Speed Chess Championship 2023 Quarterfinal | Magnus v Nepomniachtchi | Rivalry Resumes | !coinbase

[@shuvonewaz]

Magnus on Wesley: The match will be close if he's not tilted. Magnus on himself: If my brain is braining, I'm winning.

[@Jelliot_TheJelly_Jay_RedKnight]

😂😂

[@Creator0369]

Magnus unbelievable.He is gonna win against Hikaru this time if hikaru reaches final

[@pct4to]

hikaru won by one point last time, this time magnus will win by two

[@swarooprajpurohit110]

@@pct4to Hikaru will win it again. He's the best in speed chess

[@pct4to]

@@swarooprajpurohit110 magnus won by considerable margins in 2016 and 2017. While i do think hikaru has improved I still believe last time was a bit of a fluke, and magnus take the rematch

[@J42337]

I think that Magnus is the only one left that is capable of beating Hikaru in the SCC time formats. Alireza is gone and Ding didn't participate. By Hikaru's own admission those are the only real threats... Magnus play incredibly here and frankly embarrassed Ian. It's gonna be a good one between the two speed chess goats in the final!

[@georgechristidis6808]

hikaru is better at speed chess

[@docfit-2112]

The truth is the only one who can beat magnus is hikaru, and the only one who can beat hikaru is magnus.. These two are so much better than the other GMs in these formats.

[@lbarklie823]

Except when MVL beat Magnus

[@incendiate5B]

Alireza has left the chat

[@sarthakaggarwal5928]

​@@incendiate5Byeah he really did, when wesley eliminated him.

[@winfredj9820]

@@sarthakaggarwal5928 Alireza is young. give him sometime

[@derschutz4737]

@@lbarklie823 If MVL has a good day and magnus a bad one, then it would give MVL a chance. But magnus is still a heavy favorite against MVL

[@ChessGrandmaster]

It's easy to miss that Magnus is almost 400elos higher than Jan in bullet!!

[@nossenkanter]

Not really reflected in their play though. Ian plays like he's 50 to a hundred points lower at most.

[@salahsaadsalah7509]

​@@nossenkanteri mean he lost 9-3 Thatsthe score id expect from a 1700 playing a 1400 in bullet

[@nossenkanter]

@@salahsaadsalah7509 Rating differences don't matter as much at that level, here it's astronomical.

[@BeatPoet67]

When he's on his vibe he's fucking unbelievable. And he's still only 32. He's probably not peaked yet. The young guys are booked to the gills with prep and are tactical monsters but he just blind sides them with sub optimal moves to get them out of prep and then his supernatural feel for the game takes over. I mean, Jesus, Nepo is a super GM. Do we need an "End Boss" GM category as well?!

[@sammy_trix]

Yeah he's definitely an End Boss. But the other Super Boss needs to be resurrected. Bring back Bobby Fischer and we'll see how the Goat debate ends.

[@BeatPoet67]

@@sammy_trix it'll end badly for the old guy...

[@TruthLivesNow]

Game #1 - There is nothing wrong with Ian starting with the Petrov Defense, yet, when Ian makes the questionable move, Ian, Hess, and Bok were sure that Magnus was going to play bxn. Now, Ian, Hess, and Boc have super rating, yet Magnus answers with something none of them saw, bxp check. Wow! ...by Bok.

[@bewlulo]

idk if this is the best example in Magnus' favor tbh... lol... not only did he lose the game as white from a significantly better position, but the move that hess and bok were suggesting was actually stronger than the move played by magnus. i think the "Wow!" by bok was more an exclamation of surprise that carlsen didn't play Bxf6 with a better position, and not of awe that he found a stronger move than they expected.

[@102DMX]

This amazing match is supported by awesome commentaries/analysis and a very good team work between you 2 hosts. Thanks a lot!!

[@KeithTC2Martin]

Magnus yawns and slouches at everyone then still wins. What a monster. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ibethepappy]

Would be super cool to have the symbols popping up for mistakes, blunders, great moves etc. etc. I’m not good enough to know what’s what but I enjoy watching the titans go heads up.

[@niklaswetz1300]

Really good idea

[@user-ee1lo1il3f]

they do though.. just sometimes it doesn't show because the moves are too fast.

[@Gani-pl8dx]

they do, but since the players moves too fast it doesnt showed sometimes

[@data-dynamo-guy]

I love those commentators.

[@ryszardkilinski1238]

Ian soul was eternally damaged by that WCC match in 2021. He just can't face Magnus anymore.

