Wesley So Plays 1.b3 to TROLL Magnus Carlsen in the Final

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[@MohdAashim-tg7il]

Magnus was not shocked He was downloading all the data available for the move b3

[@drawesome9317]

dammm bro😂

[@JudyHisso]

Clip of the day Magnus was shocked !!! And the way So removes his glasses before playing 😂🔥

[@RaniaIsAwesome]

b3 isn't a "troll" move at all. 2. Ke2 is a troll move.

[@user-cf8hv9od6v]

As a 1.b3 main player I see this as an absolute win.

[@user-cf8hv9od6v]

(sorry for the overused meme)

[@user-ll4iy9es3k]

Same B3 Gang

[@Corteum]

Niacin gang. Boosts NAD+ levels.

[@hurmuzi1545]

most b3 mains never pass 2100-

[@zangrat]

​@@hurmuzi1545 & That's coming from a 400 elo player

[@Lumigle]

As an 800 Elo player I don't find this opening shocking in any way, I usually open with the first random shit that comes into my mind xDD

[@riccardodellorto4267]

H4 followed by rook H3 😎

[@snared_]

​@@riccardodellorto4267no. nooo. no. you will lose far too often if you use that (source: trust me I've tried it)

[@Goku17yen]

@@riccardodellorto4267facts

[@lmhr9]

800 ELO games 5eva

[@MonicaHolly143]

U can still get away with this in 1100 😂

[@Crailik]

0:04 what a brilliant move by carlsen

[@C.Jr12]

💀💀

[@Tempest28000]

The Zip opening

[@davidwoods1499]

😂

[@ced3069]

​@@Tempest28000 Zip Opening, Closed Variation

[@aashimashaikh]

😂😂😂

[@wiewat231]

He looks fumed

[@vincentvincent9001]

He still managed to draw that one and win the first set. Goat level.

[@legueu]

Wesley So choose violence.🐐

[@bandai7602]

Wesley: "You know, i'm something Magnus Carlsen myself." Magenus:😮

[@George_Bland]

Wesley So has become a new beast this tournament

[@TheOneRealTom]

He always was a beast, he's just not so much into streaming and stuff, so hardly anyone knows him. The one trait Carlsen, Nakamura and Co have, that most excellent GMs don't is the fact that they have charisma and the ability to make a brand out of their names.

[@carlocruz3192]

Im goinng to name my kid Wesnus Carlso

[@George_Bland]

@@TheOneRealTom Nah in my opinion he's been seeing chess as a job for the past couple of years, I've not seen ambition, but this tournament he's been trying and succeeding to win his games.

[@masyan3457]

​@@George_Bland he still have ambition for chess. When interviewed in this event he wants to get at least top 3 classical and qualified for candidate.

[@wandrr27]

@@carlocruz3192 Your kid will be the GOAT. Get it?? Get it???

[@shashishekhar----]

Magnus was offended bro 😂😂

[@amirqais1503]

He was looking for "Abort"

[@broken1394]

Magnus's face is absolutely priceless when Wes put's his move on the board.

[@titusa04]

It's really too bad the game ended in a draw

[@MindfulnessMeditateManifest]

Wesley has to change up his tactics if he wants to beat magnus. Magnus owns him

[@TheoP-qq6sv]

​@@MindfulnessMeditateManifest No shame in that!

[@titusa04]

@@MindfulnessMeditateManifest Right. He needs to play aggressive and tactical like he did in their armageddon game during the round robin stage.

[@Tocinos]

​@@MindfulnessMeditateManifestquit glazing 🤡

[@sb1995]

0:05 the head opening, zip closed variation by magnus

[@TheGrandmasterMan]

You can head for the Nimzo Larsen from b3....unorthodox, but nothing Carlsen hasnt seen before.

