GRANDMASTERS GUESS CHESS POSITIONS WITHOUT SEEING THE PIECES

[@kaminenianirudh]

Magnus eating lunch with his girlfriend, looking at the plates and utensils. "This is Karpov vs Kasparov 1989"

[@aadityapal3532]

lmao that's funny

[@kaustubhgupta168]

lmao the veggies vs the beans

[@shardnatorx3740]

This is just funny af😂😂😂

[@osamahaque]

this made me laugh

[@vx_ebo]

Hahahaha

[@Banjouu]

*Shows Magnus a QR code* "Haha yeah this is a classic, Carlsen vs bank login attempt 2, 2021"

[@RayMurberg]

🤣

[@anotherstone]

That’s the funniest shit I’ve read this year. Thanks.

[@catedoge3206]

lololo

[@lucianorodriguez7726]

Man you had me laughing for 5 minutes

[@Theaddekalk]

XD

[@melzz]

I refuse to believe Carlsen is the same species as me

[@RahulKumar-xg5nz]

Us brother us.

[@PawnPower64]

Add me in there

[@PawnPower64]

Add me in there

[@fatchick5461]

Add me in there

[@Jesterian]

His memory is measurably better than just about anyone on the planet. Has been since he was a kid. Other GMs are creatively gifted, or tactically gifted. But when Carlsen can just “remember what he’s supposed to do” in a given situation, that’s hard to beat.

[@abhisekchoudhury2661]

I thought they won't be that mean, but they are - Vishy 2024

[@anonymous8s640]

😂😂

[@user-dw4dq1if1m]

Then they try to compensate with the kramnik position's 😂

[@etniqa3638]

@@user-dw4dq1if1m we have similar profile picture

[@julesdl3270]

Damn everyone struggling then Magnus looking for 0,1 seconds and already laughing like its very easy

[@danieldavis5201]

0.1*

[@anomaly3215]

@@danieldavis5201 little bro has never heard of any country outside the US

[@vasinphumimas3813]

​@@danieldavis5201 In Scandinavia, comma is used instead of dot in numbers. Hope you just learned something new today.

[@The_Lightless]

⁠@@danieldavis5201There are countries around the world that use comma instead of dot as a decimal point.

[@slnsng]

@@The_Lightless Just curious and just wanna ask, what do they use to separate the hundreds and thousands if they use comma as decimal points. For example 1,000 or do they straight up put 1000?

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

Magnus knows his chess positions too well.

[@longjalapeno]

i think that's the difference between him and other super grandmasters. all of them have insane spacial and pattern recognition but magnus is just one step above them in terms of pure memory

[@palo828]

Man’s just built different

[@UnforseenReturns]

It kind of reinforces that he is on a different level of chess.

[@Psychoanalyze]

Photographic memory, and spam analyzing games was his way of mastering chess as kid Though he admits his memory has worsened, so a younger magnus may even acknowledge more complex games ☠️

[@Azazelmorrow]

In this video, you can tell who's the world champ even without actually knowing it.

[@prenticeanyonywright]

Magnus seemed to remember Hikaru's game faster than Hikaru did. Someone needs to nerf Magnus' memory in the next update

[@Shickelgruber]

Or we should add Insanity DLC? Like it was done to Bobby?

[@rehan4783]

i mean its edited footage so you wouldnt know

[@chessguy1232]

actually you will never know that unless you see the full unedited vid

[@Lastninjaxoxoxoxox]

Magnus is a self-proclaimed Hikaru hatewatcher

[@user-ee1lo1il3f]

@@chessguy1232 isn't it pretty clear? you see both their immediate reactions to the hint of the king being on h4, naka at 8:23 and magnus at 8:41.

[@PsychopathicQuestions]

Carlsen be like: Oh yes, I remember this one. This one is Rubinstein vs. Fischer in 1965. Move 34. Played in Miami at 24th of April. Temperature 24 degrees, humidity 79%.

[@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3]

“Easy”

[@dretheblack]

There was a white crown vic parked in the back of the venue playing 92.3fm i don’t remember the song

[@harshthakur9922]

Amazing

[@MrAdamMcFarlan]

Magnus,back in the day, would be executed for wizardry.

