years ago I have seen the english open with live comments by 2 very strong GMs - they pondered 10 minutes about a position - then found a move that looked good and discussed it for 10 minutes, still not sure if it is a winning move. Magnus has finished his game and came into the room. They asked him how he evaluates the position - he looked at it and in less then 1 second he made the very move and told them that this is winning. His positional understanding is simply not from this world

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Such a cool story yeah he is literally insane so innate

@TymexComputing

Жыл бұрын

He just reads many books ;). I am not even sure what is a positional evaluation if it must contain tactical awareness:). How can one point of advantage win a game if three points cannot win

@disabledchatzen5276

Жыл бұрын

@@TymexComputing 3 is always 3. 1 can become 9

@danrieke9988

Жыл бұрын

Been playing Chess since 1969. Not a GM but a huge fan since. Took 3rd place outright in 1985 in my one and only tournament (Wyoming State Open Section). Magnus is without a doubt the greatest World Champion all-time. Many reasons, no debate. Magnus is such a wonderful historical Champion on many fronts. Taking nothing from all others, but Magnus... your exposure, your insouciance, your promotion of Chess... you are without a doubt The Man! I don't think anyone of any credence can argue that.

@joenobody5913

Жыл бұрын

@@danrieke9988 I'm sure he'll totally read this comment.

Love it when Magnus plays the imbalance in the endgame. Rook&bishop vs a queen can be losing or drawn, but very rarely winning. Seeing him find a position with the Rook&Knight vs Queen to win is insane and so much more impressive to accomplish in such time pressure.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah just so so good

@rolandomorales1613

Жыл бұрын

⅚⁵⁵⁵⁵

@vsanden

Жыл бұрын

Me 2

That they can perform like this on that time scale is just hard to fathom. It would be beautiful in a correspondence match.

Thank you for your beautifully paced coverage. It is great to follow and makes the whole game so interesting in recap.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

No worries thanks a lot for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed and cheers for watching

This game reminded me heavily of game 6 against nepo last WCC. It was a rook and knight vs queen as well. Magnus is simply a beast. He squeezes games like no other. Very tough to deal with psychologically because you know that he is just simply better on all direction. GOAT!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Fully agree! I might do another recap on that game now you say it, so so good

That last checkmate was beautiful !

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah my fave of the match 😁

Happy I checked out your channel, you did a very good job explaining the game in an informative and entertaining manner. Cheers!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cenyon glad you enjoyed ! Cheers for watching

@robertakerman3570

Жыл бұрын

@@epicchess2021 EC, ditto above. My 1st view.

Really enjoyed this, I watch a few chess channels but yours gives a great deal more analysis explained simply enough for beginners like me, great stuff

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Ben appreciate the feedback! Cheers for watching

I will have to re-watch this, learning so much from this. thanks

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Oh awesome glad to hear! Thanks for watching, Efraim

This match was astounding. Had never seen it, thanks.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! No worries thanks for watching Erik

Enjoyed the content, mate. Thanks

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

No worries thanks for watching, Zach!

This is one the most incredible games I've watched on your channel. Thank you for this. Truly. - The GOAT.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Oh cool glad you enjoyed! Yeah I agree, what a truly incredible game. Cheers for watching

@eddiejohnston1853

3 ай бұрын

I agree 💯

This is great great stuff. One of the most important things i've learned, is that i don't ever want to get forked. :)

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed and yeah very true haha

Best chess channel 👍 like the way u show time per move🙂👌🏻

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Yeah I try and do that whenever it’s available, cheers for watching

Incredible piece coordination.

My mind literally stops working when I see the clock

Was so entertaining to watch live. I think the best game dominance at such lvl i have ever seen. He probaply could gott 23-3. But he played it safe sometimes. Hes new goal to not lose a game. Better play some safe games to make history. He took enough of risks in the beginning.

Brilliant reflex moving of the pieces Love it

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah such a Great battle! Thanks for watching, Michael

magnus is a unreal in chess. no1 was get the triple crown ever and he made it 3 times in less than 10 years. what a beast

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah insane!!

