The Scandinavian! || Anand vs Carlsen || GCT Tata Steel Blitz (2019)

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Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
Kolkata (2019), IND, rd 17, Nov-25
Scandinavian, Pytel-Wade variation (B01)
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bc2 Qd5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Be4 Bd6 16. Ke2 Kd7 17. Be3 g6 18. Rad1 b5 19. Rc1 a5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rhb8 22. Rb1 Rb4 23. Rxb4 axb4 24. Ra1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Ra5 26. f4 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. a3 bxa3 29. bxa3 Bxa3 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Bd3 Kf6 32. Ra2 e5 33. Bc4 exf4 34. exf4 Rc5 35. Rc2 Rc7 36. Bb3 Rd7 37. Rc3 Bb4 38. Rc6+ Kg7 39. Bc4 f5 40. Be2 Ra7 41. Ba6 Kh6 42. Rb6 Bc5 43. Rc6 Bg1 44. Kg2 Bd4 45. Kg3 Re7 46. Rc4 Re3+ 47. Kg2 Bf6 48. Bb7 Bh4 49. Bf3 Rb3 50. Bd1 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Rd3 52. Ba4 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Bg3 54. Bc6 Kh5 55. Bg2 Kh4 56. Ra4 Bf2+ 57. Kh2 Be3
The Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz, taking place in the National Library of India, Kolkata, India from 22-26 November, is the 7th stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, a series of 8 events in which the world's best players compete for a total prize fund of $1.75 million. 8 of the 12 tour regulars - Carlsen, Giri, Nakamura, Anand, Aronian, Ding Liren, Nepomniachtchi and So, are joined by event wild cards Vidit and Harikrishna.
The rapid event is a 10-player single round-robin and features 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days, with a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Official website: tatasteelchess.in
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[@davidschneide5422]

No such thing as "too many Carlsen games" when they're not draws

[@Requinix17]

Carlsen's games are the best. His endgames are just clinical

[@mattUniversityofMinnesota]

Met Magnus and his father in S. Louis (USA) in August 2019 - swam and talked with his father at the hotel pool, who said he (his father) has been reading a lot about endgames recently.

[@rahulsrinivas3224]

@@mattUniversityofMinnesota lucky you

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

For me, at least in the endgames, he Is already the G.O.A.T.

[@naser1109]

Anyone who wants to understand the soul of chess must watch Morphy and Carlsen.

[@navymaanjaniwal]

Carlson is back after playing cricket .

[@aravbaid3105]

It's CARLSEN

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

@@aravbaid3105 No it's not?

[@theauntless]

9:21 "You want to prevent...well, being checkmated" That's some next level chess commentary right there XD

[@marcellomarianetti1770]

He's been playing a lot of Scandinavian in banter blitz, in particular this line with Qd6, so he definitely came prepared :)

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Magnus is joking with the chess world😃

[@felipemp93]

Carlsen streamed a few days ago on chess 24 and he employed a lot the scadinavian. I'm so glad to see he's using it against them too.

[@lukaslambs5780]

Magnus Carlsen is the best there is, keep showing his games! They’re amazing

[@citrus7487]

I love watching your videos right before I go to sleep. The commentary is good and your voice is soothing for me, makes it easier to fall asleep

[@alwaysup22]

Time and again Magnus end game skills are just solid and brilliant. Ding's better opening tactics sometimes put Carlsen is worse position, but just wow.

[@kije6639]

I enjoy watching Carlsen games! Thank you for sharing them agad!

[@i3_13]

Carlsen saga is not needed in the future.

[@juicyricecakes1178]

I’d love to see a Carlsen saga

[@wolfgangfalck1250]

Magnus is the master grinder so show me where I always lose winning positions. I like his relentless style always trying to press water out of stones it's remarkable.

[@keedt]

he is also a master baiter, that is, he likes to lay traps for his opponents.

[@xamnition]

@@keedt i also happen to be a master baiter

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@keedt And also an expert threat-dealer.

[@Art.20Abs.4GG]

Carlsen was playing the scandinavian on chess24 stream often recently. I am suprised to see him playing this vs Anand.. I am excited! Thank you for your videos Agad!

[@yourlocalhippie146]

These games are incredible, please keep showing them!!

[@joserizal1870]

Carlsen back at it again after losing to Ding

[@simonmartin2887]

the best scandinavian player (I mean, literraly), playing the scandinavian. Cheers !

[@Ronnie9P]

08:10 - famous apology for no reason from agadmator...gotta love them..

[@happyhourstogether6060]

Carlsen using this scandivian

[@ruanramon1]

Oh, I get it!

