MATCH OF THE YEAR!!! Magnus Carlsen Vs Hikaru Nakamura | Finals World Blitz Chess Championship 2019

MATCH OF THE YEAR!!! Magnus Carlsen Vs Hikaru Nakamura | Finals World Blitz Chess Championship 2019
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[@alexgil83ers]

People giving advice on what Magnus had to do. You gotta love youtube

[@thaxbest2180]

The guy can literally play 25 average to IM skill rating people at once and win all of them LMAO your not gonna see something that he didn't.

[@thaxbest2180]

He can do 10 at once blindfolded. Possibly more!!

[@OneDerscoreOneder]

@@thaxbest2180 and he’s 2880...

[@CSRookie]

... and all those same people don't want to work at or understand chess, they just want to consume their day with shit bullet and twitch

[@tsimtv7588]

11:10 pawn e4 wins him the trade off

[@FIVEFIRES]

chess is not chess without that person coughing in the crowd

[@maxclusion]

all of them caugh, meybe due to wish to smoke a lot during a game

[@casey7409]

😂😂😂

[@Young_Wavvy]

Exams are also not exams without that person coughing and sneezing

[@HoHo-oe1vd]

I got used to it. Starting to like it. Now when I hear a cough I think about chess. No joke

[@hovanthecool1995]

So true..

[@whaty1000]

i was wondering why there was no sound and all of a sudden it sounded like aliens are trying to communicate

[@skyembers]

Was wondering the same thing. Scrolled down; read your comment and right as I read "sounded like aliens" the sound started. LOL perfectly timed comment.

[@veyyazel5042]

LMAO

[@AhmedMohammed-gl1yq]

Lmfaoooo

[@pvtrick.346]

Lmfaooo I was wondering the same thing. I saw your comment then boom loud as you explained

[@misfit3536]

@@skyembers right as I read yours the sound started!!! Lol

[@mkjijul]

One of the best camera angle seen so far. Satisfying.

[@apheliosgod28]

Agreed

[@charlottefaye86]

Yeah

[@jmjtv92]

Yess

[@tigremail]

There is another video where you can see their faces. Nakamura's faces are priceless

[@noxzy69]

Be careful what you wish for folks. I wished that there was audio in this video and now I'm scarred for life

[@Wsgg2]

for fuck sake..

[@lambuster1479]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@WhoTheHellIsJohnsubscribe]

😂😂

[@orbitorbit754]

😂😂😂

[@lacandela69]

COUGH COUGH

[@amadeusradio9608]

First time ever I see Magnus waiting for his oponent.

[@lorenzsantos4467]

Same

[@Iberium]

Magnus vs Kasparov was a longer wait

[@nmbnmbnmb]

Yes he looks so uncomfortable😆

[@AlexStefan-vs2dj]

watch magnus vs kasparov bruh..

[@angirux5313]

seriously ? never seen vs kasparov match 1 ?

[@guantanamoe5568]

Generous move to play in front of a crowd of tuberculosis patients.

[@billyp_gr]

Nice one 👍

[@CJ4288]

Can unhear it

[@dfo990]

why like others sports chess have no commentators? lol..

[@qewpew5071]

hahaha funny man

[@sandwhisker6117]

Hahhahahha

[@HartleySan]

For anyone wondering, there is sound once the games start, but there's not much to hear beyond camera shutters and coughs.

[@2B_or_not_2B]

It’s great to hear that people save their coughs for chess tournaments. Brings a nice ambiance to the events.

[@artemischen4086]

@@2B_or_not_2B yea

[@ScaramouchedaVinci]

@@2B_or_not_2B Bobby Fischer would have felt fine .;)

[@CarrieArt7]

I can see why Bobby Fischer hated cameras & loud audiences.

[@felisianopatah8331]

i thought my pc got an error or somethin Lmao

[@macklee6837]

Does everyone who attends chess tournaments always have chronic coughing issues? I don't get it.

