Titled Tuesday Blitz Chess Tournament: Magnus Carlsen Dominates!

[@chess]

Watch more Magnus Carlsen chess games! kzbin.info/aero/PL-qLOQ-OEls69A5fLXN1RJ-QkOstscYLk

[@Athinira]

I was watching the 6th game of Magnus versus Iturrizaga at 1:11:34, having Stockfish 9 calculating the position alongside the game, and it was amazing to see how Magnus just kept playing the moves the engine recommended, even when we were talking slow positional moves. After having fianchettoed both bishops on move 6, Stockfish agrees with EVERY SINGLE CARLSEN MOVE from move 7-18 (disagreed on move 19, where it preferred fxg6 over Rae8). What a machine.

[@kylelegion9924]

2:03:02 BigMak2500 is a genius. After getting a hopelessly losing position he finds a creative way to win: disrespects his opponent by not resigning, opponent tries to teach him a lesson by giving him a false hope of stalemate, opponent gets forfeited by mod for wasting everyone's time, BigMak2500 wins.

[@a2padvocaciaespecializada971]

I think that was probably not the case. They were most likely trolling and having fun together.

[@Triplefga]

@@a2padvocaciaespecializada971 jokes on you

[@bentoganivalu5705]

Bruh that fijian NM what are u doing???

[@sethmachakos9926]

Bigmak2500 is the real MVP

[@ExtremeBirding]

This guy's chess is just way too good. Even though he doesn't get edges in his opening play, he somehow manages to absolutely crush in the middle/endgame. Best player to ever live.

[@EGC316]

BigMak beating 2 Queens and 2 Pawns with a King was the real tournament winner.. legend

[@ministerofleisure]

not sure how people can keep saying "magnus isn't as good as his rating" or "magnus is isn't the best player in the world." chess is hard, and this guy keeps crushing people. his awareness and positional understanding is unparalleled.

[@jamiechinnick3603]

"The working-class Grandmaster is being punished by Carlsen here." Very nice Eric.

[@ausar3852]

@@hoola_amigos 2:28:42

[@ausar3852]

@@hoola_amigos Lmao

[@timothyacowin9761]

I love that Magnus doesn't usually stream, it looks way cooler to see him pop up in events.

[@sammywohl5194]

1random might be a rare type of NM who never learned how to mate with two queens. It's really not easy unless you know the technique.

[@TheCStrike2]

Sammy Wohl what are you talking about lol, he could have just used them as a rook and done the rook roller check mate

[@sammywohl5194]

+TheCStrike2 dude are you serious? I'm clearly being sarcastic lol

[@twanvanderdonk2504]

I love mating with two queens, if you catch my drift

[@achintya4094]

TheCStrike2 r/whoosh

[@-ChrisD]

Funny...ha..ha...But seriously, Sammy, you know without at a bare minimum of three queens that delivering checkmate is a difficult thing to do even at the highest levels of chess😆🙃

[@skeletormaster7365]

HAHAHAH the trolls at 2:03:45, that was too funny man i was laughing the whole time! Also very good analysis Eric!

[@jacobnair6707]

Skeletor Master lol and then he resigned

[@CarlosSilva-cx6oh]

Skeletor Master Never give up!

[@screenname764]

GensUnaSumus09 To be fair, it's just as bad for BigMak2500 to have not resigned far earlier in the game. I still found it pretty funny though, but I'm sure it would have been frustrating if I were playing in the event and had to wait.

[@Cellkist]

I think it's fair to say that with the increment, bigmak was not hoping for a blunder into stalemate. He was just trolling along.

[@davidrobins1021]

There's not much to do in Fiji, so he's just enjoying his queens. Brilliant.

[@hutchmusic-ux5mi]

Can we please have Magnus every week just to get the most energetic version of Eric? :) Seriously though, great stuff, thanks for the upload.

[@vincentradix8257]

hutch1979music If you pay him :p

[@Wtahc]

hutch1979music the winner gets money

[@JamesQuintero18]

Magnus won't play tournaments for $500 first place...

[@dalulu418]

@@JamesQuintero18 Magnus doesn't care what the price money is. He usually donates it to the next tournament IRC.

