The moment Magnus Carlsen became World Chess Champion

This is the moment Magnus Carlsen won the World Chess Championship 2013 beating Viswanathan Anand for the first time

[@MarcGarrigac]

Commentator: "The Norwegian camp is going crazy" Background: 1 person claps 2 times

[@Myrslokstok]

That is wild, I looked at games, I couldnt tell if the screen freezed up and then after 30 sec someone in the audiance moves 😂

[@andreidinu7316]

They're behind sound proof glass.

[@DMHR100]

Good ol’ Norse spirit

[@bait5257]

@Billbo Fagins that was joke 😑. There aren't only 2 person. Crowd is behind the glass

[@GedamDikshant]

That's basically their viewership

[@dutubarn]

match between me and Magnus: Me: D4 Magnus: D5 Me: I resign.

[@petergriffin8767]

wow so creative

[@antekone1]

@electron2k: unlike your comment!

[@LunnarisLP]

d4 already asking to lose the game xD

[@devin6935]

Magnus would probably play Nf6.

[@ekologcz603]

If he would play D5 i would play E4 :D

[@ariqsyahrezi5797]

Me : watch this video once KZbin : “so you a chess boy now huh?”

[@putrinabilah2933]

Lol same, now my recommendation full of people playing a chess😂 I even forget how to play this game

[@nehuenmatias8483]

@Billbo Fagins wtf is wrong with you?

[@zo4225]

@Billbo Fagins forgets a poem 6 years later "lmao stupid"

[@whiteline4157]

*ranrom person forgets how to play chess *REEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@lorenzo180596]

@Billbo Fagins Wow, so you really are an idiot, you are not just pretending it ti be.

[@Filipsoon]

"he's smiling, he's smiling, wow he actually have some feelings, incredible"

[@user-bg5mr8jb4g]

🙃😂😂😂

[@frantzl]

xD

[@TheShapingSickness]

Lmao

[@yesman8074]

Lmao a couple of months ago that exact same commentator said Magnus ooehhhh look he's laughing! Magnus is laugingggg ahha

[@fakereality5204]

idiotic commentators

[@willsenay]

For anyone who doesn't understand why he won, its a 12 game series. This was a draw but that put him to 6.5 points because they drew 6 other games and he won 3 other games in the series.

[@Shadoweprinz]

Billy so isn't he world champion no matter what, even if he loses this game? Why are the commentators so excited when he wins this game if he's going to be world champ no matter what?

[@willsenay]

No this is the game that put him to 6.5. If he lost this game and every game after this one he would've lost the series. Drawing this game means he's the new world champ.

[@Shadoweprinz]

Billy got it, i forgot that it was a 12 game series

[@mrschocreyy2249]

Billy i still dont get it. wasnt this the finale of the series? if he lost to this game then his score was 6/12 and anand's was 4/12 right? i still dont get it o_O

[@cameronogilvie3364]

Mrs ChocReyy Ok, its a best of 12 so you need above 6 points to win, 6 each for a draw. Carlsen was at 6 points already and a draw is 1/2 of a point each meaning that he won the final.

[@pandnh4]

Wheres the slow mo replay??

[@sackman1472]

pandnh4 Watch it in 1.5x

[@beckgrayson4254]

pandnh4 it's the whole match

[@PaladinswordSaurfang]

They need to put the last move on the Slow-Mo Guys.

[@likeicare1234]

The handshake in slow-mo would be amazing

[@martinconnell7939]

pandnh4 nice comment bro 👌

[@robbieg6036]

This chess thing has really picked up in the last few years. I like how they took an online game and made the pieces and stuff so it could be played in real life.

[@kshitijshukla2957]

I hope this is a joke

[@robbieg6036]

@@kshitijshukla2957 Why a joke? I do think they need to nerf the queen though shes OP ;)

[@kshitijshukla2957]

I think i misread your comment, i thought you said "the chess thing" which implied that you thought that chess started as an online game, apologies.

[@robbieg6036]

@@kshitijshukla2957 No you did read it right, it was a joke my friend. No need to apologize, I was wondering when someone was going to pull me on it lol. I can imagine some people probably do think it is a recently invented game so I was just trolling on how dumb alot of people are. 😃✌

[@kshitijshukla2957]

robbie g First time a stranger has been kind to me on the Internet haha .

[@niku6281]

Pros: Ah, I see it now, he's forcing him into a draw Me: I wonder if you can checkmate a king with a king

[@AmanGandhi]

You can with the aid of a pawn.

