game :/

[@dcatast1655]

Every time I find the move (like this time) I’m then disappointed because the continuation of why I chose it never matches.

[@nick1752]

@Truth Hertz yeah, the truth does hurt. That's why they are GM.

[@timespaice]

And it was in this position that Carlsen withdrew and told everyone pragg must have been cheating. He felt that Pragg was playing like Hans Niemann.

[@ptbot3294]

Im surprised Pragg couldnt finish that off. Seem like he had Magnus on the rope

[@cristiangamboa2037]

Prag is the type of player Magnus would want to play a world Championship against. Just sone 4 or 5 years and Prag might be ready

[@FredPlanatia]

it was nice to see that frustration on MC, its what you get for playing this. I wish Pragg had found the Ke4 move. It seems pretty intuitive. Centralize the king, bringing it closer to your passed pawns, and attack that rook which hardly has any squares. But hey, i'm sitting on a sofa and agad stopped the game there and asked me to find the winning move.

[@arvindhmani06]

And there are not already a hundred options running wild in your head right in the thick of battle against the world champion

[@pandoorloki1232]

@@arvindhmani06 If you know how to play chess you know that few options are relevant (and there aren't nearly 100 legal moves in that position).

[@arvindhmani06]

@@pandoorloki1232 Metaphor

[@pakemijoshua9068]

Pragg is something else in Rapid chess. I would to see him and Rapid world champion in several rapid games to see who is best.

[@anonymousaxolotl]

I'm only 900 ELO, and have been watching your videos for a few months or so now on and off. At first, my instinct was certainly to play b4 at the paused interval, but I finally found the right move with the king for once! Happy to say I am now not only enjoying the show :)

[@shade0636]

Good work Kurapika.

[@journees4300]

Prag is showing the world who will be the future world champion.

[@okibelieveyou7553]

I've been playing this line in Blitz for 2 years and am soooo stoked to see it appear in a gm game!

[@apexreactions4231]

Woof that winning line was absolute lockdown

[@benben77777]

Recently Magnus said he would never play a tournament with Nieman. But now he does?!

[@diarmidmoncrieff]

agadmator: great commentary, very well done, thank you - i have enjoyed many of these.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

When it comes to Mag versus Pragg it's never in the bag.

[@hampannashampanna33]

What a game by pragg..... 👏

[@mainchar_tv]

By both of them.* Imagine yourself playing in Magnus' shoes. I'd definitely get destroyed after that opening and the position Carlsen was left with.

[@adhi_r]

Everyone is appreciating pragg but look at how Magnus bounced back not many could have done that

[@ivanleon6164]

agree, but we also need to agree it was because an error from Prag, two true genius.

[@virajdeshpande3701]

Magnus is a multiple world champion, the highest rated player ever by ELO, considered by many the greatest of all time. Pragg is a 17-year-old future talent. Of course Pragg is going to get appreciated more.

[@justushyronimusausdemnetz1024]

Pragg is still my favorite active player. He plays so many exciting games

[@petescott9011]

As a possible response to Agamators “winning move” What about rxd3? Followed by cxd3-Re2#. Then the white king has to either block his own pawns, or let the black king into the position. If Kxd3, -Rh6, f5, Rxd6! Doubling blacks pawns. The black king could hold this while his h pawn ran for it, or if Praggs king went for the h pawn, Magnus would have plenty of time to gobble the rest.

[@misterx6276]

As a USCF 2300+ in blitz, I can honestly say white's line with h5 is VERY effective against all players below FM in

[@hueguy]

Relentless and innovative attacks met by classy defense.

[@BinxyBrown]

I'm an 800 rated player and my first instinct in the position was the winning king move but I also would have lost of either side 20 moves before that and even after I doubt I could win that end game

[@john4elohim]

The occasional Magnus/Pragg drama is today's rough equivalent of the immortal Fischer/Spassky rivalry - something like each being the other's equal and opposite force.

[@Sharkmoves]

Basicly the ONLY move that keeps him in the game, Be5 is also possible 😂

[@zenogaming9050]

Best move in any position

[@surfingbilly9654]

nah can't do Be5 it's obviously a forced checkmate in 65 moves.

[@kmarasin]

I'm actually surprised Pragg missed Ke4. It's an obvious move to consider first, so he must have thought something was wrong with it.