[@pallav5833]

Magnus is on a whole other level

[@wellardshellard]

Martin Nietzche it's amazing to watch

[@silenera8172]

BigMak2500 on a whole other level

[@9MRSG]

Martin Nietzche lol made me laugh

[@Malficion]

Everytime i see this I read "Tilted Tuesday" 😅

[@amigosXcorrespondenc]

The troll at the end was epic! lol

[@kamilek7573]

"You can guess the move, it's really fun" he said with no happy expressions

[@ausar3852]

He needs to get laid but gets paid for chess... No time at all

[@crypt4519]

2:08:39 Troll of the century.

[@amigosXcorrespondenc]

Ohhhh! Lawrence just rekt Hikaru :¨D

[@alexbaytenov]

BigMak story was just hilarious!!! OMG

[@bloxorzwizard7931]

Actually, you're forgetting that every time a piece is captured the count starts over, so he can also give up his queens as needed to prolong the count, and if that was the goal, he could have engineered black into having a pawn to promote and that would have added a whole bunch of moves if they were conspiring the make a really long game.

[@Breeelax]

50:38 Magnus Carlsen even sets the guy who is just commentating the game speechless. Monstrous game!

[@tonycollins983]

Eric, the way you commentated and anticipated most of Magnus' play still makes me believe you have what it takes to win this tourny. Holding out for the day a Chessbrah wins TT

[@danielwebb1645]

Eric is my favorite commentator for these types of tournaments.

[@flippert0]

Magnus' game against Itturizaga was certainly the highlight here. Neither player made obvious blunders, but black managed to increase the pressure very methodically.

[@bredeker]

I love the bit between 0:45 and 0:50; that's worth hours of study and Eric's face is pure entertainment. "So... you see what happened? I have no idea what just happened. (...) That was ridiculous." Great stuff :)

[@robocop6444]

Eric Hanson might lack a little va-va-voom as a commentator but his chess insight and vision is exceptional. The speed he sees ideas and tactics gives me an insight of the mind of a 2500, yet a lone a 2800. I think he pattern/idea recognition in the Carlsen- Chandra game is fantastic. Great work Eric.

[@andrelewis9178]

Robo Cop

[@9181shreyasbhatt]

the biggest troll starting at 2:03:00 worth watching!! the end to the troll is great too and for final touch also watch 2:19:58

[@ewalltom]

"You need to use your King in chess. That's the lesson of the day."

[@igos2101]

Eric `s commentary is top notch.He should be doing this full time as well

[@lifesnotfair]

Eric is a great commentator. When that troll was making silly moves in the 9th round, just making everybody wait unnecessarily, Eric made comparisons to other hypothetical situations and kept it respectful; props to him for resisting the urge to insult that guy! Hah. Enjoyed his commentary very much.

[@jsgovind]

BigMak2500 LOL

[@9181shreyasbhatt]

jsgovind congrates!!!

[@9181shreyasbhatt]

jsgovind if u r the same player who played in the tournment could u suggest me a nice chess book. it will be of great help. thanks

[@lostblue5651]

he almost did it again

[@carrottoponcrak]

Classic BigMak

[@benberg1107]

@Joël Cuerrier is that a joke?

[@fkurcik]

Humble patient technician Magnus, that's what came across my mind looking at this.

[@gblackmon84]

Eat a cookie every time you hear "Magnus has the two bishops." Can't anyone wrestle that bishop pair out of him?

[@andreasurne8437]

Video deserves a like for Lawrence ringing nakas bell

[@LolDarrellLol]

those bigmak games were cracking me up

[@DJJOHN92]

Revisited this vid today. Eric really is a talented commentator - he should be involved in more and bigger events. He is a Carlsen-whisperer when it comes to predicting moves, and his trashtalk is excellent, especially around 2:04:00 minute mark.

[@fritzlange7934]

47.37 ”He's definitely going very deep now in terms of evaluating; I don't know what he's thinking” Just about sums up Magnus right? He’s on another level.

[@zepeterinma]

They've been saying Magnus has been slipping- I don't see it.

[@zepeterinma]

​@Shawn Mendenall Absolutely, it's strange because each year he seems to be doing just as well as the last year. Magnus was having a bad day when he was playing Hikaru, who was at the top of his game, despite this- Magnus still managed to pull off a win. He's a class above all of the other super-gms, especially when it comes to his versatility and adaptability to different time-formats. Champions before him would discredit quicker time controls playing it off as not-real-chess. While Magnus decided to conquer them as well, and proved that the skills from classical and rapid chess do indeed translate to better chess vision and a higher ability to play the correct moves in quick time controls.

