The World's Most Arrogant Chess Player

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  • @Newsthink
    @Newsthink7 ай бұрын

    *Who is the GOAT of chess?* Try brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.

  • @victorobuje2365

    @victorobuje2365

    7 ай бұрын

    Do you play chess @Newsthink? What's your ELO?

  • @rankarat

    @rankarat

    7 ай бұрын

    Bobby Fischer

  • @TalhaMehmood-ytt

    @TalhaMehmood-ytt

    7 ай бұрын

    Magnus Carlsen

  • @dorianneira4192

    @dorianneira4192

    7 ай бұрын

    Fischer for sure, guy was untouchable in his time

  • @user-rh1gk3mg2f

    @user-rh1gk3mg2f

    7 ай бұрын

    @@dorianneira4192 competition was a bit lower back then so its hard to compare.

  • @bearcb
    @bearcb7 ай бұрын

    Carlsen doesn’t come through as arrogant to me. He is entitled to some bragging, he’s undoubtedly the best, he knows it, everyone knows it. But his bragging is usually full of humor and self ironic. He is also the first to recognize brilliant playing from his opponents and praise them.

  • @stonee402

    @stonee402

    5 ай бұрын

    I must agree, this is a big achievement, he has all the bragging rights and while these claims seem arrogant.. they are also true

  • @Musaaaa653

    @Musaaaa653

    5 ай бұрын

    He could be way more arrogant for how good he is

  • @JagdeepSinghKalsi

    @JagdeepSinghKalsi

    4 ай бұрын

    Agree.. completely.

  • @Celatra

    @Celatra

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@bashdamonkeyits more like he wants to give his opponents a chance

  • @hypercubemaster2729

    @hypercubemaster2729

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@bashdamonkeyThat's still not arrogance.

  • @Najdorf_
    @Najdorf_7 ай бұрын

    Hikaru has only been his 'rival' since the pandemic in terms of online speed chess, Caruana is a much worthy rival in terms of classical chess.

  • @cmc2110

    @cmc2110

    7 ай бұрын

    Caruana and Ding. I think Fabi is better but Ding is unpredictable and that annoys Magnus. That is why Magnus vs Ding is much more interesting than vs Fabi

  • @pingerfrints6716

    @pingerfrints6716

    7 ай бұрын

    Only Wesley have more wins against Magnus than the other GM's.

  • @fuadkattan6622

    @fuadkattan6622

    7 ай бұрын

    Dude are you brain damaged? Mag is him self said so, your going to disagree with his own opinion LOL?

  • @visible2927

    @visible2927

    7 ай бұрын

    bruhhh no one is close to magnus , cause we have seen his prime , dont compare him with others , hikaru , fabi , ding are legends , but if you think they are worthy of being called magnus rival? then nooo , you have not watched magnus in his prime

  • @Jonas-mk8yc

    @Jonas-mk8yc

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@visible2927Well, Carlsen is definitly the best player in the last 15 years. But i think others are not so far away as you say: 2018 Caruana was really close to Carlsen in classical chess, the world champion match was really close and also there elo was not so far away from each other. But Caruana was clearly worse in rapid, he improved till today, but his overall peak is over(I think). Ding had a streak of 100 games where he was unbeaten in 2017-2018. He was in general always a bit mysterious and i think without the other problems he has, he would have had the potential to get close to Magnus Carlsen.(But then Corona came and he was forced to disapear and now he disapeared again...) Ding ist a beast in classical chess aswell as in rapid/blitz games and i still think Carlsen is the better player, but i think Ding could have come really close to him, even though i think he will never reach his peak. And last: Nakamura. In blitz chess, he is as good as magnus carlsen, but for longer times, he is far away from Carlsen. But after Corona many people thought he is over his peak, but he played extremly good classical chess, so maybe we will see him as the winner of the candidates in the future. Very briefly i want to mention all the other young players, for example firouzja, who is already one of the best in the world. It is hard to see where their peak will be and i think it really depends on how much they want it. For example for firouzja, right now i dont see the passion for chess which one can see for example with abdusattorov. So for example Vincent Keymer maybe has a high potential, his opening prep is really bad compared to the others in his age(which he can train), because he went to school till one year ago, but his positional understanding of chess is outstanding. I want to say that these young generation could get nearly as good as him and its interesting to wait for the future for that. My conclusion is: Yes, Magnus Carlsen is the best player right know and probably of all time. His consistency is unique, he plays at his peak for over 10 years now(of course he had times was a bit better or worse, but all in all he is much more stable than other players). He has a better understanding of the game then anyone else and is the best in blitz, rapid and classical chess. But there are rivals who got close to his peak or could get maybe as good as him. Thanns for reading till the end, if someone managed to do so:)

  • @hasanatif4540
    @hasanatif45407 ай бұрын

    To be honest, magnus is the only reason people like me started following chess & started getting interest in chess. Even many of the young GMs idolizes him

  • @Kira28720

    @Kira28720

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I started to follow and play chess because of him.

