"THE OVERDOG" || Magnus vs Nepo || Champions Chess Tour Finals (2024)

[@Jaxn_the_barabian]

"When you defend against threats that aren't real they sort of become real" 11:45

[@Adherento]

They*

[@Jaxn_the_barabian]

@Adherento Congrats

[@user-hj7be8rg4k]

Great quote

[@rizzybeam6492]

Like monsters under your bed 😅

[@Xeasar]

I love when Agadmator says "you probably already know the results"... Like, no, dude, that's why I watch your channel, to find out the results and stuff.

[@Figgy20000]

Spoilers: Magnus wins everything

[@lysidplontger3980]

You'd be a fool to think anyone but magnus would come out on top

[@Predator0312]

We all knew the final result 5 days ago

[@dark_magician_sdy]

​@@Predator0312 😂 so true

[@GP-qz6kk]

Ya, and fortunately he seems to have gotten better about not spoiling it in the title/thumbnail.

[@walterbussink3143]

" Nepo is going to be checkmated in one move, or two, if he's going to be weird about it. "

[@Mesaaaaaaaa]

Hey it’d mean lasting 1 more move against the GOAT, I’ve done more for less

[@rogacz25]

If somebody played that weird move against me I would definitely have walked right into a stalemate.

[@coolguy2060]

Magnus defeated Nepo to became 5 time world classical Champion, and now he defeats Nepo again to became 5 time CCT Champion !!

[@murkhuddindalal]

if you are already a champion, it does not count as one more time.

[@kuldipmahto6820]

​@@murkhuddindalal It does count

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

​@@murkhuddindalalOf course it does. He defended his world champion title by defeating Nepo.

[@ballsmasher3000]

Nepo has such a unlucky career. By far most unlucky one in this generation

[@monarch585]

@@ballsmasher3000 why u feel nepo has unlucky career??

[@juanjan__]

At some point Magnus will decline, of course, but I'm so happy I can still see him play in his prime. It's like Federer in tennis: it seems unbelievable that it could happen but it will, so I'll enjoy this for as long as I can 🙂

[@ClarkPotter]

Kasparov can still hang with the elite, and he's 82.

[@juanjan__]

@ 61, but who’s counting, right?

[@UdayadityaSankarDas]

Or maybe he'll die like Tal who defeated Kasparov 1 month before his death in a tournament

[@kanha1599]

4:37 i would still find a way to lose from there

[@dumisanimbele3600]

"You guys would win this position against Magnus"...the biggest lie told in the history of the world

[@lordthundyr894]

Most of us would struggle to beat our uncle in this position...

[@JacobBush16]

There weren’t even queens on the board at the time and I’d find a way to blunder one.

[@507RiverRock]

@@lordthundyr894or our nephews 😅

[@pietrofedrizzi1316]

#suggestion Bogoljubov - Monticelli (Sanremo, 1930) The most beautiful game no one knows

[@Jasminehaydon]

Never heard of the players let alone the game. Involves some sac?

[@Yusuf_K7]

@@Jasminehaydon I think Bogoljubov was the WCC challenger to Alekhine after the latter beat Capablanca.

[@mcronrn]

Bogoljubov’s mom named him after the famous line in the King’s Gambit 👏👏

[@Brian-hc3qx]

@@Jasminehaydon He played matches for the World Chess Championship twice against Alekhine, losing 15½-9½ in 1929, and 15½-10½ in 1934. Bogoljubow represented Germany at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931, winning the individual silver medal (+9−1=7). In 1930, Bogoljubow twice tied for 2nd-3rd with Nimzowitsch, after Alekhine, in Sanremo; then with Gösta Stoltz, behind Isaac Kashdan, in Stockholm. In 1931, he tied for 1st-2nd in Swinemünde (27th DSB Congress). In 1933, Bogoljubow won in Bad Pyrmont (1st GER-ch). In 1935, he won at Bad Nauheim, and Bad Saarow. Bogoljubow tied for 1st-2nd at Berlin 1935, Bad Elster 1936, Bad Elster 1937. Bogoljubow won at Bremen 1937, Bad Elster 1938, and Stuttgart 1939 (the 1st Europaturnier).

