What bugs Carlsen? Magnus vs Nikita Petrov | World Rapid 2023 Round 1

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[@MaryBetancourt-n8x]

in this game, Magnus played the end game stronger than Nikita. Once Magnus lost the f pawn, it was a clear that the game was a draw. his rooks were daring and fierce. Nikita's queen was not as strong as Magnus' rooks. in fact, the queen was practically moving back and forth trying to win a draw, unable to do anything against Magnu's king and 2 rooks. this game shows that 2 rooks are in fact stronger and more powerful than a queen in an endgame. probably Nikita knew that he could not keep the a pawn, so he gave it up freely. yet it is interesting to know why Magnus gave up the b pawn? could white's b pawn have been saved? Give credit to Nikita for his fine surprising move of d5! the exchanges that follow is what leads to the kind of queen versus 2 rooks endgame. perhaps the game might have ended different had Nikita not played d5 and Magnus failed to trade queens for black's 2 rooks. so know how and when to exchange. I think Nikita was playing for a draw since from early in the game, probably giving Magnus too much respect. Thanks and Happy New Year!

[@nikunjgupta]

In ur last line u were on magnus's side or Nikita's side😂

[@hectorpinheirobatista1740]

If you see the avaliation bar will see it was always draw

[@sebastianibarra8411]

All you say is 🐮💩

[@bjoernf73]

@@hectorpinheirobatista1740nope - draw is a result. If an equal position was a draw, there would be no reason to play. And the only way to win, is for the opponent to make a mistake in an equal position. Therefore, equality is not draw, draw is only a result.

[@Jadido7]

a Petrov who dosen't play Petrov ... how disrespectful to the family name

[@shoryaprakash8945]

Wasn't funny.

[@Jadido7]

@@shoryaprakash8945 it could be funny for someones, but you are too sophisticated

[@raphael.portela]

@@shoryaprakash8945 for me it was, fck you

[@raphael.portela]

i found it hilarious

[@Jadido7]

@@raphael.portela thank you Mr R. Portela

[@antonsworldofvideos8096]

Great coverage thank you. It's as close to being there as I can hope for. And nice to watch Magnus do what he does without a lot of fuss being made over his every move. Thank you again.

[@mageshwarsinghslathia6849]

Chess base india videos is incomplete without sagar’s commentary

[@abhaykulkarni7661]

With respect, I liked it without the commentary. You can really *feel* as if you are at the table when all you can hear is pieces getting exchanged and sound of the clock being pressed. Much better than a prepared commentary. No offence to Sagar. He is a wonderful chap!

[@Magic9leo]

WOW both of them expecting one damn mistake from the other. Lot of patience not giving up at all. This is one end again I enjoyed a lot. Thanks for posting 😊

[@Pen_sati_voz]

Al principio pretrov podía ganar un caballo y nosé como no lo vio

[@Chemist_Abdallah_Gad]

i think magnus in the end wanted to arrest the black queen with rook under the connect of the king but e3 prevented that

[@cooky68able]

NP was looking for a draw using repeated checks by the queen. MC was looking for a win. But MC knew from the beginning the game was headed for a draw

[@johnstarter777]

It's called "pinning" the Queen to the King...

[@suryathangavel9701]

Finally, Magnus Carlsen with well-groomed hair.

[@EE-iy9rq]

Spot on lol

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Yeah, indeed. His brains are working spectacularly, but his appearance is a whole other story.

[@TheLfamily24]

He stopped drinking so much. He was going thru post covid depression just like everyone else

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Oh, that explains why he played such poor chess since a long time now.@@TheLfamily24

[@PredragCrnkovic]

But his trousers are wrinkled, though.

[@MeetTheBushes]

The table was too narrow without a place to rest his elbows to calculate.

[@Shoreditch]

I'm sure the tables would have been to FIDE specification as per the FIDE handbook C.02.4: For all official FIDE tournaments the length of the table is 110 cm (with 15% tolerance). The width is 85 cm (for each player at least 15 cm). The height of the table is 74 cm.

[@zelandakhniteblade5436]

@@Shoreditch In that case I think Magnus is in the right. The distance looks a lot more like 10cm than 15.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

This, my dear Magnus, is a chess board.

[@Nightshadow3_7]

😂

[@clivethereddevil3178]

I think he was pointing at the microphone.

[@ghaemshamsi7881]

Camera

[@PredragCrnkovic]

12:27 was . ...Qf4 better? And earliet in the game, was. ...h4 at some point better. I guessed that general strategy for white was to double tooks and capture pawn f7 and then win in pawn ending.