[@dhruvjain4584]

''The King Beats The world" you could feel eric's fury inside.

[@z17seattle]

So...."trashes" is on a different tier than "thrashes." "Trashing" someone/something is a bit more intense and permanent, leaving broken and scattered pieces following the wake of destruction. As a byproduct, moderate to severe psychological damage can occur.

[@matt5403]

Really great commentary Eric, loved your introduction about GMs playing for the glory and rush, sounds very real

[@maxpheby7287]

Game 2 from Magnus was great, talk about winning by force lol.

[@bloxorzwizard7931]

Magnus should have listened to your second suggestion in the game with Benjamin. When the Black queen was on g6, Bh5 was devastating as it drives the Q into some nasty discoveries on f6 as Qh7 gets murdered by Qg4, because Bf7 is threatened and if Black plays F5 then the e file is fatally weakened, not to mention that Be5 was also devastating to the Q by driving it into bad squares. or forcing serious concessions.

[@skylarkenneth2407]

Only to find out Magnus Carlsen probably entered into 3 tournaments on different websites XP

[@nat-moody]

Really entertaining and informative commentary, Eric, thanks ! That Berlin game of Magnus' was insane, gonna have to revisit it.

[@gacoss2739]

lol first lawrence beats hikaru, then he gets beaten by a 14 yo FM...

[@ausar3852]

Lawrence cheated naka :(

[@dylanwynne4112]

@@ausar3852 No he didn't.

[@kormega1641]

Kudos to the person who drew with Carlsen.

[@azimuthal1392]

The trolling could have continued about 147 more moves than Eric said, right? Get 4 queens, then force the black king to capture one every 49 moves, resetting the 50 move rule?

[@azimuthal1392]

Yes, as you point out Eric was forgetting the last 50 moves after the last pawn push in his account as well. Good point! So it was about 200 more than he thought.

[@azimuthal1392]

though actually I'm not sure whether Eric meant "150 moves until the end" or "150 moves until last reset of the 50 move rule," so maybe either of our interpretations is plausible. Either way, that's a lot of trolling! I wonder whether chess.com will try to outlaw this practice in future.

[@veeclash4157]

lawrence trent mate vs nakamura was SWEET!!

[@brianmarrero5147]

I think Carlsen missed a Nxc5 instead of Nc1 at 30:17

[@zwishking6032]

What a scrub

[@davidcapcuch8290]

Qb6 and you are losing a piece I guess?

[@brianmarrero5147]

David Čapčuch Then Nd6 discoverd attack on the Queen.

[@brianmarrero5147]

Zwish King lol!

[@davidcapcuch8290]

Oh, nvm. For some reason I overlooked that bishop on e3 is protected

[@Holland_Oates]

Prefer it if there wasn't a spoiler in the title and description, but I guess it is expected with Magnus

[@motoquasi]

That game against Spartakus1975 was awesome.

[@johngrantner7240]

Love that reaction to Magnus joining the tourny

[@johngrantner7240]

That was the hook to the video haha it drew me in

[@TOPVideo07]

По більше би таких турнірів...

[@willycar96]

I'm confused. At 1:07:55 doesn't Kh2 just lose to e2?

[@chessbrah]

i think so! me and the players all missed it

[@azimuthal1392]

yes, I thought so too

[@DerMig590]

Yes, then Kxg3 in 7 or 8 moves, game over

[@MrHory77]

A real teacher Eric !! Very good commentaries !

[@guest_informant]

Fast forwarded to watch each of Magnus's games (congrats to Benjamin Bok). Really glad I stuck around for the underground/underdog story of the year featuring the Troll from Fiji.

[@johnd6295]

very good Eric with analysing. enjoyed watching this!

[@neville-mladen9393]

Great energy Eric and wonderful commentary you were excellent!

[@OfficialFOY]

1:07:54 Surely pushing the pawn to e2 here is winning?? Bishop has to capture, black king will capture the d5 pawn and black is up a bishop. Then black brings the king in and zugzwangs white until black king can start capturing the pawns.

[@Joe-pg7mi]

Excellent job, Eric! You were both informative and entertaining.

[@Jarretman]

Excellent commentary by GM Hansen

[@MrRickRenegade]

I like your commentary style Eric - you should be on TV.

