The End Of Magnus Carlsen

[@GothamChess]

Seriously - you spend $0. FREE. Check out the course: bit.ly/3XuJp8y

[@sock1]

no

[@Retributionist]

Nah thanks

[@bevern9477]

last

[@Dv0m]

maybe

[@TaongaIfikaBate]

Y'know what I will check it out. And BTW Levy you looked visibly annoyed in this recap. Whether it's the ' milking of the memes' or trolls in the comment section. Yes we love ' The ROOOOOOK' and you can use it as sparingly as you want. Have a good day!

[@chessimprovement4180]

He’s so good that losing 2 games in a row becomes a historic anomaly.

[@benchar227]

True

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

Most top players dont lose 2 classical games in a row tho. When was the last time any of the top 10 players lost 2 classicals in a row? Its not that common

[@dursung_]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 It's all good. That would not change that Magnus is one of the best players in the world

[@hughjack5066]

I mean I lose 10 and its a normal day in the office

[@williamrobert9898]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 Nah a lot of them did on many ocassions throughout their careers as top players

[@jester7104]

I feel like everyone always expect people like Magnus Carlsen who are the best to always win, but it's important to remember that even the best have bad days.

[@kms617]

yeah and there’s no way you can win every single time.

[@asylum9868]

well magnus has proven everything and also what bad days you are talking about? bro just won rapid and blitz championship

[@Tehkenny1]

Main problem is that he needed to win 9/13 games to not lose rating, its kind of hard to play "normal" then and you have to take huge risk.

[@elbarto4069]

Or bad weeks

[@dupiglupi2355]

@@asylum9868 people can still have bad days you moro n

[@therealgojofromshibuya]

I was really sad to see Magnus lose again, but what a performance from that 18 year old

[@SovietYugoslav]

NI MAGNUS IS BETTER, MAGNUS IS THE BEST SLAYY MAGNUS ❤️

[@asylum9868]

magnus is not serious

[@squinty144]

Probably because of the vax

[@TrondelagianPatriotsriseup]

@@SovietYugoslav Whenever i hear slay, i want to do just that to the person who said it.

[@Silent_wraith441]

That 18 year old boy is a former rapid world chempion. He has already beaten Magnus in 2021

[@Snecktf2]

Levy really is carrying the KZbin chess scene with his content 🔥

[@HouraisanShijuushichi]

WITH THE ROOOOOOOOOK

[@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9]

Agamador

[@nerdeboyz]

Hey Levy, longtime viewer and fan. Your courses look fantastic, and I really appreciate you giving the free chapters so we can get a taste of what they are like. One thing I hope you'll consider is selling the individual chapters or maybe more condensed versions of the courses for a lower price as the full price for some of them is quite steep for just a hobbyist. I think this (in addition to the sales that you already have) might let more of us get into your courses and improve our game!

[@denn501]

Up!

[@arvindvats01]

If you want to learn chess and especially as a hobbyist then never ever pay for these courses. Especially these youtubers like Levy, all they care about is making money and converting their clicks into revenue by giving free mini courses just so people can get a taste of his course ( not that he is so generous but just wants you to watch his content which has a much higher conversion rate as people often purchase full course as they don't want to settle with a mere free mini useless course, its just a marketing strategy 101). You want to learn ? just search for individual openings on KZbin, look at Daniel Naroditsky's videos on youtube they are all FREEE and much much more informational and insightful then Levy's could ever be. He's no messiah just a decent chess player who wants cares about money (nothing wrong about that).

[@pierrecurie]

@@arvindvats01 If I had to guess, his main value add is comedy/excitement. Ye olde chess books can be found in any local library for free, but those are a slog to read.

[@arvindvats01]

@@pierrecurie IDK what's the real comedy ? are you referring to buying a whooping 64 USD - 80 USD Course which just covers one specific niche/concept to get better you probably would be needing a combination of 4-5 courses which would be a total of 280-300 something dollars just to get a little better in chess which you very well could have gotten through tons and tons of free online stuff on KZbin and Internet as a whole. Well i'm not that rich maybe some people are especially in 1st world countries, so maybe it makes sense to them but for me this is a joke.. (If the prices were remotely reasonable i would not have said so much but Levy just shows that he is purely money minded and doesn't care at all..)