[@sultanjafar8828]

@@AmanGandhi with the aid of anything really.

[@woodyshaw5206]

@@sultanjafar8828 not true, (bishop or a knight)

[@kyleangelocastro9460]

@@woodyshaw5206 doubled bishop or doubled knight checkmate

[@Armoliver]

@@kyleangelocastro9460 you cant mate a GM with 2 Knights

[@JSSTyger]

Anand looks like he is studying Organic chemistry while playing chess.

[@mrjazz2570]

JSSTyger i wont like the comment so it stays at 69

[@andrewpanin3435]

Unlike Magnus who trained through pure game playing and instincts, Anand relied on memorizing computer plays to use a computer to develop the best possible move for every scenario. They are two different playstyles. That's why this championship was such a big deal. It was a clash of the two top of two different play-styles. One of the past, one of the future. Past won.

[@Fire-sj7jf]

You like jazz? Now it’s at 369 so I won’t like

[@sergeirachmaninoff876]

Lmfao

[@HA-no3jh]

Anand is looking like the hyper student in the very front row, all alone, sitting 3 meters from the professor away and sucking in every word the prof says

[@spllitz]

That crowd went wild

[@Karajohn152]

How come there are no comments here?

[@thegtims9692]

hahaha lol

[@AllTrickss]

Didnt expect to see you here

[@rrohitamalan]

😂

[@JamieBooom]

The crowd goes mild!

[@Zimbax]

World Chess Championship Game 1:14Magnus: *leaves*

[@antiyoygame2001]

This is normal, I also often do in my games

[@nolzy2359]

Sometimes people take 45mins to make a move

[@joskimengstrom2853]

They have a nice room to relax in while their opponent thinks about their move.

[@aceofsp4des744]

Lol you're everywhere mate, love your vids btw

[@Saiphedias0815]

toilet ?!

[@vishalacharya3077]

Every sport commentator ever "anything can happen in (enter sport)"

[@shirori2004]

If we are being fair chess is definitely the only game that this actually checks out

[@caleblim6890]

TSRsoul Genjitsu I highly doubt so. Chess is relatively predictable at a high level, although many sports are. But let’s take football for example: we see at least a few big upsets at high levels almost every season multiple times. last year Barcelona lost a 3 goal lead to lose 4-3 to Liverpool, Ajax slew holders Real Madrid 4-1, and in individual leagues this happens too, holders Manchester City losing 2-3 to newly promoted Norwich. Chess...not so much.

[@Nichtzukennen]

fleslight duelin

[@Ada-jn5ms]

Caleb Lim ??? That’s exactly what happens in chess, you obviously don’t follow pro chess very closely

[@goldenbeardofficial8541]

her indian accent sucks

[@MagnetiX]

"Anything can happen in Chess" Not at this level...

[@Checkm8isFEELINGood]

+Darl G Believe me... at this level also.

[@Aeradill]

+PoyrazThere are blunders in chess, but they are extremely rare. "anything" means something out of the ordinary, and on this level of chess it really doesn't happen often ( my guess(!) would be in about 0.05% ). Would you agree?

[@Aeradill]

Agreed. Technically only stockfish wouldn't blunder.

[@johnbarron5409]

+Spawn ivanchuk vs Anand. Mate in 1. Missed it

[@oliviermosimann6931]

Damn right :)

[@MrKockabilly]

A new world champion! ..and all fanfare I saw was a handshake, signing papers, a man walking with his head bowed and another walking with a little smile.

[@MrPanohead]

MrKockabilly After he lost a 6.5 hour totally won game this week on time, because he didn't know the new rules, he was surprised for a few seconds and then immediately started to review the game with his opponent. Amazing.

[@dionlindsay2]

That's BIG for us chess players. At least it is at the professional level. At club/county level you get more personal reaction some times. I've had an opponent punch the air when he drew a game I should have won, and a senior civil servant put his coat on and go home when it was his turn to move because he didn't want to resign against me.

[@DavidMedic447]

One day we’ll have a champ that breaks out the bottles like he just won the SuperBowl.

[@LossztYT]

Maybe that’s how it should be, quite humility

[@thomask1175]

1000th like, so satisfying

[@kieran1990able]

And after 10 years he is still the world champion, no 1 and still highest rated player. didn't even look back jeez. Now this is what I call a sheer domination!!!