[@ricsreptiles9531]

@4:11 Magnus literally laughs the instant he sees the board from his own game, this dudes brain is on another level....

[@mikayyy_felicio3151]

They study their game so it's expected they can easily guess it. The hardest is the 1st game where it's not his game and guessed the year

[@deadfisher0000]

​@@mikayyy_felicio3151That first game is famous though. They all got it really quickly because it's so distinctive. Even I recognized the position from some recap (albeit from the actual board diagram, and I couldn't have named the year/players). Not at all trying to claim that I'd get it, just making the point that it's a really famous game.

[@mmello6160]

A French IM named Joachim shared an anecdote about MVL. "I was playing blitz with another IM; I had two minutes left on the clock, and I sensed there was a checkmate, so I said it out loud to do a bit of trash talk. I thought for more than a minute and a half, but still couldn’t see it. I said, 'Damn it, you're going to escape my mate here.' At that moment, MVL, who was on the couch playing FIFA with another player, turned his head for literally one second-I swear, guys, one second-and said, 'Seriously, Jo, it’s a mate in 6.' I thought for another 30 seconds, convinced he was messing with me. We continued blitzing, and at the end of the night, I told MVL to stop joking about the mate in 6 because there wasn’t one. Okay, he’s a GM and top 2 in the world at the time, but I’m an International Master. If he saw a forced mate in 6 in one second, I would have seen it in two minutes. I told him to stop, and he said, 'Go on, set up the position; I'll show you.' But it was late, we’d played a lot of games, and I struggled to recreate the position. Finally, he goes, 'Alright, Jo, you ready?' I responded, 'Ready for what? Stop tormenting me.' Then he starts saying, 'Pawn to b5, pawn to c4, queen to e5...' He recalled the exact position of every piece, guys, even though he’d seen the board for only one second. I couldn’t believe it! I love this, MVL is know for his absolute insane calculation but obviously Magnus Hikaru and Anand can do things like that, they are in another worlds lol

[@sinab3904]

Damn this just shows the difference between magnus memory and others . kind of unfair tbh

[@tommyg421]

Not just that but ability to think outside the box, crazy he didn’t need chess pieces and could connect the dots

[@w1-w2-w3]

Magnus is totally another level. Super Super GM.

[@AdamZerhouni-g3l]

@@tommyg421 some of these are very easy to remember if you're a long time chess fan, i'm not saying i wouldve remembered them, but the marshall and magnus vs vishy game are so recognizable you could delete the queenside and i'd still recognise both positions, without seeing the pieces ofc

[@The_Lightless]

@@AdamZerhouni-g3lYou are correct as I myself recognize some games too like the Magnus Vishy game but it is still impressive to get so many of these. Just imagine how many games they have stored in their memory that they can recall at any point. I think that’s kind of the point here.

[@bootywarriorassgoon8244]

@@w1-w2-w3Super Saiyan GM

[@rohitkanna6002]

magnus memory is crazy

[@footnaldo105]

But he should stop drinking alcohol

[@dloljoas]

@@footnaldo105 Why? drinking alcohol with moderation is good

[@vikkstar01]

​@@footnaldo105 health wise maybe but not brain cells wise, read the affect of alcohol on brain cells, it may not be that important to us but for chess player of his level it must be very important, but thats what i guess magnus the magnus we know.

[@Lufernaal]

0:37 when the weed hits good

[@hardikjuneja1]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kgohlopocorp191]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@colinmitchell1575]

hahahahha i had to laugh out loud so hard at this! good one :D

[@Ssumwayy]

LMAOOOOOO

[@krisoliveira9756]

LMAO bro...

[@goodspellr1057]

I have a good memory, but I wouldn't be able to identify the position from my own game played yesterday even if shown the actual pieces. How these guys can identify decades old games played by other players based only on the colors of the pieces is amazing. It's not just memory, but a deep understanding of chess that quickly tells them how such a position must have arisen, thereby revealing the pieces in their mind's eye.

