Only Needs a Draw - Sacs the Queen! || Carlsen vs Aronian || FTX Crypto Cup (2022)

[@iPrank911]

Magnus reminding everybody that he doesn't need to be the world champion to be the best in the world

[@michaelsorochev1357]

As if anyone forgot 🥴

[@iPrank911]

@@michaelsorochev1357 ppl like to troll

[@pashapasovski5860]

He is the World Champion for such a long time that he got bored with the title and the hustle of keeping it!

[@FoxyJohn]

But he is world champion!?

[@PhilL30tard0]

He is still world champion Ding or Nepo didn’t became one so…

[@grcfalcon]

Agad: ''You are a better player than Magnus but only when you are in your own home and Magnus is playing Levon Aronian.'' I loved this line. Still laughing.

[@pashapasovski5860]

I am a better player, in basketball, probably!

[@flavius1673]

@@pashapasovski5860 Magnus' jumper kinda wet tho

[@valinorean4816]

i didn't understand it.. (the reference to Aronian part)

[@grcfalcon]

@@valinorean4816 I think he is saying that in this match he played sub optimal against Aronian even though he won. That's my take. I might be wrong.

[@P.sherman45]

@@valinorean4816 you dont take risks And you always double triple check your moves when you face a strong apponent like aronian. It means its easy for us just watch the game and blunder it 10 times or find 1 brilliancy. Its not easy for those who are actually playing the game

[@benjaminmorton9436]

“It’s not a good move, but it is A move” - no better description for my personal gameplay.

[@vez3834]

"What are you good at in chess?" "Finding legal moves"

[@sixjhontongalamar979]

"It is not a good performance, but it is A performance." - me after displaying different tactics but fails to convert then blunders.

[@TheMarksT]

With the pressure off, Magnus just enjoying chess and being relaxed is resulting in a lot of very good games!

[@hoomanhonarvar8178]

#suggestion Please cover Keymer-Braun from the german masters such a wild game

[@markrobertson3054]

Carlsen with pressure was also playing very good

[@nicbentulan]

What pressure off? Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. 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? #saynoto2900

[@nicbentulan]

@@markrobertson3054 what no pressure? Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. 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? #saynoto2900

[@nebnoida5376]

@@nicbentulan Wesley is not even in the debate haha

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

And I thought the last game was crazy! What is happening in Magnus' head? These last two games with Levon were astounding, and it takes an opponent like Levon to create such wild and wonderful games. Thanks Agadmator for working so hard and consistently on these videos!

[@danrangel5169]

Vintage Agadmator coverage for this tourney right here!!! He did it again!!! been on a streak dropping bangers only 💥 💥 💥

[@lukasg4807]

Levon turned the 3 fold repitition into a 9 move repitition

[@Chessym]

Magnus is The king who doesn’t need the queen when he’s positionally active.

[@raylopez99]

You need a queen when you're sexually active however! I wonder, is Magnus still with a girl? It might explain his decision to forgo the WC match. Maybe he doesn't need the stress of a WC match with little financial payoff and just wants to chill with his partner? You notice most of the super GMs have no partner, no social life it seems, maybe Giri being the only exception and some lower ranked GMs who have relationships.

[@haominlunlhouvum5174]

@@raylopez99 he has the female mannequin 😄

[@P.sherman45]

@@haominlunlhouvum5174 thats so funny i remember that 😂😂

[@amricanotatgrt2633]

@@P.sherman45 whats tat?

[@rohangeorge712]

@@raylopez99 bro 😂

[@AndersonNeo12]

[Pause the Video moment 10:44] At first i was like "yeeess, i spotted the knight move" 😁 Than i was like... "oh no.. i would have made a diffrent move with the knight 🥺 After i saw what Magnus played i was like: "Awesome! Not the winning move, but the same the World Champion played" 😃😁😀

[@SillyCyclist29]

Agad, thanks for the new pic of Magnus! Looks Great!

[@TheChessGiant]

Magnus AINT SCARED OF NOBODY!!!

[@evilswissy]

that's because he is not really fighting anyone... you call yourself the chess giant, but make a really really small brain statement... it's easy to claim intelligence and even easier to prove yourself dumb

[@icancu9680]

he has no reason to be scared of anybody!

[@Bobo-Vieri]

Magnus is the 🐐, there is no reason to be scared.