[@claytonc8101]

its nerds with low immune systems

[@diwakartiwari6496]

@@claytonc8101 those fuckers are the corona vectors

[@sixyty]

Its ilegal to spectate a chess match without a condition that makes you cough every 5 seconds

[@Nuffsed81]

@@claytonc8101 it's their allergies....each person there was that kid at their school.

[@thedon3346]

Morse code telling the next move.

[@sugarfreelemonade]

I love how Magnus has an emotional support piece at the side and goes to it during moments of tension.

[@jestershyper]

thats for when you get a second queen lol

[@leonardos2925]

Psh

[@artistfrank8511]

That s funny, i thought the same... they know he loves that comfort piece lol

[@AtuyChannel30]

Having High IQ will do that! Thats life rules ✌

[@billmolloy2789]

he fiddles with a piece all the time

[@kotarouushiromiya1902]

6:55 I swear someone died in the audience

[@OrlandogPsy]

Hahahh

[@hassansabri6637]

😆😆😆😆😆

[@lacandela69]

Rip to that guy

[@Juanfx5408]

F

[@Felix-jo5iq]

24:13 Magnus really don't like that pen

[@mewhenthewasyesthenwhy7486]

Lol

[@saidalas7763]

@@mewhenthewasyesthenwhy7486 And the Doug score izz??

[@91000mat]

I'm dying XD

[@Nuffsed81]

What is this? I don't what it is about Magnus but he is a breath of fresh air for chess. Guy is funny, unintended not of the time though. Great observation. Have you seen odd karate chop video, that made me laugh.

[@christianmunoz408]

Your comment has changed my life. 😂

[@Ascarthor]

carlsen always looks like he went to a huge party last night and is in a rush to another meeting

[@mr.froschi6526]

Why is this so true XD

[@Nuffsed81]

He slept funny, his hair told me. Maybe scratching his head working out the line? Defo got that pillow hair going though.

[@thebhoyfromarsenal1653]

I have literally no idea what's going on, but I still love watching the spectacle and knowing that two great minds are dueling it out in a high stake mental battle

[@fpsliam]

@QueHubo Parcero It was a draw.

[@tonyr.3435]

@@fpsliam I don't understand why they draw like that when Magnus had the pawn advantage. Magnus could have escorted the pawn down for another queen. (1st game)

[@jestershyper]

@@tonyr.3435 doing so would have made his king vulnerable, and burned a ton of time, they draw when theres no chance for either to win within time. If he moved the pawns it would take a turn where he isnt aggressing the rook which can cause a mate, easier for both to draw

[@tonyr.3435]

@@jestershyper Thanks for the explanation. What happened to just winning a game of chess? I'd much rather watch that.

[@user-bb3kw8gx1n]

@@tonyr.3435 winning exists too still

[@ArnelSLim]

As you can see, Magnus has a huge advantage from the start where he starts to recall his 27762 combinations.

[@fireborn2676]

heh, what does that mean

[@highgaming6444]

@@fireborn2676 it means 77829 when his combo recalls at 38937

[@lacandela69]

69696969 combos

[@taylorarnath8013]

Lmfaoooo

[@Hockey-jf4ks]

That's funny 🤣👍

[@benwilliams3033]

Camera guy really likes Rc1 at 17:58

[@camenospo]

LOLLLL

[@harveystewart3826]

Lmaooooo

[@peggycarter6460]

he is nodding xDDDDD

[@Dario_Salvi]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Glorious comment

[@abdouabdou6174]

nice one

[@spartawar117]

What's more distracting, some mumbling or SSSSHHHHH!!!!!!!?

[@papurrurru]

Shhh shhhh

[@Wreneagle]

depends how loud the mumbling would have gotten without the shushing.

[@Espartano19821]

true

[@pedroilpopo]

The comment section tbh

[@tyqwe45qe]

the shh goes for 1s, the mumbling can keep going for several minutes. The mumbling.

[@samyhou4118]

Me after predicting one move from Magnus: GrAnD MAstEr

[@iameartchan]

Gren mastur

[@JM-oh1yr]

why does the audio sound like you're about to enter the nether

[@AdGameRr]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ytboxeviltwin4081]

23:57 Love Magnus' reaction to Hikaru like "Yeah no big deal.." xD

[@erikm9768]

He felt sorry for him.