[@pierrecurie]

@@arvindvats01 Oh wow, that's a lot higher than I was expecting lol

[@chess]

Abdusattorov is on the rise! A future contender! 👑

[@menziboy2072]

Yes.

[@mirjahon]

Indeed!

[@BOTCUMLORD]

Idk shit about chess but YASS💪

[@gigabit6226]

Hello chess

[@rubensoeteman]

Chess itself has spoken.

[@lmitz]

Offering a free chapter is a great idea. I hate people that are selling a course and insist they can't even show you one minute of it or it becomes worthless. Like if your entire course becomes worthless if you show me 5 minutes of it, just sell me the 5 minutes and save both of us some time. Offering a sample not only gives people a chance to see that the course is both genuine and helpful, but also portrays confidence. That you are so confident in the value you provide that you are willing to bet that a substantial percentage of people who look at the free stuff will decide it is good enough to buy. A way better model than the "I swear this course has value, give me $50 first tho" scheme.

[@alexsmith3598]

But his entire channel is free content. He just goes further in depth on his courses.

[@nicolasj6745]

@@alexsmith3598 But to master one opening are better for your own elo than see 2600er Elo playing 20 variety opening. Specially look 2600er arent really helpful for 1000er elo cause the play a other game than we play. What levy said in an other game: If we move in 10 moves 5 times the bishop we are bosos (?). When magnus carlsen do it, its a superior surrounding technique.

[@howboutdis3908]

Still dude, 80 dollars? I don't know how much time Levy puts in these courses but the profits must be insane. If he works hard he could probably make the entire course in a day or 2. If only 100 people in the entire world buy it he already makes 8k. I have honestly no idea how many people buy it but it's got to be more than 100. Besides, asking 80 bucks for something that has no production and distribution costs is insane to me.

[@misterunknown8923]

Apparently he's not selling enough 😂

[@Abdu_401]

@@howboutdis3908 well , it might be seen insane but considering the amount of time and effort he spent to reach to this level of fame and knowledge to gain that much of money is pretty fair to me. some people may even see it as donation. but fr all these knowledge can be obtained online for free but what he really selling is the presentation of it that may decreases the effort or makes learning faster.

[@colewellnitz1470]

I think it's not so much about winning and losing for Magnus. He knows the best moves typically, but he wants to have fun too. So he likes doing cheeky things like odd openings and risky moves. He knows that he can usually force and capitalize on even the slightest mistakes of his opponent to gain back the advantage. Maybe it just so happens this time, he's just mistimed when to do those cheeky moves, and Nordirbek didn't make any more more mistakes.

[@Debbie2324]

I feel he’s getting bored so trying riskier moves which sometimes turns a potential draw to a loss :(

[@dimkilago2958]

Classical is not online blitz lol.

[@yesno6112]

Nah he was hella stunned when he realised the game was dead lost

[@w花b]

@@yesno6112 I'd argue he was magnified

[@s.s7337]

@@yesno6112 So who is the new champion?

[@maxfightmaster1338]

Levy is seriously blowing up again. Nearly a 1M in ~24 hours. I’m happy that his hard work has paid him back in dividends.

[@Goku17yen]

Facts

[@VestigeFinder]

hard work meaning clickbait thumbnails🧐

[@avananana]

​@@VestigeFinderSomeone woke up with cold sheets

[@soulcleric]

Click bait title

[@soulcleric]

@Avana you think 2 loses is worth calling someone career over lol

[@hallowno4coding549]

11:11 ''There is absolutely nothing in this position except my flower vase'', proceeds to drink from flower vase, asks his audience which flower would they be? - Levy 2023

[@Gameinations1]

Magnus losing twice in a row is somehow the greatest shock in the chess community. He’s just too good

[@bikashparimanik9455]

@Particularity looks more like magnus has stepped down his game , it's not clear why he did that bad exchange sacrifice (uncharacteristic of him ) Nodirbek himself says the exchange was bad and gave him an advantage allowing him to long castle and activate rook on magnus king side

[@plasmaastronaut]

if levi lost 10 in a row the community would be "wow levi's hitting new highs, this will given him plenty of OC, subscribed! "

[@SB-ne1se]

SACRIFICES THE ROOK! can no longer be downplayed, sorry.