[@happyhourstogether6060]

Ruan Ramon hes been using scandavian defense for his recent games He said i will use this defense until someone proves him wrong💪💪

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@happyhourstogether6060 Scandinavian is a very aggressive defense for Black because it opens up spaces for powerful pieces on the board.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@Manuel Mendoza I always don't play Scandinavian Def at all. I'm still an amateur who is stuck on 1200 FIDE. I have no friends that can play with me that can help me learn. There are some that play chess but they are too competitive to ask and they are too addicted at placing bets on who is going to win. So the safest way for me to play is against an AI but I have to raise it to a Level 12 so that I can be an equal to a human player but failing miserably. My main openings are Halosar Gambit, Queen's Gambit, and French Defense.

[@wicked5999]

@@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx good luck going forwards

[@adihusni6703]

Man..... dude a monster in endgames! Just impeccable techniques, clean and sharp.

[@renaldoawes2210]

I love how when Aanand's rook was pinning the bishop/rook, Carlsen had already placed his rook on a black square. I sort of looked at that and realized that if the rook had been on the opposite color, he would have lost the game right there.... And I think I'm going to keep that in mind in my own games. I know it's probably basic chess but I really enjoyed that foresight of the future position to know that the rook needed to be on that square.

[@socrates685]

Again Agadmator started using winners pic in thumbnail BTW : You are Awesome

[@bergmoench]

You could do a little series with the most interesting draws. I one saw a game where just the a and h pawns got captured and the was a huge wall in the middle so that no player could enter the opponent's side. Unfortunately I forgot who played this.

[@sollertia_]

Don't forget the tag

[@agilagilsen8714]

When Carlsen wins his games are a thing of beauty. As long as the games end in a win or a loss I don't really care who plays. Keep up the great work!

[@himantasaikia8724]

#suggestion... Please put more sublte descriptions in this video as it was just a kind of drawn endgame, where Anand might have gone wrong.. n put more importance about knight capturing the bishop and fixing the white pawn structure but still Anand cud not hold the position.. Please refer to my suggestion, Agadmator. It ud be more interesting and highly interesting... Otherwise this game would have nothing significant.. it ud just be pointless to watch it like any other blitz game video.

[@mexmedmexmedov4214]

Dude you are like Carlsen he doesnt lose any game and you dont lose any chanse to upload a video.i adore your efford

[@doodoopoo]

Chance*

[@jorgec.8963]

He lost yesterday

[@pathutchison9866]

A good saga would be “Here Comes Magnus”. You could cover the games that brought him to providence and end with the world championship match against Vishi or Caruana if you want to go that far. Carlsen plays a lot of interesting games so you don’t need to apologize for showing them.

[@ShermanSitter]

No views and 118 likes...well played agadmator!

[@landwolf00]

What a crazy performance. There are only 2 players above 50% thanks to Magnus.

[@j.p.brien-slack6513]

For those who didn't see it, Agad mentioned that Magnus played a game against Nepo before this one with "the Scandy"...... go find that video if you can, it's great. Nepo looks so happy when Carlsen puts down d5 because he knows it's gonna be a fun, interesting game.

[@dannygjk]

One important advantage of the Scandinavian is that black gets no long term disadvantages. So if black plays the opening stage well then s(he) can equalize. In 'normal' openings often black is suffering a long time because of for example a positional weakness. In this game Anand (white) accepted a long term positional disadvantage which surprised me. I am not surprised that he lost this game vs Carlsen with such a seriously damaged pawn structure.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Oh I get it. Carlsen is from Scandinavia so he plays that opening. Vishy plays the Anandinavian.

[@kledyrelacion8859]

This is brilliant😂

[@pugsnhogz]

Actually Vishy prefers the Anandindian

[@kledyrelacion8859]

@@pugsnhogz Wow.👏👏👏😂

[@jamiet.7048]

Obviously I love your channel but if you could slow down just a little bit and possibly emphasize more when you are playing alternative moves. Sometimes you go so quick and I’m not sure if you’re still playing out the game that your highlighting or the aforementioned alternative moves. Other than that! This channel as well as yourself are absolutely brilliant!

[@jaymieharris7936]

I bet Anand won't open with e4 against Magnus for awhile until Magnus gets off his hobby horse because he knows when Magnus starts playing the same openings he usually keeps doing it for awhile and has prepared opening lines and maybe right now Magnus will keep playing The Scandinavian against e4.

[@TrevorOFarrell]

Awesome, this is the exact opening line I use against e4 every time as black. What a treat to see the worlds best play it.