  • @Moose745

    @Moose745

    6 ай бұрын

    True, due to this guy I decided to actually learn and star playing chess just this year

  • @AbhayJaiswal-tf9iu

    @AbhayJaiswal-tf9iu

    6 ай бұрын

    NO

  • @wolf-tw7ee

    @wolf-tw7ee

    5 ай бұрын

    Wrong . Adgamator

  • @evilcortexff

    @evilcortexff

    5 ай бұрын

    True

  • @Luca-yb4sh
    @Luca-yb4sh7 ай бұрын

    He has the peak rating, the resume, the extended and uncontested dominance, the most well-rounded game, faced the most leveled competition to this day (every top player from all over the world has access to the best resources) and he has the recognition of his contemporaries. I'd say he has the best case for the GOAT title.

  • @innosanto

    @innosanto

    7 ай бұрын

    Peak rating means nothing in comparison to other eras. It goes up when there are more games and when the others have higher rating. So is completely not valid to compare to other eras pnly contemporary.

  • @johnscanlon1764

    @johnscanlon1764

    7 ай бұрын

    But it does mean he has been the undisputed best in the best era so it does have some validity @@innosanto

  • @soichirohonda267

    @soichirohonda267

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@innosantoNope. It never be harder than now to settle on top. Number of players, GMs, computers, databases, network, media, greater then ever. Competition from the past was uncomparable.

  • @SaryM29

    @SaryM29

    5 ай бұрын

    @@soichirohonda267 Yeah, but that's the thing, different from games like Clash Royale, the ELO system in chess basically takes points from you and gives them to the other person, afaik. That means that the only way to increase the overall ELO total is by getting more players in, so we're basically having kind of an "ELO inflation" right now. Not to discredit the players, since that also means that it's now more likely for a player who can beat them to show up, but it's also true that like 99,999% of current players, and of players who will come to play in the future, would never have a chance of beating Magnus Carlsen whatsoever. So unless we get some new people on the highest levels of chess, if the top players' levels would stay the same, their ELOs would be expected to slightly increase over time. But it is also true that there are many Super GMs around, all of them with the same level of access to studying tools and methods to study every part of chess, even Magnus Carlsen himself, so I'd say it's indeed the era when they should have the best odds at catching up to him, yet they cannot, I just think that peak rating is more of a "Wow" status than an accurate representation of who was better, the most impressive thing to me is how far he's kept himself from the other Super GMs for so long.

  • @ramanahveljeyaseelan5406

    @ramanahveljeyaseelan5406

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@soichirohonda267nope his point stands , rating inflation is real

  • @someunfunnyguy9574
    @someunfunnyguy95747 ай бұрын

    He's one of the few people to give life to chess.

  • @allanshpeley4284

    @allanshpeley4284

    3 ай бұрын

    Hahaha, no. There are many more creative attacking players out there. Magnus is just more precise and risk averse.

  • @M1m1s

    @M1m1s

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@allanshpeley4284"one of the few" ≠ "the only"

  • @Goblonium

    @Goblonium

    2 ай бұрын

    @@allanshpeley4284 And their personalities were either drinking and smoking on the board, dissing women and being mentally unstable, or just a very boring introverted guy. By life I'm pretty sure he means separating the boring, mundane game played by hunchbacks or introverted nerds people think of chess as.

  • @maxkho00

    @maxkho00

    Ай бұрын

    @@Goblonium Magnus doesn't have an exciting personality at all... He just comes across as boring and monotone. An exciting personality is someone like Dubov, or even Hikaru (who, yeah, is a nerd but at least not a boring/monotone one like Carlsen).

  • @allanshpeley4284

    @allanshpeley4284

    16 күн бұрын

    @@M1m1s Yeah, my point is he's not even one of the few because I'd argue he doesn't "give life to chess". He just plays accurately, like a computer, and grinds down his opponents. Paul Morphy, Mikhail Tal, on the other hand, those men brought life to chess.

  • @jozseftoth2538
    @jozseftoth25387 ай бұрын

    Considering all he has achieved so far.. he is actually very modest with his words.. definitely not arrogant.