[@hellfire5738]

Yeah ChessImprovement made a similar point in his comment. Man, Magnus is a GOD and we all know that. When he joins we always expect him to be champion, so I understand why it is very shocking but yeah he is human so losing is normal. Shouldn't be shocking.

[@pravashi_382]

​@@hellfire5738 i agree

[@carlosbonilla9159]

I think Magnus is actually enjoying chess again, losses and all. During the last few years, it was obvious in many of his interviews that he was bored with the lack of challenge and the ease of winning in classical tournaments.

[@deathwrow9652]

I think he was just bored of doing prep endlessly for classical. He's probably losing more now cause he's not prepping as highly, cause he kinda just wants to do rapid and blitz

[@ecstacy745]

@@deathwrow9652 but ig this is the real chess

[@carclain123]

Cope harder

[@carloercollodi]

he looked like he was about to cry when he resigned

[@Siacourage]

Magnus has been quite vocal about how he's not a fan of classical chess. We saw that with his play today. He chose to take an unnecessary risk and imbalance the position with a sac to make it more exciting. He wants to play dynamic and interesting chess and have fun. In any other time format he probably would have drawn or even won. But he no longer likes classical chess. Going forward I predict he will plays fewer classical tournaments once he stops being the champ and just focus on the rapid and blitz.

[@Silent_wraith441]

Nodirbek Abdusattorov has beaten Magnus Carlsen even in rapid tournament and became world chempion in 2021. It is not the end of Magnus Carlsen it is the rise of Abdusattorov. It is time to give the credit this guy he deserves

[@s.s7337]

@@Silent_wraith441 Nobirdek is ranked 18th in classic; 24th in rapid and 37th in blitz so there's a huge gap there. Classic is by far his best style. He's far behind in the other two

[@Silent_wraith441]

@@s.s7337 anyway he never was a chempion in classic and blitz but in rapid he was

[@ketzbook]

same thing happened with Fischer

[@BigGreatJ]

My favorite part of Levy's meme is how he knows how it works and doesn't want to milk it like a cow. Also, very refreshing his offer at the beggining, polite and honest :)

[@chrisdawson1776]

Literally DID NOT ASK 🗿🐀

[@stefanjohansson2373]

He’s the #1 clickbaiter, doesn’t matter how he packaged it. 😂

[@BigGreatJ]

@@stefanjohansson2373 I agree, but he needs to make money, its almost neccesary to clickbait. I still appreciate him not killing the meme and doing something new and honest :)

[@lebaeno]

@@stefanjohansson2373 Every youtuber is a click baiter dumbass, even the top 1 youtuber click baits, engot.

[@Maverekt]

@@stefanjohansson2373 yeah he talked about that on the Lex Friedman podcast. He’s playing the KZbin game like everyone else.

[@MariaEduarda003]

So happy you showed Eline's game!!! You are amazing helping us follow her rising. She's something to behold, hope the free day was enough for her to recover.

[@chrisdawson1776]

Simp

[@wildturkey1287]

I love when he starts losing any games, it's immediately called the end of him!

[@HalTuberman]

No doubt. It's happened quite a few times. Magnus does poorly in a tournament or two and ppl are like "omg, is Magnus bad at chess now?" Ummmm, no. He didn't dominate a couple events. Just like happens to everyone else only it's rare.

[@harnageaa]

@@HalTuberman the sad part is that he lost 12 elo points, that's like 3 tournaments with good performance to get it back z.z, which means don't lose at all, and only draws

[@duatchol7710]

@@harnageaa yup. It costs so much to be the best. I’m sure the money more than makes up for it tho

[@thanos5220]

Yeah, I hate this narrative. 2 loses equals he is bad at chess now. He achieved everything there is to achieve in chess multiple times over. I think the thumbnail is disrespectful

[@Namelessstew]

It's called milking magnus content also click-baity title

[@mrniceguy2893]

thank you for getting me into chess

[@Chicky-yy7nk]

yes

[@Jester343]

@YeaMan That has more cap than a 🧢

[@Yea___]

You're welcome

[@TIJEY-BEG]

Gotham is great.

