Magnus Wants to Checkmate Alireza! || Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge (2024)

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Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
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[@ryanjones2627]

#suggestion A few to read but... 1 - Show as many games as you can from this tournament. Incredibly refreshing to new chess. 2 - Photos of the players at the boards or during play. 3 - Would be interesting to see if you could point out the crazy engine lines possible, who makes the first major inaccuracy or what opening would ha e been best.

[@drnyktenstein]

Underrated comment 👍👍

[@ralph0149]

So far he's back to showing only Magnus games. It really does disservice to the rest of the tournament when he does that.

[@ryanjones2627]

@@drnyktenstein you know it and I know it, there must've been some crazy games

[@dodecahedron12]

#suggestion This - and if possible without violation of rights, please also show the comments made by the players in the confession box.

[@yssode]

@@dodecahedron12Too much work, he is lazy now

[@SaeedAcronia]

Aside from Kasparov describing Magnus as "A deadly combination of Fischer and Karpov", Alireza's description of how Carlsen plays is the best one anyone ever said about him imo: "You'd have to beat him at least twice".

[@ddkapps]

That actually should have been the quote at the top of the board.

[@tamasburik9971]

It's like the quote about how to beat Alekhine, you have to beat him in the opening, middle game, and endgame: it's insufficient to beat him only in 2/3

[@hamid-fr5td]

"So you have to beat magnus twice like Sekiro shadow die twice " thats why i love Agadmator

[@mojojojo890]

can you tell us more about the dinner you had with alireza please

[@JannisSicker]

yes, sounds very interesting

[@jimskea224]

I'd like to know what Alireza ordered. Was it starters, main course and dessert? What did he have to drink with his meal?

[@tonyantwan389]

Alireza Feroujza one of the Best players in World besides Magnus Carlson !

[@johnsmith1474]

The thinking behind how to start play is intriguing, I'd ask a pro if I knew one. They must have general principles that matter, and within those players of various inclinations must see it differently and thus proceed in their own creative way. Perhaps the idea is to stay very conservative, take no risks, or conversely try to present surprise. Ask a pro please, let us know what they tend to think.

[@Alain9-1]

960 > standard chess fisher was right

[@robdubent]

Fischer was crazy and old when he said that.

[@weinerdog137]

He was right about several things.

[@weinerdog137]

Old and crazy and right.

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

The people who Bobby was highly critical of and speaking out against were the same people who said he was crazy. And you chose to believe them. Good.

[@soothingseas]

Turns out magnus was an opening merchant all along. Dude lost 3 games already in this tournament.

[@SuperEgo19]

Surprised me with the Sekiro reference.

[@TalsBadKidney]

Due to increased variance, and the extreme abilities of these players, I may venture without calculating that the advantage to white is yet more extreme than usual

[@michaelmassaro4375]

I agree white probably does have advantage maybe it’s only because I prefer playing white myself

[@SGTumbor]

It depends on the position. It might be harder to prove a tempo advantage while creating new ideas at the board.

[@Toopa88]

​@@esotericman22 In the future I'd argue that classical could become niche and than rapid will be the most popular format, at least when it comes to the viewers.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@Toopa88 classical has been around since the 17th century probably earlier the game is here to stay I wouldn’t want it replaced by Random

[@jimskea224]

Sesse evaluated the starting positions to be between 0.00 and 0.57 with an average of 0.18 pawns advantage for White. The standard chess starting position was evaluated at 0.22. Hence, on average a Fischer Random starting position is 22.2% less unbalanced than the standard starting position.

[@Area_Man]

Regarding advantage, I believe the quote often shown above the board previously was something like "The greatest advantage is to have the next move". I think this applies to any game of chess regardless of format and including the first move.

[@antoniobacic5674]

if possible, make a lengthy video interview of Alireza, once he's again in Zagreb or online, it would be great fun to watch.

[@davidmitchell3881]

Armagadon with Fisher Random would be interesting

[@moon4tzuyupokeonce41]

There's no point in playing Armageddon with FR... The whole point of FR is white having advantage at the beginning so draw is a win for black with compensated time, since there's no real advantage to white here, I think it's pointless...

[@userac-xpg]

Thats not the point of fischer random. The point is to get players out of the books where they know all the lines and have the first 20 moves memorized

[@davidmitchell3881]

@@userac-xpg i disagree. The point of atmagedon is to see where tye pay off of white vs black and draw vs win breaks even. In FR it seems that white still has an advantage judging by the results so far in. Its going to take some time to see how much this adbantage is.