  • @drewpocernich2540

    @drewpocernich2540

    6 ай бұрын

    I agree, he’s just confident, and deservedly so. He isn’t the personal that hikaru likes to put on satirically.

  • @inoderlulzer5163

    @inoderlulzer5163

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@drewpocernich2540Do you mean 'persona'? And I disagree with that.

  • @BeigeCoyote

    @BeigeCoyote

    6 ай бұрын

    nobody cares if you disagree with it matey@@inoderlulzer5163

  • @TheAluvisify

    @TheAluvisify

    6 ай бұрын

    Also, it’s hard to be truly arrogant when you’re literally named one of the greatest Chess players of all time. Any self-infatuation that he might have would likely just be an objective reality.

  • @akosiandy123

    @akosiandy123

    2 ай бұрын

    Yup. He is intelligent indeed

  • @someunfunnyguy9574
    @someunfunnyguy95747 ай бұрын

    We are lucky to live in the same lifetime as arguably the best chess player of all time.

  • @sixtyninefromsixtonine

    @sixtyninefromsixtonine

    6 ай бұрын

    Everyone in the past also lived in the same lifetime as the best chess player of their time

  • @jarifhasan4848

    @jarifhasan4848

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@sixtyninefromsixtonineso you are saying in the future it is possible to have a chess player more than 2882....¿ Yes I know Magnus is best for now but I still don't understand who can beat his record ( like winning 9/9 game )

  • @BeigeCoyote

    @BeigeCoyote

    6 ай бұрын

    opponents are much better now in a time where stockfish rules and people can learn using the internet rather than through books. Fischer never played the same amount of GMs with such a high level of skill as Magnus has@@sixtyninefromsixtonine

  • @Musaaaa653

    @Musaaaa653

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@jarifhasan4848is it possible? Yes?

  • @ramanahveljeyaseelan5406

    @ramanahveljeyaseelan5406

    5 ай бұрын

    ​​@@jarifhasan4848dude that 9/9 record was through blitz Didn't Fabi get 7/7 in a classical tournaments. Fisfher also got 7/7 in a classical tournament known as the US championship. Also there will be peo0e to surpass Magnus elo cause of inflation

  • @chsh9686
    @chsh96864 ай бұрын

    He isnt arrogant. When someone asks who's the best, he says himself and it's normal because it's true. He has also a great sense of humor.

  • @JoichiroYukihira

    @JoichiroYukihira

    Ай бұрын

    It is nice to make a humor when it comes to a definition of arrogance... But we need to make sure that it would not be our downfall... It is best to know the consequences of our action to all people especially the things that will happen to our love ones...

  • @seinundzeiten

    @seinundzeiten

    Ай бұрын

    someone who is confidant is not necessarily an arrogant person

  • @lightofscorpio
    @lightofscorpio7 ай бұрын

    recently, a few gms were asked to rank their top chess players (including people who contribuled to chess, not just real players). and many of them ranked Carlsen as their #1.

  • @nov3m472
    @nov3m4726 ай бұрын

    when people are so good at something like magnus at chess its incredibly hard not to sound arrogant and also be honest in interviews lol

  • @Helfirehydra

    @Helfirehydra

    16 күн бұрын

    It’s not about how how arrogant he is for being good It’s about his unsportsmanlike conduct like showing up to match his late on purpose, and stalling on purpose Like when I first heard about him years ago, he seems like a decent guy. He was honourable and respectful. Now he’s just arrogant. And narcissistic.

  • @zensnoop
    @zensnoop7 ай бұрын

    I'm really happy you made a video on magnus, he will forever be the greatest chess player in history.

  • @readmycomment101

    @readmycomment101

    7 ай бұрын

    Not forever, maybe 200 to 500 years

  • @user-bj7um9uj6r

    @user-bj7um9uj6r

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@readmycomment101the world has ended

  • @enricocassinelli2974

    @enricocassinelli2974

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@readmycomment101 Just 4 or 5 years. Don't worry He is already declining 😂. Check his elo funboy 7:20

  • @enricocassinelli2974

    @enricocassinelli2974

    7 ай бұрын

    Fungirl. Sorry

  • @MURAT-MURAT

    @MURAT-MURAT

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@enricocassinelli2974Elo doesn't make you better in chess in advanced chess. Magnus Carlsen is gonna be the best for years, *not just 5*

  • @user-bu8nc9jt9y
    @user-bu8nc9jt9y4 ай бұрын

    Not arrogance if you can back it up, it's confidence

  • @melzz
    @melzz7 ай бұрын

    I drawn to chess after seen Carlsen game, especially after game 6 against Nepo, and queen sacrifice against Anish. Those two games really catch my interest to chess. Those are really a beautiful games.