[@elburtoKU11]

@YeaMan set it on fire

[@elianjaku9523]

It's January and Gotham is already the most entertaining youtuber of 2023 for me; the way he delivers some of the things he says is amazing and he entertains you regardless of your chess skills. Really, really happy to have found this channel.

[@em4six348]

this warms my heart

[@noneofjobussines]

One of the only youtubers this year that still has me wanting for more content

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

Same here

[@notoverlyacerbic9574]

not me.. found his channel a fews ago.. that is what brought me back to chess.. I feel like i remarried a super model that i had previously divorced because I wasn't good enough..

[@elmaschimba963]

There’s no way a chess KZbinr is the most entertain channel for you there’s no way

[@palebluedot8733]

"He sacrificed the rook" Dumbledore said calmly.

[@Quasainer]

0:01 Chapter 1: Ladies and Gentlemen 3:28 Chapter 2: Rook B1, Rook B1... 3:32 Chapter 3: Magnus has been seeing the TikToks 4:31 Chapter 4: Updates on Levy's life 10:08 Chapter 5: Bro What Chess Drugs are you Taking 10:12 Chapter 6: White has an absolute THICC center 11:15 Chapter 7: ...Except for my flower vase 14:42 Chapter 8: wHaT dId hE sAy? 16:03 Chapter 9: What are these bozos doing? 24:45 Chapter 10: Get out of here

[@denn501]

Yes!! Meems

[@chrisdawson1776]

Fatherless comment 😂😂

[@mothudimothudi2946]

The end of magnus? No! The rise of Nodirbek.. It is time we give this guy the credit he deserves... 👌

[@C__667]

Exactly he's a genius, only 18 years old btw

[@Silent_wraith441]

@@C__667 yes he is a former rapid world chempion. He has already won against magnus in 2021 when he was 16 years old

[@mothudimothudi2946]

​@@Silent_wraith441and is the olympiad champion

[@benismann]

can't just give credit to ppl sorry, that's not toe society we live in

[@DimiPetrevski]

Eline Roebers once again proves how good she is shaping up to be, great play with one unfortunate mistake that cost her the game.

[@spencergeller2236]

I have seen her featured numerous times both on Agadmator’s and Gotham’s channel. No doubt she’ll be one of the great players of the next generation.

[@Mrhavok22]

I don’t watch for Magnus, I watch for the world class analysis. Keep up the great recaps ❤

[@kugul1683]

@VLM No he didn't

[@Eltar_]

11:12 speak about pushing an army of pawns *10 seconds later* talks about reincarnation of flower

[@julianhodgson1961]

Having seen the way Nordibek has been playing this tournament I was actually not that surprised he beat Magnus. His play against Parham from the previous round was one of the most masterfully played endgames I’ve ever seen - basically the accuracy and depth of his calculating ability is just ridiculous!

[@-DanP]

I love how levy changes topics sometimes, it adds so much more to the video. Also I’d like to be a dandelion :)

[@Lothar445]

I'd personally be an Allium.

[@em4six348]

I'd love to be a lotus, cuz' it grows beautifully in the dirtiest of places.

[@jangolub8240]

@Particularity thats what my exes did

[@XRioteerXBoyX]

That last game was so wild. How did she lose it from such a great vantage point. She was just on the verge of winning the game too. Man, chess is absolutely insane, yet amazing at the same time.

[@glumreaper8885]

The computer tells you the likelihood of two computers in that position and ultimately her extremely high score was only in the eventual endgame where she just had the ability to vacuum up the board quickly and reach endgame. But she wants to make a statement and wanted that developed hyperoffensive attack into a checkmate. However good of an offensive position she was in though, her hanging king was the liability. So the pawn moving into a hanging position that she doesn't immediately have to reply to allowed his one opening for a grand slam counterattack.

[@2nd_Exodus]

I think instead of Eline Rook going for the queen E2-F2 she should have went Qb5 then Rook b5 then pawn e4 possibly discover mate depending on white . Or move the king out of the way so the white queen does not give chase then what I said above. There was too many open files for the white rooks though. Fun to watch

[@jolenecoda]

Eline Roebers is my MVP of this tournament. Her games are always so wild.

