"That was close!" | Magnus Carlsen vs. IM Pere Garriga

A thrilling time scramble as World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen took on Spanish IM Pere Garriga ("pg024") during a Banter Blitz session on chess24! Replay the game with computer analysis: chess24.com/en/watch/live-tou...
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[@laud6817]

Time:

[@pugsnhogz]

He didn't really, though. This was relatively poor play in time trouble by his standards. Ultra Magnus would not come so close to flagging

[@sumguyinahat8146]

@@pugsnhogz Ultra Magnus... I see what you did there

[@kamitebyani5309]

Kaaaameehhhaaameeeh. Checkmate

[@reptarslice2606]

My brain is so far away from understanding the last 15 seconds

[@joske7804]

And about every other move played here, lets be fair.

[@joske7804]

@Jason Lee whats your elo score? Mine must be about 60

[@TeeTerr]

I never thought I'd say that chess was just too fast, but it was a blur

[@giannagiavelli5098]

really? that was simple stuff. It's the midgame and projecting to the end which is tough.

[@sambrown916]

Jason Lee The horse.lol! Yeah you didn’t understand much of what you saw but you love to pretend!

[@CapoXProductions]

0:53 this is me, but on every variation of every possible opening lol

[@MrMiguellitoh]

CapoXProductions lmao I’m dead me 2. I copy the opening from others. But then 2 min into the game....

[@christianstiller2661]

LOL

[@horsa4427]

LOL me too man

[@lordchampion2724]

@@ym276 that's complete bullshit. Grandmasters ALWAYS completely underestimate memorization in chess. Chess is like 90%memorization. Do you think they spend 99% of their chess studies on memorization for fun even though it doesn't do anything? It takes like 2 weeks tops to learn the various tactics and positional concepts. After that you need to get straight to memorizing openings and learning the plans and structures. This all requires pure memory. Of course you have to get on the board to execute the fine details but you review your games by looking back at all the data you need to memorize and further reinforce it. Chess is memorization. Nobody is good at chess without memorizing a ton of information.

[@HiFisch94]

@@lordchampion2724 if it's 2 weeks tops to learn tactics and positional concepts, can you tell me any source where to learn that in a nicely prepared structure?

[@rhodzlan]

Me : calculating my next move Them: 10 moves already made.

[@orsdekany2594]

Not really, they expect the other to play the best possible move,it doesnt matter what the opponent plays, they just do their moves otherwise time comes sn issue

[@iweirjkdkfmk]

"I'm not as in touch with chess as I used to be"- The strongest chess player on planet Earth

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

I understand him.. He likes to play creative, and not everything like 'memorized chess-oppenings' (that would be boring). Bobby Fisher was same on this topic (thats why he invented chess960) ...Also for me its boring, when i see: my opponent memorized an oppening, with view variations. A good oppening can make big troubles later on - like it did to Carlsen in this game.. Thats why he said in the end: ''it wasnt a good game (because not interesting) , but it was a good fight'' ... I also prefer creative games, over ''book-games''.

[@HospitallarKnight]

He simply means he doesn't keep track of who is IM GM Rankings boards as much as he used to. He isn't as in touch with (The world of) chess as he used to be

[@ItzTheFury]

Magnus finally using 50% of his full power :D

[@chuy27arts]

Do you mean 5%?

[@ebob0531]

chuy27arts 1% of infinity is still infinity

[@zts99]

Soon he can challenge shaggy who will only use 1%

[@BigHoffa]

Magnus at super saiyan 1

[@bennyblanco4696]

Cole Hopfenberg just breaking into kaio-ken , my dude

[@SergeyLazutin]

"It wasn't a good game, but it was a good fight".

[@Liimeyyy]

Sergey Lazutin he was trash talking himself just in case you didn’t know :)

[@uzking1140]

6:19

[@AndyBandi2000]

lol that ending, everything just disappeared from the board within 10 secs

[@boynxtdoor]

Probably the best game on livestream

[@jamesmccourt9782]

Yea that was good. Wow. It's great to have the ability to watch the World Champ not only play, but describe what he is thinking.