[@JannisSicker]

great game, great coverage #suggestion maybe it would be interesting to discuss the starting position of every game for a minute or two, to highlight a few general positional ideas and show some moves the players did or did not go for from move 1

[@bisket81]

This “but okay” phrase is so commonly used amongst chess players and also streamers like Antonio.

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

And at move 1 we have a completely new game

[@jimskea224]

It's actually surprising how many games are available in the lichess database for Fischer Random, for all opening positions.

[@brawlstarsforlife1170]

U guys have to stop blaming Magnus lol. For those of you who don’t play chess960 often, you have to know that certain generated starting positions are super beneficial for white. No matter what the engine says, to get the initiative and an early advantage. It’s sad seeing the other board how Gukesh started the opening so well and still lost. And how impressive levon survived a super shaky and scary looking kingside!

[@jimskea224]

For the most advantageous starting position for White, Sesse calculates an advantage of +0.57. The average starting position was +0.18 while standard chess gives White an advantage of +0.22. So not really "super beneficial". Of course the phrase "super beneficial" is pretty ambiguous, but no commentator is going to say a player has a decisive advantage if they're +0.57 in a game.

[@mohammadbaraka7858]

The quick castle is the key in this game. Alireza castle much earlier in the game

[@krishnachandrancj760]

Good game

[@turtle752436]

Nominating Agad for the Evolution Chess award as, finally poor me one of the many minions that the great Agad has been directing through his commentaries broke loose of the chains that bind me and created me own pause the video moment after blacks pawn to f5 "Magus wants to checkmate Alireza by playing f6 and then rook h1. Ok I have to admit it was almost a directed "make your own pause the video moment" as this is the title of the game and and it is what makes Agad even greater as he does not intend to keep his mnions forever rather eager to let us free to wander and pass on what we have learned. And it is also the first time I wish I was even half as good as Magnus, coz i am (still, the video is paused) trying to figure out how Alireza will try to defend and how Magnus can (or already has figured how to) metagame checkmating Alireza. TBC Damnit Magnus. I'm sad.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

My first exposure to 960 Chess with all the pieces on the board, thanks for such an introduction.

[@gonewestdeutschland]

Alireza❤

[@blogattacker]

Alireza is starting to believe

[@awriter1214]

Why are we not exploring or discussing top engine moves and other lines even tho it's classical time format

[@user-ty9bd9bc7v]

And now Alireza takes revenge

[@godvonheaven2968]

The really interesting question is - are there any Chess 960 starting positions outright winning for white, approved by computer?

[@danielkanewske8473]

I feel that due to asymmetry by allowing black or white to go first, say randomly determined, it would increase the total number of possibilities which is good for the game. However, is Fischer random with black going first even chess?

[@danielweichhart636]

I mean, modulo symmetry you wouldn't get any new positions by randomly allowing black to move first

[@ClarkPotter]

Play is isomorphic across start player.

[@jushcjz7198]

Gucci Reza 🔥🔥🔥

[@user-gi4re7hh5u]

Nice game by Alireza🔥👏👏👏👑

[@fredflintstone358]

Do the players still write down their moves on a scoresheet?

[@nishusaif6085]

Obviously yes

[@satarkhan3692]

what else can they do? they are not allowed even wearing a watch

[@JunaidHasan23]

Magnus having beautiful game outside the board this tournament.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

How’s that ?

[@Extremaduur]

And as of move 1 we have a completely new game.

[@blackwidow7804]

Didnt expect mention if Sekiro on this channel 😮

[@MuchoMate]

Why is it now called Freestyle, instead of Fischer Random or Chess960?

[@jimskea224]

Because Magnus wanted it that way.

[@leonkheric]

Is the classical part of this tournament also round robin or they will use other system?

[@sabyasachibehera6871]

It's a knockout format for the classical. Two-game match.

[@Marcelooo_Albuquerque]

Just watched the game but never missing your analysis.

[@FloydMaxwell]

Wow, talk about bringing the King into the game

[@simonetozzi7912]

#suggestion Caruana - Dommaraju

[@kaldrazadrim]

The comparison of Magnus to a boss on Sekiro that you have to beat twice is perfect

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

White's pawn on d4 makes everything possible for Alireza.

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

I don't think I've ever been more proud to solve the pause-the-video moment. :)

[@DrLawIrk]

Whoa Agad is so cool he can have lunch with Alireza))

[@DarkKnightIndia]

My all time favourite is defeated by my other favourite, yeah Sunday is good.

[@kaiserauthoria]

Agad being a Souls fan took me out fr 6:12 - 6:16

[@kaashmonee]

i know right as soon as i heard that i had to come down to the comments section 😂

[@Patralgan]

Fischer has stopped spinning in his grave

[@josiahmacfarlane4344]

The Sekiro reference was the highlight I needed of the video today. Thank you Agadmator for the reference

[@dravey9128]

Ohh my god, magnus compared with sekiro amazing !!!!