[@abgvedr]

Levy: "Im not in the business for overreacting" Also Levy "End of Magnus" Yeah pls stay out of this business

[@abgvedr]

Seriously. You have no business being this popular on youtube with such disrespectful titles.

[@THEREALSEVEN]

I’m proud to say that I always watch your videos all the way through to the end because I don’t want to miss anything.

[@chrisdawson1776]

Who aaked u bihh? 😳

[@ezOqekuRitusohI]

Magnus owes Hans an apology. Turns out any random 2700 can in fact outplay him with the black pieces without cheating.

[@supersomebody101]

No hans is trash

[@pedrohenriquepalazzopedros6513]

Levi, I would like to give a quick suggestion. I’m from Brazil and I would be a potential costumer for your course, but I cannot make the payment in dollars (it simply makes the course way more expensive). I think you would attract more people if you added the possibility of the payment in the local currency. Idk if that’s possible or not. Anyway, congratulations for the great content as always! Cheers!

[@kaanyuccel]

+1

[@owshit7831]

@VLM stfu with your stupid link bro

[@xami5511]

Bought it with pln, i think most currencys work when using a credit card

[@agataprzedlacka7158]

@@xami5511POLSKA GUROM

[@tonybarfridge4369]

Electronic funds are the same everywhere. You just need to convert your currency to US dollars at the current rate of exchange.

[@Mr.NobodyEver]

Amazing stuff, levy. I just picked chess up about a month ago and play religiously every day atleast a few times. I’m about a 1060 elo at 580 GP on lichess and have noticed that my middle game needs serious dedication. Thank you for providing free master class teaching. I love the way you explain and also you are quite entertaining, never boring. Keep up the great work. The chess world needs you!

[@hammy7528]

i think everyone is going about this the wrong way , this didnt happen because magnus is being weak or that he played poorly , i just think nodirbek is just so good

[@snowie4629]

Magnus loses 2 games in a row- anomaly Me wins 2 games in a row- anomaly

[@dadofmma]

I started playing chess about a month ago, I'm almost 30 but I watch a lot of Gotham's videos he's a good story teller and personality in the chess world. He can explain all moves to new and casual players yet masters can learn as well, this man stays so real and true to his passion.

[@DarkHorseNo1]

Same here, I’m 12 but I learned 5 months ago, I’m addicted🥶

[@apkTopi]

@@DarkHorseNo1 Randomly decided to open your channel, and woah, you joined on my birth day :)

[@StudentOfGod]

If I can ask, what made you guys interested in playing recently? The giant surge in new players has been interesting

[@user-pd2zb6jx4w]

@@apkTopi dam you born in 2019???

[@dadofmma]

@@StudentOfGod well, I was told by a wise man that chess is a great way to do brain excerises and a great way to keep your mind sharp and to plan ahead for future events in life. It stuck with me because I love video games and have my whole life, so to me chess isa strategic game, similar to video games.

[@wuwucrafter1693]

I got into chess through you (thx btw.) and i told my dad about it. Well, he told me sth that completely blew my mind. After his burnout, Bobby Fischer, on of the best chess players of all time, hid in "Pulvermühle", which is like 30m away from my home (I live in Bavaria, Germany). And it gets even crazier: A working college of my dad has ACTUALLY MET HIM, cause he was in the local chess club bindlach. Mindblowing

[@osowiecwalking9434]

great

[@_kokos_]

lol who?

[@abstract200]

so your dad knows a guy who met Fischer? lol😅

[@goodluckwiththat6774]

Bobby Fischer where he at? I don't know 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻I don't know🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻

[@jensino]

That's what I call a great deal. Free chapter from Levy's masterclass plus Magnus game review at the beginning. 🙂

[@bullshitman155]

@angelasmith8663 bro so bad he couldn't even change his username 💀 also yes i'm using gendered language. cry

[@jeremybuckets]

Really love the option of providing a free chapter to the course. After checking it out I finally broke 1700 ELO. Granted I was 1950 when I started, but 1700 is still pretty good. Thanks Levi!