[@franknoriega6180]

Pere Garriga Cazorla is a Spanish International Master with ad FIDE Elo rating of 2495. He is 21 y/o, plays for the Club Mollet, and is ranked #29 best player in Spain. (#841 Best in the world/ #623 in Europe)

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

He played an impressive game tbh, managed to stay up on time and actually pressure Magnus

[@4stravel701]

Is Santi Cazorla his cousin :) good game...

[@chessartst1339]

5:35 would’ve mated most chess 24 users lol

[@coosoorlog]

was thinking the same.

[@charlespaul91]

What do you mean?

[@thurst0n]

@tubertom Help me out here, how does queen get to H2 to checkmate? Edit: black, not white, got it now.

[@joske7804]

You know i wouldnt even have noticed unless someone pointed it out to me...

[@RoyArrowood]

I had to look for all of 8 seconds to find it. Then I'd go "oh, that's not good" wasting my remaining 8 seconds and lose on time

[@AB-ny7zm]

That IM blitzed out that opening just like a super GM would. Tremendous potential for that guy.

[@kewkabe]

Or it's just one of his favorites.

[@niveshproag3761]

@@kewkabe Well, if you're gonna play the world best, you'll choose your best possible opening option.

[@notlisztening9821]

he would have totally won on time, if he didnt put his king in the corner in the last couple of moves before the queen was there

[@kasparov937]

IM's know openings very deeply, they have to.

[@markn.7914]

@@notlisztening9821 actually if he lingered around the middle of that file he would’ve been mated earlier as Magnus would not have to move his king back.

[@AK-rx6hv]

Is it just me or is watching Magnus play these games with his live commentary more exciting and suspenseful then most movies out there!

[@AlexFBauer]

Armin K hi, sorry to comment this late in time but I have to agree with your sentiment that triple A movies have seen an absolute plummet of creative material in the past decade, especially with the serialization of movies (sequel syndrome) and the advent of online streaming platforms. Have a nice day, and remember AI has defeated us in perfect-information games!

[@richiksen1396]

@@AlexFBauer I am pretty positive that the comment was just a sentiment. I am sure he didn't really ask for what's lacking in movies nowadays XD

[@CrimzinEclipse2010]

I feel like Magnus is always able to play at the speed of the last 20 seconds of this video, but simply chooses to slow down for our benefit.

[@dawn21stcentury]

This is just not fair. Humans should play humans and aliens should play aliens.

[@pugsnhogz]

Look Magnus is the best, he's the champ. But after seeing this comment on every game he streams, I feel compelled to point out that these are not his peers. At all. Carlsen still beats the best blitz players but it doesn't look like this. He doesn't seem a god/ alien, he is just a bit better than, say, Nakamura or Caruana.

[@Suve35967]

@@pugsnhogz But they are god's too ..compared to average players.

[@LukeHey]

But for example great Gods like Lasker ever played games so fast? It is like another game. But Magnus it's impressive. That's a life into highest level of Chess. At almost ever modality.

[@galiuseinheart2308]

That's why we have ranking, to separate the gods, the aliens, and the commoner.

[@john_mccarthy_hi]

I'm just gonna play fast. *Proceeds to play instantaneously.*

[@KingSteamRoller.]

John McCarthy re make this comment no edit 😂😂😂😂

[@Zygomorf]

It is simply unbelievable how fast Magnus Carlsen is! 😲😲 So incredible good!

[@pk-fi1ok]

@Carl Green crazy & beauutiful!

[@Pintkonan]

he isnt world champion for no reason, so what else did you expect, mate(^^)? (:

[@user-ts3ij7te6j]

@@Pintkonan not all classical world champions might be this fast

[@user-ts3ij7te6j]

@@Pintkonan caruana is world champion strength in classical But I don't think online he is this fast

[@Pintkonan]

@@user-ts3ij7te6j when did i claimed that all classical world champions are that fast? are you stupid?

[@randybailin4902]

I'm here for the camera falling over.

[@Reach3DPrinters]

Its the Magnus version of a Mic Drop!

[@thembamabona9809]

....thought I was following, then they get to 5:41 and it's like 3x FF.... holy cow

[@rangerroe3739]

I've seen all of his chess24 game and this one was the toughest one for Magnus. He had one draw game but that was because of his webcam kept falling off lol

[@kelemeno]

Dude these videos are so great and instructive THANK YOU!!!