[@sergiogastoncarrizo159]

I love it how they talk so much about two guys seating doing nothing 😅

[@killermonk47]

Magnus: "I'm gonna end this man's whole career"

[@M.maka4]

Who won

[@code.r]

No one is talking about Magnus forgetting to close his zip before entering 😅

[@riccardodellorto4267]

💀

[@robertmartinsen9274]

gotta use both heads against wesley

[@sdklf4484]

​@@robertmartinsen9274YOOOOO 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@singularity_12398]

Pawn f3 inches😮😮

[@abw9085]

i have a suspicion wesley has been working with hikaru

[@tasmeetiqbal4583]

Fabiano actually. They exchanged tweets to play b3

[@enderduck4253]

I think it was Fabi this time, but this is actually a well known thing. Players tend to help contestants from their country with prep once they're eliminated from a tournament. Hikaru helped Fabi at some point I think and Wesley helped Hikaru during the chess960 Championship.

[@MohamedSaid-km7rm]

So: 1.b3 Magnus: so you have chosen war...

[@justsomerandomguy8210]

And he took that personally

[@brendanmccallion2350]

This is quite a common opening when you're at 200 elo 😂

[@hasanatif4540]

& magnus trolled back winning the set showing who is the goat

[@bunnycatch3r]

Magnus: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@vanitaboryekar9345]

Adhiban be like : yeah buddddyyy!!

[@Charvack]

Bro woke up and chose violence. Against the goat. 😂

[@marioreyes9398]

Wesley said this move the day before the match so Magnus could prepare for it.

[@FreedomCinema88]

Opponent plays b3. It's really effective.

[@notilyes9507]

magnus trying to remember if he closed the door

[@louptrjack7354]

He was like how dare you

[@kangcomment1516]

Magnus: what this guy doing?!

[@clive0494]

this is like anime, only 1st move and its so intense wtf hahahaha

[@chryslercartography9024]

Why does the room have to be so dark? I can hardly see what's happening.

[@alphalance9408]

Fabiano said it!

[@Leonhard_Euler99]

Cheap clickbait. It wasn't a TROLL opening. It was just a surprising weapon. Even Magnus himself said that 1.b3 is a legitimate opening and there is nothing not to like about this one.

[@CGM_68]

It was playing the GM at his own game; Magnus Carlsen intentionally plays unorthodox openings in order to take the game away from textbook positions. Obliging his opponents to spend time thinking it out rather than playing rapidly from memorized openings.

[@politicfrog]

So is just playing mind games coz Magnus is just so good maybe he mix a lil bit and ftustrate him early on the match. Its an unusual first move by super gms for sure.

[@kentymashmilo758]

Magnus just checked 1000000 universes where he won.

[@utkarshagrawal3640]

Clearly at 0.04 magnus was about to go with the SNAKE opening but than realises that it would be too much.

[@joelara3662]

Can someone explain why b3 is a troll move. Can't you transition into Queen's Indian or something after a few moves?

[@louaimehena5575]

It aint a troll move, it is just rare and uncommon to be played on higher levels

[@dudeabides23]

Put that in your Bong Cloud and smoke it Magnum

[@IAmMyself3504]

You cant troll the goat

[@manofculture4396]

Wesley is like " gand maraye duniya , ham khele jo ho man ma "

[@System.Error.]

notice that carlsen didnt zip his pants up

[@patrickmadden6340]

This is how I usually beat Nelson

[@burritobob123]

nice

[@jojogalit2750]

Is more shocked than offended, Wesley prepared this move 1b3 for sure to see Magnus reaction.

[@pragyanupadhyaya8527]

David happy along with these commentators to spend thevrest of thier lives saying magnus magnus magnoose

[@SR_10]

Magnus Carlsen After b3 - 😏😕😔😭😂😂

[@IsisMusic]

This is so funny. B3 against Magnus

[@Yulszxc]

I don't play chess, but why that opening was a troll move?

[@nicbentulan]

2nd: 2022 WFRCC: Magnus, Hikaru & FIDE cheated Wesley So, who should've been 2020, 2022 & 2024 candidates wildcard because Wesley So won in classical games (45+15=60) while Hikaru won in rapid games (25+5+2.5=32.5min). Source: p1w4Rr-1fL --- That's the summary. The ff is the long version. --- 2 questions Q1 Why isn't it unfair to Wesley So that FIDE lowered the WFRCC time controls from 60min in 2019 to 32.5min in 2022 ( w/o changing the name of course to 'rapid WFRCC'. if they change the name, then there's no problem ) considering the ff things? --- Thing1 In the 2019 WFRCC, Hikaru & Magnus did better in 15+2=17min games than 60min games. Wesley So did better in vice-versa. --- Thing2 Afaik - (0min,10min) = blitz - [10min,60min) = rapid - [60min,120min) = classical but unrated for 2200+ players. - [120min,infinity) = classical Hence, Wesley So should be the CLASSICAL WFRCC and then Hikaru is the rapid WFRCC. Wesley So beat Magnus 3x CLASSICAL games in a row HUMAN VS HUMAN, no computer prep! The last time this happened was Vishy Anand vs Alexei Shirov in 2000 FIDE classical WCC! (Not to be confused w/ 2000 PCA classical WCC where Garry cheated Alexei.)