[@r0hanhs]

Dude, he just uploaded your suggestion 😂

[@ChristopherCummings-hd9ww]

I like that you covered all the games of the championship at once focusing deeper on one game than the others. For this tournament anyway. Of course game 5 being a short one was instrumental, but it worked out really nice.

[@bzaust]

Locked himself into a burning castle lol

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

With all his forces busy on the front

[@ObserveGuy]

The video is not too long. You said at the half way mark that it's "getting lengthy", but I always like your longer videos better. Longer = more lines and facts = better.

[@Brandon-a-writer]

this might be the best chess i've ever seen played, and i've been following the game for fifteen years and at my best beat gm jan gustaffson, i just dont have the time to play like i wish i could, but i think magnus had really reached a new peak lately and is absolutely head and shoulders above all his competition in a way that is so crystal clear and beautiful to see as a player, to want to aspire to this. i have had really good games, and i remembered that Profokiev beat Capablanca, and being an artist who was able to beat a chessmaster ina simul really made me feel like i was good at this game. but watching magnus play, it is such elegance that it just makes me feel like i'm an ape trying to learn about quantum mechanics. it's beautiful and brutally precise ... man. His period of domination has lasted longer than any other player in history except for Lasker ... and Lasker ... was not as universally dominant, winning every single tournament he played in ... after he had his lowest rating in years, he then wins 11 games in a row to beat Wei Yei. He is just on an entirely different level. he must make his mother and his father very proud.

[@RatorSF]

Magnus winning with only three pawns and two pieces missing on the board, incredible.

[@BozoTheBear]

I was in Covid isolation last week, so had some time to watch this event live. The thing that struck me about Magnus is that while he gets ahead in many of his games and then easily converts the win, he also gets behind in a few games but then goes into a kind of beast mode, and almost always manages to muscle his way back on top. True champion!

[@mohammedfahadali2848]

who the F going into isolation nowadays???

[@BozoTheBear]

@@mohammedfahadali2848 - i didn't want my family (or anyone else) to catch it.

[@fryzollis]

"I have no rivals" Magnus Carlsen 🐐🗿

[@ramachandra776]

The Overdog is Medo , overlord of chess . Top Dog is Magnus .

[@KennedyMister95]

My sunday has been greatly improved!

[@KingKobra98]

#suggestion Grinch vs Max. In Dr Seuss’ The Grinch, Grinch finds himself in a losing position to his dog. I would love to see an analysis of the game.

[@AM_-wg1hj]

14:30 That exact Ng5 happened to me in an OTB tournament last year, thankfully my opponent also assumed it was pinned so I got away with it, but since that incident I won't blunder it again.

[@yashvardhanraju8052]

12:50 why do I have to pause the video? en passant is forced

[@ritikbhimkar4122]

Ikr

[@tomotsumer]

Holy hell

[@fredriknyhus6768]

Google en passant

[@guptayush179]

Great coverage!!

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Enjoyed the nice analysis ❤, thanks Sir.

[@AakashkumarAgarwal]

Hi, why don't you explain the story behind the statement you mention on the top of the board in each game??

[@sealand000]

5:24 Nepo should have played Rf6#, in case Magnus takes with the queen and blunders a stalemate. 🤣

[@ShridharKhandelwal-p5i]

THE WAY MAGNUS IS PLAYING IS LIKE ❤❤❤ WHAT A BEAUTY YOU ARE MAGNUS NO ONE IS EVEN CLOSER TO MAGNUS NOW A DAYS

[@Tuggspeedman0z]

"The raw dogging" 💀

[@praiseshishi2189]

Timestamp😢 I didn't catch that

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

I like this format. Very cool video.

[@gerhardmuller-pw4bx]

...thank you for entertaining on the highest analyze-level...merry christmas...

[@guptayush179]

6:22 ah yes, the move was bad it was anti-positional as supposed to positional.

[@FanofAslan]

My brain got left behind on this one. I prefer your usual format. Thank you.