[@soakedbearrd]

I use to be a Naka fan and a Carlsen hater, until I watched both youtube channels and realized Naka is the arrogant one and Carlsen can appear arrogant but thats his style of humor 9/10.

[@ams9449]

a world champion would have, in theory, all the rights to be as arrogant as he wants. You have to admire his chess, nothing more.

[@lucaantiteista2378]

@@ams9449 No one has the right to be arrogant. Even an emperor should be humble, because being arrogant exposes you to humiliation, and makes you weaker.

[@ams9449]

@@lucaantiteista2378 the fact that you state that as an absolute truth seems pretty arrogant itself. Oh, the irony.

[@lucaantiteista2378]

@@ams9449 Nah, just an advice.

[@ryancrowell9867]

@@ams9449 guy literally said "should," how is that declaring an absolute truth?

[@fuzzytabby4304]

This video should have way more views because of the entertainment value alone.

[@DavenH]

The sound latency on piece moving is really high, like 500ms.

[@Synky]

Wow. It honestly was subconsciously bothering the fuck outta me... And now it's CONSCIOUSLY bothering the fuck outta me. THANKS

[@modjo3456]

This IM had the champ on the ropes for a minute

[@erikibarra4530]

Where? You mean time???

[@droceretik]

Gee, you are so insightful or captain obvious.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

He definitely made him think but on the ropes might be to strong of a phrase. He was very close to a draw though and that is very respectable

[@pauchalo]

IM Pere Garriga is one of the up and coming chess players in Catalonia, very good indeed!

[@Kizdo69]

Erik Ibarra of course he meant time

[@armanrai362]

Wholy shitt that was sick game.

[@mychillbase]

whole minute down and he acts like he could go for a nap.

[@keksigerkeks3276]

Just wow. The closest game concerning position in middle game and time I ever saw on this level. Welldone! :o)

[@joshwoelfe348]

Thought I was about to see Magnus lose 😅

[@eschiedler]

He's lost on time earlier on Banter Blitz as white with a far winning end-game. In his own words, it will happen so no big deal. As far as being in a far losing position, haven't seen that yet for MC.

[@DicasdoCortez]

I too

[@Intrexa]

He should have lost on time; if black moved the king off the H file before the final queen, magnus would have had to spend too much time chasing

[@kairos106]

Magnus before last 20 secs: "this is not even my final form"

[@shugorei855]

“My technique is abysmal, I’m so slow.” Ok Magnus.

[@damonm3]

I had to pause and rewind the last 15 sec 5x to see and think about the moves. Great fight man!! .8 second checkmate 🔥🔥🔥

[@azazel3398]

This was the greatest game of chess i have ever seen in my life. Inspiring.

[@malegupta8404]

thanks for this voide and all the vidoes of plyaing carlsne he isgreatplaye and the oopponet are also great

[@momoselim68]

Beast.

[@ravithechillperson]

How smoothly he checkmated black within last 2.1 seconds

[@andrewmarr2385]

Wow, fantastic to watch these games!

[@jamesarmstrong2350]

Magnus is a monster.

[@kasparov937]

He really is.

[@brianfindlay2925]

Fantastic game.

[@andriaryanto8102]

6:04 Bd1+ is one of Carlsen's brilliancy at a very critical moment...

[@cyrusaalborg]

wish to se you use a bong cloud

[@pedror.4826]

Nadie ha sido mejor en finales ni tan rápido que Magnus, y cuando digo nadie es nadie.

[@jessyramirez96]

That ending was ridiculously fast

[@AmplifyChris]

Watching the last 1.5 minutes in 0.25 speed helps to see what he do.

[@manuelgarrido5602]

4:57 "Bxb6 Seen by MC would have won the pawn. " Great fight.

[@junaidbinkibria9403]

I blink one eye and 10 moves have been already made. I don't understand how can these endgames be so speedy..

[@Rubestar13]

I need to watch that ending in slow motion

[@giannagiavelli5098]

pere brilliant advance the whole pawn line and the king when denied the castle because of mangus bishop was shocking and brilliant

[@nomarsozap1988]

WOW!! Hell of a game!!