[@squares3718]

Except hes about to lose the championship now :(

[@Ben-vg6ox]

But now he kinda just gave it away sadly

[@ARS1508]

@@Ben-vg6ox isn’t it good that he honestly said he has lost the motivation for that now. We’d see him play better at games that still excite him

[@reitairue2073]

@@ARS1508 No, it's a terribly sad statment at the state of the chess world right now. It sucks that a child prodigy who loves chess is getting fed up with it at the highest level. That is NOT good for the game at all. If anything it shows that chess is done, ai and cheaters are killing the game. Even if Hans didn't cheat, the fact it's on their minds to that degree is disturbing. When top players are finding new strategies by watching stockfish instead of using human ingenuity, the game is over.

[@ARS1508]

@@reitairue2073 he has been vocal about his dislike of the world chess championship since 2013. Ever since he won he had been against the privilege that the previous winner anyway gets. I don’t know why you made up your mind that Magnus left world championship because he is bored of chess. He has given very detailed interviews about this concern and you should watch it rather than justifying the first thought that popped up in your head. If you are genuinely concerned that human ingenuity is leaving chess, I will again suggest a Carlsen match where he sacrificed the queen pretty early on, stockfish and all the other engines called it the losing move and he still won. I agree that world has gone to shit and it’s easy to be negative. But there are still some things which aren’t as sad as they sound. You just need to have the willingness to find the actual reasons and truths.

[@fueckinavocados]

Me and Magnus playing the chess match Magnus - Smiles after one move Me - *Resign*

[@priyamsinghtomar5434]

😂😂

[@ahmermehmood1177]

@@harshchauhan9457 what do you mean?

[@andigorani]

The excitement is unreal!

[@patrick-vm2uw]

Literally! :D

[@portercarr7197]

sellbullion I like Carlsen champion of the world.

[@adityagupta8755]

Noob

[@Max-yp1iw]

sellbullion stupid accent

[@rrohitamalan]

😂

[@JohnDoe-tp2rj]

the digital chess board made me think there was 2 black queens. it made me confused

[@brandontoups1326]

Ben Clark there are

[@JohnDoe-tp2rj]

Brandon Toups no one is a white queen

[@jeremymurphy6648]

John Doe The queen of England is a white queen... commas are a wonderful thing, they can completely change your sentence.

[@ginger_kid707]

There can be more than 1 queen on each side of the chess board but in this case, yes there is one on each side

[@ghostkamp1456]

John Doe in

[@Jake_the_Brick]

1:12 I SWEAR everyone does this in chess Tournaments. Whenever your opponent is thinking for a long time, and you need to use the restroom, the SECOND you leave, your opponent always makes a move. There's always plenty of time, but it happens all the time at all levels

[@moritzpuhrsch5642]

i think its done on purpose to waste time from the opponents clock

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

@@moritzpuhrsch5642 no shit sherlock

[@ziavash]

@@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n XDDDDDDD

[@jojothepooch7014]

I love it when I come back and the entire board has been re arranged to a mate in one

[@gggaming4tg]

@@jojothepooch7014 imagine

[@headholio]

I was surprised to hear Tanya Sachdev commentating. I thought she was in her mid 20s but actually is 34 now. She's been doing it for a long time., and now I see how much experience she has as a commentator.

[@entropy1322]

yeah same, I thought she's like 25 or 26 but she's 35 was surprised after I saw her in the video

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

34 is not old. It can easily look similar to 20s

[@metaphoria3]

2023 here can confirm left the same comment above she still looks early 20’s what a vamp

[@quogarum5826]

Same, I was surprised

[@guru3487]

Damn she's still gorgeous girl

[@oMassacrez]

Hugh Magnus

[@whasptv3753]

Hugh Magnus WOT?

[@henryalt411]

Mass Hugh mungus

[@faheemsyed1674]

Mass IS THAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT???

[@poncowibowo636]

Hugh Magnus what? SOMEBODY THIS PERSON IS RAPING ME!

[@user-zv7yb4yp9g]

papa bless

[@thestew56]

They signed the chess board!? I thought that was really cool.

[@vincehgrutherford6184]

thestew56 I'd fuck that chess board

[@thestew56]

Vince Rutherford lol

[@corcon6976]

I guess you you had sex with it, then you'd have wood.

[@ausar3852]

@@vincehgrutherford6184 lmao

[@MultiUltimater]

Probably worth thousands because of that.