[@Duke6598]

Keep the magnus games coming! Most interesting games by a mile

[@martinmartin6300]

Very sad for Levon that he is basically a point grind for the other players xD

[@justpassing5324]

If Magnus wins many games with the Scandinavian 3... Qd6 line, then he can single-handedly be responsible for popularising it. Maybe possible.

[@edwardshowden5511]

Isn't it popular in rapid? Dont know about this specific line, but Scandi in geneneral is quite popular in faster time controls. What I love about Carlsen he plays pretty much everything. Some players stick to their boring repertoire, he is mixing up all openings. Didn't see Dutch for a long time from him though :-)

[@narayandejesus218]

0:45 "That was a pretty violen game." - Agadmator I love this channel, indeed. Good one Agad. ✌🏽😊 Well there's an oxymoron. Magnus and Nepo played one violent game of chess!

[@gheffz]

I have to agree with the Magnus quote!

[@sweetyvany99]

There's no such thing as too many Carlsen games, it's fun to watch them 😊

[@johnnytest3230]

If you watch the most recent banter blitz video (number 7) carlsen loved to play the Scandinavian

[@bedwarri0r333]

Would you consider doing a "behind the scenes of agadmator?" I am genuinely curious what goes into preparing for one of your videos.

[@aweadi11sun95]

He doesn't prepare anything. He doesn't even edit the videos.

[@mr_hecker422]

from 8:40 the best move was rook to d1 and the capture pawn with king and white bishop is sure pinned but what can i say it is grandmasters they see more than 1100 rated players

[@rileyvonbevern4652]

@0:15 and it was in this position that the photographer took an excellent photograph of photographers photographing a classic match between two excellent chess players

[@MoonBurn13]

It always seems like the losing GM is brilliant in calculating how his loss is inevitable in endgame, but markedly mediocre in making the real losing-move in middlegame (eg here, when Anand gave away a Pawn).🤭

[@storiesreadaloud5635]

True, the resignation calculations seem way higher level than the play that gets him to that losing point lol

[@mountainknife]

New pic of Vishy please

[@botramduuze7188]

Yes, a picture from after this game. Did he skip the press conference again?

[@akshatchess8209]

Favorite word of Antonio Radic A.k.a agadmator :- "CAPTURES" Favorite place to meet friends:- The bar and the library

[@pahularora9642]

Its so good to see scandinavian defense at such a high level......its such a nice opening 😊😊😊😊

[@alvaromillan7437]

He used this line against several players in the banter blitz in Chess24, no one could beat him. He said: "I will start to use it in tournaments"

[@DaKindnes]

Show the scandi game vs Nepo, always a interesting and rare playstyle

[@alexpessoa7699]

You have to type #suggestion to be seen by him

[@mettwurstjochen]

At minute 8:39 it would be cool to go down with the rook so vish has to block with the bishop... i have a question there because: the king cant take the white pawn because he would go into chess. But its not really chess because the bishop would be pinned. Would be cool if the king could enter a chess situation if the piece is pinned

[@michaeldariopellittieri3050]

Yo Agadmator. I know this is an older topic. But just for confirmation. Has alpha zero ever lost at a match when not being forced to used French defense. Or rather playing exactly how it wants. I’ve looked and it seems when playing by it’s own moves from start hasn’t lost a single time.

[@seankrolyk5814]

"Too many Carlsen games"... not a thing. Keep them coming, great videos from this tournament

[@meesaladosa]

Carlsen is so good at endgames.

[@jayjaza2682]

You mean at chess

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Fitting that our scandinavian brother uses the Scandinavian defense

[@khaleefax9553]

*E4 opening should be named after the greatest of them all, and that is no one but Anatoly Karpov.* *When he had the white pieces, he would open by moving the pawn to E4 and say, "and I win the game".*

[@gooddognigel9992]

Khaleefa X hahaha! “E4- Best by test.” RJ Fischer, the Zeus of the chess world.

[@richardfeynman5560]

Just amazing how Carlsen managed to win this game which looked so much drawish at some point!

[@michelerodrigues3350]

wow those trade downs are no joke.. rook and opposite bishop leading to resignation... that was a drawn endgame for any1 else... except the GOAT Magnus.

[@thorhemsworth6542]

Agad, the Hikaru vs Carlsen game 1 blitz had a crazy ending. then Vishy vs Wesly So was a masterclass by vishy at the end game. Please I hope you can show the games here to analyze.

[@thorhemsworth6542]

Vishy vs Wesly blitz game 1.

[@rakeshgoswami2712]

3 proud Indians in the standing

[@partynhouse]

This one was better than one with Nepo. Too many blunders from Nepo. Glad you showed this one.