[@suhdu5448]

I think it’s mor annoying to hear people go “SSSHHHHHH” than to hear people talking amongst themselves 😂

[@Archonsx]

i'm surprised none of them were like "bitch shut your "shh" the fuck up"

[@luayabuhani2004]

SHhhhhhhh 👁👄👁

[@harrypoderskis]

Where’s the security though?

[@zacdamasta2826]

It definitely is in this instance.

[@sarahmartin5682]

She shh’s were way louder than the people talking too lmao.

[@clairesommerfeld1730]

Riveting! Congratulations to both players for spectacular and elegant play!

[@prfinest07]

Sounds like this game was taken place at a urgent care...

[@Archonsx]

lmao

[@CSRookie]

😂😂😂

[@ariyachandra6782]

This video has no sound.

[@nickjunes]

OMG best comment

[@toshiro6000]

@@ariyachandra6782 It does after a few minutes ?

[@kurtsloop2462]

Had Hikaru used the Pendati variation after his ninth move, he could have mated in 9. Had he used the Emsinger Gambit he could have mated in 11. I dont know jackshit about chess but I can make up some "chessy" names

[@kkkkyon8402]

true

[@dawn923]

Lol

[@dustinpace8446]

Lmao

[@freezegopher7054]

sounded pretty good to me, but then again I don't know anything about chess either...

[@voyageurastral]

Nah even with the pendati variation they would just have enter the exchange line.

[@okeoghenekowhegba1490]

Totally worth being called match of 2020

[@husnainhakim7902]

wait until u face borgov

[@coy2960]

I know this is a joke, but borgov stands no chance against magnus. They have over 200 rating points difference

[@roberttaylor7396]

Magnus is way above borgov based on the rating itself

[@vvthetalentlessduo6976]

Lol

[@SKisgrahamgooch]

🤣🤣🤣

[@visionar007]

@@coy2960 He might have different rating now, because there are diiferent ammounts of players with each rating now I think.

[@mouselogi]

Hikaru couldn't get rid of enough juicers in that final game

[@MeskDaKrull]

"This is not good, not good, not good, definetly not good, omg so bad, why is it so bad, so bad, this is really bad"

[@jmnunezd1231]

I kept scrolling down just to find a comment with the word juicer on it. 5/5 bro

[@scarzs69]

@@MeskDaKrull lol I can hear Hikaru saying that! Good stuff

[@DeusVult7777]

JUICERS!!!

[@vvthetalentlessduo6976]

Lol

[@horatiodreamt]

Best chess match I saw was in the second James Bond flick "From Russia With Love". Quiet audience and no camera noises.

[@gabson1336]

Starts of the game: a gentle and soft touch... to press the clock.. with no intention to harm it.. Late Game: UAJSJRIEOEOWLSLK PREEEEESSSSSS!!!

[@muhammedakbar8140]

Nothing beats a chess world final, the excitement, intensity I can't understand why so many more don't watch chess.

[@adastra2238]

I know but in my case it's hard cuz I can barely follow.

[@andrewwarner]

People don't play chess well enough to understand these games and the action

[@tonyr.3435]

You can't tell who won the match. They just shake hands and walk away.

[@giangra92]

@@tonyr.3435 The first match was draw

[@MakerInMotion]

You have to be pretty adept at chess just to read the board. I've tried watching chess matches with commentators and they'll get all excited about something and I don't know the game well enough to understand. They'll see a checkmate or draw coming 10 moves out. Its not for the casual observer.

[@HumanSagaVault]

just came here from Magnus' youtube reaction video to Queen's gambit final game, he is really so cool and funny hahaha i love this genius man so much, i dont play chess professionally, i just play it sometimes with my classmates in friends whenever we feel like it just for fun but seeing how intense a game could be and the stakes on hand, wow, its a real battlefield of great minds. SO COOL! Congrats Magnus Carlsen. indeed the best we've ever had

[@kodac4256]

They're so friendly towards each other, always smiling and it looks like they're having so much fun. I bet they'd be a right laugh to hang around with.