[@RonH55]

Best move from Magnus was leaving the chair to make Viswanathan make his move already.

[@dn2667]

I remember Fischer talking about how some of the tournaments were organised poorly so in Berlin for instance he had spectators right next to the board smoking, getting their smoke in his face while he was playing, and here we see a soundproof glass between the spectators and the players, so it's improved.

[@kylezo]

Yes but I also remember Fischer cheering 9/11 and claiming the Holocaust was fake so let's maybe take his idiosyncrasies about focus with a grain of salt

[@DSX1]

@@kylezo ah yes, we should outcast everyone from society who have very different beliefs that affect no one in any significance.

[@kylezo]

@@DSX1 what lmfao

[@Pigeon249]

@@kylezo honestly same what the fuck was that guy on when he commented that lmao

[@curious_banda]

@@Pigeon249 Says the Stalin enthusiast.

[@Norwegian733]

2:40 "Oh, I see the idea now" I`m like *O_o*

[@VinnyG_Music]

learn chess, and you'd understand

[@hxest]

Drumming411 a bit late to reply a comment 3 years ago

[@Norwegian733]

@@hxest He`s trying to learn how to reply :-)

[@Norwegian733]

@Dragonic Overlord the End I`m only 1250

[@DiogoGarzoni]

No, he couldn't castle

[@vishalacharya3077]

2:21 me when my crush tells me a lame joke.

[@nathansl8872]

Vishal Acharya 🤣🤣

[@LeventK]

Didn't get it

[@shapowlow]

HAHAHAHA WTF MAN

[@_chrismis_7964]

😂😂😂

[@ParanoidAandroid]

@@LeventK There was a giggle

[@diabl2master]

I appreciate them playing down to insufficient material. It's a moment in chess history and it's made a little more satisfying by letting it just play out so clearly.

[@yaboirogers6342]

Yeah, I really appreciate Anand's sportsmanship here. He knew Magnus had won the crown, so he played it till the end to give him that final piece of satisfaction.

[@christopherjohnson1873]

"But the game is not over and anything can happen in chess." I know that's a good catchphrase to use to appeal to the general populous to get them into chess, but that's just not true. Unlike in other professional sports, super GMs just don't lose clearly drawn positions or draw clearly won positions very often at all.

[@MW2hairbeRt]

+Christopher Johnson Oh, ofcourse anything can happen, even to super GMs. Just yesterday Magnus threw an easily drawn position against Alexander Grischuk because he didn't calculate his move to the end.

[@securuslol]

+Christopher Johnson I have to agree with this other guy MW2hairbeRt. Before computers, large parts of the game were a mistery to humans, mostly end games. Chess is extremly complex, and while you're right that GMs don't usually make such bad blunders, for example as to allow a fork with a knight, they can slip in other things.

[@manmoth_1990]

+Christopher Johnson GM's have blundered queens, forks, mate in ones etc. before, so anything can indeed happen.

[@stringsnkeys4855]

+Christopher Johnson Didn't Fischer blunder his first game against Spassky, which was widely regarded as being a clearly drawn?

[@christopherjohnson1873]

I would say a good analogy to losing the position Carlsen was in when they said that is the Miracle in the Meadowlands. Sure, it *can* happen, but it's not the sort of thing you should hold your breath over. Football teams just don't fumble snaps when they're running out the clock, and super GM chess players just don't lose clearly drawn positions.

[@hchris2]

Oh my god he's smiling!

[@neckudart272]

lol what ?

[@lot.bajrami]

necku dart The woman said : omg he is smiling Which is pretty weird and dumb since what do you expect a person to do when he wins a championship To stay like a robot??

[@jsquire5pa]

Lot Bajrami are you a moron?

[@hoticeparty]

jsquire5pa wtf? Are you a moron?

[@stel4AS]

Magnus rarely smiles, she was just emphasizing the moment. Don't talk trash that easily amigo, pls

[@bn3121]

It's so cool hearing Tania Sachdev and Lawrence Trent commentating this, way back in 2013. They've been supporting chess and helping popularise the game for so long. Great ambassadors for the sport!

[@Player-ub9tg]

Anand's calm face makes me calm,too.

[@jrsolset]

It's nice to see Anand smiling, even though he lost. He's an example for all to follow.

[@sowasvonlustig2977]

no, to repress your feelings isn't healthy.