  • @melzz

    @melzz

    7 ай бұрын

    Two zugzwang games against Fedoseev also beautiful . Actually many of his games are.

  • @niranjanrajesh1058

    @niranjanrajesh1058

    4 ай бұрын

    @@melzz those two games against Fedoseev were inexplicably good. Not even Magnus level chess. Engine level chess

  • @trinabaker3186
    @trinabaker31866 ай бұрын

    I -- LOVE -- that Magnus is so wise that he valued his time and mind more than just another win. Some things in life are more important than winning. That was his most brilliant move ... ever.

  • @leonb.8499
    @leonb.849923 күн бұрын

    One little correction: the number of moves in chess is NOT greater that the number of atoms in the universe. However, the number on possible games is.

  • @anthonydawson7399
    @anthonydawson73995 ай бұрын

    As a casual fan, his games always felt like art. The journey to mate feels like a novel

  • @Nickmaharajhirschs
    @Nickmaharajhirschs6 ай бұрын

    Totally not arrogance , there's so many matches i watched of his and even stockfish couldn't even see drawing positions for him and he ended up winning them ...he plays stupid openings against other gms and still win it's amazing

  • @Xonatron
    @Xonatron6 ай бұрын

    He’s actually pretty modest and informative… listen to his interviews in full.

  • @sheldonkupa9120
    @sheldonkupa91207 ай бұрын

    Carlsen does put his pieces in order before any game, as this is his start routine to help him get into the right mind setting. Many GMs do that, or something similar. THAT is not arrogance. Also he is not that arrogant, to not critizise himself for bad quality of his play, even when winning. This maybe one of his secrets, like Bobby Fisher, to try always achieve highest quality. And he has a lot of respect for other chess players, which he demonstrated in a lot of occasions. My point is, what sounds arrogant, maybe in fact just true?!

  • @jamiethomas3122
    @jamiethomas31227 ай бұрын

    Aronian was the closest thing i would call a rival in the early part of his career, while Hikaru fits the part in modern chess with faster time controls.

  • @Thanos-hp1mw

    @Thanos-hp1mw

    7 ай бұрын

    Vishy had a plus score against him before 2013. Though they're not really rivals as they had worked together before.

  • @stianaandal1488

    @stianaandal1488

    7 ай бұрын

    Caruana was also a rival at a point

  • @Weebi1242

    @Weebi1242

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@Thanos-hp1mwthat's cos carlsen was playing many super tournaments before turning 16

  • @ramanahveljeyaseelan5406

    @ramanahveljeyaseelan5406

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@stianaandal1488nepo was Magnus first rival, cause Magnus lost agaisnt Nepo in an under 12 world championship

  • @modemuffel9911

    @modemuffel9911

    4 ай бұрын

    Right now Fabi is clearly #2 IMO

  • @toknowmynameisnoneofyourbu5089
    @toknowmynameisnoneofyourbu50897 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the content you come up with and the fabulous explanation you deliver. Keep it up!!❤

  • @silentbullet2023
    @silentbullet2023Ай бұрын

    He's not arrogant. We want to see powerful people meek, because it hurts our primate egos.

  • @tywonellington
    @tywonellington6 ай бұрын

    He’s not the most arrogant player in chess. He’s the best and knows it. There are other players (Niemann, for example) who talk trash without the accolades to back it up.

  • @scottekoontz

    @scottekoontz

    5 ай бұрын

    There are arrogant chess GMs like Magnus and Hikaru who made claims against Niemann. Then they said he had to have been cheating when his ratings dropped slightly. Then they said he had to be cheating when he did really well. I wish the arrogant GMs would stop accusing other players of cheating.

  • @treefuns5056

    @treefuns5056

    3 ай бұрын

    Hans Nieman can probably crush you in chess while doing 10 other jobs alongside literally literally, so you can't belittle him you should know that.

  • @juliocadavid6640

    @juliocadavid6640

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@treefuns5056 Every GM can, yet only Hans has that ego without something to back it up. There has been a lot of elite players who have achieved amazing things, like Wesley so (960 WC) MVL, blitz equal to Magnus and Naka. Aronian (world cups) Alireza (youngest 2800) Nepo (2times WC Challenger) Hans ego is like WChampion ego. Like Fischer, Garry, Magnus, yet he has done nothing to back it up. Beating Magnus? Then abdu, Vincent, Esipenko, Duda, should be up there and they are just humble about it. And thats before acussations, chess speak for it self, remmeber? That was much before the drama

  • @Musicdudeyoutub
    @Musicdudeyoutub7 ай бұрын

    It's impossible to say who "the greatest" is, but Carlsen is certainly the most skilled chess player ever.