[@Poincare2024]

Even if 2021 didnt happen he would been demolished either way, dude sucks in the SCC. From the last 3 he either got eliminated first round or didnt qualify

[@KevinHawkshaw]

@@Poincare2024 not a good format if you're susceptible to tilt

[@bobbyjean830]

What is Ian’s shirt?

[@Ibethepappy]

Looks like a Lebowski ‘abide’ teeshirt.

[@Keatsian007]

one of my favorite commentary pairs!😍

[@davidkimura3034]

King Magnus! The energizer bunny!

[@charlesnjoroge355]

Ain't gonna lie Magnus Carlsen is sharper than ever this year

[@stevelenores5637]

Any doubt who the GOAT of chess is. Long live the king.

[@danduran4981]

Dominating and Magnus didn't even feel he played that well. Truth is at his best no one can beat him. Not at his best and still very difficult to beat.

[@jeremylim8382]

what is the intro song! it slaps

[@Anfield_the_place_to_be]

Nooooo, why did not Danya do the commentary🤤

[@kingjames9191]

He left after magnus crazy tactic last match

[@salahsaadsalah7509]

​@@kingjames9191😂😂

[@clayotissmith158]

They made Ian play two days in a row???

[@leonvoulgaris322]

3:48:10 was a glitch in the matrix

[@marcodergerechte]

Magnus ist a late game Monster, just feed him with wins.

[@Bobo-Vieri]

This time Magnus will beat Hikaru in the final.

[@jensonang1113]

Let's go Magnus

[@AdiStarcPvP]

sluggish magnus better than some magnus carlsen guy

[@Swagtorian]

oh my god ian played my opening in last bullet game which is only played by me

[@janetoss]

43%

[@nossenkanter]

Nepo is the biggest punching bag in chess 💀 😭

[@erickdawg7860]

Where is the live comments 😢 Ohh! Im sure its bcuz he is Russia’s strongest player and dont want him humiliated in the live comments section

[@lukacuturic9409]

😢

[@maarijfarrukh2019]

Speed chess is just Magnus and Hikaru

[@sammy_trix]

You can't leave out Wesley So here. These three will eventually collide.

[@das6109]

@@sammy_trix I think we found out he could

[@sammy_trix]

Wesley So will have this revenge here. The Ronaldo of the Chess World vs the Messi of the Chess World. Hikaru being Neymar is also a great fun to watch. This is gonna be an all-out war to the end. 🧠🫀

[@Hunterhoneypackglazer1]

hikaru neymar??? im sorry what? hikaru way better than wesley

[@sammy_trix]

@@Hunterhoneypackglazer1 It's a matter of playing styles, but if you look at how the other GMs saw it, Wesley So's accuracy is insane that they admit that he's the only one that is closest to the accuracy of a computer. In terms of greatness, I think he's on par with Hikaru and Magnus. He's got a good standing against those top guys.

[@das6109]

@@sammy_trix What planet were you living in? Wesley's record in bullet vs Carlsen before their match was 22 losses, 2 draws, 0 wins. That's two draws better than where I'd be if I played 24 bullet games vs Carlsen. That's not to take away from Wesley, obviously he's one of the best players in the world both classically and in rapid chess. But when Magnus and Hikaru are on form they are just head and shoulders above everyone else in the SCC format. With that in mind it's not super surprising Wesley ended up losing 22-7, which isn't that far off from the 20.5-9.5 in this match between Magnus and Nepo. I think if you keep in mind Magnus one move blundered a couple games while not in time trouble in this match (basically just free wins for Nepo) and didn't vs Wesley, the results in the two matches were pretty similar. Carlsen's in really good form right now and the prediction he made about the match up with Wesley in this video's interview were spot on.

[@sammy_trix]

@@das6109 Yeah you're right. But really I am still living on the planet earth. However, it is really hard to beat Magnus Carlsen when you have two tournaments side by side. He's the closest to Magnus. Hikaru is also great. These three guys always had good battles against each other, and these three can defeat each other. Wesley did defeat Hikaru many times, and he defeated Magnus as well. Hikaru also won against Wesley and so does Magnus who won so many against them. So these guys are top of the food chain.

[@das6109]

@@sammy_trix I feel like the results are quite a bit closer between them in Classical. Then Blitz and Rapid are definitely closer results than Bullet. I know Wesley gave Hikaru a really good fight one SCC (I think 2020?), but I'm not sure if that was just a bad day for Hikaru. By that logic we can say MVL is in a top 3 player for SCC because he knocked out Carlsen one year. I think the reality is closer to SCC having Hikaru and Carlsen as the clear favorites in basically any match up, and then there's some awesome people in the rung below them which includes So, MVL, and Alireza who on the right day can beat one of them. It'll be interesting to see what the match score is between Magnus and So next time they clash in SCC.