[@marthadunkley6758]

If you pause the video, you can give your brain time to catch up 😊

[@kuba7968]

I like little trick at the end of 1st game, if rf6 with check you can not take it with Queen or its a draw :) so in blitz i believe some lower rated player than gm could fall for that

[@TheMarksT]

Good battles! Congrats to Magnus and good tries to Ian.

[@amritawasthi7030]

Game 1 here where magnus gives the queen for two rooks reminds me of game 6 of ian vs magnus match of wcc

[@SmilingIbis]

Nepo relived the trauma, played the weak dodge of Ra8 and ended up in a lost position anyhow.

[@nedmerrill5705]

Who is going to be in Tata Steel 2025?

[@alanberickson]

Agadmator sneaking in the evaluation bar. 😊. I'm one of those who would prefer he used it all the time.

[@mathswithgarry7104]

I swear this is a recurring theme. A top grandmaster sees an attack coming on the kingside so he immediately....moves his most powerful piece to the queenside and traps it in a maze of pawns. Where it can't help out in the defense, and is too blocked in to do any good.

[@طارقيحيىمحمد-ح2ح]

Thank u ❤

[@DevdevRetlub-oj3lf]

Magnus sacrifices the queen all the time against nepo. Nepo has no idea

[@VKarthik-kh7bg]

Nice explanation

[@Warriormanners]

"or 2 moves if he's being weird about it" lmao

[@AlucarD436]

The quote kinda gives away the results

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

The first game confuses me. Losing a theoretically drawn endgame seems like something I would do (in fact, it is something I do often), but for a former world champion contender I was surprised to see it was even possible.

[@cmandamn7382]

I just recently happened at the world chess championship where Ding blundered a theoretically drawn end game with only very few pieces on the board. Even Naroditzky saw it in the blink of an eye that it was a blunder. So yeah it definitely can happen to the best except maybe Magnus.

[@Greatermaxim]

Everyone is Reti for the French Defense.

[@mfonking1059]

I wonder what goes on in Nepo's head when facing Magnus, is he enthusiastic to win or "oh shit here we go again" mindset.

[@teslaa108]

In Bundesliga magnus's new team will play against gukesh's team on January I don't if gukesh can play there because of the wijk dates but magnus will play two matches of Bundesliga

[@shuvro40]

What about Tata Steel Chess in January?

[@shahrukhswati]

“Even you guys can win against Magnus at this position with 2 pawns.” What? I can’t win Magnus with a queen vs king! His king will beat my queen’s ass. 😂

[@joemares497]

Why they just cannot normally finish the game by proper checkmate? This kind of "resigning" is such a awkward and cowardly habit in chess ... Game not finished and left tons of speculations and analysis "why he resigned"... It is like if a football player is alone in front of the goalkeeper - and he "resigns". Goal (checkmate) is prohibited. Football player can easily miss it and the chess player can still male some mistakes.

[@Monika77ful]

Feeding the algo.

[@esasoftware1900]

Never would have seen QxF2

[@joshpinchuk7061]

I just realized a key difference between Levy and Antonio. Levy assumes his audience is worse than him, while Antonio assumes his audience is as good as him. Seems like one has more respect for their fans than the other.

[@user-dw4dq1if1m]

Maybe because levy is an im, agad not

[@HaydenAndrewScott]

Maybe the fans are different

[@Mesaaaaaaaa]

And yet, both of them are just playing the part… it’s all just part of the social media game, bruh. The branding doesn’t matter, consistency does.

[@misterfunnybones]

The other key difference is Antonio can answer his phone & do other stuff off camera in real time & still keep growing subs. 😂

[@smitmishra8872]

Brother. As usual I have just one comment as always. Cheers. And please grow. Covering almost 5 games is insane. Much love ❤ and respect for you. Now with some here and there intros... I think you are getting paid too. Old subscriber but still no contribution monetarily... I am sorry. But when I earn significantly I will contribute too. Thanks for the channel and content. Much love. Cheers.

[@gauravjha8938]

Wow… Magnus is OP !

[@guptayush179]

3:37 tell us sir why Ra4 was bad!!

[@LukoSoft]

When queen captures F2 is not 2 rooks was queen but rook vs rook

[@kaspertablet7817]

Oh! I'm not playing that!