[@osowiecwalking9434]

wtf?

[@rafaelo6198]

respect sir

[@crs]

11:15 - It took some time bois, but after denial (it's not a flower vase), anger (you guys are crazy, I'm telling you it's not a flower vase), bargaining (would you stop calling it a flower vase), depression (i don't even care anymore now, call it whatever you want), we finally have acceptance.

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

Magnus will come back. He always does.

[@mohammedfarissi5737]

in this tournament? I don't think so

[@h.h.h.9307]

@@mohammedfarissi5737 he just won blitz and rapid world championship 2 weeks ago lmao..

[@MaschenkoAN]

Obviously he will, the thing is it will slow his goal of reaching 2900 by a lot

[@someweirdo5427]

Not to mention, it's first classical game between Nodirbek and Carlsen

[@elburtoKU11]

Watching Eline's chances with that pawn move is like my every game at 600 ELO.

[@faywon1529]

It was good to preserve the rook meme by not keeping saying. The more you say it the more it gets overused and not funny. Keeping it to one time and having it there in the history books is a good way to preserve the moment.

[@faywon1529]

I also had your video running in the background of me playing Elden Ring. You're welcome for the watchtime.

[@hoppie0389]

3:43 thankyou for saying this levy the overuse of the meme has been awful and annoying which is a shame bc it’s such a classic levy moment

[@Kaziedell]

i stopped playing chess at 14 because i got horribly beaten in a tournament but thanks to you i feel like i could get into it again

[@auveus5036]

@Correctical defo some strange advanced technique bot behavior. Apparently know they can refer to the context of comments of now... In a vague way.

[@callmelarson2778]

Magnus Never Ends

[@randydykhuis6402]

Thanks for showing Eline's game. She is amazing, and we are sure to hear much more about her in the near future.

[@lemna9138]

that Roebers vs Beerdsen game was absolutely incredible

[@milesw4055]

The “What did he saAay??” Killed me 😂😂 lollllll

[@DanielWalvin]

"The End of Magnus Carlsen?" Prediction: No, but he loses again, damn!

[@stefanrares9143]

You sir are extremely entertaining to watch. I recently stumbled upon your channel, wasn't even into watching chess content. You make it crazy enjoyable to watch. Fantastic content creator

[@rogerlackman5642]

I am more than happy to check out the free chapter. I just bought your beginner and d4 courses and love them.

[@rogerlackman5642]

@Particularity not sure. I'm just starting it.

[@sonicsayan]

One thing you should mention about your free samples, is that people don't need to put a credit card or subscribe for a certain amount or anything like that, since a lot of "FREE" samples often require that, or straight up require a subscription to give anything for free. BTW great courses 🦔

[@pranavm01]

I got two of your courses for half off (Intermediate Chess and 50 Middlegames Masterclass). They've helped me a lot. Went from 1200 - 1600. Just wanted to say thanks.

[@chess_org]

I knew it was the end for him as he didn't challenge me. Meow 🐱

[@ZCreation-13]

Teach me your ways

[@ThOhboi]

Yes please teach us your ways

[@andychapman2116]

Middle games course is great Levy, have purchased a few of your courses already but this one has been particularly helpful for my rating level (approx 1200-1500)

[@gerardo9448]

Ok levy, go back to the main account now

[@gerardo9448]

I m just joking, i love you levy

[@MicroClases_Ciencia]

Bot accounts are getting too obvious to spot

[@christiansmovies9070]

Is there a course that you would recommend taking? I'm trying to figure out which one I should get

[@hl3616]

@@christiansmovies9070 depends on your elo i guess

[@roadhouse39]

Damn, thanks a lot for this chapter. I got 3 minutes in the video and I dropped everything and went straight to it and super glad I did. I gained a bunch of new ideas and I really appreciate it. as someone who is broke AF this is a cool way I like to pass the time. being able to understand and enjoy the game at new levels is really exciting for me. thanks a lot really appreciate it.

[@chrisdawson1776]

Did not ask bihh ☠️

[@outis01123]

"Stop turning everything into memes!" Already happened.