[@MistaOppritunity]

There's also the added benefit of associating the game with a location. You tend to remember things better if you can associate them with a location that you were at, or that the game was at.

[@gannicusii4163]

I have a terrible memory and go goldfish minutes after the game

[@palo828]

Well these guys have devoted their lives to chess. Nevertheless, this recall ability is astounding. Especially Magnus [seemingly?] remembering Hikaru’s game faster than Hikaru 🙌🏾

[@edheff]

If you want to remember your games or famous games better, I would recommend looking up the method of loci. It's quite helpful and once you get the hang of it remembering your games is almost second nature.

[@szhzs6121]

it's a bit different if you spend an entire day playing a game, and it's an important event in a new location. and you've studied that game afterwards. but yeah, still incredibly impressive.

[@dfg12382]

I can remember like 1-3 things that happened in each year. Remembering individual chess games is insanity.

[@orccen]

Magnus' memory is really soemthing special

[@lemarkexyz2931]

Magnus won that too😅.. How does he know Hikarus game better than Hikaru himself.. Is he even human

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

This video shows clearly why Nakamura will never be the World Chess champion.

[@Cowrabies26]

@@zvonimirtosic6171 its edited footage man, hikaru probably got it in the same speed

[@Cowrabies26]

@@maheshdawani because its good for the sport and for viewership to portray magnus as a superhuman genius when in reality he might not be as smart and might not have gotten it instantly

[@akashdatta5149]

​@@Cowrabies26No it's not, he's right. Magnus is just in another league. It's because Magnus doesn't play thousands of Blitz games, he's a classical genius unlike Hikaru who probably played more than 50k+ Blitz in his life.

[@MagnusAnand]

@@zvonimirtosic6171what??? The number two in classical can’t be world champion because of this????

[@DDP-Gaming]

Magnus getting separated from the rest of the field

[@fabr1cated]

always been

[@catedoge3206]

separated from his peers which are also super gms.

[@leerobbo92]

Hasn't been anyone on Magnus' level in well over a decade tbh.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Built different fr

[@_sayan_roy_]

He has better memory, sure. But it is to be noted that these are supposed to be famous games and they are all supposed to know it. On the 1st board, Vishy instantly got it while Magnus couldn't. The gap is there but with greats like Vishy (maybe not Hikaru since he was struggling to guess his own game a bit), it is not that much. Also, remember Vishy is 54 years old. We don't know what his recall capacity was in Magnus's age (not saying it would be Magnus's current level but it is reasonable to assume it might have been better than his current which is already good) and what Magnus's recall capacity or memory would be at 54.

[@Dnoobd]

this is proof that Hikaru can only remember pictures of himself

[@ChuckleSensei]

that smile on vishy's face when he saw his own game speaks volumes just now instantly he was able to figure it out. truly one of the GOATS

[@larsyxa]

Magnus memory is beyond crazy. Photographic memory is not correct. This is Magnus Mem....Nobody has ever had it and will never have.

[@DineshR0321]

Maybe ,he has a eidetic memory

[@bradgarrett7159]

@@DineshR0321 Eidetic memory would be more accurate, since photographic memory has never been scientifically proven.

[@HaloNeInTheDark27]

Didn't know you have personally met every single person in human history.

[@ahuachapan2]

Deep Blue enters the room.

[@chauhanashish143]

What about Nikola Tesla. ​@@bradgarrett7159

[@nick8666-l5d]

This demonstrates clearly how "little"(relatively of course) historical chess knowledge and education Hikaru has, compared to other chess legends. Kasparov, who worked with both Hikaru and Carlsen, said something similar. But this only makes his chess ability more impressive in my mind. He is not much of a student of the game, but rather a pure "player".

[@doctorbaba4880]

Magnus using 1TB memory🔥

[@jaswik2023]

Do you know that humans are estimated to have 2500 terrabytes of memory

[@mustakimnafi682]

​​@@jaswik2023Yah I know 2.5 millions Gigabytes (GB) .

[@6Monto]

id say 1 million TB.