[@mikev324]

9:09 Wat if Magnus had played rook G3 instead of resigning? Could he have avoided mate like that?

[@moon4tzuyupokeonce41]

Well, Magnus would have lost g7 pawn and then after Alireza plays f3 and trading one pair of rooks, Magnus would lose his g and f pawns... It will be a lost position...

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Seems to me that, in general, once both players castle it's chess as usual.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Very well played by Alireza Magnus seems to struggle a bit with this random style chess he hasn’t been as dominant as he usually is Alireza plays some great chess when he doesn’t blunder he played pretty much flawless in this one I’d rather play with White having the first move to me is an advantage even in this style play Thanks for the Game Enjoy your Day as well

[@Rombizio]

Isnt in the last move Rook e5 checkmate for black?

[@margaretabengtabelsson9500]

Is the setup the same on all boards?

[@jimskea224]

Yes

[@too-many-phils]

if chess960 became popular enough the allure would vanish - as it would incentivize players to study openings albeit to a lower depth. Til then though it's nice for players to enjoy this variant

[@jimbotimes]

FACT: My Sunday morning has gotten substantially better after learning of this critical victory for le fashionista!

[@johnkarford6430]

Only this format can you beat a GM in less then 40 moved

[@farhadmustaufi4666]

18:50 game was ended 18:55 antonio uploaded game 😅❤

[@stevebatty2518]

World champion in last with 0.5!

[@vincentmbwende9131]

Alireza beating Magnus in all competitions ..that is why Magnus wants him

[@dogust3395]

agadmator with the Sekiro reference

[@user-pc5cf6yp9x]

why didn't he check with the other pawn on g4 to force the king away from the rook and take the rook on f2 please tell? 7:45

[@blue_red_screen]

White pawn on h3 can capture on g4

[@stanleekirby3384]

Why is Dubov and Wei Yi not in this. The most creative players should be involved in this

[@doone8849]

it's not chess

[@kelvinlucas1845]

​@@doone8849it's better

[@Nick66606]

Magnus can only play theory and boring chesss. This tournament proves it

[@SamSam-sq6xi]

You didnt show the end of the game you didnt explain i dont know what happened smiley face

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Come on he explained fully why Magnus resigns go back and watch again 😊

[@MrK623]

I think Alireza about to win 1 or 2 more pawns, and Magnus lack of an attack ( and low on time) would be an easy win for white he would prob be able to queen one of his extra pawns.

[@smhollanshead]

It looks like an equal position to me. Why did Magnus resign? I don’t see the checkmate.

[@kelvinlucas1845]

Either checkmate in few moves or lose a lot of pieces

[@smhollanshead]

@@kelvinlucas1845 Okay, how would it play out? Would you like to see it?

[@tellahsage6477]

He resigned because he saw that it's gonna be unavoidable to lose pretty much almost all of his pawns. And combined with the fact that White already has a passed pawn in the middle ready to push forward and make a queen, that endgame position is just hopeless for Black

[@apeudabembung2669]

Hello everyone, hope you are having a wonderful Sunday But even if you are not; who care🤐🤐🤐🤐

[@KennedyMister95]

Alireza has grown a lot, hope he becomes the next world champion

[@nicbentulan]

How can you like both Magnus & Alireza when they're ENEMIES? - Axis of Evil (Good guys?) wesley so, hans niemann, bobby fischer, sergey karjakin, vlad kramnik (still! See below), ian nepomniachtchi, alireza firouzja, nodirbek abdusattorov, andrii baryshpolets, vishy anand, jan-krzysztof duda, chesscube, Sergey's hypothetical pure 9LX parallel, christopher yoo, leela, ferdinand marcos sr, ben johnson of perpetual chess podcast(?), elon musk(?), gata kamsky, bibi netanyahu, donald trump, tristan & andrew tate - Allies of Evil (Bad guys?) magnus carlsen, hikaru nakamura, garry kasparov, daniil dubov, veselin topalov, liren ding, aryan tari, vincent keymer, arkady dvorkovich, peter heine nielsen, richárd rapport, PCA, FIDE, andrew tang, stockfish, prospero pichay jr, lex fridman(?), mark zuckerberg(?), alejandro ramirez, ariel sharon, george bush jr & sr, piers morgan - axis of evil (female) (good girls?) tingjie lei (or paikidze), janelle frayna, dina belenkaya, lotis key, sara khadem (or carissa yip), robbi jade lew - allies of evil (female) (bad girls?) wenjun ju, bella khotenashvili, andrea botez, leny so, atousa pourkashiyan - nakamura, nemo zhou Explanations: ARNSi0cPu60

[@hosseinmoradi8490]

Alireza the next World Champion

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Based on results so far, I'd say that Chess960 is not Magnus's game.