[@clivethereddevil3178]

black could not play ...Qf4

[@michaelscott33]

Yeah…if you’re looking to lose. You’re giving up a queen for a rook and the queen is his only Backline piece remaining. It’s impossible to win with king/pawn vs king/pawn/rook…

[@SmigGames]

I thought it was the tiny camera on the board that bugged him but the arbiter didn't seem to be looking at it so I don't know.

[@AlexRochette]

Obviously, he is peeved that Petrov didn’t play the Petrov… 😂

[@ricardorodulfo739]

Drawing with black to a 300 elo difference is almost a victory.

[@escanor9920]

Here's the proof that it doesn't work that way 😅

[@leonardos2925]

That's why he was trying so hard to force the draw in the end.

[@levhart32]

Being able to draw with someone more than three hundred points higher than you is quite an accomplishment!

[@razattack1337]

Why not black pawn take white pawn (F5) at 12:33 ? After that if white rook takes pawn, pawn, queen takes rook. Am I missing something ? Is that not a good move?

[@Only1Feckitt]

😂Am I missing something ? are you kidding? you've had 4 months to study this position. yeah, I think you're missing something.

[@undisclosed3863]

I assume those are small cameras on each side of the board. If that's the case why do they have them? Thanks.

[@neevada3822]

Once you touch a piece, you have to move it. Probably to watch if they touch a piece. There is even a point in the video where Magnus wanted to move a piece, but decided not to, and looked towards the judges to see if they noticed anything.

[@TruthSurge]

What's that lady doing with the microphone during the intro?

[@andysPARK]

A very nice little match, lovely pace, thanks for posting.

[@veryshuai]

nikita must be thrilled with that game. Not easy for a player rated 300 elo lower to get a draw.

[@wellutopia2237]

It is when you play like a coward and trade everything down.

[@cippo1995]

@@wellutopia2237 He was even playing with black, you know.

[@gabrieldinizrocha1290]

@@wellutopia2237 Why would you play an opening with a 51% draw as White? Of course Magnus knew this, and he played anyway, Petrov drawing the game is incredible considering Magnus is the best finals player of all time

[@sangammukherjee]

@@wellutopia2237 did you start watching chess 2 days back ? how come is it cowardly ,its very normal in chess to trade pieces to simplify the game and specially when you are playing against the greatest chess player of all time.

[@abhaykulkarni7661]

and to challenge Magnus in the end game is a feat.

[@corey1845]

13:41 - can someone explain to me, why Petrov didnt take the Pawn next to the King?

[@razattack1337]

Why not Queen take pawn at F6 at 13:40 Apologies I am very new to chess but cannot understand why the pros aren’t making some of these moves which seem better than what they make next

[@kaushalagrawal6258]

White follows with Rd6 pinning the queen and taking it away in exchange for a rook will be a disaster.

[@dontbescaredhomie3137]

I came here for the coughing competitions, but instead watched a very compelling game of chess.

[@00bikeboy]

What are those things attached to the board?

[@parthshady5981]

cameras

[@00bikeboy]

@@parthshady5981 That's a stupid place to put a camera. I can see why Carlsen's upset.

[@jaguarunleashed4935]

​@@00bikeboy ​are other players upset as well due to that or only Mag?

[@festiml.2561]

@@00bikeboy thats such a minor inconvenience... the camera angles are great for the audience

[@fizzlid4511]

nostril cameras

[@maximegorky2396]

Well played John Mayer

[@calvinooi1407]

💀

[@Johnbobon]

😄

[@ibrahim0201]

Commentary??

[@alankritsinha6423]

sagar bhai will you cover this tournament live?

[@KHAN-w3d6x]

No

[@theantinatalismzone392]

Omfg I thought there was c5 c4 trapping the bishop but white has Qxg7 😮

[@Chessdrummer83]

Yeah pretty standard stuff

[@theantinatalismzone392]

@@Chessdrummer83 Yes

[@hildebrand142]

that moment when you think 'oh NO.' the relief when you find a defense. but . . . . that sinking feeling . . .

[@theantinatalismzone392]

@@hildebrand142 Getting the bishop trapped would be horrible. I am Arena Fide Master a title called AFM

[@beedge1807]

Do they have to say something when they offer a draw? Or is it just a nod?? I wonder if a nod has ever been interpreted as "I give up" ?

[@naeznal]

The position alone is usually enough to interpret it correctly.

[@TheAgentAssassin]

The kings at the end solidifies their decision as a draw.

[@MxSpikeSpiegelxM]

Someone playing the first move is kinda dumb. Id have them play the first move, but do something else when the game starts. A true chess tactic

[@RandomJEENerd]

Magnus asked him to play E4 if i see correctly.

[@SmigGames]

They often take back the move and play something else. It's just for the photo, no one takes the first move seriously.

[@dooflydetailguuy4349]

​@@SmigGamesone time his first move was something ridiculous like h4 and he just pretended not to care and played it out to win.