[@nicbentulan]

Thing3 Yet for some reason FIDE insists that both 32.5min & 60min are 'slow rapid' while 17min is 'fast rapid'. They didn't even define these terms. Check out the maths here: I see only 2 reasonable definitions for slow & fast rapid. -Def1 - Slow rapid means unrated classical [60,120) & fast rapid is rapid [10,60). This means: - There's no classical WFRCC. - Wesley So is slow rapid WFRCC. - Hikaru is fast rapid WFRCC. - Hence, Hikaru is NOT a successor of Wesley So. -Def2 - Fast rapid & slow rapid cut up rapid [10,60) into resp [10,35) and [35,60). 2 issues here: - 60min is not in either of these intervals. - Also, 32.5 is in [10,35). So neither 60 nor 32.5 are slow rapid. Lol. This means: - There's no slow rapid WFRCC. - Wesley So is classical WFRCC. - Hikaru is rapid WFRCC, specifically fast rapid WFRCC. - Hence, again, Hikaru is NOT a successor of Wesley So. - Def3 - The definitions must be: Since 15+2=17 is fast rapid, we must have - [10,X) fast rapid & - [X,120) slow rapid, for some 17 < X < 32.5. Like say X is some arbitrary number like X=20 or X=30. Lol yeah right!! --- Thing4 Conclusion: I believe the 2022 WFRCC was a conspiracy to get Hikaru / Magnus to win in parallel w/ the Hans Niemann situation. Think about this: - Magnus quits the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. 1 day later, Hans Niemann, an American rival of Magnus, is harmed in another tournament, the 2022 CGC in that Hans is removed! - Magnus quits the 2023 WCC. 1 month later, Wesley So, an American rival of Magnus, is harmed in another tournament, the 2022 WFRCC in that the time controls are reduced w/o changing the name! I hardly believe this is a coincidence. I bet Magnus even directed (or conspired w/) FIDE to remove (and hence cheat) Sergey (not American but still Jewish like Hans & Bobby) from the 2022 candidates. Sergey's replacement Liren even cited the ff as role models: Magnus, Garry & Veselin instead of Wesley, Bobby & Vlad ( as described in FlNsFKeq-iE ). Of course there's no conspiracy at all if FIDE just says 'Ok Wesley So is classical WFRCC & Hikaru is rapid WFRCC. Sorry for the confusion!' For chess: The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life. For 9LX: The ability to play 9LX is the sign of a gentleman or a lady. The ability to play 9LX well is the sign that you're not Magnus Carlsen. LOL!!!! --- Q2 Consequently, why shouldn't Wesley So have been a wildcard in 2020, 2022 or 2024 candidates as the 2019 WFRCC winner considering -Fabi was a wildcard in the 2019 WFRCC quarter-finals as the 2018 WCC runner-up, not by FRC virtue -Hikaru & Magnus were 2019 WFRCC quarter & semi-finals wildcards, by FRC virtue for the 2018 unofficial WFRCC but lol the 2018 game itself was obviously for chess virtue ? Well I suppose there's that being good at chess means you'll be good at 9LX but not vice-versa (unless you're Magnus lol)... --- P.S. Wesley So on Lex Fridman xcdhgq P.P.S. Interview while imprisoned p1w4Rr-1Uk Pablo Mercado: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players? Uncle Bobby Fischer: My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random. - 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.

[@user-um6ez6fk4k]

So is the Nimzo Larsen opening considered bad or what?

[@johnathant6735]

Magnus probably didn’t prep for it. If that’s the case, he’s pissed because he wasted so much time.