Wow this game was crazy, both great players

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah 😁

You almost never see insane Paul Morphy-type games from Magnus. HOWEVER, He just plays the perfect move almost every single bloody time. He’s a monster!

@peterhaslund

Жыл бұрын

You did see Morphy when Magnus was just a kid, it was a level he surpassed. Morphy was a genius but he stood on the shoulders of midgets

How do you even keep playing after a game like that..respect to fabi. Absolute madness!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah agreed! Was brutal

Great stuff

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Conrad! Cheers for watching

Brilliant analysts sir

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Zana cheers for watching!

me watching this is like standing at the foot of the highest skyscrapper trying to work out whats going on on the roof

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

😆 haha nice analogy and yeah a bit daunting if new to chess , thanks for watching tho Dave

This is nuts

I got confused when the younger magnus suddenly appeared in the video towards the beginning

Thanks , nice grinding finding.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

No worries thanks for watching

Mentally exhausted just by watching this

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah it goes quite deep if you don’t play loads of chess! Thanks for watching, Lou

Always stunning to think how Carlsen's tummy tells him what to move many moves ahead of the stunners that we all don't see unless some prog whispers in our ear

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah haha he is insane

Inspiring game!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah 😁 thanks for watching, Alton

Outstanding! that is all that needs to be said.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

YEah agreed ! Thanks for watching, Maurice

Those pre-moves were stunning. Magnus predicted he'd save his queen, but he didn't.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he was just over powered in this match! Thanks for watching, Dexter

I know next to nothing about chess yet im intrigued

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching

This is nuts😂

If we are ever in a war with alien invaders, i would like magnus carlsen tell us what to do on the battlefield

Tasteful outlay of the speaker's frame ... red shining light under the red word "epic" which fades into white light under the white word "chess" ... thumbs up.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Oh thanks a lot yeah tryna keep it simple! Cheers for watching

Brilliant

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed!

This good

Superb commentary, I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis. I'm somewhere around 1400 and watching all those moves feel that I play those same ones! (apart from the really insane ones!) So why aren't I also a 2800?!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Jez. Yeah it's actually a real phenomenon that Hikaru was talking about recently that when you watch others play you see better moves but when it's your own pieces and decision making your play is worse, especially with clock ticking. These guys intuition is just crazy good!

@Jez2008UK

Жыл бұрын

@@epicchess2021 Lol :) That's good to know! I'm from/in England as well (South), happy New Year to you and I look forward to more analyses and commentary! Subscribed :)

@Tethysmeer

Жыл бұрын

And then there is the insane speed. It would tske me minutes to calculate every position. And even then not nearly as accurate and inventive 😅

After also winning both blitz and rapid he truly appears to be the GOAT of all time! Insane how he has won the triple crown three times now!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it really is! I did a video on that too. Thanks for watching, Link

@lucilledog8832

Жыл бұрын

The greatest of all time, of all time?

@Thesamurai1999

Жыл бұрын

@@lucilledog8832 of all past, present and future time, through all the multitudes of dimensions!

@goranlazarevic2613

Жыл бұрын

@Link GOAT = greatest of all time Jfyi

@Thesamurai1999

Жыл бұрын

@@goranlazarevic2613 Oh, thanks for letting me know! x.x

Holy smokes never seen a more powerful knight

Magnus is not a GM anymore he's a Grand Wizard appreciate the analysis great stuff

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah 😆 no worries thanks for watching!

Very well explained. Thank you.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and no worries cheers for watching!

The world's superpowers are 1. Magnus 2. USA 3. China

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@1:16 after Knight F6, why doesnt Black take with Knight Pawn E4 ? Any disadvantage doing this?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah you can do that it’s known as the open Spanish just a different way of playing but white will win the pawn back

This endgame is like the one he played against Nepo for 8 hours

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

That was one of the greats games I've ever seen in my life it's like if you could sum up his whole career style in one game that would be it for me! Yeah this one was really nice too. Thanks for watching, Shaun

I watched the whole match and even his game against MVL. Magnus is insane and the GOAT

Crazy game ..