[@tousiffahad5019]

you can be a world champion and still get 0.5/7, everything is possible if you try hard

[@Immortalizable]

Can you start saying when it is a completely new game please

[@nishusaif6085]

Hi

[@munch314]

Can't Magnus play Rook g3?

[@EGarrett01]

Alireza literally had to beat him twice to win the Chessable Masters. He only managed to do it once, haha.

[@decreasing_entropy3003]

960 is really the forte of the jacks, not the kings.

[@Fassts]

WE ONLY REASON I WATCHED THIS IS BECAUSE OF MAGNUS. GOAT AND ALIREZA IS ANTONYMS BTW.

[@clintoruss153]

It took me about 4 minutes to realise this isn’t chess.

[@jimskea224]

But chess is a subset of Fischer Random.

[@insanestuff9470]

Completely new game

[@nicbentulan]

2nd: In a parallel universe where 9LX is standard chess: 1 - People are praising Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Bobby Fischer & Anatoly Karpov. Agadmator & Levy are talking about Wesley & Nepo all day long. 2 - Switch Bobby & Garry dates of birth. (Bobby's last name here is probably Nemenyi.) Meanwhile Garry Kasparov invented something strange called 'chess1' aka 'Kasparov Deterministic' where you have only 1 SP. Garry quits the 1975 classical WCC Vs Anatoly Karpov, is arrested in Russia (instead of Japan), immigrates to Iceland and dies in 2008. 1975 is not a big loss. In fact, it's better because Bobby Fischer takes over. 1978 is Bobby vs Anatoly match of the century in Baguio, the Philippines! Idk what happens in 1981, but then 1984 Eugene Torre wins the candidates and faces Anatoly/Bobby! In 1976, I guess Eugene still beats Anatoly. Either Anatoly or Bobby. (Trivia: In our world, Eugene almost beat Bobby in 1992.) 3 - Bobby is still alive in 2024. Bobby, Anatoly, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley, Nepo are on Lex Fridman's podcast while Magnus, Garry & Hikaru aren't. 4 - In the 2019 inaugural world Kasparov Deterministic chess championship (WKDCC), Magnus beats Wesley in 3 classical chess1 games in a row in but no one cares. Fabi is still the top 4 in the 2019 world chess1 championship but the top3 is now Liren. Nepo has never played a chess1 game, just as in our world Liren has never played a recorded 9LX game before 2024Feb. 5 - Wesley/Nepo doesn't quit the 2023 classical WCC. Nepo/Wesley wins 2022 candidates and no one cares about Liren. Wesley So Vs Ian Nepomniachtchi is the biggest rivalry in chess, far exceeding as well as succeeding the next biggest rivalry Bobby Fischer vs Anatoly Karpov, like Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad. Wesley, & Nepo are both considered GOATs along with Bobby & Anatoly. There's no distinction between GOAT & MTOAT. There's a slight bias towards Wesley because Wesley is Bobby's nephew. 6 - Chess' popularity in the Philippines & Norway are inverted. 6a In our world, Bobby had radio interviews in the Philippines. In this world, Garry has radio interviews in Norway. 6b Then Prospero Pichay Jr is imprisoned and the Philippine chess federation is free from corruption. But Wesley is still American. Huhuhu. Oh, in this reality, Magnus' parents are evil and then Magnus gets adopted by religious parents who are friends of Garry, so it's like Magnus is Garry's nephew. The 2019 WKDCC is still like a pseudo - Bobby vs Garry, and it's billed as battle of thei nephews. 7 - But still no one actually really cares about chess1 because no one wants to have a headache over studying the same boring SP again and again. Also its top players Magnus & Garry are still cheaters. But well ok maybe in rapid & blitz chess1 is picking up. (Same as our world. Fiiiine Magnus is right about keeping regular chess for rapid & blitz.) So there's still a 2022 rapid world chess1 championship, half a century after the 1972 REGULAR match of the century. This time Hans Niemann wins beating Hikaru Nakamura on tiebreaks. This time Hikaru accuses Hans, but Hans still sues both Hikaru & Magnus. Ches***m is not sued and is just as good as lichess. Hans is still considered the next Bobby Fischer / Anatoly Karpov while Wesley & Nepo are still considered the current Bobby / Anatoly. 8 - In 2024Feb, FIDE still cancel their 2024 WKDCC, but Wesley & Nepo host a rapid chess1 championship but don't invite Magnus & Liren. Hans isn't a cheater but has still has beef with St Louis Chess Club and so doesn't play that due to scheduling conflicts, but Magnus & Hans are still going to eventually defend the, resp, classical & rapid world chess1 championships. 9 - In general, chess doesn't have that many cheaters, cheating incidents, baseless accusations, etc and has very little corruption, discrimination, treason, politics, etc. FIDE is hailed as 1 of the cleanest sports/gaming organisations. Chess is an olympic sport. Bobby/Anatoly are FIDE officials. 10 - Tiebreaks are settled by armageddon w/ auction rather than lower time controls, so Sergey & Fabi still lose to Wesley/Nepo in resp 2016 & 2018. But no one calls for change of tiebreaks to rapid time controls. Lol. Also, pre-arranged draws are so rare. 11 - Sergey isn't banned because Sergey only privately supports Putin because chess doesn't make people go insane unless they the players want to stick to 1 SP only, like Garry. 12 - Actually here, Bobby has very neutral feminist enlightened political views and is a true patriotic Jew & American ( in politics in addition to still being such a patriot in chess ) while respectfully criticising both US & Israel along side condemning Osama bin Laden / Al-Qaeda & Ismail Haniyeh / Hamas. So Bobby is still against Iraq invasion. 13 - Most importantly, no one cares about Garry, Magnus, Hikaru or Liren. Specifically, in this world, they care less about them as compared to Wesley, Nepo, Bobby & Anatoly in our world. 14 - Paradise. --- Ok back to reality: --- PLEASE agad it's been 4 months! 2023 USCC - Atousa almost beat Carissa Yip, the eventual winner! Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. It's Hikaru's (rapid WFRCC) WIFE vs Wesley's (classical WFRCC) GIRLFRIEND. #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc

[@johnmallette3143]

g g

[@exbricadlo]

*hello everyone* i'm Antonio from Croatia be careful, i'm a bit addictive

[@NoobeyCr1]

chess.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Uno

[@zequi5976]

Mene ovo lično ne interesira nego samo normalna igra

[@pranavmahajan4190]

World champ got 0.5 out of 7. What a loser!

[@azwadrahman4796]

first

[@BossHogBro]

First

[@michaelmassaro4375]

No bro nice try only one number one Me 😊

[@Rahul-ke8lt]

Magnus losing his touch!

[@alexch3618]

carlsen peaked already. he's still top level but past his prime.

[@robertdeladrue3927]

Magnus Carlsen : "Shall we play chess 960 in classical format I will defo show you what real chess is". Also Magnus ==> lost immediately

[@anki0329anki]

1st comment on this video

[@DaudZaidi]

first comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@doone8849]

not a fan of this form of chess at all

[@trulyfacts2857]

Now,it is prooved Magnus is no great,he is equal to others, and only good in memorizing moves or lines.

[@skitini1]

magnus seems a bit shit at this

[@billhampton8004]

I have no interest if it’s not traditional Chess.

[@mikeh2385]

Sorry I'm not interested in this Mickey Mouse fake chess setups

[@kaashmonee]

your loss!

[@FirebirdAD]

This Proves how without his memorization of openings Magnus is a Nobody.

[@user-pm5wp7yz5n]

Magnus is so talentless when it comes to non standard chess hence proved this guy only good at theory we cant call him goat even ding is better than him😂😂😂

[@DoctorLexus-4President]

How is Ding better when he has 1 draw and a thousand losses in this format?

[@tellahsage6477]

ding is playing in this same tournament and is currently in last place

[@davidwhite2949]

I’m not into this loser category stuff. If you lose you lose. You should be knocked out. Not fair to the winners.

[@BalajiPipeDepot]

Pls don't post freestyle chess

[@larrykaberga5453]

Magnus seems to play like a normal GM when playing Fischer random. Without opening theory he is as good as anyone else, but is he really the GOAT or just a guy with a heck of a memory.

[@414aliha]

Nah.. I don't believe that .. there are GMs who are way stronger than Magnus in theories such as Anish and Nepo yet beaten by Magnus left and right .. his opening, middle game, and end game , on average, gets the highest rate in my opinion but above all his mindset and mental dominance..

[@kelvinlucas1845]

​@@414alihaAnish and Nepo are not stronger in theories. Do you know how much prep you do to play in 5 World championship? Normal chess is based on computer theories at top level. They are doing just 30% or less of brain work there. Fisher on the other half is the nemesis of theories because you obviously don't know what to expect. So Magnus has internalize more than 500 opening prep, why wouldn't he be better? Not taking anything away from him, it still takes great brain power to still dominate at such level.