  • @UltrabaumatOmega

    @UltrabaumatOmega

    7 ай бұрын

    well depends on the criteria and how you prioritize them to choose one greatest. If u answer in a philosophical way , then you can never compare..

  • @kineticsjekaw7881

    @kineticsjekaw7881

    7 ай бұрын

    Try to pick any grandmaster from oldest to this time. Blindfold them and compete with Carlsen. 10 people of Harvard cant win against Carlsen blindfolded 😂

  • @zura17

    @zura17

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kineticsjekaw7881 what does harvard have to do with chess skill?

  • @kineticsjekaw7881

    @kineticsjekaw7881

    6 ай бұрын

    @@zura17 all of them knew chess and were also playing it though not ina tournament level. Can you win against a grade school level with ten participants while blind folded?

  • @zura17

    @zura17

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kineticsjekaw7881 no, but every top grandmaster can do it, it is not a proof that magnus is special

  • @ariavachier-lagravech.6910
    @ariavachier-lagravech.69106 ай бұрын

    Something that is not touch here is that according to GMs that Magnus Carlsen legacy is that because he won so many objectively drawish position games it stoked up chess players fighting spirit that now believe there is still life in many drawn position whereas previously they would agree to a draw in drawing position many of them now continue to keep playing until they are absolutely sure there is nothing left.

  • @owenhollow8247
    @owenhollow82474 ай бұрын

    To be fair he has shown a magnificent domination in Chess, he's taken down everyone and his matches against Hikaru Nakamura continue to be the most viewed live matches, garnering an audience of hundred thousands, it's the battle of the titans! A rivalry unmatched in the current Chess pairings. And even though the current title of World Champion now resides with Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen is the true World Champion in my heart, his presence draws a lot of attention to events and people continue to idolize him. So whenever people say he's arrogant, I say yeah he is, but if you were in his place, wouldn't you be as well? :D This is going to sound weird but the fact alone that he rearranges the board after the game is over despite his victory or defeat in the game has earned my deep respect for him.

  • @tanjiroushirogane690
    @tanjiroushirogane6904 ай бұрын

    Magnus really carried this digital era.. He triamphed chess so heavily in one of the most important era, that I don't think there'll be another magnus for several decades

  • @anakinskywalker1729
    @anakinskywalker17297 ай бұрын

    Carlsen has reached the level of Chess, that you now say that Chess can play great Magnus, instead of Magnus can play great Chess.

  • @392redienhcs
    @392redienhcs7 ай бұрын

    Everyone sees him as the GOAT.

  • @Phymacss
    @PhymacssАй бұрын

    I see him as someone quite humble actually. Just because he knows and appreciates his talent it doesn’t mean he’s arrogant. He always praises his good opponents and inspires them.

  • @C.Jr12
    @C.Jr125 ай бұрын

    He's a once in a lifetime chess genius 🐐

  • @marcbetting4640
    @marcbetting46405 ай бұрын

    Kasparov is still sometimes placed above Carlsen in the various lists of greatest World champions in history because of his longevity at the top, but this seems to be a wrong view as with the Internet age, the amount and the level of players have drastically increased and no longer concentrates in Russia. Also, the density of games and tournaments played is tenfold what it was under the Kasparov-Karpov era. Finally, Carlsen brought so much more to the game than anybody else before him that he should be considered the GOAT.

  • @bipz9175

    @bipz9175

    4 ай бұрын

    you make strong points but i still think that overall, Kasparov is the greater player of all time with Carlsen in a very close second, this is for a lot of reasons but ill name a few. despite playing in an era without ai, much less density of tournaments, and less strong competition, Kasparov still managed to reach a peak rating of only 21 points behind Magnus's peak and stayed dominant for over 15 years. even now after almost 20 years of being mostly retired from competitive chess he is still capable of going toe to toe with some of the best players of the modern day. he also pulled off some crazy feats that brought a lot of publicity to chess even in a pre-internet era, such as his 1984 world championship match with Karpov, his game in 1999 against the entire world, and of course in his 1997 match against deep blue that is likely the most famous chess match in history. Carlsen is without a doubt the very close number 2 and given some more time could definitely earn the #1 spot but for now at least in my opinion there is only one chess GOAT, and his name is Garry Kasparov.

  • @treefuns5056

    @treefuns5056

    3 ай бұрын

    I still think there is no one who could dominate his era like Bobby Fischer. No was was even close he was atleast 150+ above all time 2nd best in his time. I can't believe people doesn't give him credit for it.