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! Thanks for watching

Great commentary! I'm a complete noob, but why doesn't Magnus take the queen with knight at 12:19?

@epicchess2021

Ай бұрын

thanks a lot and sorry I forget the details now

impressive

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

God damnit!!!!!!!!! 😲😧

Love the idea of analyzing when these guys are playing with less than 5 seconds. I'm 2k rated and I couldn't play this well if I had 1 minute a move.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same here haha they are insane

can someone please explain why 1:20 black doesnt campture the pawn with his knight? isent it free? or am i missing something.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Don’t have exact position in front but usually white can counter and win back a pawn or get a Big attack if you pawn grab too early

@EduDaoUniversity

Жыл бұрын

@@epicchess2021 thanks buddy, sorry very new to the game, :D

Is that all clear now?

Did Caruana miss a devastating queen/bishop fork at min 4:02, Kd4? Bummer he did not play it. I wanted to see that one play out.

@EarthSurferUSA

Жыл бұрын

I think they may have both lost their queens or Magnus lost his. I don't know.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

I don’t believe so I think this game was pretty flawless from Magnus!

@asbjrnfossmo1589

Жыл бұрын

bishop is covered by pawn and knight, so no worries there. Queen moves to take the other knight for free.

@dalemcosker9195

Жыл бұрын

If caruana plays that fork, Magnus could take the pawn on f7 with his Bishop, deliver check, then after the king moves, either take the knight on h5 with the queen or the bishop before losing his own knight, ending a pawn up with an exposed king for black. Definitely better for Magnus there.

Since 6:20 the e4 pawn is "en prise", why didn't Fabi piched it ?

@belzeblade2997

Жыл бұрын

ok i didn't see Bc2

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and also before his bishop retreats to e6 it would be hanging on h3

I would need 2 yrs on the clock to play like that.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I could never reach that level no matter how much time I had 😁 thanks for watching, Neil!

@Tethysmeer

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Maybe writing it all down, filling books with possible strategies, outcomes. Insane they do it in seconds.

Of course, the players are stronger and the format is different but it reminded me of the Capablanca - Marshall (1909) Match where Capablanca dominated and Marshall just wanted to win one game to save a "little face". I think Fabi desperately wanted to win just one game but unlike Marshall, he couldn't! Fischer had swept the field in the Candidates Matches run-up to his 72 World Championship victory against Spassky but the Capablanca - Marshall (1909) Match had the same feel to me of 1-on-1 total domination. Marshall was never the same after that crushing defeat I wonder if Caruana will suffer a similar fate?

@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356

Жыл бұрын

Great comment

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah amazing performances, Fabi had his own 2014 at Louis as well!

@TymexComputing

Жыл бұрын

His mom wont let him depress ;). I like the look of Fabiano's face when he concentrates on the position :)

@Theingthing-TIT

Жыл бұрын

So true great granddad.

@X00000370

Жыл бұрын

@@Theingthing-TIT I think there's an age shot in there...LOL

What used to be known as brilliant strategy from now on shall be renamed to goat sacks!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

🤣 sounds good to me

Brutal Magnus.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah such a beast! Thanks for watching

Sorry for the elementary question, but how are match scores calculated? I'm having trouble finding a good explainer online. Did they play the first two time controls eight times and the last control ten times, with each game scored 0 for a loss, 0.5 for a draw, and 1 for a win? So there were 8 draws and 18 Magnus wins across the match?

@johnnydoe3603

Жыл бұрын

Each Category was given a Fixed Time. The Number of Matches isn’t Fixed. They could Play just One Match in the 5min and Waste the 90minutes Allotted to that Category. 😊

@colesmatteo

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnydoe3603 Ohhh, I see. Thanks for the reply!

0:20 where is he from guys ??