[@ggreyshade]

"ive been ignoring the people on twitch, [...] I like to neglect those people" lmaoooo eric

[@GRENKEChess]

Very good commentary by Eric Hansen! Very insightful. Enjoyed every minute.

[@achintya4094]

Eric says= double edged Finegold= Very suspicious...

[@joegreenwood86]

Thank God every time I pause it, it reminds me who is going to win. Just in case I inadvertently missed the spoilers

[@igos2101]

Very good commentary and analysis,thank you

[@joaomateusbinsfeld4796]

LOvVE SEEING MAGNUS PLAYING WITH COMMENTS, remembers me JERRY from Chess Network, also very very giod

[@ClickingHeads]

How is this shocking? He wins almost every tourney

[@fake-PSL]

if Magnus CARLSEN even uses an engine ..... no one would notice

[@kimaboe]

For one game in Wijk an Zee a couple of weeks ago, he played Stockfish's first choice something like 17 moves in a row.

[@topspin242]

Eric you are the best at commentating.

[@rexclamation9649]

Really enjoyed this commentary! Learned a lot

[@yamiegg394]

Eric is such a fanboy for Magnus :)

[@skillywilly187]

everyone who thinks wesley so is close to magnus..let me say magnus is 2x better than whoever your 2 is....when he goes to #2 magnus it will be for at least 8 years..and itll be someone we never heard of maybe a child prodigy coming up soon. but no one for a while is close. id say hes far better than kasparov in his prime definitly better.

[@tracker7661]

D rider much ? Chill son...

[@kasparov9]

No way. Kasparov had 17. 2820+ tournament performances. Dominated the chess world for 20 years, once beat 4 2600GM's in a simul 7-1! Not to mention crazy personal scores like against Gelfand, Shirov and Adams 40-0!!! Magnus still has a way to go to achieve what Garry did.

[@jashepoon]

kasparov9 your username lol

[@davidsecker1181]

kasparov9 but Magnus has an higher Elo

[@coosoorlog]

14:46 Btw, Iceland is not technically part of Scandinavia (other than historically part of Norway etc). "Nordic" is a better word here, referring to all those Scandinavian countries plus Iceland and Finland (including areas like Greenland and Åland)

[@gordonmelrose2514]

Such a wholesome Eric in this 1. Lol

[@JeffChorney]

Awesome Lawrence Trent what a game!

[@Alessandro90933]

Magnus is a chess magician

[@vinayak_2805]

I can already see a video on How to beat two queens with a king coming🤣😂😂😂

[@drumcircler]

Great one, Eric!

[@DJJOHN92]

Solid commentary, Eric! You seem to read Magnus' playstyle really well.

[@AndrewBackhouse1]

Love the coverage, cheers Eric.

[@davidrobins1021]

Question: when the standings are shown, there are some grey numbers on the far right-hand side of the box. For example, at 2:19:43, for Magnus it says 47.25 next to his points score, for Hikaru, it's got 33.75, and so on. Does anyone know what these numbers mean?

[@saicharan52]

Just now got recommended. Anyways i think it means the sum points scored by his opponents he faced when he played them in their respective round.

[@Blinknone]

Really enjoyed the games and your commentary. Thanks!

[@markritchie8874]

Great commentary, always clear and informative, thanks.

[@tiddlewink101]

Nice commentary, thanks for the vid

[@townsquare_chess]

Eric is such a legend for 2:04:45 on.

[@jonathanlindsey463]

note to self... if magnus is in the tournie and eric is doing the commentating, DO NOT WATCH

[@stawgorin]

Thank you Eric!

[@maxisbrian5349]

The sultan of kings :Magnus the menace, is here guys.Good coverage Eric

[@topspin242]

Magnus is the real deal.

[@robocop6444]

Also, where the hell does Eric live, sirens, car alarms - sounds like the Purge out there !?!

[@gdubbbbb]

Great job, Eric.

[@crypt4519]

0:03 And I am thinking what the hell Kylo Ren is doing here??

[@BaliBaggins]

Imagine drawing with black vs carlsen. A good story to tell :-)

[@voideg3659]

1:50:33 im so happy carlsen won i hate when people keep trolling like what this guy did.

[@bobdolendeath7776]

Why does Magnus refuse Bobby Fischer a chance?!

[@chrisulfen8775]

Magnus is the best speed chess player. We can stop calling Hikaru the best now.

[@mortenhammer5403]

Great commentary! Thanks