[@dionlindsay2]

Yes, it's bound to hurt. But I think the last world champion to still be world champ when he died was Alekhine, and that was back in the 1940s, And even he had lost the championship to Euwe back in the 30s (and won it back a couple of years later). So world champions expect it anyway. Spassky said he was unhappy when he was world champion because the pressure of having to be better than everybody else all the time took the fun out of chess for him. So they win the crown, get a lot of kudos, and a shedload of money these days, and eventually lose it.

[@Raghuveer2798]

He would have felt really bad, but this was expected. Magnus was the favourite going into this match and he had been the best player in the world since 3 years prior to this.

[@user-qc7vf7pb3c]

R u Indian pls reply

[@mary4368]

Supongo que duele en el fondo, pero ya había pasado su tiempo de campeón

[@beem4248]

Anand choosing to allow the removal of pieces on his last game as Champion and not resign speaks volumes to his already highly praised personality and character in the chess world, such a humble man.

[@spirou2012]

He wasn't losing, it was a draw

[@user-dv3sm1ff5q]

He drew this game but Carlsen dominated him. Carlsen has 6.5 points to Anand's 4.5 points.

[@IRedBerryI]

resigning and drawing would have the same outcome overall. But i think he meant offer a draw.@@spirou2012

[@HeyWhySoSalty]

Aw Tania looks so jolly in the end (:

[@treehugger3615]

This was just 2013 and it feels like it was played in the 90s. It's amazing how chess has since evolved, back then it was a very serious, boxy, old men game that was played in a library.The next tournament might be held as a e-sport like event, in amphitheatre full of screens and crowds cheering.

[@dionlindsay2]

It has been played like that for a few years. There was a tournament in Madrid, I think it was, about 2016 when the players played in glass boxes so the audience could see everything live and on screens, and make as much noise as they wanted because the players couldn't hear them.

[@chinmaymulay716]

Here you go!! Welcome to Dubai. 2021_😄🔥

[@prebenjaeger]

Yehah, gee, we need more of _those_ kind of events.

[@maksedits933]

And bar

[@rafaelmatafora2876]

e-sport-like events are opium for the masses, all in all just inelegant monuments of modern culture

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

3:55 Have you ever seen a happier world champ in any comp or sport? Priceless.

[@jaymeister4850]

Never. When the last FIFA World Cup was won, the victorious players started crying in agony

[@JasonAhl]

"A bit of humor here from Carlsen" Good one

[@vxel]

2:15 - Is this man pulling girls WHILE he’s commentating?

[@retard1582]

wife probably

[@Eric-469]

Pretty wild how these venues, the public interest, and general coverage has increased so much in only 10 years.

[@thegamingsource6808]

"He's smiling,he knows he's done it".He's not stupid.

[@VinnyG_Music]

buy you are

[@Chris_Lodi]

*But ( who's stupid now?)

[@JH-hr6fw]

Carlson was supposed to be crying according to the commentator lol

[@1sb3rg34]

The Gaming Source He never smiles. It's rear to see

[@VinnyG_Music]

@@Chris_Lodi Didn't realize making a typo made you stupid!

[@Osiris261]

3:50 game end in draw.. "And we have a new world champion!". im sitting here like.. well that was anticlimactic

[@fawazr.e.s1199]

The shocking moment in the game is 5:08

[@mattliu27]

she is hot. that's all i got from this video...

[@lightestiler1915]

Tania Sachdev. If there is any need for research

[@moviecraze6079]

@@lightestiler1915 I was in the comments to find her name. Thanks man 😂

[@abictor3312]

She's also a good chess player

[@madhurapatil9916]

BRUH

[@tchublengamerplays251]

The perfect final. Two kings in the chess table with two kings playing.

[@ChrisM-qo1jc]

Never saw it that way. Truly legendary

[@melvinsacromentoe]

I've got not idea what's going on

[@TheeZmeister]

melvin sacromentoe I have no idea how I ended up watching this. It's 2 a.m. in my country now, so I should probably just go to bed haha

[@Raysonnn]

+Mathias Tolstrup Zaremba .Sóbek i have no idea how i ended up here and its 2am here too

[@TheeZmeister]

RamaEDM haha cool xD

[@robosing225]

dontzenyourselfout the verbiage is unnecessary as he was clearly just confused. I would argue that being "flabbergasted" was over-the-top, my interestingly verbose companion.

[@raikouezio609]

+dontzenyourselfout English pls kappa.