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Me or someone else? I’m from U.K. 😁 thanks for watching

Hi sorry complete novice here, what happens if clock runs out ? Game over? Brill commentary btw.

@epicchess2021

9 ай бұрын

yes and you lose UNLESS your opponent doesn't have check mating material

Excelent commentary…

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Thanks protoword! Cheers for watching and commenting as always

How does the clock go back up?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

It’s called increment, they get 2 seconds back every move

@youtubeSuckssNow

Жыл бұрын

@@epicchess2021 cheers. That makes sense!

King Magnus!!!!!!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

😁

Take hold of yourself

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

😁

great game indeed. Magnus has another game where he sacs a queen vs anish giri. it's maybe even better.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah love that one I think I analysed it before but if not I’ll do so soon

Hey wait, they do all this in a 10 minute game? Can't believe in that. How is that is even possible?!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

yeah these guys are incredible! Thanks for watching

13:57 How is the pawn pinned? Idk chess

@rjginsburg

Жыл бұрын

The pawn can’t take the rook on e4 because otherwise the rook on f8 would take the king

I'm curious, why didn't Magnus defend his e pawn and why didn't Fabi attempt to capture it.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

I think was a bit hard to do so basically so he focussed on running the outside passers. But yeah a lot of subtleties tbf, maybe he could have in some lines

7:50 omg that was better

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

😁

Why didn't Magnus take the queen at 12:20?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Sorry don’t have position in front of me

@s7evin79

Жыл бұрын

Can anyone explain it. I would also love to know it

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

@@s7evin79 oh yeah I think he was just pre moving was all. Or else he would have done but only seconds on clock!

Please help me to unterstand. Why didn't Magnus take the queen at 12:22?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

They were pre-moving at that point. Very little time and he had already blitzed out his move! But it was defo best move! Thanks for watching

@s7evin79

Жыл бұрын

@@epicchess2021 Thank you for the explanation

@MichaelWilliams-ub3ow

Жыл бұрын

Magnus didn't want to win because of his opponent's blunder, so he gave him some leeway and continued to win as he had planned.

I wouldn't even find many of the strategies with normal time. Magnus is chess god.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah what a player ! Love his games. Thanks for watching, Martin

Magnus is the best. An example of what being exceptionally gifted and having the means to be able to utilize all of today's available materials and tools to master a discipline. If only Kasparov or Fischer had the same amenities.....or Karpov !!!!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he’s been able to blend it all and become a beast very impressive!

The Magnificent Magnus

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah such a beast! Thanks for watching, Gokulan

5:38 - why not Bxc4?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

The tempo on the queen is important or else the black rook then takes on b2

Who won the event?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Hikaru beat Magnus in the final! Really great final, did a video on one of those games too. Thanks for watching

@Shootskas

Жыл бұрын

@@epicchess2021 Nice. A good redemption for Hikaru.

Fascinating how Magnus is an extreme CONCEPTUAL chess player. Since there is no ABSOLUTE way to Award Greatest Chess Player 🏆 I would submit that Magnus is the most INTERESTING Chess Player of All time. As a VERY Conceptually oriented person myself *I'm an obsessed Art Theorist with a Unified Field Theory for Art wherein parallels to Chess Theory inevitably occur* I've always been fascinated by Carlsen's self-described Conceptual Chess Orientation. One of the recurring themes for Carlsen *in some all-time great games* is when he Sacrifices his Queen AND then a bit later ends up with a configuration of pieces and pawns that operate like some freakish SINGLE Amorphous Swiss Army Knife CREATURE ... 1. The Feature Game Here 2. Game 6 of the 2021 WCC 3. MY Personal Favorite, A game against Giri in which Carlsen sacrifices the Queen pretty early on for some pieces in one of this past year's on-line rapid tournaments *I think you may have covered this one* Carlsen has amassed so many games that are Absolute Aesthetic Masterpieces ... Also, Carlsen is the Genius that most fully appropriated and incorporated the new ideas 💡 gifted to chess by the A.I. chess entities Invariably the Chess GOATS are CONCEPTUAL MONSTERS ... Magnus just happens to be my pick for the BIGGEST CHESS CONCEPTUAL MONSTER🏆 .. it even seems he used this talent to score a number one ranking in the Premier League Fantasy Football ⚽ Firouzja strikes me as someone from that Same PLANET 👑 AF and perhaps some of the other young players ... perhaps ..