[@alakazor3097]

4:42 “WARIO”

[@mholden020]

I happened to tune in to Carlsen's match at the start of the endgame and I had trouble looking away. I'm pretty new to chess but I felt like I was watching something huge. Thank you for the free course chapter, too! I'm still learning and trying to get everything I can, this is great.

[@GDub09]

I always watch all the way through Levy! The chess is great but you’re greater. Thanks for the content 🙌🏻

[@chrisdawson1776]

Levy doesnt care about you mage 🐀🐀

[@kacper243]

11:20 explains chess for 11 minutes and out of nowhere drops a poetic line of the century after drinking from flower vase, absolute chad move

[@CypherOzzie]

The bigger question is now Ding or Nepo? (Methinks Nepo)

[@themelonoffee3369]

Milking Magnus or mittens, I’m down for both

[@smartsuperior7812]

Same

[@asuperhokeypokey9551]

I’d rather have him milking bad sub games lol

[@Geomasterinagame]

The waffle house has found its new host

[@AlcomIsst]

It's that critical difference between losing a rook, trading their rook, and sacrificing... *THE ROOK!!*

[@dewmmi]

tbh if i was a flower i'd like to be a sunflower so i'd be famous amongst highschool girls

[@mecazor]

i upholded our agreement.

[@lolgamer16]

4:55, there is a really great move, Qd2 because if you try to move your bishop then the queen will be pinned to king

[@myloenstijn]

love the part at 10 mins: 'jorden van forest'

[@lukasserdar4501]

How to defend against minority attacks? Please make a video on this topic.

[@cameramanyt252]

Solid 1 second stare

[@jccusell]

Too much partying and heavy drinking, less focus. You cant lose interest in defending your title but be really serious about being 2900.

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIPKIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

The veil of power has lifted. Half of Magnus strength came from people fearing him knowing he's the best in the world. I think that's suddenly shifted to Hikaru.

[@Kubooxooki]

Eline Roebers is becoming the most exciting chess player out there. What a game! Even after losing, it was an amazing display of attacking chess!

[@IamCalvinmcnizzle]

im a braindead, non business savvy individual, Levy, but i think selling a chess course to newbies for 80 is kinda steep. 40 or 50 would probably get more bites. again im braindead

[@electricre1967]

“Promise me you aren’t going to leave” Me: *Leaves*

[@precisionnews9646]

Hot take, Hans Nieman beat him legitimately,

[@lokijantzen8940]

Ever since the incident with Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann I have been following chess. As a long time Magic player I have found the whole thing interesting in terms of how both chess players and the chess community simply LOOK at information, let alone leverage that information. I used to not care about chess because of my preference to hidden information (which chess lacks). Since then, I have found new value in chess in spite of perfect information. Regardless... I think something subtle is happening with Magnus that began with or just before this controversy based on this perspective to information. To explain: in ANY game there is a relationship between a player's knowledge and their actual in-game decisions. When you know nothing you MAY do ANYTHING. This includes accidentally making high level moves. Only when you start learning what you're doing are you actually limited. This is why new players have "beginner's luck." It's not luck at all; it is freedom. This relationship is called META LEVEL KNOWLEDGE (I have also heard it called "K-Level Knowledge"). Without knowledge you have no limits. With knowledge you are limited by your knowledge. In summary: New players can do anything. Newly learning players can do very few things. Experienced players can do more and more ONLY as they expand their knowledge, because they fear moves they do not understand. How does this compare to Magnus? As we all know Magnus has dedicated his life to chess, more or less. His knowledge is exceptional. He works to expand this knowledge regularly. One might say he knows more about chess than any other human. That is great, but while he may know chess, he does not necessarily know broader game theory. Not to insult Magnus or anything--he is exceptional--but I believe he is beginning to make a classic meta level knowledge error. It in fact may be occurring because he is beginning to learn about broader game theory. What I think is happening: he is making moves based on what he assumes is his opponent's knowledge. What I'm saying is that chess the game itself has perfect information, the playing of chess does not. There is one special piece of information that each player in chess will never have access to: what their opponent both knows and does not know. So far my perception about information in chess is that one's own knowledge about what the best move is, is fundamentally the more powerful strategy. At least, according to chess theory. It is demonstrated by the work put into analyzing openings, middle games, and end games. It is demonstrated in this video when talking about the "last 7 or less pieces" being "solved." It is also demonstrated in Levy's video series on playing games at different ELOs (Chess Steps series). He is no longer trying to make the best moves. He is trying to make the best moves in relation to his opponent's knowledge (which he cannot know). If I am right, then his knowledge about game theory is starting to expand beyond chess, and it is beginning to limit his game play decisions UNTIL his knowledge expands adequately. He once had freedom, and now he has a limiter. The ultimate irony in this matter is his accusations about Hans Niemann. The entire debacle relies on the idea that Magnus has knowledge that only he can have. That only he can make certain moves because only he has the knowledge of them (this was my tip into him making moves based on his opponent's assumed knowledge). However, the reality is that ANYONE can make ANY move if they do not limit themselves, much like a new player or any player who is capable of learning VERY quickly (see: Hans Niemann--even if he does cheat, he uses it to LEARN). If it seems like Hans does not quite understand chess the same way as others, that may actually be a massive advantage because it doesn't limit his understanding of chess EVEN IF HE DOES CHEAT ONLINE. I don't know or care if Hans actually cheats over the board, but the reality is that Magnus intentionally made questionable moves to try to prove something he is only beginning to understand and it is causing him losses. TL;DR: Magnus is exploring a new type of decision making he does not yet fully understand. Where he once had freedom to make the best moves, he has begun to take risks on moves based on unknowable information about his opponent's knowledge. That's my theory anyway.