  • @roywall8169
    @roywall81696 ай бұрын

    There is a reason for his arrogance. He has earned it. When he gives chess his undivided attention, none of his peers can beat him, and it isn’t even close. He has become so bored by the situation, he voluntarily walked away from being world champion in pursuit of anything that challenges him.

  • @george5464
    @george54644 ай бұрын

    I don’t think a person has done as much for a sport in terms of normalising it and glamorising it as much as Magnus has for chess. His nonchalance, whit and humour have made people like me fall even more in love with the game

  • @michaelallport5816
    @michaelallport581616 күн бұрын

    You nailed it.

  • @aaravmaharjan3044
    @aaravmaharjan3044Ай бұрын

    Every one gangsta till ultimate player nicknamed “no one” comes in and beats Magnus in 10 moves 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @LiebeZSlade_Ayzal

    @LiebeZSlade_Ayzal

    Ай бұрын

    Damnn💀,,,,,

  • @Trizzer89
    @Trizzer897 ай бұрын

    I love the fact that he likes Hikaru that much

  • @josetrisan8646
    @josetrisan86462 күн бұрын

    When he was 4 he had memorized all of Norways municipalities. When I was 4 I was still shitting myself.

  • @abhijitsen7749
    @abhijitsen77494 ай бұрын

    He's not arrogant, he never demeans any of his opponents. He is just a straight shooter so he says things like his favorite player is he himself from few years back. It's not arrogance if he strongly feels that way without demeaning anyone.

  • @dan-3268
    @dan-326817 сағат бұрын

    Bobby Fischer : HOLD MY BEER!!!

  • @zntinous
    @zntinous2 ай бұрын

    0:27 better love story than twilight

  • @drp4783
    @drp47837 ай бұрын

    Where can I watch that ballet dancer?

  • @proarcher46
    @proarcher462 ай бұрын

    you must have mis-titled the video, I didnt see hans niemann anywhere

  • @gummibear2793
    @gummibear27934 ай бұрын

    He’s not arrogant, he’s just honest

  • @franks8863
    @franks88635 күн бұрын

    Legend says he still hasn’t beat his older sister

  • @harshavardhan9369
    @harshavardhan93695 ай бұрын

    Bro is saitama in real world.

  • @gheffz
    @gheffz7 ай бұрын

    And now top engines are changing the game, beyond Magnus.

  • @arielnimni1760
    @arielnimni17606 ай бұрын

    I don't think he's arrogant, he's literally the best chess player of all time

  • @paulorafael4777
    @paulorafael47776 ай бұрын

    Absolutely Genius!

  • @milseq
    @milseq14 күн бұрын

    It's refreshing. Part of being that good at something is confidence, why would he then pretend he isn't? Also, a lot of that 'arrogance' is stringed from humuorous takes and I love them.

  • @RobertoGaspar69
    @RobertoGaspar697 ай бұрын

    Carlsen is the GOAT. Kasparov barely won against Karpov, had a decade of no big challenge and when finally in the 90s worthy newcomers like Anand, Kramnik, Grischuk, Shirov and many others he simply retired. Magnus is the King of chess.

  • @user-rh1gk3mg2f

    @user-rh1gk3mg2f

    7 ай бұрын

    Kasparov retired as the best player in the world. And also Karpov was one of the best players in history. Magnus when faced strong opposition like Caruana also struggled. Personally I think both of them are the best players ever, roughly on the same level.

  • @Weebi1242

    @Weebi1242

    7 ай бұрын

    And Carlsen barely won against Caruana or Karjakin in his championship

  • @choudhary5037

    @choudhary5037

    12 күн бұрын

    How to win barely ​? Please explain@@Weebi1242

  • @emanuellucin
    @emanuellucin5 ай бұрын

    He's not arrogant, as many people think, if you stopped to see his intevidences, he's very ironic.

  • @drnykterstein_
    @drnykterstein_27 күн бұрын

    At the present times, I think a chess player reaches their peak at their teens or 20s... not like 35-45 as said in the video. Players are expected to reach title of grandmaster before the age of 20.

  • @sravanpatri5851
    @sravanpatri585115 күн бұрын

    Bro has bragging rights and no one can question him

  • @nate9078
    @nate9078Ай бұрын

    idk about arrogant, his pride is properly placed. Its not like he insults people or anything like that

  • @krautbrain
    @krautbrain7 ай бұрын

    I like more your videos where it is more of a story then a lot of semi random facts sewn together. :)

  • @Newsthink

    @Newsthink

    7 ай бұрын

    Do you find this is more of a story or facts put together?