[@nicbentulan]

@@Bobo-Vieri Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. 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

[@nicbentulan]

Magnus is scared of Wesley. Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. 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

[@josuke21]

Magnus is absolutely amazing man , 🐐💯 . Levon played really well though , expected from a top 6 player

[@nicbentulan]

Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. 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

[@tonetone5359]

This is a meme or something? Magnus is THE GOAT, brilliant player in opening, midlle and endgame. But i think ur trolling

[@nicbentulan]

@@tonetone5359 fine maybe magnus is 1 of the GOATs, but how can magnus be THE GOAT and soooo brilliant in middlegame and endgame when magnus lost to wesley 13.5-2.5 in a variant of chess that is EXACTLY only middlegames and endgames? Looks like all magnus is good for is openings. LOL. Turns out Magnus is a talentless patzer who crumbles without opening prep. PATHETIC. i'm not trolling necessarily. i'm trash talking.

[@jabloko992]

2:09 is a certified 'oh, you approach me?' moment

[@tangohotellima1895]

Magnus: i only need a draw. Aronian: but on My terms! 🤣🙈

[@rayd1459]

#Suggestion: Gukesh D takes on Esipenko

[@ashishjindal6382]

11:17 Nh4, blocking the check,instead of moving king?

[@kaueadm]

Here we go to our fourth video together (me and my new baby "Lunna") If someone wanna enjoy us, please pray for my baby, She's in the Hospital's UTI fighting for her life and trying to go home to see a new world. We're here since she born... 🙌🙏 She will grow up stronger and being a chess lover ♟️ ❤️ A big Hugh to everyone ❤️.

[@thequalitones171]

Keep her warm and the doctors away from her!

[@SmilingIbis]

The old gag about "if you need a draw, play for a win" is now, If you need a draw, play a Queen sac, like Magnus.

[@rohangeorge712]

u should always play for a win regardless of what u need.

[@fourtime7]

Magnus makes you fight.

[@cosicave5179]

Great analysis to see that Magnus could have won, even after sacrificing his Queen!

[@oturgator]

@3:53, what about Knight to H3, double check with discovery?

[@kaysuhdila4725]

I just lost like 10 elite smash games in a row (smash bros ultimate online) and it’s very nice to come to these videos after tilting for an hour

[@tyleredwards8132]

"It's a move. Not a good one" I can relate.

[@user-ql3fr7lh8s]

thank God Magnus took that decision of not competing , the results are all for us to see

[@louiev100]

Your commentary is unmatched sir…. “There is just no move black can make here it’s a disgusting position” I’m dead right now

[@emilerhard4189]

Hyped for more

[@cskwillreturn2473]

looks like Magnus plays freely after giving up championship

[@nicbentulan]

Where are the timestamps?

[@EvertfromNederland]

@ 10:35 Man, i really really thought the winning move to make was Nd7 threatening both the queen and the rook. If the queen moves anywhere you capture with Re3xRe8. If the queen captures back you got a fork with Nf6+. Aronian obviously won't fall for the fork so he will just exchange his rook for your Knight. So after Nd7 black's queen probably moves to like g7 or d6. White takes on e8 regardless and black captures white's knight, so white can retreat his rook to t e3 or all the way back, but then that whole repetition of moves doesn't happen because white has 2 rooks to defend his position yet white's mate threats are still alive once he moves his other knight. I must be deadwrong sinse this is not what they did.

[@adewilyan8030]

You're correct, the continuation after white rook retreat will probably be queen takes pawn on d file with check, g rook have to block it and knight takes f pawn while threaten to capture the pinned rook. All of sudden blacks the one winning here, black queen against a rook and a knight but up 2 pawns.

[@EvertfromNederland]

@@adewilyan8030 You know what i thought when blacks queen takes d5+? White could block it with his g knight. with Ne4. sacrificing it, but the pawn has to take so black will block his own queen so then white can counterattack with Nf6+, forking the queen because that is still on the d5 square! so black can not take the d5 pawn, but has to take the Knight on d7 first. If black takes Qxd7 white can leave the rook on e8 as a trap and move the g knight to h5. If black takes the rook on e8 with Qxe8, White has again the same fork with Nf6+. That is wishful thinking because a grandmaster will see this ofcourse and play Qxd5+ after Nh5 and not take the e8 rook, but it's a cute trap and black has to be careful and not get gready.

[@adewilyan8030]

@@EvertfromNederland Now I'm legit confused. You know tht I meant it as continuation of the lines you mentioned right? Right after the rook on e8 has to retreat back because black queen still threaten to capture it. Also there's no Nf6 nomore that knight is dead on the exchange for black rook.