[@carlomaster1o596]

Ngl after taking that free sample I actually got a winstreak that rose me from 630 to 750

[@berrelene]

"I've never seen a position with 4 pawns up" Me playing still playing after being down 20+ points of material

[@spinninglink]

Fun fact: 7-piece tablebase is 140 tb. And in 2020, they estimated that 8-piece tablebases will be feasible within 5-10 years and would be approximately 2 PB in size!

[@dimifisher]

Magnus blundered his rook, that was the major blunder and then he did another one in the endgame where he should have checked the Black King with his queen

[@readyyes9451]

I don't need a free course sample or Magnus to be last to watch a full video ;p

[@christianpetersen163]

Why should I play passive when I can launch my queen across the board, hanging several pieces, forcing an immidiate endgame?

[@byxal1530]

1:14 always when I heard "if you haven't already" I think I'm in class by continuing the sentence with "wrap it up, and stay by your seat, there's a few seconds left till the bell rings"

[@stianaandal1488]

4:48 Levy missed the entire point of the bishop move. After knight d4 Black sacrifice the queen with knight takes d4. And if black takes the queen black has a mate in a few moves

[@Nick-us8vv]

Magnus is becoming a streamer.

[@ummite]

Syzygy 7 (which I have) tablebase is between 9 and 18 TB "only", depending if you want to know if a position is W-D-L only or also want to know the whole shortest path to end.

[@Erfan-x8p3c]

I think Amin could have won the 16:54 trade if instead of attacking with the Rook, he would have attacked with the F4 Knights.

[@VARMOT123]

This is what happens when you show only wins and not look at other great games . Arjun vs ding and Arjun's insane defense is much more interesting than all these games

[@salticz9202]

Magnus won the rapid title, left his world champion title, made it 2:30 minutes late to a match, and has now lost twice. The comeback is gonna be crazy

[@aumaboy621]

next time when he faces abdu he prolly resign from the start 🥱 -chess speaks for itself

[@Erinyes5711]

“ I am going to over react now” while continually keeping calm and explaining the craziness of this game in calm and professional manner

[@joelius1]

Re: Beerdsen: It's not a theft if the other party gives it to you.

[@hugocruz2439]

The "put your enemy to sleep variation" is so real. Of all fun lines you can go for they choose the dryest and then complain that the queen's gambit is boring. Yo?

[@VincentiusTheSecond]

Broooo that last game was perfect lmao Beerdsen a savage 🤣

[@jessenicoletta4160]

Y'know until you pointed it out, I always thought your "water flower vase" was just a wine decanter you decided to use as a water glass