[@mooniex825]

how do these npc's not get your joke? 😀

[@johankaruyan5536]

His joke should have been petabyte​@@mooniex825

[@owenhollow8247]

How in the world does Magnus know the year the games were played, that is ridiculous!

[@autobusowyawanturnik9410]

I'm watching it with my jaw dropped down.

[@T4TheTidePod]

The year is part of classifying and distinguishing the game, knowing it is hardly impressive compared to knowing the position

[@victor6010]

he even knows the color of the panties the players were using that day

[@PrinceJha-fz4cv]

ofcourse remembering the years and games like magnus does is beyond amazing because of how many games he has seen in his life, but remembering an entire game is not that big of deal among players, I have played 4 tournaments in total with around 37 games, won all of the tournaments I played in and I can remember nearly everygame I have played, Its mainly because I studied chess books and all the classic games for about 2 years in Covid (I was 14 so had nothing to do) and memory and pattern recoginition just built over time. That said the level of memory the super grandmasters have looks beyond human.

[@LuisFernando-ot9yv]

Photographic memory. Whatever he sees physically or mentally he can recapture in his memory.

[@ElComendante1928]

Jesus Christ and Holy Mary, Magnus is absolute GOAT in chess memorization

[@victor6010]

in chess as a whole*

[@veraroland6329]

Don’t use the LORD’s name in vain :)

[@FromParisToParis]

7:28 ah yes from the match, exactly what i was thinking

[@RomeoOudjoudi]

😂

[@fatihnuger]

This is one of the best videos this channel has ever published. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Magnoose is a beast.

[@jakeybored]

Magnus mind is a library to know all those positions, that's insane

[@yadunath1497]

Damn , Vishys grandpa brain is still working like a well oiled machine!!!

[@Shubhuscp049]

😂

[@vikkstar01]

body is old but his brain is still excellent. thats what happens when you play games that boost you memory.

[@brandonhiles5885]

Super GMS: Ah I yes I remember this game I played back in 2007 Me: I can't remember the position I had after 10 moves from my previous game These super gms are truly remarkable at the game

[@zakyzigzag]

the GOAT indeed 😂 8:41

[@ashish_4353]

Magnus is a genetically engineered human being. The first of its kind . Memory retention ability 100 times more than normal human .

[@philipprapp9356]

Magnus must have something similar to the mind palace in Sherlock

[@gus8696]

That’s a real technique! But it’s not the kind of thing that would help or be used with this

[@varun3771]

@@gus8696 wrong, the mind palace is an image technique used to cement information and store it using triggers. It is certainly very useful in chess. Do not associate it with images on the internet and narrow it down.

[@gus8696]

@@varun3771 Buddy 2 of my immediate family members use mind palace techniques, I know what it is. How would using a mind palace to remember specific random games in an order be helpful? Other than insanely complicated opening prep, there’s no reason for it. There’s a reason people say ‘pattern recognition’ is important in chess - using a memory/mind palace isn’t pattern recognition. This challenge is something else than pattern recognition, but as I said above, it’s not really applicable here

[@montagdp]

Most of the time I can't even remember the position in my own game at that moment without looking at it.

[@facelessanon]

Everybody be saying that Magnus is impressive, but let's be real, they are ALL impressive. Even if you revealed the pieces to me, I wouldn't have answered the questions correctly, and these masters only need to know the position of only one of the pieces, and remember positions and the players from each side dating fucking decades ago

[@nahin2974]

What's more cool is that these were not even chess pieces and they still managed to recognise the games! Such brilliant minds

[@Liverspread-n4p]

only old age can dethrone that guy

[@luigimanzelli3786]

guess we're in for some 40-50 years more of Magnus then, not that i'm complaining :D

[@Liverspread-n4p]

@@luigimanzelli3786 I think he'd still be a strong player even in old age like Vishy and Garry but not at the apex

[@alifzahid9762]

They invited two former world champions and a professional streamer into this

[@sarthakgupta2570]

💀💀💀💀

[@_philtatos]

hikaru is world #3, not just a professional streamer

[@NikoBased]

When people try to attribute Magnus's dominance to some sort of special genetic ability, I always see it as a cop out. It's so obvious that Magnus is obsessed with chess, and has probably spent more time learning and studying the game than his predecessors and colleagues. It's just that Magnus is private, and you don't ever really know how hard he works.