[@EvertfromNederland]

@@adewilyan8030 what i meant to illustrate is that black has to be careful because there are gambits and traps for white. It can go as followed: Nd7 Qd6. Re3xRe8 Qxd7 (our line which we where talking about). And instead of retreating the rook to the backline, white gambits it and moves the knight on the g file to h5. If black continues to capture on e8 with Qxe8. Then the knight on h5 can fork with Nf6+. It's probably way to dubious for white on that ELO level, but with short time those forks are easy to miss. The other line i meant is where the queen doesn't immediately take the knight on d7, but decides to take the pawn on d5 with check first: Nd7 Qd6. Re3xRe8 Qxd5+. Ne4 (blocks the queen) f5xNe4 (pawn blocks his own queen). In this case the knight on d7 is still there and can move to f6+ and forks blacks queen All in all dubious lines which are probably not the best and probably why i would play them :D

[@adewilyan8030]

@@EvertfromNederland but that is the problem, he cant afford to lose d5 pawn with check. Nd7 Qd6 Re3xRe8 Qxd7 Nh5 Qxd5 Rg2 Qd1 Rook has to block again and the knight on h5 will fall aswell. He probably seen it since it's pretty straightforward and forcing line.

[@RobertCharron]

I'm confused about the ratings, neither one of those ratings are correct for classical, rapid or blitz

[@RetroPianoGuy]

Chess24 rating.

[@phenix2403]

Champions chess tour ratings, for the guest invitations (like Alireza) they just use their FIDE ratings as stand ins

[@danielsirbu6706]

10:46 Can we play knight G4? We attack the rook and queen and if he defends the rook with the queen we take the rook, he takes, and we play Knight F6 forking the queen and king. Is it possible?

[@donaldshroyer8633]

At 10:42 Nd7.

[@NoNAME-qi9tq]

Funny Magnus is so good at chess. That a top GM finds a brilliancy!! Just to give Magnus what he was wanting.

[@nicbentulan]

Magnus is not just good at chess. Magnus is the best player currently and possibly 1 of the GOATs. Unfortunately, Magnus is not the GOAT. Why? Because Magnus isn't TALENTED at chess. Magnus was never the world champion. Wesley has been the world champion since 2019. Wesley will beat Magnus in Iceland in 2022Oct. 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

[@danbuchner28]

Darn, I played the same wrong move that Magnus played at the end!

[@gamma9141]

You and Magnus are same in chess I guess

[@rickharold7884]

Love the radical attempt to win. V nice

[@Philopantheon82]

Magnus sacrificing the queen made my day!!

[@WoodStyle_No_Jutsu]

One of a kind this guy is, just absolutely love this channel.

[@catac83]

4:48 just look at the material on this board..yes, Aronians pawn structure is ruined but he has 1 extra queen vs 1 extra pawn & knight. I'm just an amateur but it still amazez me that Aronian was not able to get a win here. Makes me think Carlsen is 300 chess points better than Aronian, not 30!

[@waltermelyon4300]

Rook on e8 no use preventing draw?

[@vipuln99]

#Suggestion Gukesh vs Esipekno Turkish Super League

[@ananthanarayanan4100]

#suggestuon gukesh vs esipenko round 2 Turkish league

[@Navin4061]

#Suggestion Gukesh vs Esipenko game from the Turkish League.

[@archon8255]

It amazes me how Magnus can just give away queend in such serious games. How far does he calculate down the line to make such moves?

[@jrd33]

Not far at all. He is very much an 'instinct' player, especially when he is short of time. But Levon's king was always going to be in trouble and the queen isn't that useful a piece when defending against an attack by minor pieces.

[@Friek555]

He did get a rook and a knight for it immediately, so he didn't actually throw away that much material

[@amoldivo]

I mean, he's playing into an open king with pair of knights which excels at closed positions and a pair of rooks... Levon's queen's side rook and bishop pretty were just enjoying the battle and perhaps brought some popcorn along lol

[@markrobertson3054]

@@amoldivo like y’allwould play

[@sixjhontongalamar979]

Already watched a lot of Magnus playing while commentating, and he gives off the impression that he didn't think much and more on instinct (he played countless of games after all). Although those are with faster time control and not tournaments. So he most probably analyze positions by intuition and calculate very deeply when he thinks he needs to think more. Whether it be intuition or active calculation, it is indeed an amazing sight tho.

[@catplayscatalan956]

#suggestion Gukesh vs Esipenko from Turkish League round 2

[@kumarkrishnan857]

Just thinking how helpless the other guys will be feeling while playing Magnus ... Magnus is simply incredible!