  • @krautbrain

    @krautbrain

    7 ай бұрын

    @Newsthink Find this more of facts put together. I found you thru your video about Silk Road (like many others have I imagine) You are a good storyteller. I know nothing about doing KZread as a career. But as a viewer I like the videos that maybe take longer to produce but are more focused and meaty. My favorite channel right now is Atrocity Guide. They make maybe 3 vids a year. But I understand it is hard to find the right story. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e45mu6d-g7e3haw.html

  • @calicoesblue4703

    @calicoesblue4703

    7 ай бұрын

    Story.

  • @Najdorf_

    @Najdorf_

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@NewsthinkStory, if u think Magnus hasn't reached his peak yet, then you're simply mistaken, even Magnus himself said that he played his best chess in 2014

  • @Newsthink

    @Newsthink

    7 ай бұрын

    It could also be motivation. If he continued to stay motivated and wasn't bored enough to skip the latest world championship, could he be better than he was in 2014?@@Najdorf_

  • @sanusayantan
    @sanusayantan17 күн бұрын

    03:21 Where is Vishy? You win 5 world championships and still don't make to that list?

  • @quantum0151
    @quantum01514 ай бұрын

    Hikaru and many others have made chess blow up a little by streaming and it got popular. 😊

  • @lalalalith2k481
    @lalalalith2k48128 күн бұрын

    Carlsen and Hikaru,Gojo geto ahh comparision😂

  • @celanvaril6200

    @celanvaril6200

    22 күн бұрын

    Unrivaled strength and the loneliness that comes with it

  • @robertrodes1546
    @robertrodes15464 ай бұрын

    I don't think Magnus is arrogant in the least. When he says things like "you want to go to an endgame with the greatest endgame player in history?" he gets this wry little grin that suggests that he thinks all the accolades are a bit silly. A very humble man IMO, with a marvelous sense of humor.

  • @deevnn
    @deevnn3 ай бұрын

    I have been a chess fan for life. The question is could you build a house, write a book, send rockets to the moon, build roads, produce Art, grow food , make beer or wine. Everyone needs to take a step back, gain some perspective and realize Chess is a GAME. Vast amounts of time by intelligent people have been spent playing a game, that doesn't make them anymore special than the engineer who helped develop a rocket engine or a farmer who produces food. In reality those other people I mention are FAR MORE valuable than a World reknown chess player. Magnus as a remarkable chess player doesn't make or produce anything but simply entertain like a Court Jester. Get a grip folks.

  • @mightypensword
    @mightypensword5 ай бұрын

    I don't see him as arrogant. When he called himself arrogant in the first clip, he was just being self-critical. When he is asked about how good he is, and he says he is the best, he is just being honest.

  • @ibnuzzaki9859
    @ibnuzzaki98594 ай бұрын

    He just won the CCT 2023

  • @larakalish881
    @larakalish8815 ай бұрын

    This man is such a chad I admire him so much!!

  • @magicsinglez
    @magicsinglez2 ай бұрын

    ’it is very hard’.

  • @aivenchris3888
    @aivenchris38883 ай бұрын

    i think magnus already said in some interview or his stream that he still really loves playing chess. it is just the world championship format that he really disliked so much so he decided to not defend the title. he said that if the FIDE change the format to become shorter and have shorter time control, he will comeback to claim the title back

  • @joshiki1827
    @joshiki18276 ай бұрын

    That thumbnail bishop looks sus

  • @immjjaayy
    @immjjaayy8 күн бұрын

    He'd be an amazing COUNTERSTRIKE player

  • @Be4stMode174
    @Be4stMode1744 ай бұрын

    Imagine that you are so good that you beat everyone before you even reach your peak and remain undefeated for years, and you get bored of it and decide not to compete.

  • @mrsommer84
    @mrsommer84Ай бұрын

    1:59 "I know what to do. I don't have to figure it out." Subconscious magic. just like Eminem with words.

  • @Businedu
    @Businedu5 ай бұрын

    You never miss 🔥

  • @troywakefield9250
    @troywakefield92506 ай бұрын

    It's not number of moves, but number of possible chess positions that is greater than the amount of atoms in the universe.

  • @theimmux3034
    @theimmux3034Ай бұрын

    1:54 what do you mean the number of moves???

  • @docock5813
    @docock58132 ай бұрын

    Is it just me or he is giving a level 100 villain vibes?