[@henrykaspar3634]

Vishy and Hikaru: superhuman to the power of three. Magnus: superhuman to the power of five.

[@asdf-kp2jx]

It's insane how good their memory is!!! Ofc Magnus won but huge respect to all 3!!

[@R3DBOLT]

Magnus might actually know our games that we blundered when we were 400

[@jaabbbb]

5:40 when you play checkmate but the game doesn’t end because that bishop in the corner

[@Kellogzh]

8:39 I love the hint like now it's super obvious but for 99,99% of us it wouldn't help at all

[@YouGotTheFlue]

Magnus saying he has no clue but did say some weird sveshnikov from Kasparov. He’s just built diffy.

[@fabiotrucco7969]

Magnus immediatly laughed when his game against Vishy was brought to him... like wow

[@AGT0M]

Damn, that was difficult. Carlsen is truly invested into chess.

[@Nosceteipsum166]

Honestly, their memory for positions is disgusting, man. I wish I had this type of memory as a lawyer, my life would be so much better LMAO.

[@yzs5891]

Watching Vishy reactions makes me realize how much love have been in his games

[@capshurd]

It’s crazy how much better Magnus is at this than either of them. He’s unbelievable

[@ahmedmohsen656]

I am nakamura fan , but magnus memory and his thinking process is out of this world.

[@TheAxtrex]

What this tells you is that if this man(magnus) can't reach 2900, no human will

[@fahmisabiladinnulhaq]

*3900

[@rax1899]

@@fahmisabiladinnulhaqwhat?

[@shivamgiri4334]

If only fischer had computers..😅

[@justinchance-squires115]

@@shivamgiri4334 Wouldn't change anything, wanna know why? Fischer didn't have computers back in the day and guess what, neither did anyone else. Meanwhile in this era, Magnus has a computer and guess what... so does everyone else, lmfao. You can't compare someone else 70 years in the past being the best in a no computer era, and automatically think they would be the best in the computer era. How hard do you cry when you see 90% of the chess community call Magnus the GOAT?

[@shivamgiri4334]

@@justinchance-squires115 So, you just look for things to get offended. Okay Karen

[@Bhavukking]

Magnus mind is a library to know all those positions that's insane

[@tiwariabhinay868]

Now we know why magnus is goat? Because his brain is very sharp and he remember everything so well

[@gusleffers9265]

Just his incredible intuition and memory

[@TheWaaaahh]

Shows Magnus a boarding without pieces. " Oh that's easy"

[@imafraidjumitebeeinnagang3886]

Vishy: 🥱🙄 Hikaru: 😅 Maggy: 😯😁

[@mlad5274]

Anand has so much chess wisdom great to have access to such a great player for so long.

[@RyohMadDog]

Hikaru: Hm.. is this the position with takes takes takes or is it takes takes takes?

[@HasanRaju-k5q]

Magnus ...just unparallel to everyone...Goat for a reason

[@Mosqueeto]

Everyone is just analyzing and Magus is "haha it's this and that".. This man's memory is outrageous.

[@jacksonm.6549]

I played chess all my childhood until last year of high school, when I got my FIDE rating. I played in so many competitions in classical and rapid back in my days. It's now 20 years later and I couldn't tell you a single board position of any of my games. Yeah, I never acquired any titles back then and quit when I went to university because we did not have a chess club. Haven't played competitively since I was 18. This just goes to show the huge skill gap between 1600 FIDE rated players like yours truly and the Super GMs like the 3 gentlemen in the video.

[@andydufresne567]

Magnus looking at sand.."Ah yes, the first game of chess ever played"

[@snehashrivastava3571]

It would ve been more interesting if all three of them would ve sat together 😂to guess the same positions

[@MM-vc5ic]

Music is too loud and unnecessary.