[@Puschit1]

Well, let's not forget that this ended in a draw with Magnus playing white. It is only an overall loss for Levon because he needed a win for this game. A draw with the black pieces is considered "win" among supergrandmasters in a tournament setting. So, Levon wasn't really "helpless" here, if it wasn't for the initial loss you might be praising him now for defending well and you would probably say about Magnus he shouldn't have sacrificed the queen in a position like that.

[@rohangeorge712]

@@Puschit1 sacrificing the queen was still a good move, probably not the most optimal move or best move he had, but he probably had an idea with that, he still wants to win the game. he just made a mistake in the end when he didnt find the right knight move. he was controlling the game, a queen isnt always necessary. its not points or material that matters, its positional advantage. magnus had that until he messed up, and it ended up in a smart draw which levon found. but it didnt matter cause levon had to win. i feel like magnus wasnt playing at his absolute best probably cause he knew he just needed to draw. less pressure ig, probably didnt calculate at his best.

[@IndritSelimi]

So fast…immediately after the game, not sure how one can analyze a game in so short time????

[@Bazillus99]

Same thoughts.. insane. They knew everything immediately after a game

[@ivan_9386]

Stockfish

[@chopinfanclub6672]

Wait- do people actually not know that agad is just reading engine lines? Do they think he analyzes all these lines himself?

[@yogajedi3337]

@@ivan_9386 Yes, he is a clever user of chess engine.

[@ivan_9386]

@@yogajedi3337 Yes. Fun to watch. For regular players it's better to have 'human' analysis. But that takes hours to prepare.

[@afshintek4642]

10:30 what about Nd7? He has to save the queen and protect the rook Then we capture on e8, if he capture back, Nf6 wins the queen, otherwise we're up a rook. How is than not better than Ne4 going to an endgame?

[@Hxstle]

this took me a bit but if you play Nd7 black has Qf7 and if you capture on e8 white can force a perpetual by Qxe5

[@shiv3382]

"Its your computer or device.. Use it wisely" -- Agad 2022

[@hassaanbukhari517]

you made my birthday really special by saying that i am a better player than magnus

[@Fartalot3000]

what happened with the rating of magnus?

[@kerembaslar7831]

rapid rating

[@ogmakefirefiregood]

You are only better than Magnus when you are sitting at home and not getting smashed by Magnus in person.

[@SamSarwat90]

10:20 What about Kd7? It wins a rook. Since after Kd7, the queen has to move. Then Rd8. If queen captures rook, Kf6 wins the queen. Am I missing something?

[@SamSarwat90]

Ofc, queen can choose to take the knight instead, but its still a benefitial trade

[@Sletty73]

Qf7 and then Q:d5+ and Q:d7 are possible. Seems good for w but messy. The line played by Magnus forces a draw and he was fine with that. Edit: I Just saw that after Nd7 also Nf6+ is possible, capturing Re8. For exampke Nd7, Qf7, Nf6+, R:e8, N:f4... Still messy!

[@ti2835]

It is a blunder because then you give Levon's Queen a chance to defend from d6 and capturing the rook is a further blunder because after Qxd7, white is going to lose all the pawns in the middle of the board and black will stabilize. I myself was looking at Ng4, because it's flashier, but Stockfish still calls it a blunder (-0.98)

[@Hxstle]

i already answered this it just leads to a perpetual

[@harshitaggarwal3905]

#suggestion gukesh vs esipenko

[@imashu5634]

Carlsen became too fancy !!!

[@burimsaliji23]

Or is it my computer or device 🤔

[@MVuke84]

Levon didn't move his A8 rook til it was way too late....Morphy and Fischer would be rolling in their graves.

[@ronjohnson9690]

Where ideas get born.

[@gurkjesperr]

At 8.58, why not go Knight G3-H5, attack the queen while threatening Rook G1-G7#?

[@mzmzmm7879]

praggu and Magnus with 3 wins each... Can Praggu do the odd magic against Magnus again or will it be a cakewalk for the world champion... Currently the champion is in his element best.

[@felixfabio1473]

Is there an explenaition why levon didnt repeat the fastest possible way, instead grabbed a pawn, and then repeated?

[@foolsification]

Spite capture lol

[@dianketo6663]

A lot of nasty discoveries and nasty checks in this one

[@rickrolllinks109]

Excellent gane and analysis

[@denniskiarie1984]

Great analysis man 👌

[@mihael2949]

Its Mikhail Botivniks birthday and Ivan Šarićs birthday.