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah agree with all that! Thanks for commenting. I know the giri game but dunno if I covered it maybe I did tho. Yeah his innate ability is just insane such harmony and precision timing in everything he does. What’s so impressive is the play in low time as well

Does not seem like domination to me, but equal vying, apart from the final score of course

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

yeah this game was balanced but more the total match score

Just starting: Ohhh, please do not add all of the "Or he could have done this, or that" that YT channels love to do,---and let me watch these masters at work with out interruption of the masters moves. Just thought of this: It is like watching the top two guys racing hard, a banging each other all around the track while leaving the pack, and the 23rd place guy is yelling "Watch me! Watch me!!" :)

@EarthSurferUSA

Жыл бұрын

Like this one too. Bummer.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I get you and some channels do that where they just show the moves no commentary but they don’t seem to be all that popular, most people want a bit of explanation as to why they played certain moves I think. I try not to go too off piste tho like you say. Thanks for watching anyway!

What if black didn’t take queen and took bishop instead with his queen?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

I can’t quite picture which position you mean sorry for you have a time stamp?

What is illegal move brother

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

A move which you can’t make basically! Against the rules

Where are you from? Your english Is perfect.

@cardigan3000

Жыл бұрын

england?

@claudioliccardo458

Жыл бұрын

@@cardigan3000 we can' t know my friend, he probably can came from Quebec...

@cardigan3000

Жыл бұрын

@@claudioliccardo458 im british so i can tell he is

@blaze1148

Жыл бұрын

I would say Home Counties in England.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

thanks a lot! Yeah not too far from London, just north!

"In my entire life I've never seen chess domination like this" To quote Magnus: THEREFORE, Magnus must be cheating!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah he wouldn’t much like it if the finger was pointed at him! Thanks for watching, Dean

at one time i thought magnus was playing black

Magnus is brilliant but it is surprising that a 2800 player can make such a basic mistake. I was watching the game live and the commentators were saying that this would be a mistake but he still made that move even after thinking for 15-20 minutes.

@arthurkalb1817

Жыл бұрын

What move are you talking about? This is speed chess at a 3min+1sec time control. There wasn't 15-20 minutes.

One player plays this way, he's worshiped...another plays this way and the worshiped player resigns. Whatever.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Is this a reference to his game with Hans at the Sinquefield Cup? I'm trying to follow sorry!

No 1 dominates like Magnus. He is GOAT.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah overpowered ! Thanks for watching, Ashish

Caruana had 2847 elos and Carlsen only 2830? That means that Caruana was exceeding Carlsen at a time. I've never heard of this till now.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

I just honk this might be rapid or blitz rating or something as Carlsen has always been ahead on classical

Magnus is clearly crazy good and world champion...why is Fabiano's rating shown here higher than Magnus's?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Not sure actually that is what was shown on chesscom must be their online rating

Your British accent is incredible.

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks! Hope you’re enjoying the video cheers for you watching

I hope they make a movie of him as a leader in a war that critical thinking would be nice to watch

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

Yeah haha

uh...second best?

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I don't understand the scoring... 22 to 4. What does that mean?

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

You get zero points for loss 0.5 for draw and 1 point for win so in all their games Carlsen amassed 22 and Caruana only got 4 through 8 draws. So Carlsen won 18 games lost none!! Insane 😁 thanks for watching

@percybyssheshelly

Жыл бұрын

It’s called an anomaly.

The best u ever seen?? Come on dude , magnus almost lost!

@epicchess2021

Жыл бұрын

This match was the biggest domination I’ve ever seen yeah was so brutal! Thanks for watching

@benben77777

Жыл бұрын

You dont know what is domination...