[@Davy1288]

It's not a real match unless Magnus fondles a chess piece while thinking.

[@raywinter8733]

Interesting editing. After Game 1, you can see Carlsen reaching for a handshake. But then cut to a different camera angle where Nakamura is grabbing the pieces. It's not immediately obvious that the camera switch cut about 2 seconds of footage. So It kinda looks like he left Carlsen hanging. But he would never do that.

[@user-ly5uh7cs7o]

The crowd was so loud in game one at times.

[@iipreyuu858]

Hikaru when he thinks looks like a kid in class trying to play off cheating

[@hanansalong9936]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ClarkPotter]

Timestamp?

[@amroahmed8822]

lmfao

[@gabriella7140]

@@ClarkPotter 15:55 :)))

[@minhnguyennhat7307]

Precisely. Me in 70% of the tests.

[@loybots4624]

I like how they stand and walkout immediately after each game

[@ariturbo4094]

The speed of the hand and brain making decisive move is incredible

[@CaneTopper]

Carlsen is so legendary that he doesn't become merely champion he does become a whole championship

[@Carlos-wy4on]

so melodramatic.

[@desertfox20]

"Magnus Carlsen is the World Blitz Championship 2019"

[@Iconhulk]

Riiight

[@heskan]

Magnus didnt just win, he became the championship itself!

[@gioramos4904]

I asked myself what can I watch while listening to music , oh yeah chess! lol

[@lindalarracas606]

The wonder of modern tech enabled chess to become an expectator sport and create a much bigger opportunity for chess players around the world for a realizable sports career . Gens una sumus!

[@navishacharya1411]

2nd game Magnus glided in so smooth with time! legend

[@joemamaurmama]

background noise starts at 3:19

[@Noone-uo2cf]

if you close your eyes, it feels like you were kidnapped by aliens

[@Felix-jo5iq]

Tried it, didn't like it, feelt to real.

[@cartagena4194]

You were *

[@Noone-uo2cf]

@@cartagena4194 ty Isn't my first language, so it happens sometimes haha

[@kartikmodi7846]

The video was so silent I literally had to play another video just to see if my speakers were okay.

[@renzrarugal5671]

Game 1-waiting for his opponent. Game 2-making Hikaru wait even longer. 😎

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Incrível ..a captura do rei ..xeque-mate!! Os Árabes introduziram um jogo na Europa espalhado pelo mundo que requer leis próprias de cada jogador, e nessas leis vence o que vê as lacunas do adversário!! Adoro Xadrez...

[@marsantos81]

Been going down all sorts of rabbit holes lately. I'm now extremely well versed in Magnus Carlsen and John Daly. My trivia career is looking bright.

[@JCChavz]

That’s all you’ll ever need really….maybe brush up on your multiplication tables and you’ll be an unstoppable force.

[@marsantos81]

@@JCChavz lmao "unstoppable force"

[@melzz]

Wow Magnus in round 2 is a beast, that attack is magnificent

[@pauldacus4590]

Magnus will soon arrive wearing a ballcap with a electronic scrolling marque of sponsors...

[@abdenbichikoun2652]

Drawing lots: A random drawing held before a major round robin tournament to determine color assignments and playing order.

[@hisham2293]

“Magnus Carlsen is the world blitz *c h a m p i o n s h i p* 2019”

[@vagraadam]

I mean at this point he is the championship

[@kaldimasumbasi7697]

@@vagraadam lmaoooo

[@MP-iu9qi]

@@vagraadam haha lmao

[@joseph3512]

@@vagraadam 😂😂😂😭

[@BenDreemurr44]

Oh my God 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rosenrodriguezperez8395]

4:52 the best moment that cough that you are always waiting for in a chess game

[@sutto3]

Chess, so good with a smoke, you can hear the fans in the background haha!