[@benh8457]

this is lit

[@user-rx9wu5hu6m]

Benjamin _hubble loool

[@akshayrathore2882]

0:05 Anand trying to find a way to hold together his falling empire. Man it was sad. 4:34 that euphoric smile on Carlson was

[@vibovitold]

his name is Carlsen, not Carlson (although a large portion of his internet fanbase seem not to realize this for reasons i can only speculate about)

[@dushyantsingh9314]

After seeing this, I was emotionally confused , I was happy for Carlson but sad for anand

[@yaboirogers6342]

i cried, bro. I read the headline in the newspaper and my eyes welled up. I was still a child and new to chess and my countryman lost the crown just after I started paying any bit of attention to the chess world.

[@Overlordsen]

True. They both are absolute legends both chesswise and personalitywise.

[@Mipatin]

As a kid I pretended to know how to play chess with my friends, made my own kind of rules and won everything without knowing how it's really suppose to play.

[@amhimemer8769]

I did the same lol 😂

[@morningcavalry867]

Same

[@surajmg777]

I did same especially with pawn movements

[@indradutta8289]

Haha

[@99sasanka]

you ahead of the game smh .

[@kamleshshah4657]

0:48 '12 is a fair number as well, it is long enough' 😂

[@MintRobin]

"And the commentators keep..." "The commentators keep talking over each other" "...Keep talking over each other"

[@ze3us577]

Bro can u explain why is he cant take the knight and make the game draw ?

[@Cnut_the_grape]

@@ze3us577 it's already a draw

[@HardGuess]

@@ze3us577 knight+king cannot mate.

[@ze3us577]

@@Cnut_the_grape so how did he became chess wold champ ?

[@Pimpmedown]

the indian presenter is beautiful. damn i didnt expect that

[@babayada2015]

Where did you see her?

[@Pimpmedown]

@@babayada2015 very last few seconds

[@carlosc3753]

This was so odd to watch. Magnus had just become a world champion and Anand was so close to attaining it and lost, yet both kept their composure as if nothing had happened. Is that shit normal in chess?

[@andrewvargas4141]

They're low-key fucken dying inside.

[@JesseChampion]

Chess is a gentleman’s sport

[@colinjava8447]

Anand needed 3 wins in a row, he was probably just playing to win what he could to limit the damage. Over the hours that the game progressed he would have seen his loss of the title coming.

[@death_parade]

@Håkon "Anand was far from *attaining* the game let alone his WC title" *retaining

[@deepdive1338]

First of these guys had just finished sitting in one place and doing tough mental calculations for 6+ hours. And ofcourse the crowd is shut away from them, they are kept in a soundproof glass room to prevent distractions. Considering the things happening, I would just be looking for a nap when finished. Secondly Anand was far from retaining his title.

[@nenya42]

The seriousness of chess is so good and cool. The winner shows his happiness at all competitions in the world but chess. So beautiful.

[@neeshdk]

I once had the same opinion until I realized a loss in any other sport doesn't come close to a loss in chess.. I think it's just good etiquette to not celebrate.

[@vibovitold]

@@neeshdk i guess the reason is that it's essentially a brain game, and you ARE your brain. it's easier to see your body as something external - my body just couldn't perform like I wanted it to. but your brain is you. so when you lose, it's not your "equipment" that failed you somehow. it is your direct self. for this reason, the losing player's ego is more vulnerable. if this makes sense

[@Trabsol]

Even after anand loses and Magnus wins, they keep their calm expressions and then continue to go back to their studying.

[@sidenote1459]

This hits a little different now. It was a good reign king, you will forever be one of the greatest of all time, regardless the outcome.

[@crushonyou1297]

As carlsen left the table,Anand quickly placed the queen to E3 for check..Anand considered this position for a long time already

[@azizlarabi1941]

"He's smiling! He's smiling!". - It's amazing

[@r.g6170]

"and he's smiling" yuh cos this is a good time to cry

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This was only the beginning of The King's reign.

[@yoko-ro2bo]

first time im that early on a comment from you, guess im famous now

[@princeky150]

Why do I see you everywhere I go

[@kiritsugu5365]

@@princeky150 because you go everywhere he goes

[@devd_rx]

😎 bruh

[@ErsanYolcu]

This game was 10th game. 3 win for Magnus, 7 draw in total and zero win for Anand. Total score after this game was 6.5 vs 3.5.. Two games left, there was no need to play. If they would play and Anand would have won both games, Anand would have 5.5 points for 12 total games, but Magnus has already got 6.5. End of game.