[@bienmartinez8252]

Dude i've been subbed to you for quite a long time and magnus games are truly the best 💯

[@haskomeyer4924]

Agad... at 4:06 Knight captures on E3 the live commentary crew was quite perplexed and they thought that was such a bad move, fixing Anand's Pawn structure. You did not dwell much on this move, so do you think it was not that critical at all? Or did Carlsen indeed let go of an advantageous position here?

[@sohamdeshmukh5670]

I suppose Carsen just wanted to get rid of that bishop pair before it does some significant damage. Compared to losing the bishop pair gaining that pawn structure is lot less advantageous I suppose.

[@andreasz7986]

Love u mean it, from hollywood california

[@MrDuzaman]

I love all the Magnus games! Would be cool if we could see the Nepo game. Even if it's not a lot of analysis.

[@JamesBrown-zp9xe]

he played this and similar lines of the scandinavian in his last chess24 banter blitz, too. but not against a super GM, but i guess if it works for him, it works.

[@willdemeyer6397]

Agadmator your channel is the best bro. You legend 👍👍👍

[@FrottyZaoldyeck]

Magnus mentioned in the last banter blitz that he hasn't seen a good refutation to the Scandinavian yet, so I guess on a super high level it's not as suspicious as expected.

[@mustafasaid2797]

Awesome Carlsen did it again. Master class endgame technique showed by the world champion

[@rudygaruda6541]

wrong move at 5:02...if im not mistaken anand moved his pawn two squares not one...and magnus did en passan

[@thomaskayfabian]

I like all the Carlsen games! Please keep going!

[@DrMaxRusher]

8:25 can someone please explain me, why Carlsen can't do rook D1? Isn't that game?

[@iscarus]

B f1

[@humansareweird2866]

Wish he went for the 2...Nf6 Scandinavian cause I could most likely get some ideas for the opening I play

[@john851231]

Give us more carlsen game !

[@marieruana4301]

This endgame is a masterpiece.

[@user-xv7bm5ed1f]

So is the Scandinavian a proper opening now? Where is the Fischer quote??

[@M.E.D]

Its very nice to see that Carlsen is outplaying Anand in endgames. Impressive

[@juggernaut316]

End game was so precise

[@siggm8]

Glad to see Nakamura doing great again. Think he dropped quite som rating the last year?

[@callelandstrom4903]

#Suggestion I would love to see a game from Ulf Andersson! Maybe not the flashiest of players but his win against Karpov (1975 in Milan) could be interesting as two positional players battle it out. The game could be interesting both from an analytical standpoint and a historical one as it was Karpovs first loss after becoming the world champion. Thanks for all the great videos, cant wait for the next!

[@QweRinatrtY]

2:55 Ive been telling everyone! Ke2 is the superior move to all, the Bongcloud shall rule the openings!

[@CreepTV]

„You want to prevent (just) to be Check mated“ - I will try this the next game!

[@kalyanikrishna6655]

At 7:54 anand played pawn to A4 and enpassent happened there.. it's not to a3

[@rics6035]

the guy at the right talking the picture with the phone made my day

[@fourtime7]

Endgame is the separation between good and great.

[@martindupres331]

Incredible these player are extremely good

[@martindupres331]

Players sorry

[@ZenoDiac]

No no no, I love Carlsen games! You can show more!

[@godzilla5111]

First!....Lots of Love agadXX

[@naderWaer]

most common reason for resigning games by agadmator is ......... "you have to play something"

[@arrowghost]

Nice B&W photo, it feels like taking back to the days of Bobby Fischer & Boris Spassky.

[@alvaro39mg30]

a small detail. i saw the live coverage before this video and at 4:50 Anand plays a4. it has the same consequences but maybe it was woth to mention

[@Micas099]

It's crazy how bad Magnus was in St. Louis and so good in India. In STL, Magnus just wanted to leave and Maurice seemed to love it.. lol

[@davidkoskas-fourrier6298]

Thanks , you are the best

[@dustmicks1]

To many Carlson games lol. Watching his moves is like a master piece

[@seanlee7054]

Carlsen is #teamscandi !!!! After Carlsen's brilliant wins against Anand and Nepo today I am sure many of you are interested in the Scandi now! Here is the Team Scandi discord: discord.gg/zQ8g7ds Come join and talk about the beauty of chess with us!

[@kimgysen10]

I wonder if they say 'new line line the position', does that also mean that these positions were never really analyzed before either, i.e. they are no part of standard theory?

[@Skwertydogs]

8:50 Why not kh2? Get the rook to the 7th rank then rh7. Does this work out for white?

[@GeHeum]

Keep it going with the Carlsen content

[@asliuf]

Never too many Carlsen games! Love him