[@yo5252roronoa]

it is obviously draw starting from the queen's sacrificial move and it is kind amusing see them like using the same style of play

[@PawpiChoolo]

@@burl123 Nah, play the moves out. Would’ve been rook trade then the kings. That pawn aint making a queen

[@joeambrose3260]

How satisfying for once to see Magnus being the poster boy for Preparation H

[@leagueplays2100]

i like how chess is supposed to be professional, but literally nothing about this environment is professional

[@nihongotheo4808]

The coughs are what are you talking about

[@leagueplays2100]

@@nihongotheo4808 coughs and camera people literally in your face, and the crowds off stage just in the way.

[@nihongotheo4808]

@@leagueplays2100 can't be a professional chess game without people coughing 😂

[@pradhumngautam1310]

One of the classic openings in both matches Ruy Lopez and London.

[@siddarthv1800]

Someone's using a pressure cooker, there should be a rule that bans cooking at chess championships.

[@jreyes5754]

but why does magnus look like he belongs in UFC LOL

[@johnbowman3630]

He doesn't, though

[@Someone_KhabibbeatsJonesEASILY]

@@johnbowman3630 He does, dude looks like Matt Hughes lost younger brother or some.

[@justinysghost5298]

Probably the Viking blood inside of him

[@privateuploads5397]

Magnus always have this expression each time he beats somebody like "its fine dont worry about it" reaction lol

[@MrGenius2]

In the movies: complete silence In real life: *plane turbine starts* TOC TOC TOC SHHHHHHHH TOC TOC SHHHHHHHHH

[@arielcalimpon992]

Its like its always that every time magnus beats his opponents, the opponents oh woah dude u did a good game then magnus straightly goes to the kind of a face like oh dude its nothing...

[@FallBerserker]

i cant imagine.. how many simulation is going inside their head when the opponent is moving their pawns

[@lizardperson4658]

I feel kind of bad for Hikaru and other super GM's like him, they got unlucky being born at a similar time to the freak of nature, once in a few hundred years, super genius type of player that is magnus. In a different timeline the world championship would be at least a 3-4 way fight instead of the dominance reign of magnus.

[@RobbiePfunder]

lol

[@markhathaway8431]

tell Nigel Short about it.

[@KemosabeTBC]

Well, he clearly isn't invincible.

[@gud2033]

Hikaru said it himself that it’s pretty unlucky that he and Magnus is playing at the same timeline and that the leaderboard would have been completly different if Magnus werent there lol. He even said that there is only one living player that he is jealous of and thats Magnus!

[@robsmalls9656]

It's similar to feeling bad for all the great teams and players who could never win a championship ring because they were unfortunate to have been in the same era as JORDAN.

[@codycraft8426]

Just curious is there a reason rook F8 to d8 at 22:50 wouldn't have worked, I'm not the best chess player but I saw that while watching, and assume there would be a problem with it I don't know of

[@nataline172]

im assuming you meant to move the f8 rook to d8 to propose a trade but the d1 rook is protecting the d6 knight

[@lonewolfmentality999]

what is this chess app that you are displaying their game on? can I get the name please

[@jamesdavid7930]

Magnus was about to kill the knight at 19:58 but he instantly saw the other knight which he will be eating back so he stopped and prepared another trap for the queen, brilliant magnus

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

Lol "eating back" its called capture.

[@marcomola1906]

@@t-rozbenouameur5304 In Spanish we say eat instead of take or capture. We also, instead of knight, say horse (Wich it is by the way...)

[@t-rozbenouameur5304]

@@marcomola1906 ah ok. I didn't know. Much like saying rook or castle.

[@petarveljkovic4906]

@@marcomola1906 yea same here in the Balkans, we also say eat and Horse lmao, glad we aint the only ones. Also the Bishop here is called the Hunter. Completely different meaning again than in english

[@keplergso8369]

@@petarveljkovic4906 In french we can say 'eat' for 'capture', but it is familiar, or childish, so we use 'take' or 'capture'. For 'knight' it is the same word. 'Bishop' is 'fool' . All the words translated of course.

[@andrewcox8807]

This was in 2019 guys.