[@rohitbankar7437]

After this Magnus activated the god mode

[@PashutHerenstein]

Bro is there a vid of that?

[@Dan-ce3sd]

I so wanted him to get his hand caught in that little camera trying to make a move and then snap it off.

[@АндрейКатин-у8н]

Ух, я прям понервничал. Никита вы молодец! Кстати В "блиц с мастерами" есть очень похожая партия, до хода ладьи на Е5, по моему один в один. Поздравляю.

[@PredragCrnkovic]

Petron usurped 6 mm of table space for elbows --> I sm sure that was why Carlsen complained.

[@PredragCrnkovic]

Petrov (not Petron).

[@starvingmusician152]

No one will steal chess board, now i get it

[@Chemist_Abdallah_Gad]

nikita played with asolid defence to the end very interesting match

[@wellutopia2237]

He just traded everything off. I could see a tiny little bit of frustration in Carlsen(At least thats how i saw it). Has to suck when your opponent 300 elo below you just play a drawish line trading everything off. Didnt come to play. Cowardly.

[@Cantor214]

0:53 - 1:11 I thought she was going to be standing there with the big mic like that the whole match.

[@draken5213]

Why nikita didn't take magnus knight at 2:30 with his Bishop it was free

[@TheAmanov]

the night is pinned

[@vivek-lz5rt]

magnus will take back his bishop with the queen , and Nikita can't take the queen with his Knight because its pinned to the king by white bishop at a4

[@GOD-TheCreator]

Because Nikita was busy

[@JimGrange.]

The knight protecting it on c6 is pinned, so Bxd4 Qxd4 is possible, and Black has given up the bishop pair unnecessarily

[@draken5213]

​@@vivek-lz5rtoh yeah thanks I didn't noticed it

[@howierobbery]

who won ? was it a draw?

[@kentlofgren-svenska]

Are those cameras?

[@Pietnast]

Co to? 1:25 Dlaczego?

[@diabolical-n1j]

What's that? a mic?

[@АлександрМамонтов-й4ь]

Good game both players!

[@PerteTotale]

on board go pro, or anti cheat sencing device?

[@wellutopia2237]

Microphone most likely. Doubt they would use a camera that small when they have giant professional ones right behind the players designed for high def.

[@taylaca]

​@@wellutopia2237 It actually is a camera. In the FIDE broadcast it occasionally cuts to a very silly camera angle where you see an upward shot of the opposing player from between chess pieces that look massive in the foreground. As you said, they have proper professional cameras, so I don't know why they did that.

[@wellutopia2237]

@@taylaca Oh interesting and unusual and ridiculous.

[@antondoubriouchkouf5724]

Why not a Petrov defence ?

[@tony0000]

I thought two rooks beat a queen in the end game. (Obviously the engine didn't think so.)

[@rg1809]

Interesting point I caught as well. I assumed the engine took into account the relative positions as well.

[@lobedwonder]

when they shake hands who won? or is it a draw?

[@A_A_ron-Phillips]

Draw

[@cristoeaverdade3682]

2:38 Qual a razão de não ter matado o cavalo d4 com o bispo c5?

[@A_A_ron-Phillips]

Probably didn't want to lose his bishop.

[@JenithaC-rx1ge]

Cuz tue knight is pinned to the king so after bxd4 qxd4 is possible and knight can't capture back

[@yup-nope-yep]

⚜️ Oh! It's the "if You need to ask - thingy", Sir. ⚜️

[@nkonghoryan6493]

The moves are straight to the point.

[@dockilat8722]

Magnus saw a real life queen standing there with a mic.

[@jakubpaszkowski8603]

Bravo JKD1:44

[@markcao6056]

Magnus didn't like the black knobby thing at the middle?

[@naumansulaiman8856]

Where can one get that chess board. Anyone have a link

[@Narrowcros]

Chess house or house of Stanton site, those are the the big two sites for proper chess sets

[@robdubent]

It’s a DGT board.

[@golafshangold3587]

Thank God no talking just chess

[@RolandCebedo]

Magnus played so fast in accurate moves

[@naniy7736]

Someone might already have adjusted his pieces...

[@BELA_NUS]

N petrov is the next anatoly karpov, sharp and hard to beat, in 3 years ahead he will be world champion! No one doubt it!

[@sealand000]

Magnus was trying to trick Petrov into taking the pawn at d6 with the queen. 😂

[@NotMeJustborrowed]

Who is the woman that holds the mic?.??

[@bl3313]

Charlize Van Zyl. Reporter for the livestream broadcast.

[@snaigel]

0:23 what is that girl doing in the background? She seems like so Lost lol

[@savoie19]

And what is she doing at 0:40?