[@antakarana153]

3:06 Bxa5 - Qxa5 / axb5...

[@hlias6543]

Where is he streaming ?

[@xhimispanjolli3248]

That moment he says: we will see what happens...he actually mean he already knows what will happen he calculated all in his first move 😜

[@brothershannon1990]

14 dislikes are from former opponents

[@toompie69]

"This i just don't know at all" But hey I still win :)

[@inter3684]

what an intuition, incredible

[@DvdStennis]

This is like a solid James Bond or Die Hard movie where the hero has only a few seconds to diffuse the nuclear bomb and the timer stops at the final second. Once again our hero prevailed.

[@user-xx3ds6tv4b]

Well that guy played very well, salute to him

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

Magnus technique from 5:33 is amazing

[@erzonmoya]

Este tipo es un monstruo para los finales

[@farzadyousefian8877]

holly shit! He didn't drop the cam this time!

[@johnnymurray2689]

The way he can switch gears is stellar

[@melberber79]

What was the chess opening used?

[@Shootskas]

How does he do against the programs?

[@masalias22]

Grande Pere Garriga!!

[@suspect0254]

One hell of a game!

[@adityadhar1358]

pg04 : It's Over 9000!!!!!!...

[@Bea_remembrance]

Just when I thought I was a little bit good at chess then I see this and realise how high the champions are.

[@eazhildhayallan4031]

Boldness + intuition + analytical + high memory + Management = Magnus Carlsen

[@hughhoney2345]

“Why do I hear Boss music?”

[@fortifor5410]

3:07 21.Bxa5 Nice tactic

[@AdamPittman0]

3:06 A few people have mentioned Bxa5 Qxa5 axb5 as winning a piece. Anyone have thoughts on the continuation Qb6 after axb5? Pins the white pawn to the unprotected queen and appears at the very least to only lose a pawn for black. Could Magnus have been avoiding a potential trap? I'm thinking of an eventual ...Qb7.

[@danielnewby2255]

... Qb6, Nc4 Qb7??, Nd6+ with a royal fork ... Qb6, Nc4 Qb8, bxc6 Qxb2, Nxb2 Rec8, Bxa6!

[@mohammadalamin8910]

5:36 It's literally Eminem's Godzilla LOL😂

[@guyfawkes469]

Truly deserving to be a world champion

[@ZenoDiac]

Nail biting finish!

[@sagarsawant4591]

Last 20 sec Magnus calculated more than what I have done i my entire chess playing career!!! Magnus is GOAT

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

Great Game! 😃💯👍👌

[@mohammadasimsiddiqi4698]

Well played Magnus.... Indeed a good fight. Enjoyed it

[@rencesoneja8166]

This is amazing!

[@tirano34]

Minuto 3:07 blanco gana pieza con AxC (en vez de axb5)

[@jeanmartin873]

Mind blowing.

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

Holy shit this game made me nervous.

[@nathb3205]

i think magnus brain speed is like the speed of the Flash, he sees things slower than actual

[@jilibeanstalk]

That was soooo clutch! Nice save Magnus

[@americalost5100]

Exciting game

[@omgvague]

"I'm not as in touch with chess as I used to be." Sounds like me considering I haven't played Chess seriously since middle school... but for a WC? lul

[@janmatsch]

Never thought that the internet connection and the ping would be important in a chess game hahaha

[@MechAArma]

Beautiful game

[@4improv]

No idea how you can click that fast 😂

[@yamikagevg7841]

Magnus gone Berserk Mode last minute

[@ArthurstaYshakChannel]

Shit that was better then a thriller action movie

[@thober2426]

Wow that was fast

[@ArshitBisht]

Im really stunned at the last few seconds

[@davidmakav8875]

That guy is amazing...wow

[@edwardshowden5511]

fantastic game

[@PrestigeLoft]

i am jealous of his intellect in chess. blows my mind

[@aaronwrecks3324]

It's incredible how he can pre move the entire end

[@keiweralbertosuarez7214]

Amazing... Have no words

[@macklee6837]

Wow! That was really enjoyable to watch! 😍

[@jonathanolszewski6261]

That end game was awesome!

[@aaronwrecks3324]

Jesus Christ the last ten seconds it's a sight to behold