[@SamuelPearlman]

Classic Goliath vs David...

[@chesneytube1]

Where/when did Magnus make that funny overdog joke? I can't find it.

[@switchblad333]

If someone can explain why nepo went Nc5 at 6:52 please

[@Natsu-tb6vr]

You mean Nc4? He just want to maneuver the knight to the outpost on f5.

[@michaelmatt9752]

That title is hilarious

[@iraelliott8936]

I think the big question is when does Magnus get his championship back?

[@guptayush179]

4:53 Kf8 not needed sir!!

[@SentimentalApe]

Little known fact, the most powerful Chess god’s name is Evan.

[@ronjohnson9690]

Didn't I see this French defense in two of Ding's Championship games against Gukesh? Magnus picking fruit from the top of the tree like a giraffe?

[@Hubythereal]

if you'd upload a 30min vid, i'd still watch it, so don't be sorry about longer videos

[@pathutchison7688]

For Nepo to be his “rival”, Nepo would have to actually win sometimes. The man has no rivals.

[@IndigoBassNotes]

4:40 " You guys would win this against Magnus easiliy " I think Agad is as usual greatly over estimating the strength of his subs. I am will to bet most subscribers have never played in a otb tournment and perhaps 2% are titled players.

[@jg-reis]

@agadmator, let's not forget about our good friend, Magnus's brain.

[@deepakdhayanithy]

could ian defended with Nf6...?

[@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too]

Super weird if in three moves I presume - by Rg6.

[@Subartu22]

we have one player move above 130move in one game against magnus

[@royguggenheim812]

Efim Bogoljubov was no Efim Geller, but yeah, that wa sa good game: )

[@John-p7i5g]

I hope Magnus changes his mind about the WCC and WCC is a bit more flexible regarding formats.

[@BigBadVVolf22]

Nobody can even compete with magnus in its current format

[@Droscar0745]

Nepo photo with hangover 😂

[@jacks-back]

Magnus is like 80/20 favourite against most players,,it is never even close. If he is half way motivated, they have no chance... let's just be honest about it.

[@weeooh1]

Nepo is an odd player. He can be brilliant in 2800 level chess and then lose to simple errors that even lesser players wont make.

[@odourpreventer]

"He could have pushed through a win if he'd played the best moves." 🤔 Yes, that sounds logical.

[@exorevbivoevturque]

QG6 is Stalemate

[@ThePresentFuture]

Oh, more Magnus winning. How enjoyable. I mean, he' is the only person who plays interesting games, right?

[@sakismoutsouroufis7588]

One of the reasons, correct me if I'm wrong, Magnus stopped playing in WCC is because of not worthy or strong opponents. Now he's winning every tournament. Isn't that controversial? Not judging just noticing. Cheers from Greece

[@cincilloYT]

Officially, he just didn't feel motivated enough to play the match. Unofficially, he didn't want to spend months for a time consuming preparation for a match that would ultimately give him nothing more than what he already has

[@alexpopa5436]

No. WCC takes months of preparation for playing 7-hours classical games that are just memorized computer lines till like move 30. The tournaments he plays now consist mostly of rapid and blitz with the occasional classic games, but it takes far less preparation. I don't see any contradiction or controversy, even if it's against the same field of opponents, defending WCC is a completely different beast.

[@asterisk6715]

1. Magnus wanted to become the first 2900s in classical 2. WCC cost months of prep and it happening from 2 years each to anually just cost too much time 3. In WCC people takes less risk, each draw is a ELO loss for Magnus, imagine 14 draw games like Fabi case then he will just be further away from ever reaching 2900 So even if he won WCC by tie breaks it would still be a loss in terms of achieving his goal of becoming 2900. There's so much to lose and nothing much to gain at all. There's no need to defend the title when he can take it back anytime he want (refering to how he might come back if new generation like Alireza become the new WCC)

[@sohiduddin3482]

He thinks Ali Reza should be his opponent, ali reza failed to do so, thats why he refused to play

[@CalebDiT]

Why aren't you showing Nepo's flag?

[@guptayush179]

11:04 little did you know that he would in fact, not castle knigside.

[@wtfpwnz0red]

What's overdog?