[@bhupathindocha2847]

I always prefer the cooler move to be played. - Agadmator 2022

[@lozychess]

I always think he calls that guy hand-smoking E-man😂😂😂

[@thebfunk5228]

Antonio, you're still the very best, don't forget that!

[@madhudharam7901]

Commenting before seeing the game because i know it will be awesome

[@yogeshkhandale5268]

#Suggestion : Esipenko Vs Gukesh D, IsBank Turkish League 2022, *Wild Game*

[@cloudtheavegner1000]

The Botez Gambit is on the board.

[@devoteeofgeorgesmiley7184]

For Levon, one suggests prayer.

[@vender68]

if only levon traded that rook when he had a chance

[@erichoffmann8515]

Cheers to both

[@ponysoup9620]

That cocky thumbnail picture of Carlsen!😅😅

[@sedmercado24]

Agadmator and his “fun lines” 🙄 😂😂😂😂

[@EC-pf1tr]

Yooo I was not looking at the screen and I heard agad say that magnus opens with f3 and I thought magnus was trolling again 😂

[@omartawhidimam8648]

Couldn’t Magnus play Rook to E1, sacrificing the Room to avoid repetition?

[@umanggada8684]

Some wise words: "Use it wisely"

[@aviniman8740]

Why does Agad always say, “and it was in this position that the players agreed to a draw, or rather it was draw by threefold repetition?” Instead of it was a draw by threefold repetition

[@miroslavstankov7919]

There could be two reasons: 1) He's simply used to certain phrases and speech patterns, since he is not a native English speaker, 2) He does it on purpose, as his videos, puns, and introductory/closing sentences are all very, very formulaic.

[@chessclips982]

#suggestion (esipenko vs gukesh) - turkish league

[@zen1891]

respect from Laos🇱🇦

[@myth8176]

is there an explanation why Levon went for the draw, knowing this would lose the match, Idk, but find it kind of sad to take a draw instead of trying to go for a win...

[@thekilla1234]

What are you suggesting he does? If he can't find a win and drawing/losing results in the same thing then drawing is his best option. As soon as he stops putting Magnus in check and lets him move any of his pieces the game is losing.

[@jarlardo]

Noooo… it didn’t end like it should. Loved that game. I am sure Magnus did as well, until the threefold appeared.

[@ublade82]

Maybe it's just because Magnus is famous but I've never seen so many Q for RN/RB/etc. imbalaced games than those with him

[@bluecocacola]

Magnus is a gangster

[@CharlesDarwinHimself]

Arrest him?

[@viralvinoda]

Would be great if you could use black border and white border for player photos on the side corresponding to the sides they're playing. #suggestion

[@Lingue101]

I picked the drawing knight to h5 move smh

[@spectralblade352]

I spotted Knight to H5, maybe I'm as good as Magnus then.

[@michaelw.emerson]

The immortal holey moley

[@layandrestforawhile]

So basically Magnus is way better then ANYONE

[@DavideMartiniCommentatore]

One of the most complicated games I've ever seen.

[@Yimoxdec]

Wandering stars Empty spaces

[@mislavivkovic9996]

What a game?????

[@muradnnolaki6788]

Seeing h6 move anyone can say that Magnus wins but.......

[@AboudSafar]

Last time I played KID ,I was 10 y.o

[@rohangeorge712]

if magnus needed to win this game he wouldnt have made mistakes like these, he would have calculated better, lol he sacrificed a queen which was still a decent move but sadly drawed. levon found that which is nice, sad magnus didnt see it but then again he knew he wasnt gonna lose, a draw at worst. which is what happened. but magnus was controlling the game.

[@williamgoss4691]

An excellent match of the Titans, throwing thunder and bolts of lightening at each other, Very entertaining. And thanks for all the Cool guidance and interpretation Agadmator.

[@dontfollow4704]

Magnus vs hikaru speed bullet part 2 magnus wont be able to beat him in bullet chess either way

[@nicbentulan]

Magnus will lose to Wesley in Iceland 2022Oct #9LX if it were 1v1, but FIDE is scared to let it be 1v1. Instead FIDE is treating the world #9LX championship a little as if it were world rapid and blitz where the champion starts from scratch (in #9LX case well not full scratch just partial scratch BUT STILL). Magnus should complain unless Magnus is a coward. Let it be a candidates and only 1 winner faces Wesley for the title same as Magnus for the past 4 world chess championships. #saynoto2900

[@davidgriffiths7696]

I played h6 and lost. Not recommended.😁