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

7:04 The white g-pawn is not a passed pawn. Black still has a pawn on h7.

[@jaxconnor623]

Him: you guys found the winning me cuz u r awesome Me : didn't even consider it

[@nightwi5h959]

That's the first guess the move I've ever got on the spot, LEGGO!

[@John_NYT]

I found the king e4 move in 3 seconds. Didn’t actually calculate anything, it just looked really natural. Surprised pragg didn’t find it.

[@truthalonetriumphs6572]

Keep it up

[@CuShorts]

Pragg is the true heir to Magnus.

[@karthiksisupal4781]

@13:40 "which of course you guys found, you guys are really awesome. " Epic. 🤣🤣

[@micahclawrence]

Two absolute geniuses duking it out

[@corvusmonedulas4895]

Ah, pawn to J6. Truly innovative

[@guanxi99]

What a bold game by Pragg! This is the kind of chess we want to see!!

[@michaeldiener5053]

I was hoping for the Hans game. "1. d4 Nf6. Pause the video and win this game for Hans. ... For those of you who just want to enjoy the show, the winning move is 2. c4. ***slow-motion move *** That's the good stuff! Magnus resigned because there was ... ... everything left to be done."

[@shampachakravarty9770]

Thanks!

[@docwillis1443]

Just wanna say I really enjoy your videos and commentary 👍👏👏👏

[@StephaneDesnault]

The engine was suggesting 13. Na4, aiming for b6, preventing Magnus from castling, as way better than 13. Nf3 - What do you think ? Magnus played 13. ... - Qa5, suggesting he was aware of that resource.

[@zenogaming9050]

Noyman would aagre

[@rebeccamasse4065]

I did not find Ke4, but it seems plausible one could find it if they were truly invested in the game; even at intermediate level like me.

[@ykhov]

Are we witnessing Magnus' Bobby Fisher arc?

[@unclecarrot8000]

It's paid hype.

[@trucid2]

Only when he grows a beard and starts calling out the jews.

[@sebastianrex6697]

Magnus resigned against hans and applauded Prag after the hard fought draw he is making a statement.period.

[@askthepizzaguy]

I fully support that statement. He's congratulated basically everyone who has ever beaten him while he was world champion and well before that, a decade of good sportsmanship. Hans is the exception for lots of reasons, including the fact that he admitted to cheating, and then was banned for additional games cheated he didn't admit to, and doesn't understand the game he beat magnus in. If I used an engine to beat Magnus, I would not be able to answer questions about how I did it. That's Hans, although he is legitimately some kind of grandmaster on top of it.

[@sebastianrex6697]

@@askthepizzaguy well said,Let the truth prevail..

[@pandoorloki1232]

I don't understand why Pragg didn't play Ke4, the most natural move on the board.

[@sgc3594]

A Final Fantasy quote by Barrett??? you are the best, Agad.

[@Dontleavemedimi]

Wow that young man is indeed impressive. With this sort of play he might be the heir…

[@bulliemthembu5846]

Magnus reacting to secretly being Hans Neimann and finding out live on steam is priceless

[@josefrees]

Would love if you used screen caps of what they looked like on webcam for their portrait

[@demianschultz3749]

Ivanchuk is awesome even at his age he is on fourth place

[@averycarty7772]

in that example at 4:46, could the queen even take that pawn? moving knight to e6 would fork the queen and rook

[@amoldivo]

07:25 I was thinking to do exchange sacrifice Rxd3 for the bishop with check, because bishop + knight with 3 pawns advantages are definitely winning against 2 rooks! But with Rxc3, you'll at least win the bishop and 2 more pawns and the knight is threatened to be taken, and the pass e and f pawns can't compare with black's future pass pawns (a and b pawns), Prag can only choose between ab pawns or the pass h pawn, or march his e and f pawns, but it won't be easy because the king and rook is there to stop them

[@yggdrasil9039]

13:58 Wait, this looks like they are using the scoring system from EPL, 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss. Is that right? If so that could mean we'll see a lot more attacking chess. That was the problem with the WCC the last few years which used the old 1 for win half for draw 0 for loss system, which surprise surprise led to about 50,000 draws.