[@johnathant6735]

Magnus probably didn’t prep for it. If that’s the case, he’s pissed because he wasted so much time.

[@1ns3r72]

Who win this game

[@rafaelgchiofalo2901]

It was a draw, but Magnus won the set

[@miroslavmelih6527]

b3?!

[@ivyjoynogot2055]

fianchetto

[@jamesang7861]

Can someone enlighten us please

[@glispie]

But like 1.b3 is a fine opening lol

[@IsisMusic]

The reaction from the goat. Hehe :)

[@bvlgariigh5637]

magnus cooced him

[@user-ob1sb1wf5p]

Ok vbut who won

[@maheshdawani5933]

ofc magnus

[@MorningNapalm]

:D

[@josephvelardetv]

🤣

[@sinhaentertainments8398]

And lost the set

[@sesanti]

It's hilarious because all's well when he trolls, but when he gets trolled he just can't take it and is about to throw a hissy fit. What a manchild.

[@Godlystriker]

Don't let the commentators get to your head, lol. Watch this in mute, and it looks like he's just thinking.

[@nathanielrobles3284]

Bro he was just thinking about what So ate the whole day and how many hours did So sleep.

[@OXcraft]

Where was he throwing a hissy fit? He was analyzing the options and what lines his opponent might play. Tell me you're ignorant without telling me you're ignorant.

[@nathanielrobles3284]

@@OXcraft I'd tell you he is a Magnus hater obviously.

[@davidnguyen4353]

The champ does whatever he fucking wants

[@nicbentulan]

Sergey Karjakin sided w/ Magnus over Hans ... NOT. On 2022Sep07, I asked Sergey: A - Sergey did Hans cheat? B - Sergey what do you think of the upcoming 9LX tournament in Iceland 2022Oct? C - Please it's killing me!!!! Do you support Wesley? Sergey: A - I have no ideas:). Magnus played bad and Hans played well. B - I like Fischer chess and it is pity that we don’t have many tournaments on it. C - Wesley is a hero:). Q1 Why'd Sergey side w/ 3 Americans - Wesley So - Bobby Fischer - Hans Niemann over fellow European Magnus? Q2 In particular, why'd Sergey say - 'Wesley is a hero' when earlier in 2022Apr Wesley said - 'I don't want Sergey to be in the candidates' ? Source: fTWDDLWvexA -- Notes: Note1: Each of the 3 Americans, like Beth Harmon, 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American.' Note2: In 2022Sep, Russia was still European - didn't yet change to Asian chess federation.) Note3: Well, the opposite of this list is: - Magnus Carlsen - Garry Kasparov - Hikaru Nakamura And afaik Sergey hates them all. Lol. Note4: Also, NATO's leader is Norwegian. --- P.S. Wesley So on Lex Fridman xcdhgq P.P.S. Interview while imprisoned p1w4Rr-1Uk Pablo Mercado: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players? Uncle Bobby Fischer: My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random. - 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.

[@laugh_n_share_life]

you are a nutcase

[@ryanamburgy2791]

You get a lot of hate but I just want to say I hope you have a great day

[@Bt-cq6te]

bot

[@stianaandal1488]

@@ryanamburgy2791He never has a good day. He cant get Magnus out of his head

[@the___dude]

Ah yes the schizoposter strikes again

[@Organization_13]

Can anyone explain and not troll what is going on here what’s the big deal

[@fightfan1330]

Who won?

[@nonnogol]

This historical match between So and Carlsen will now officially make 1.b3 an "OPENING," it is NOT an unorthodox opening. "So" is now one of my favorite chess players as well... The successor of Bent Larsen... 1.b3 should be called now "The Nimzo-Larsen-So Attack." ♟ 😁👍

[@NapKing31]

Playing this opening for over 20 years myself before it resurged at the top level, I agree there is nothing wrong with the opening. True that if Black plays well, it will result in a fairly equal position, but then it is just a game of chess.

[@nonnogol]

I have been playing 1.b3 also for a long time as well. Bobby Fischer at the World Championship in 1972 shocked everyone when he played 1.b3 vs Spassky. I think Wesley So was thinking the same way as Fischer, "Throw off the opponent from the start"... @@NapKing31