The World Champion on the ropes | Sarana vs. Carlsen | FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss Isle of Man 2019

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[@Phoenixforme]

Love it when Danny analyzes these games with non-obvious, and subtle brilliancies. No one else on youtube even thinks to go into these games. To me, it shows how this channel is a level above everyone else. Bravo, really enjoyed this one.

[@sumitstir]

This channel is really opium for chess enthusiasts !! The commentary matches the beauty of the play !

[@456death654]

Best on KZbin. Thanks Daniel

[@b7781]

Grade A defence by Carlsen. Anyone else could have easily folded. And as usual a grade A analysis by Daniel

[@shanecommins7968]

Bloody hell Carlsen. That's some alien-level defending.

[@lazyatthedisco]

Ikr That Ba3- Be7 idea is absolutely bollocks

[@ElColombre27360]

I'm commenting here just to increase a little bit video's visibility.

[@ElColombre27360]

@@BeFourCM trivial

[@larsyxa]

Great analysis as always Daniel.

[@crazyim5]

Ba3 was out of the world! Very hard to comprehend

[@GMeazza]

Great analysis as always, especially in addition to doing the live commentary. Hope you're getting paid overtime!

[@jodymccullough5891]

That was incredibly good defense from Carlsen. I doubt many players could have found those moves. Beautiful game overall and a deep opening line that I'm sure will be studied. Phew!

[@Shockprowl]

What a fantastic game!!! To see the World Champion grind out a defence, brilliant.

[@Chessmapling]

brilliant defense by the WC, i would never be able to understand those moves without your incredible explanations Daniel!

[@arvraghu]

What a move, Ba3!!! Brilliant analysis of a brilliant defensive game!

[@rbnn]

I finally feel like I understand much of this game after this great analysis video, combining the history of the opening, the strategy, the new ideas, and the tactics/strategy in the endgame.

[@abhishekkj9664]

It was like FISCHER playing all over again, such fluidity and harmony in blacks moves. No unnecessary moves, all orderly. Nice defense.

[@marianowaserman4239]

Thank you for the insights

[@burt591]

Opening preparation all the way to the endgame. I hate that, they are pretty much not playing chess anymore. The brillant endgame saved the day though

[@loosehorsemedia]

Just the nature of such a forcing opening. Still plenty of play left in the position after their prep ended.

[@CircusNarcissus]

Amazing!

[@shauntaylor6040]

One of the best endgames I have seen for a long time.

[@jackkrom]

Great play by both players, ending appropriately in a draw. Very different from Carlsen's next round, where he got very lucky to notch a draw! Nice variations presented by Dan.

[@Twomoredays]

Incredible

[@snippletrap]

"From a positional view, laudable, but..."

[@rastrisfrustreslosgomez544]

What an impressive defense. Rarely do I get shock by a Carlsen game since most of his wins are his op blundering away in some drawn-out endgame but this one was lit af

[@BobWhoosta1]

I'm not entirely sure you've seen many Carlsen games in the past year or so. He's sharpened up his entire style, evidenced by the fact that he's playing a system as dynamic as the Shveshnikov.

[@synchronium24]

15:49 For anyone wondering, after h5 black cannot simply move the bishop off the back rank (e.g. Be7) because Rg8# would follow.

[@laurentsallen8892]

Till 23. ... Bg7, all was analyzed by Timoshchenko in his wonderful Book « the Chelyabinsk variation » published in english in 2018. First new move is 24. g3 (Timoshchenko proposes Rfd1 instead).

[@n20games52]

Amazing defense from Carlsen.

[@A2Preservations]

First :) Thank you Daniel for all your great analysis.

[@schoong001]

Daniel's analysis allows us to understand the brilliant attack and defence. Did the win slip through white's fingers?

[@ChromaticTempest]

This was a beautiful endgame. Clearly Magnus works his studies.

[@tome57a]

Thanks as always GM King for your fine analysis, and of course for your live coverage of IOM. There were two points in the game where I'm trying to understand Carlsen's choices: 1. Why not 16...Qd6 instead of 16...Qd8, and 2. why not 39...Be7 instead of 39...Ba3 ? It looks to me like these moves would accomplish the same purposes as in the game, and save Black time.