[@pradyumnaparanjape1332]

It had started to appear as if you had decided to show only won/lost games. Good to see this.

[@TheMarksT]

Quite the battle here. Watched this live and Magnus even applauded Pragg for his play here! Quite sporting as usual for Magnus, although still human, not being able to play Hans too! No one's perfect, but he's pretty close. Thanks Antonio for covering this game!

[@primeobjective5469]

Two titans clashing. Love it!

[@dominiquelaurain6427]

Chess spirit is back ! :-) Smartly played for both sides. Of course h4 is somewhat borderline,..,but problematic for Black in many similar pawn structures.What I like best is the way to progress in that material unbalanced position. After watching Ivanchuk interview yesterday in another channel..I am moreinterested in the tournament: maybe the different styles of play because there are more players than usual.

[@Ben-vg6ox]

Like him or not Magnus definitely sees pragg differently from the rest of the GMs

[@indianengineer743]

I don't understand whether Agad really think we find the moves or is he sarcastic

[@harrisaxer2651]

There is no sarcasm in his voice so my guess is he’s just very supportive

[@indianengineer743]

@@harrisaxer2651 Yeah, it's not in his voice. But "Magnus couldn't could, but you can" doesn't sound reasonable TBH 😂😂

[@harrisaxer2651]

@@indianengineer743 😂

[@adershgr]

Prag said he learned from arjun's game against magnus that morning

[@herman1francis]

It's hilarious that agadmator tells us that we totally found the move a super gm missed because we are awesome while Levy tells us : you are all 800 of course you didn't see it

[@applesteve6932]

Agadmator is just one of us who had the knowledge and dedication to build this channel (and I do think it is the best chess channel on the interwebs). The other guy just has a different background and it comes across in his attitude.

[@herman1francis]

@@applesteve6932 I like both. They have different perspectives. Levy is brash and cynical for content purposes but he is not arrogant

[@banshinath8773]

😂

[@bargiona]

Ke4 is a move only Niemann could find

[@andreaovolante3325]

That's the difference between a truly talented player, wich never cheated and always played in high level. If Magnus didn't resigned in Hans game, Hans would be the last one of the group! That prove something too

[@andor1988111]

I like everything about the channel but what about the sagas? I know there are tournaments all the time but I like tales, stories, history too

[@trumanburbank6899]

Excellent play by Pragg.

[@charitrajain9617]

Pragg and magnus is the current best rivalry!

[@Chuch_Manana]

Very odd. I found the King move immediately. That position screamed for that King move. You then control the game. Super surprised that was not played. Awesome game regardless.

[@chanderbalaji3539]

Not a classical game, time control gave that effect.

[@zebra3stripes]

Poor opening preparation by Magnus. He missed the move k9 to sofa before turning on his camera.

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

It couldn't have been simpler, the pause the video moment, there wasnt anything else to play.

[@takshpatel283]

At 3:45 I thought I was a genius for seeing the fork that magnus couldn’t see. Lol

[@omprakashbaruah9425]

King to e4 move. 13:35 . No Agad, we are not that smart. We didn't find it.

[@kimsampemergency4044]

Ironic how praggy found one great after another and missed an not-so-difficult move by his standards which could ve been pivotal for him . I guess that's entirely magnus effect in play

[@JTST1234]

very low time, they were playing instantly at that moment

[@MonemTariq]

Magnus used a terrible opening, and yet, was able to defend himself 👌

[@mazhar13191]

I really thought it was b4 - the winning move Agad just keeps playing with our head and it's awesome

[@rickharold7884]

Beautiful battle. And nice comeback from being down. Amazing I guess the king move.

[@rogerjackson7318]

Great game. My head is spinning!

[@chintanshah6234]

@13:00 why didn't Pragg play KxB5 instead of pawn x A6?

[@square3453]

its still a draw if the black king in the corner has access

[@koalabrownie]

I know next to nothing about chess but one of the things this game taught me is that you can sacrifice your pawn to get your rook out easier (even if it dies immediately).

[@Absolyst]

It's an important thing to learn about chess for sure. Not so much that specific situation you mentioned, but the idea that you can and should sacrifice material for position (e.g. getting your other pieces off the back rank so they can actually play the game). Most people learn chess by valuing material first above all else so the idea of sacrificing material is often harder to grasp