This is the mark of a great commentator. When you experience technical difficulties, and you just keep going and never miss a beat! That was brilliant!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@gmc7298

3 ай бұрын

Yes take us behind the curtain

Champions Chess Tour Finals 2023 quietly becoming one of the most legendary tournaments in the history of modern chess.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

yeah so exciting, love what Nodirbek is doing as well

@stephenr80

5 ай бұрын

The best tournament ive watched. Love how it is set up. SUPER

@stephenr80

5 ай бұрын

Nordi abdu EL TORO

@juliocadavid6640

5 ай бұрын

Every rápid online event from these tours are veryy exciting. The best rápid tournaments (online) are these. Since pandemic, in chess24. The most Legendary event was a final, where it was Naka vs Fabi in semis i guess and Magnus vs Ding. Magnus And Naka reached the finals, a match of 7 days. That was so epic, 3 days were for Naka, 3 for Carlsen and then the 7th was draw. Tie breaks didnt break the ties and they reached an Armageddon where magnus sac his Queen and created a fortress, needing a draw with the black pieces. 7 days, and the managed to get to the Armageddon, that was insane. I guess it was on 2020 or 2021

@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd

5 ай бұрын

Bra8n fart 😂😂😂Fabi makes a brain fart he didnt saw mate in 13 in 15 seconds?????😂😂😂😂😂

What this teaches kids is to never resign as long as there is the slightest chance. Magnus's will to survive and his resourcefulness is GOAT level. Just an amazing game.

@gamelovergold

5 ай бұрын

Absouletely . If there is slight chance u play on.

I much enjoy this more succinct way of covering these chess matches than other chess content creators. Very lovely game too.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@thebasementengineer

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, no rambling about and no unnecessary stretching of video length. Just on point 👌👌

The Carlsen Fabiano Armageddon game was my favourite game of the tournament so far

``worthy of the gods`` blunder blunder blunder blunder blunder

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

hmmm good point, it felt that way live but maybe I have to think about the title

@thefart

5 ай бұрын

Would you win as white ever?

I believe that’s the first time ever heard the phrase “brain turd.”

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

haha

@osgubben

5 ай бұрын

He also said «brain fart», which I have heard before. Magnus himself, after a blunder, once said he «brain farted in every direction»😂🤣

@SelectCircle

5 ай бұрын

It's like a brain fart but meatier.

This was fire, I knew you’d be all over this James!! Such a quality game! Worth noting this was my first live Magnus game haha

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

yeah loved this one!

@mieses-te9yl

5 ай бұрын

Too many mistakes from the top players

@jimohara

5 ай бұрын

So exciting for a board game.

@mieses-te9yl

5 ай бұрын

@@gerryteiglandeide9902 nothing at all except the best! I'm a stockfish subscriber! 😉

The tech difficulties made the game even better, because the suspense was built up like London bridge. James you outdid yourself , excellent commentary !! Cheers

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha nice analogy and thanks a lot!

My games are worthy of gods too. "Oh my god, there was bishop there?!" "Oh god, why do I have triple pawn on D file." "Oh dear god, I fell for the scholar check mate."

@SelectCircle

5 ай бұрын

There are no atheists in foxholes or chess. : )

@peterf90

5 ай бұрын

Sounds a lot like me lol

James the Chad, having the Botez sisters dressed as Santa's elves for his Xmas party tomorrow and giving us plebes great commentary.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

😂😂 it’s gonna be wild haha

Thanks for presenting this games with so much passion.

Caruana played so well, feel sad for him that he failed in the endgame, nice match, thanks

End game grind from the end-game goat.

It’s great to see how well your channel is growing 🎉🎉

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

thanks a lot!

That was wild,some of the other games had less blunders, but that was the most fun. Thanks James.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I thoroughly enjoy your analyses. Been a fan for a while, but only just subscribed. Simply an error on my part. Loved that you didn’t redo this video to eliminate the technical reset issues. Looking forward to more content from you, sir.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks v much appreciate it’

Big chokes under pressure, great game to watch.

what a match... they are monsters

I subscribed and liked because of the game messing up the second time and you reminding me to subscribe during the hilarious intermission. :)

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot appreciate it!

for every game you say : it's the most exciting game I've ever watched

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Damn I’ve turned into the boy who cried wolf 😩

Please do their Armageddon game too that was insane!!

Amazing, a great commentary makes the game so interesting! Love the endgame intricacies.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed !

Even with mistakes from both players what an amazing game, just shows they are human after all

The Armageddon Game was even more Genius from magnus...making a "Blunder" on pupose to force a draw was simply amazing

Incredible game with an impossibly good analysis. Excellent video, your commentary and explanation are superb. Love your passion

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed

Always enjoy your commentary/analysis!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Thank you for making videos quickly after the game. I enjoy your videos and saves my time waiting for other chess channels video. You will soon reach millions of subscribers if you keep making best chess videos early.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@kenw2225

5 ай бұрын

You keep posting videos of games before agadmator. So I'm seeing them here first. He's my preferred chess content channel. But I can't stand Gotham. Finegold is meh and too infrequently posting. Chessnetwork is good. Couple others I view as 3rd or 4th options and rarely see their videos. Keep it up for real. You will be growing your channel. Solid content. Good insights and analysis. Not too long video lengths. Thanks

@shikharbaral8235

5 ай бұрын

I am in the same boat. I have been watching all Epic Chess videos recently because they are available quickly after the game. Also, I like the time of the video 10 to 15 minutes.

@shikharbaral8235

5 ай бұрын

Please keep reminding viewers to subscribe and like. I thought I subscribed your video, but I was watching your videos long time without subscribing your channel. @@epicchess2021

if he didnt put the players' name, i would have thought it was 2 engines having a match

subscribed at the reset hah! i was glued!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Brilliant analysis. Time is such a huge factor when the GMs play each other. Brain Fart sounds like my middle games. 😂😂

@epicchess2021

3 ай бұрын

haha thanks a lot

Magnus should start playing the boomerang opening again (h4).

That's a nice picture. Have fun at the Christmas party! Lol thanks for the coverage.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

haha thanks a lot

Im waiting for the people "omg Fabi such stupid blunders, he must have forgot to recharge the beads"

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Lol

Great video

If gods play like Fabi played that endgame, bring 'em on.

Did not see that coming.

Grandioses Schach von Magnus und Fabiano und brillant kommentiert von EC

Soldier Boy watching Fabi block the checking square with the King, "You're a f___n disappointment." 😅

Great tournament so far. Lots of upsets.

Watched it live and it was just great!

Great video. Great channel

@epicchess2021

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Commenting for the algorithm cuz you deserve it. Amazing analysis as usual 🔥 Thank you!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

thanks very much appreciate it

Oh man, already a video 😊

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

haha made it earlier

I like your calm and composed way of the presentation. Keep up the good work. Love from india

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

5:04 Beautiful king

7:37 this is already an endgame.

best time control

good stuff great review have fun tomorrow!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Niemann would be happy that magnus is using his beads properly 😅😅😅

Another great video!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

Game of the year was carlsen promoting into a knight against Anand. There is no arguing this.

12:49 I can't say I like the verb (much less the noun) to skewer for rhetorical effect. Hadn't known it was used in chess lingo.

That looks like an EPIC work party! Enjoy!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

🤣 I dunno if you know but they are all chess content creators haha

Wow, it's amazing to see even the world's top players to make these kinds of mistakes when under such enormous time pressure. (That being said, I seriously doubt I would have recognized them as such, haha.) Were Fabi's two brain farts both blunders, or a mistake followed by the blunder? Great, entertaining commentary!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

I am amazed how you come up with these words. Rabbit Ears😂

It's refreshing to hear no "sorry about that" when something goes wrong 😁

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

haha

hated to see Fabi go down. Man, he had it!!! so close.

@SelectCircle

5 ай бұрын

Maybe he lost on purpose so Carlsen couldn't say he was cheating.

Not a brain fart, a brain turd! Too funny. Good game cover.

This was a banger. Magnus is the GOAT!

That end game was just absloutely insane by both but Magnus is obviously better at time scrambles, may be even more quicker than speed demons like Hikaru..

Great video. Just FYI, "Silent Killer" has a rather unfortunate connotation.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Suppose can mean a few different things yeah

Cracking game. Enjoy your Xmas party 🎉

Wow the awesome luck and pleasure it must be to be in the same room as those 4 queens 11:28.

At transcript 7:49 Black R to F4 could be interesting.

Fabi just fell apart at the end. Was again unlike him but he still has trouble with scrambling. Magnus just so quick

You need to cover the last game of the set. Magnus 🧑‍🎓

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

yeah I'll try get to that one in the morning, great game!

