Hikaru already knew magnus was gonna somehow draw that he didn’t wanna be on a Gotham chess vid

@justsomeguywithagoatee8337

4 ай бұрын

Hikaru clearly made the best move then!

That is not respect. THAT is Fear.

Magnus is living comfortably inside Hikaru's head

@Akhilesh70

4 ай бұрын

True

what a garbage title. they ridiculed bad moves cause they were bad moves, and the sacrificed exchanges were not part of some brilliant winning plan by magnus but just salvaging drawing chances. weird draw offer, though we can't see the clock. magnus would most likely defend that draw, but only one of them is playing that position for a win, he shouldn't be the one to offer a draw.

Stockfish only gives white +0.9 at the final position. Carlsen would likely have found a draw

We aren't seeing their clocks in this replay so I think the draw offer isn't as ridiculous as it may seem.

@iflash05

4 ай бұрын

It is ridiculous if you think about it, coz even if they're both low on the clock only white can win so Hikaru risks nothing playing on, Hikaru in his recap says he doesn't know why he offered a draw instead of playing more, they were tied and since magnus was low on the clock Hikaru had all the chances

@mayebeline1149

4 ай бұрын

@@iflash05: But it's not ridiculous if you think about it, because if Hikaru is low on time, Magnus is good enough at endgames to potentially flag him. "Only white can win" is nonsense, the commentator was wrong and so are you. If white runs out of time, he loses.

@iflash05

4 ай бұрын

@@mayebeline1149 hikaru said it himself, only white is playing for a win, levy, magnus, and all the commentators all said the draw was ridiculous, they have increment, you're telling me hikaru is gonna flag in this position?

@mayebeline1149

4 ай бұрын

@@iflash05: The premise of the original statement was that it isn't ridiculous when you can't see the clocks. Without seeing the clocks, there's no way to know they have increment, so making that assumption contradicts the premise.

@iflash05

4 ай бұрын

@@mayebeline1149 do you have any idea how rare it is for an event like this to not have increment, last year only 1 super tournament had no increment, it is safe to assume this has increment

Because Magnus would be able to maintain mobility (he will always have a safe move with his bishop), he would not have to break his fortress formation or move his king away from his other bishop. Whereas, Hikaru has a slight winnable advantage if, and only if, he keeps his queen on the 8th rank to maintain the pin on Magnus' other bishop. This means that in order to win, Hikaru would have to use his pawns, flawlessly, to break up the Magnus fortress... making no mistakes.... with only a few seconds left on the clock. I think Hikaru would have won the game, given a few minutes more on the clock, but it would have required some lengthy contemplation to avoid a draw. The draw may have seemed premature, but these two players know each other's abilities and their own limitations with only a few seconds left on the clock.

"The clock is ticking and the stakes are high!"

Nice vid, would be good to know when the games were played and what round/tournament they are

@Philiopantheon82

4 ай бұрын

It was online speed chess championship 2023, the blitz portion. This was the final match and Magnus won the tournament

when was this game played? please add in title or description

Hikaru could have played it a bit further, but it depends on whether this was the first couple of games or last.

Magnus got the latest engine

Can somebody explain what happened at the end?

@ptrblz

4 ай бұрын

Hikaru gave up(offered a draw) while having a reasonable advantage over magnus

@jarnevanbec2886

4 ай бұрын

@@ptrblz because he thought it was a drawn position?

@ptrblz

4 ай бұрын

​@@jarnevanbec2886well that we don't know, possibly yes, which obviously surprised Magnus

Screw offering draws... Fight to the end.

I just ran torch at depth 50 (width 5) which suggested white was up +1.00 obviously this is only the case is both players play perfectly but it's still a huge advantage in a GM end game. I suspect hikaru was just showing mercy here.

@Joshwaheazo

4 ай бұрын

More likely he couldn't be bothered.

@jedinxf7

4 ай бұрын

if you think that is "huge" I'm not sure you've analyzed many endgames. that is rarely enough to convert a win.

@Joshwaheazo

4 ай бұрын

@@jedinxf7 exactly. Against the best end game player of today fuck that.

Never been this early

Commentators are genuinely confused. Lots of hot air about Carlsen's blunders and then Carlsen blisters Hikaru into a draw. Rookie mistakes by the talking heads underestimating the world #1.

Carlson wins losing end games....that is why