  • @caspyberry4951
    @caspyberry49514 ай бұрын

    you are completely entitled to be arrogant when you are the best to ever do it

  • @entity5678
    @entity56786 ай бұрын

    There is also "Paul Morphy" who dominated the world in his time by just having chess as his hobby and he had amazing creativity

  • @soichirohonda267

    @soichirohonda267

    5 ай бұрын

    Time when there are maybe 1000 good players in the whole world, and 10 - 20 of them seriously good, at level of todays IM, probably.

  • @daudietongano7395
    @daudietongano73957 ай бұрын

    Magnus🐐🐐🐐

  • @magicsinglez
    @magicsinglez2 ай бұрын

    I watched him or a video of him playing blindfolded. .when asked, he said ‘it was very hard’.

  • @gavinlew8273
    @gavinlew8273Ай бұрын

    Magnus biggest challenge. CHESS BOREDOM!

  • @rednaskela4830
    @rednaskela48304 ай бұрын

    Magnus also managed to finish top 5 in the Premier League (soccer) fantasy game among 7,6 million players.

  • @rutwikkk
    @rutwikkk7 ай бұрын

    2:00 That's just not true.

  • @comment15
    @comment15Ай бұрын

    To the people in the comments that wants to change the meaning of a word: Yes, he is literally arrogant. The word has a meaning and he falls under the definition. It doesn't mean he is always arrogant, but it is certainly one of his characteristics.

  • @weevil601

    @weevil601

    19 күн бұрын

    Arrogant people belittle others to prop up their own egos. I've never seen Magnus do that.

  • @DarrenStevensohnOfficial
    @DarrenStevensohnOfficial4 ай бұрын

    If you are good at doing something as good as Magnus Carlsen is in Chess, you have all the rights to be arrogant in your field and no one would dare to stand up against you.

  • @DeletedUser57346
    @DeletedUser573463 ай бұрын

    He's earned it

  • @ryuzaki_ray
    @ryuzaki_ray2 ай бұрын

    he's the Jordan or Messi of Chess

  • @SocialConservative

    @SocialConservative

    2 ай бұрын

    Messi is not arrogant but Ronaldo is Replace Messi with Ronaldo and you are correct. If you do your job very good I don’t care if you are arrogant but if you are not in the top and still being arrogant I hate it.

  • @lemonhaze1506
    @lemonhaze15067 ай бұрын

    Thought the title meant Tyler1

  • @whitewolf1610
    @whitewolf161028 күн бұрын

    Magnus is not arrogant in my opinion, sometimes I think he's quite humble actually.

  • @j3ts287
    @j3ts28714 күн бұрын

    He’s not arrogant, he’s the best and knows he’s the best. When he says “I’m better at chess” he is right

  • @xtanpx
    @xtanpx2 ай бұрын

    I don't think he is arrogant. And even he is, I'd say he deserves to be arrogant. If anyone, it has to be him.

  • @justsomeguywithagoatee8337
    @justsomeguywithagoatee83377 ай бұрын

    I can't blame him for saying machines are boring. They'll just make the best moves and chess played perfectly is a draw. Also humans simply don't have the brainpower to play perfectly 100% of the time, even the best in the world.

  • @Illusionary_INTJ
    @Illusionary_INTJ9 күн бұрын

    I love thay carlsen is so unfiltered. It can come off as rude and arrogant to some people. But there's a difference. To me, he is just very straightforward. Not arrogant.

  • @ricardokowalski1579
    @ricardokowalski15796 ай бұрын

    Magnus is the Schumacher of chess. If it's true, it's not arrogance. 👍

  • @stuartyaxley6689
    @stuartyaxley66892 ай бұрын

    I assume you mean Hikaru

  • @remveel2443
    @remveel24434 ай бұрын

    What makes Magnus great is that he didn't let his life be revolved around chess. He's a normal guy that happens to be the greatest player

  • @silencedowell1722
    @silencedowell17226 ай бұрын

    Proceeds to play Chess with the Botez siblings, hahaha! Nice!!!

  • @ignaciokairuz
    @ignaciokairuzАй бұрын

    As an Argentinian Im happy to say that a 10 yo Argentinian kid beat Carlsen this week on a bullet game. Hilarious

  • @manawearblack
    @manawearblack8 күн бұрын

    It isnt true that there are more chess moves than atoms, its that there are more possible chess positions or games than atoms in the universe

  • @sagarsawant3955
    @sagarsawant39559 күн бұрын

    Comon.. when someone is as good as him, he has earned every inch been ignorant. People like us who had been never been at top of our profession won't understand but deep down under we all desire to be like him

  • @cocoteseco5845
    @cocoteseco58454 ай бұрын

    Winning a world championship and still knowing that there is a dude that you have no chance of beating.

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