How do I become a member of your channel? ❤

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the support, Patrick, this is the link: www.youtube.com/@epicchess2021/membership hopefully works, or you can go to my channel page and then navigate from there to membership, along the top there's an option. No pressure to sign up of course but the help always appreciated from everyone asI try and take this full time one day and bring more/better chess content along. Thanks again, glad you're enjoying the videos

Hope you do plenty of ploughing at the Christmas party!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 I think my wife might have something to say about such behaviour if I did lol

Did not we all knew right away that Magnus was going to win. Only Bobbi Fischer could beat him in the end game.

Two champions aren't perfect! Wow. Exciting game, thanks.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

glad you enjoyed thanks for watching

cover the armageddon game!!!!! its ridiculous by magnus

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

literally just watched yeah so cool!! I'll cover that one in the morning I think

@stephenr80

5 ай бұрын

Yeaghh😊

Wowzers!

What the heck is happen there ! 😶😶😐🤣 Well, you'll never walk alone

Game of the year with some 30 blunders?

It's really heart breaking for fabi 😢

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

yeah he played so insanely well, Magnus a little off and STILL wasn't enough

Hey James, consider getting a dedicated microphone, it's gonna make your recordings more pleasant ✌️

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

yeah sorry, it's annoying me lately, I use a blue yeti mic but it either sucks or I'm doing something wrong

After watching just ONE of your videos I went from being 100 rated to GM, maybe I can do something more impressive like make my parents proud after two. Epic video epic chess!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Hahaha glad to hear Thanks a lot!

Are you giving out invites to that Christmas Party?

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

You didn’t get it? Must have got lost in the post sorry 😞

Ohhh Goooood

Great commentator!

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

15:15 Caruana was too impatient to take that white queen. Qa7+ would have been crushing blow because following line is pretty much forced 1...Qa7+ 2.Kd5 Qxd7+ 3. Ke4 Qg4+ 4.Ke3 Qxc4 Black is whole queen+ 2 passed pawns up and that lone white pawn is not going anywhere. Surely Carlsen would have resigned here because even mediocre club player can convert it against Stockfish, I tried, it was quite easy

After a long game like that, blunder is waiting to happen.

Subbed because your board got reset twice 😁

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

😂😂 haha thanks a lot

no spoiIer but just when you thought it couIdn't get any better it goes into alternative universe chess , this is the chess of gods not mere mortaIs

This guy rocks

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Would it be possible to turn on a a hidden radio in the frames of your glasses? So that is is turned off when you use the glasses but is turned ON when you fold the arms of the glasses? What if you also have a small speaker/buzzert in your hollow tooth that turns itself on when you press your tongue against it? OK I'm NOT SAYING that Wesley So is cheating. BUT why is he only using glasses when he arrives the chess arena and removes and folds his glasses when he starts to play?

@stevenlafrance5869

5 ай бұрын

Because he’s nearsighted.

@swedishpsychopath8795

5 ай бұрын

@@stevenlafrance5869 Yeah, that is what the government and CIA wants you to believe.

Why is this a "tour"?

you should re-record it and sell us as 2.0

How many games are there…?

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Oh they played a few like 4 and then a sudden death

@markiyanhapyak349

5 ай бұрын

Thanks. To me It sounds like a LOT... .

I mean I never saw games like this tournament ever...why caruna did not take knight in Armageddon...plz answer

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

not analyzed that one yet

I have to agree with other commenters here; this is a pleasant alternative to other creators. I still enjoy Gotham Chess, Hikaru and Agadamator, but this is nice too. Hope you can keep up the great work.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

lol what an edit xD

I WAS going to subscribe, but then I saw your software errors, so I didn’t. Did you get hacked by some Russians? Nah, just kidding. I subscribed months ago, if not years. Good channel. Love it.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Haha thanks a lot and yeah such a pain in the arse tonight ah well got there in the end! Cheers for watching glad you’ve been enjoying

I don't know. They both horribly blundered, inexcusably, a pawn in the endgame. I'm sure clock pressure was a factor...but still...wow.😮

@mpmpm

5 ай бұрын

I do know. This is not a game were 'Playing Chess Worthy Of The Gods' applies. Gods would not do so often not-the-best-move.

E4, D5, etc.?? Great commentary, need better visual to follow.

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Enjoy your Xmas party 🎉

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

thanks a lot

Caruana is not a great speed player, but joint best Classical. When he played Magnus in Classical WC he never lost a game.

5:12 10:44

Don't feel bad about the board problems you ran into while recording this video. I too have encountered a KZread poltergeist before. I thought this was a fun game to watch, but I don't have the same mind for chess analysis that you do. What makes this game of the year-worthy to you?

@epicchess2021

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot I just thought it was so exciting right to the wire back and forth and 90 moves and you never knew who would win right to move 91 that is rare