[@HolyAvatar88]

16...Qd6 probably leads to bad variations with the white rook invading with tempo on C6. As for 39... Be7 it doesn’t look good since after 40.Rd7 the bishop has to move and Ne5 is coming attacking f7 and cutting off the rook from the defense of the king (40.Re8 also looks dangerous since now the h6 pawn is still en prise and you need the bishop to block access to G8 -mate threats with Nf6 and Rg8 - resulting in going back to square one with a tempo loss). Not sure if those are the right reasons, I didn’t check with an engine. Edit: the simple variation 39... Be7 40. gxh6+ Kh7 (only move) 41. Rd7 skewering bishop and pawn looks dreadful.

[@tome57a]

@@HolyAvatar88 I don't see a concrete variation bad for Black after 16...Qd6. But I do take your point about 39...Be7. Thanks.

[@DimitrisAndreou]

Hmm so the point of Ba3 (vs Be7 immediately) was maybe just to avoid1. gxh6+ Kh7 2. Rd7

[@basketballspinner]

Power play - when carlsen blocked his own pawn from advancing with his bishop he was thinking like alpha zero. what do i mean by this? when alpha zero plays chess it is like two gm's playing and looking at every move possible, even moves that seem absolutely stupid to you or i

[@ipudisciple]

Thank you. Excellent commentary on an excellent game. At 19:05, why is 39...Ba3 is so good? You explain why it needs to stay on the a3-f8 diagonal, but that leaves 3 other sensible B moves, plus leaving the B where it is. I guess Bb4 and Bc5 get in the way of the rook, but why is Ba3 better than Be7 immediately?

[@yoghurt3643]

I think it’s because of a possible Bc1 to attack the root of the pawn chain?! But what do I know...

[@tome57a]

I asked the same question. It turns out that after 40 gxh6+ Kh7, White has 41 Rd7.

[@markphc99]

sorry to be dense, but how is the tournament Swiss if it takes placein the Isle of Man?

[@yeshiva1]

Swiss refers to the style of tournament. A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a set number of rounds of competition.

[@markphc99]

@@yeshiva1 Thankyou for explaining

[@toasterdestodes8034]

This looks like Carlsen still has an ace in his sleeve.

[@zogzog1063]

It seems he has all five aces

[@Breeelax]

13:59 isn't Nxh7 simply winning a pawn? Without any goodies for black to hang to? Just looks like lights out to me. EDIT: I see that Bc5 is a strong reply and would win back the pawn on f2. Still unclear to me then since Ne4 forks are looming after Ng5 retreat.

[@Breeelax]

@@jonathanbaxter5821 The Bishop is not pinned since the King is on g7

[@Breeelax]

@@jonathanbaxter5821 that's exactly my point. Black doesn't take the Knight back but plays Bc5

[@KarolisCarlos]

how many games is Carlsen unbeaten in a row now?

[@TessaTestarossa]

Not many. He was beaten about a month ago by Ding Liren. Although I believe those were rapid tie-breaks? Not entirely sure.

[@u11851]

@@TessaTestarossa 96 games without a loss after todays win vs Shirov. Ding Liren game was blitz.

[@chazzabh]

V dubious background picture...

[@ipudisciple]

It's a flower. Probably a chrysanthemum. What on earth are you seeing?

[@awaedin]

This game shows exactly what is wrong with classical chess - 23 moves of memorised book. Bring on Fischer random chess!

[@inguh7041]

Who said there's anything wrong with 23 moves of memorised book? We have no idea just how much dedication is required to master 23 moves of memorised book.

[@awaedin]

@@inguh7041 If you're happy to spend hours of your life on rote memorization, you're welcome to. It's not how I want to spend my time. I would regard it as a waste of time and energy, and not why I took up chess. Chess should involve higher level skills than rote memorization.

[@inguh7041]

@@awaedin Rote memorization can only get you so far, dude. It's actually much more about the other skills you mentioned.

[@awaedin]

@@inguh7041 I agree, but I still don't want to spend time on route memorization.

[@blackrachmaninov]

Magnus is not in his best shape ...