[@BossuJmek2k18]

I think that Vishy playinh into the draw was in itself kind of a moment of sportsmanship. Like he did not want to ruin the new champion's game by resigning.

[@demmaa4993]

Accidentally clicked on a chess video and now Im binging Magnus Carlson

[@somethinghippos]

me at 22... do i eat the shrimp ramen?? or the chicken? Magnus at 22: world champion at chess

[@xspyy]

Hahahahah me at 22: will i die if i eat mentos and drink coca cola? Magnus at 22: world chess champion

[@bryanong4879]

@@xspyy wait... I was literally thinking that this morning 😂

[@Cnut_the_grape]

@@xspyy will we tho?

[@hjalmarzolachristensen8080]

Please tell me you picked and ate both! I know I would have.

[@yiuqwfj]

In my opinion it would've been more aesthetic to take the knight on the last move.

[@ElderNerwal]

+yiuqwfj by the rules of chess the game ends automatically after Nxc5 since there is no move sequence leading to a mate.

[@alexreid2393]

ElderNerwal I’m pretty sure he knew that.

[@colinjava8447]

Ironically you can win with a single knight if your opponent has a pawn, I think it has to be a rook pawn and the king's have to be in the right places too, so it's quite rare to pull a mate off like that.

[@leonardozumaeta4354]

If that had happened the only way for the game to end would've been with Anand resigning. That wouldn't have happened because I doubt he wanted to lose his World Champion title by drawing 6 games and losing 4. Since Anand took the pawn, the game was automatically drawn since it's impossible to check mate with only kings and a knight on the board, hence Anand taking the pawn was the best move to end that year's World Championship.

[@Columbine-en3qc]

@@colinjava8447 yap. Also a king and 2 knights vs a lonely king is a draw, but funnily enough a king and 2 knights vs a pawn and a king is winning for the side with the 2 knights

[@suntalunta]

Just look at the scenes! That's passion and euforia in its purest form.

[@ujjwalbharadwaj1153]

Who is here after Gukesh winning candidates 2024 🔥

[@mailoisback]

I saw it live, still can remember that moment. Amazing...

[@shibinjohn5853]

Amazed by Anand's professionalism.

[@miguellorenzo3726]

gracious Vishy

[@fenrilorf534]

Trent and Sachdev‘s commentary made this event very enjoyable …I remember this, good times!

[@annadasilvachen5235]

For anyone who don't know what's happening: Basically, the match consists of 12 games. A win gives you 1 point, draw 1/2 to both players, losing gives you 0. That means the largest point possible is 12 (win all games), but 6,5 is enough to win, because the opponent won't be able to catch up. Prior to this game, magnus (the one with a suit) already has 6 points. He only needs a draw to win the match and become world champion. It is well known that a knight and a king alone is insuficcient to create a checkmate. This means Magnus only needs to trade queens in order to draw. In 2:40, he found a plan to trade queens. If black king moves up, then he'll just deliver check again 50 times (50 move without a pawn move or taking a piece is draw). If black moved down like in the video, white gives a check while simultaneously attacks the black queen. Thus black must take white's queen (if black moves his king away then white will just take black queen). Anand of course know this and he trades queens, draw was agreed and Magnus becomes the world champion until today.

[@PretentiousStuff]

Ok

[@michal234486]

he is smiling!

[@niksarchive4218]

michal234486 I love this comment

[@sivestvet1293]

It can't be😂

[@vince5157]

Best part starts at 5:07

[@u.v.s.5583]

At that position Anand could have sacrified the Queen and change the whole dynamics of this dramatic match!

[@PUSHPRAJPATELSINGH]

Nice clip you uploaded 👍❤️

[@wernerschacht7642]

Commentary was very good, too. Lawrence and Tania know their stuff

[@thejupiter1744]

As Tal said once “When you’re at the top there’s only one direction to go after that and that’s down”! That said, Magnus will I’m sure rule the roost for another 15-20 years before his descent.

[@Levijeh]

You are saying nothing new.

[@manasac3102]

It's happening already

[@seams4186]

@@manasac3102 how come

[@vibovitold]

I don't know what exactly you mean by "descent", but generally speaking no player (in modern chess history) was rated #1 beyond his mid-fourties. The oldest #1 was, i believe, Karpov, who was 44 the last time he occupied the top spot. Anand and Kasparov were a couple of years younger when they lost it. I'm sure Carlsen will remain in the top 10 for a long, long time, if he continues playing competitively of course, but as the world's #1 - no longer than 10 more years from now. I know your comment was 3 years ago, so let's add those 3 years and make it 13 : ) but that's less than 15-20.