[@KamaalAbdullah]

Magnus winning, if Neppo won it will be "underdog"😅

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

Chief or leader of the pack, i'd wager.

[@PS-mh8ts]

it's an informal word which means "a person who is successful or dominant in their field" (this is what google showed when i searched 'overdog' 🙂)

[@yanni2852]

Nepo, the eternal 2nd #suggestion

[@LordFred69]

Magnus...

[@michaelmassaro4375]

It is incredible how Magnus finds the best moves and consistently outplays anyone he faces . He is the best player in world without question . Many people try knocking Gukesh because of Magnus superiority . I’m sure Hikaru Fabiano and the rest of elite GMs know Magnus is the final boss of chess . But of course Gukesh is a target for people that have anti Indian sentiment and whatever other reason . I find it irritating . But ok Great video Congrats Magnus have a great day Agadmator

[@cricketclassics5490]

Ya as saying goes.. Dogs keep barking whereas elephant continues its Royal walk..

[@afterneet4421]

Same goes for other one also ...people has been mocking magnus when fabi came to his peak , alireza came , pragg came, and now gukesh and others its both way ..successful people always get hate from jobless patzers

[@michaelmassaro4375]

⁠@@afterneet4421 no very few mock Magnus that makes no sense I know for fact anti Gukesh sentiment is expressed on the regular especially during chats of live events and in comments of streamer . But you’re right about the people that try downplaying any GM whomever it is they are nobodies themselves

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@cricketclassics5490true enough

[@Subham9702]

I love the board without the engine evaluation. Please don't bring it in the next game.

[@JacobBush16]

5:57 my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@bspaet]

Payback to nepo beating Magnus in 2002

[@saberaxe]

Yet again Im left wondering if Agadmator knows that referring to something as "so called" is an insult. He never seems to be using it as an insult but it has gone on so long now that he must surely know?

[@dark_magician_sdy]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@switchblad333]

You can't win against Magnus actually

[@DaveCase-j3k]

I cant speak for others but I wouldn't be offended if you wanted to commentate 3 games properly in one video

[@FloydMaxwell]

Uberdog

[@SwatiChatterjee-pc8zl]

The old board was better

[@aniruddhabelokar8476]

#suggestion Recently I have seen a video of ChatGPT vs Stockfish...can you please consider it once😅...its a bit funny game but maybe you can consider it sometimes... Hope Agadmator notices this comment😅

[@guptayush179]

9:50 **The schtainitz variation. Or the so called advanced variation.

[@Riteshbattan]

There were world champions, there will be world champions.. but Magnus will always be there on the Top..

[@cricketclassics5490]

Lol let's see once he hits late thirties or 40 ...

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Lasker won the New York tournament in 1924 beating world Best scoring 2875 elo at age 56! Fischer beat Spassky 10 wins 15 draws 5 losses in 1992 at age 49! Spassky was 162nd world ranking and rated 2550! Fischer score 58,33%! So we get Fischer rating 2617,78 in 1992 at age 49! Fischer was 59th world ranking in 1992 2617,78!!

[@cricketclassics5490]

@@Riteshbattan nah no longetivity.. Guy can't be great on just hit and giggle chess.. No one will remember after 50 years how many rapids or blitz a guy won.. 😂

[@afterneet4421]

​@@cricketclassics5490 but ur name will be written in hall of shame

[@cricketclassics5490]

@@afterneet4421 says the shameless 😂

[@jeelanmahkam3372]

Magnus is the best player but he is just afraid of ultimately losing the classical championship that’s why he has decided not to defend. That’s a fact.

[@dw96969]

"he decided not to defend classical championship" is fact, the other stuff is you trying to defend your player whoever that might be

[@DevdevRetlub-oj3lf]

That 123 move game in world chess champion ship. Nepo will die

[@PeterKambey]

when magnus reject queen trade, is he already know the end games? what a jenius...

[@LiMus7991]

Game 4? I believe it's because Magnus was attacking Ian. Both bishops and queen target the king side, both knights ready to jump, so you dont want to trade your attacking pieces. Ian tried to eliminate bishop but it wont stop the attack