[@holgerschmidt4488]

she seems Like to get eye contact with Magnus then the man in between, she annoyed, she s a Robot? 😛

[@dockilat8722]

she was signaling the Mate sign using that mic

[@Userfriendly116]

@@savoie19 😂😂

[@tiagosantivanezatencio8649]

0:30

[@PashutHerenstein]

Why didn’t he challenge magnus on e4 right away?

[@ippimerawr]

Wait did Duda and his opponent not shake hands?

[@NowInChessCom]

I guess they had done it "beforehand"

[@opeyemiibrahim258]

Loving the Puma outfits😍😍😍

[@silverbackape99]

i don't know if the mic belongs there or is it just unconscious thing that it belongs there. lol

[@pandurangaiah7076]

Well played chess match in a fine endgame

[@ТигрИванович-б2о]

Who has won?

[@snakeyes274]

didnt know john mayer played chess

[@chad0x]

The beeping noise in the hall. Annoyed me too.

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Who won

[@renatomercurio4774]

Magnus loves his pieces positioned nicely. Now his microphone was not positioned well and descretely. It looked like a black piece checking his king.

[@שמעון-ק2ח]

I don't see the Ruy as being as good for white as i used to think. And 4...Bc5, i find hard to meet too!

[@d.raizel5476]

who win ?

[@agb6590]

Nikita, vamosssss

[@thomasgilson6206]

That's a stockfish transceiver.

[@barney6888]

when i was 3 minutes old i foresaw all these moves, then yawned

[@sretendjukanovic3780]

Bravo Nikita!

[@coydogdentist]

It was actually the blonde that got him flustered, then he was looking for a reason to blame it on.

[@tybanks294]

How did he win?

[@dinocukusic2585]

draw

[@chivoronco4853]

Viendo el reloj ?

[@albeback5234]

0:38 it’s ok … she’s a blondie 🥰

[@4444pro]

Who won?

[@TheAgentAssassin]

draw

[@GautamJi-hr6to]

Who is see I mean what is her name

[@frankoptis]

So what was the problem for Magnus?

[@احمدچنگایی]

بهترین ویژگی تال نداشتن ذهنیت تعویضی مهره ها ست 😅

[@gerardmartin4718]

Great end game two rooks Vs a queen 😮

[@elitebicycleracers]

I have no idea what I just watched. Was there a winner?

[@newyorkslim2001]

Someone explain why/how Magnus gave up his queen. Is it normal at this level to play two rooks against a queen?

[@vezquex]

Yes, the rook pair can give checkmate. The queen alone cannot.

[@donramanayake1505]

Yes two rooks are usually stronger or equal to a queen, depending on how open the position is.

[@CyrilandCo_editor]

Trust Magnus he knows his stuff.

[@vbertrand]

Sure. A queen is worth 9 points and rooks are 5 points each. Two rooks for a queen is thus a small theoretical advantage.

[@Self_Growth__70424]

Guys watch chess also in the beginning 😂😂😂

[@Wolverine168]

Opponent was looking for a draw and nothing else 😂

[@mosshark]

Magnus discovers the wonders of a comb and hair gel.

[@SreeramReddyB]

Magnus disappointed, don't get disappointed , it is just a game, with all the experience you have you can do better than that in terms of disappointment.

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

How do you think that he wins his games, unless he is disappointed when he loses one? He wants to win, so it is only natural and healthy to be disappointed when he loses. There is nothing wrong with it.

[@CaribouDataScience]

Did Magnus die his hair?

[@MorphysinceC.E]

1:07 Rest assured, Magnus TAPPED THAT AS❤

[@TbirdThunderHD]

Yeah, those side glances and that grip on and placement of that microphone says a lot.

[@HappyYummmy]

the chess community is way more cringy than the video game or reddit one

[@kshitizyadav3174]

wtf was that women doing in the beginning lol

[@scalabrine670]

media stuff. pictures etc.

[@Jacob99174]

Thirsting? 😂

[@teejplays7344]

she's trying if mic fits in😂

[@kshitizyadav3174]

@@Jacob99174 she old af , I was asking because she was standing awkwardly and staring at the players lmao

[@Jacob99174]

@@kshitizyadav3174 sorry, I directly answered your question: “What was she doing?” “She was thirsting”

[@mikeldavies1916]

How many times is that lady going to check magnus out?

[@CrAzzyWak]

She is trying so hard not to look at him

[@Dhrubaghosh12345]

Gentlemen Nikita Petrov and Magnus play with me, I am WCD (Recently World Biggest Chess Player), nice person.This is title game,play

[@FreakazoidRobots]

Magnus showed up on time AND there's 15 minutes on the clock. What even is going on?

[@Orion-zq8jf]

that would bug the sh*t out of me