[@neon2277]

it wasn't until you pointed it out,now I can't ignore it

[@loungedethan8481]

@@neon2277true didnt even notice it 😂

[@shermanthompson871]

It's insane how even when magnus doesn't get there he correctly picks out some details. I bet if you gave him longer time he'd figure it out

[@w1-w2-w3]

Magnus memory is God-tier. 🔥🔥🔥

[@ianferris]

"Yeah this is easy as well"

[@Bhavukking]

Magnus won that too😅😅....... How does he know hikarus game better than hikaru himself..... is he ever human

[@road7581]

This video shows the levels of top chess players in the world, vishy and magnus really is a student of the games much higher than even super gms

[@nazarenoalmiron526]

This video is helpful in dispelling the common misconception that Magnus owes his great chess memory to his chess dedication. Nope, even in comparison with other famous Super GMs, his memory is far superior.

[@FLOSSY-eo5wc]

Magnus can remember the position of 90s thats crazy

[@BrandonRhodes-xc8ql]

This is the most likeable I've ever seen Hikaru be

[@a000ab]

The background music volume should be less.

[@vedha0]

Aliens are real and living among us

[@ramkumari8235]

Anand saying they won't be that mean they are 😂

[@DamiensCain]

Anand seems like a nice, normal person.

[@alexanderdrakh5237]

This was fantastic. Please do more puzzles like this

[@abdullahhusain9336]

I'd love to see this turn into a series where we get more episodes with more GMs attempting these challenges. Really entertaining to watch!

[@Hey_Its_Adam]

Magnus isn’t good at chess. He just remembers every master level game he has ever seen. EZ GAME.

[@nikhildawani2913]

Chess is really not for you,braindead kiddo ,go and play ludo idiot

[@chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320]

Not joking, i think Magnus has photographic memory in regards to chess

[@siddharthpandey3783]

Vishy's memory at this age is just mind-blowing!!

[@AtlanticPerspective]

Magnus is Chess itself

[@priyanshupro9805]

u look loke penguinz0

[@asaraphym802]

I love how Magnus laughs instantly when he sees his game...he is not human

[@yesnonotexactly25]

Probably keep the music lower when so much of the dialogue is soft spoken

[@jonjosenna5581]

To even attempt to do this is crazy. and to get it correct out of thousands and thousands of matches is just incredible!

[@tenningale]

This Magnus guy knows some chess history. He might be able to go pro one day.

[@rhoghjuanillo8332]

Yes..maybe a future world champion too😂😂😂

[@vikkstar01]

might take him years man, he can't every do king sacrifice like vidit gujrathi

[@dominicdeguzman5796]

😂​@@vikkstar01

[@howardchan3244]

I can't even remember what colour was my socks I put on yesterday

[@amadichukwuebuka1114]

Hikaru has said this multiple times, he doesn't study old games but uses Engine, carlsen obviously studys every of his opponents play style and psychology

[@jonbarron8049]

They allowed the hints specifically to keep Hikaru from being humiliated lolol

[@CrisJunkie]

The shape and pattern recognition of these guys is crazy. They weren't even seeing the pieces but the chess board and a bunch of colored circles.

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

What an amazing mind Carlsen has.

[@DestinyatTube]

Magnus is a real super human and you can’t change my mind

[@elvisvasquez7553]

This just makes the chess scenes in movies become more realistic LOL.

[@MrSlimJimProductions]

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is refuted by Magnus' certainty.

[@thecalculatedcreativecoder1428]

Magnus has an database of games that he has analysed in the past it isn't even fair lol

[@cupmallows]

Magnus studies a lot of old historical games so much its like breathing. Even when theres checkers instead of chess pieces

[@pauIaaaa]

magnum carlsberg is out of this world... it is not possible

[@TokyoSwan.]

How does Anands brain still work so well at his age? Amazing.

[@3DxPOD]

With everything going on in Magnus's mind how does he calm himself enough to fall asleep???

[@everythingmathecon-grade1211]

This goes to show why Magnus is the greatest chess player of all time. I'm starting to believe that he's an alien.