[@ExtremelyToxic]

The announcer girl was like beautiful lol. Magnus is a chess jock 😂

[@mandyrarsh7137]

Crowd went wild and chess board was lava...atmospher unreal!!!

[@aryanmishra9189]

Great work magnus .. simply magnificent 😂👍👍

[@dravreh]

And the crowd goes wild!

[@sivestvet1293]

Uh..yeah

[@omega2694]

Watching it today, the closing ceremony day to Ding Liren, the new world champion 😮

[@lovet7339]

It was so exciting, thank you @chessnetwork for the coverage back in the day.❤️

[@johnoneill1386]

Commentators: "Oh wow! I see the idea here! This is incredible! This is it guys!". Me: "... How did I get here and what's happening?".

[@MiguelGonzalez-po1yh]

Who back here after ding WCC?

[@DKChess]

me

[@thetenniszone123]

@@DKChess wow you still alive

[@DKChess]

​@@thetenniszone123 chess big companies forced me to stop posting videos 😕

[@thetenniszone123]

@@DKChess sad man

[@afcararahman3182]

Me

[@4ndr3c3s4r1n0]

For those who keep asking: Magnus won the championship because a draw was all he needed. It was a set of 12 matches, IIRC, and Anand had no possibility of catching up.

[@fos1451]

First that's not a question that's a statement second if anand win he can catch up and go to blitz game

[@seams4186]

@@fos1451 shat

[@vibovitold]

it was a set of 12 games, not "matches". a match is a set of games. a game is a game.

[@Abh1sheK30]

Tania has been present since so long😮

[@chrisanderson2748]

And now we have 17 year old Gukesh challenging Ding for the title. What if he wins? Could we be entering a new era? Would Magnus come back to try and challenge Gukesh? Such drama 😮

[@Ortega35mf]

Magnus becomes World Champion commentators at 4:43: He's smiling! He's Smiling!! Me, a dumbass: Isn't he supposed to?

[@chrissennfelder7249]

One day, Magnus will lose the championship. But who knows when this day might be. He's been dominating the sport for a decade now. And he's still young. Just incredible.

[@MisaelMatute76]

It will probably be some 12 year old prodigy when he is like 60 or something lol

[@quasar8744]

He will whoop Nepo's ass once again

[@azerty7522]

I always giggle when I rewatch this, for some reason the commentary when the match ends reminds me of the last shot from the Cinderella Story scene in Caddyshack and I can't unsee it haha

[@Renthlei_Jr]

He said "It has to happen before 2020" ... It really do happen

[@marauderslide5782]

I think they need to introduce some spraying with champagne.

[@parasuraman1155]

I cannot imagine how crushed Vishy Anand must have felt. So much of expectations at his home town of Chennai.

[@rodrigowill6743]

Como se chama o nome desse tabuleiro de xadres que eles estão jogando, quero comprar um

[@chunkylefunga]

Magnus is an absolute legend.

[@n40798]

0:20 Having more games would have only benefited Carlsen even more since he's much younger than Anand

[@hairyputter5363]

But Anand does have enough experience with older long championships, unlike Carlsen. We'll probably never know who would've have the upper hand

[@mnm1273]

@@hairyputter5363 Carlsen dominated Anand. No chance for Anand

[@ErwinTheBolocBoloc]

Watching From The Philippines! 🇵🇭 🇵🇭

[@Shams_]

What an achievement 😯 Magnus Smiled

[@Ninj7]

Then 20-30 years later, a new young prodigious talent will take the throne from Carlsen.

[@Glendragon]

maybe this year

[@dubstepforever99]

we will have to wait and see, Carlsen can always come back.. would be fun if karjakin won :o

[@ryanm7263]

Throne

[@khaosng1398]

*thrown* I love it

[@ninadchavan5133]

Praganandhaa

[@kaidoChess]

Let me replay this for you. My man has just become.. Champion. **pauses** CHAMPION. Of the ENTIRE WORLD. // doesn’t even smirk 🤣

[@Overlordsen]

Well, he partied very hard, later that day. I guess he first had to relieve from the conzentration, stress and exitement.