[@bastianhutagalung6206]

Magnus : plan steps before match Me : horse step is "L"

[@bakamdr6657]

Funny thing is it's called knight

[@Irving_teran]

@@bakamdr6657 r/whooosh

[@cowfishblobfish]

A summoning incantation, people telling each other to shhhhh, the crowd coughing, and the shutters of cameras

[@wielgusmarcin7766]

this is the first time I watch match Carlsen wating for his oponent...

[@kit4341]

Why did I get so much anxiety at the end, and it was a draw 💀

[@somerandomguy5707]

I wonder if Magnus has some sort of memory palace he goes to when he is feeling the pieces he's won

[@gannicusreddy9564]

I see carlsen waiting for his opponent for the first time. Usually he makes his opponent wait.

[@vetiarvind]

That was a super tight finish on the first.

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Why? Around 20 secs on the clock is pretty solid I think they also had increment and it was a pretty solid rook endgame

[@LinxLied]

We all know it’s magnus when he fiddles with a chess piece during his turn

[@Nuffsed81]

And people say the London is boring. As soon as Magnus took the dark bishop I was lost. Bishop g3 is what is taught, I am going I take the bishop next time and see where where it leads. I have never done it. I am not critical I just found that little exchange interesting.

[@RiGuyTheLegend]

My phone records higher quality audio underwater at the swimming pool.....

[@adamapfel3254]

The 2nd game was just art from Carlsen

[@areeweblind]

So weird they filmed this chess final in the middle of a shushing and coughing competition.

[@Qammar_GGMU]

Who else take a chess piece and roll it between your fingers when you are thinking deeply? I have seen Magnus doing it and now I'm addicted to it as well 😀

[@kujo.0015]

Magnus and Hikaru ist the perfect example of a friendship rivaly

[@LetBBB6345789]

Funny how up to Minute 9:30 or so this game looks like your average Blitz game. I cannot imagine what they were thinking but given the moves, I was surprised that almost from the very beginning of the game they left pause for thought as if they did not already play exactly those moves tens of thousands of times.

[@Ben-xj6su]

I always play like Magnus, until I am scholar mated in the first 30 seconds.

[@kidpoker1021]

Sometimes I think about going to chess tournaments just to have a super quiet place to clear my thoughts.

[@Dabann]

Un ambiente bastante caótico para jugar ajedrez! Gracias por dejar ver el tablero. Parece ridículo, pero muchos videos se ven de maneras incomodas.

[@hovanthecool1995]

7:44 savage queen plays oh my gosh...

[@nigahiga878]

i've started watching theses muted, its not like the coughing adds much anyway

[@raytrebor]

I'm new to chess. At the end of the game, did Nakamura place the kings in the center of the board on the e file to indicate a draw? Or is this a personal tick of Nakamura?

[@CallingDexterTV]

You place both kings on the corresponding coloured square of the winner, in the event of a draw they sit on a colour each

[@LITTLE1994]

Two of the best going head to head!!

[@Noone-uo2cf]

I dont know about you guys, but every time I play chess with someone, I take a person with me and tell her to cough in that way, I feel like I'm in a chess championship :D

[@fckyo7789]

😂

[@faiq5915]

gue nyampe kesini sini gara gara si dadang...yang sama like🇮🇩

[@andriwijaya1251]

Sama bro, hi hi hi

[@kahfikhadafi]

Terdampar

[@arthursimanungkalit3627]

Di Menit 23:11 sebenarnya nakamura bisa di chek mate oleh Magnus, yaitu dgn Benteng makan pion di depan raja, kalo benteng dimakan raja, maka Menteri skak raja kemudian kuda skak mate

[@matt414]

what is the brand of chess board they are using?

[@killryan8894]

wow that first game was crazy

[@PossMcLeod]

I've become so used to seeing these games with stop motion commentary I just can't get into the silent games anymore! haha. Anyone got a link to the game dissected? lol

[@chachacha5110]

Finally a close up angle of the board

[@alihamid9209]

Im watching this video just to see their reactions