Can These Grandmasters Solve Our HARDEST Chess Puzzles?!?! 😰

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  • @daverobertson623
    @daverobertson623 11 місяців тому +10186

    Magnus not even pretending to care

    • @Tehkenny1
      @Tehkenny1 11 місяців тому +664

      Because he's not good at this stuff. His brain is wired differently.

    • @danielladhaliwal
      @danielladhaliwal 11 місяців тому +655

      ​@@Tehkenny1 yeah he's said in interviews that puzzles are the 1 things he doesn't like to do for chess, so he doesn't do them

    • @KarlMarxBR700
      @KarlMarxBR700 11 місяців тому +371

      Quite the opposite, he gets annoyed because he's not that good at puzzles and he hates to lose

    • @Azazelmorrow
      @Azazelmorrow 11 місяців тому +42

      @@KarlMarxBR700 No, he doesnt like puzzles because it is easy for him.

    • @vishvaiyer1022
      @vishvaiyer1022 11 місяців тому +486

      What is insane is out of all the puzzles, it looks like magnus instantly crushed the second one, which, surprise surprise, is an endgame!

  • @Bill-ou7zp
    @Bill-ou7zp 8 місяців тому +6289

    Magnus is the kid who sleeps in class and then gets a 100 on the exam

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 7 місяців тому +116

      No he is a clutch player not a checkmate puzzle winner.

    • @justsomeguywhoneverdies9210
      @justsomeguywhoneverdies9210 7 місяців тому +16

      except he doesn't get 100

    • @savitatawade2403
      @savitatawade2403 7 місяців тому

      😂😂😂​@@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210

    • @adamestes9745
      @adamestes9745 5 місяців тому +107

      ​@@ericastier1646I watched a video a while ago where someone got Magnus to play some of their endgame puzzles. He had to know if the end game was winning or a draw and the move to play.
      I distinctly remember several times after Magnus solved it, he would say something like "yeah, you know about the knight square" and Magnus is like, "no, I have never heard of it, but now hearing the game that makes sense
      He just knows the game at an instinctual level. He's the guy that shows up to the wrong class and passes the test because the answers all made sense.

    • @ericastier1646
      @ericastier1646 5 місяців тому +37

      @@adamestes9745 no, there is no such guys. the guy who pretend to sleep in the class is good at hiding how hard he listens and he works his butt off at home. Magnus is so into chess that most of his emotions are from chess, not social life. That is why he looks debonair and so relaxed.
      There are no guys who shows up the wrong class and passes again all of them are deceiving you.

  • @INFINITY_99
    @INFINITY_99 11 місяців тому +3560

    "and white looks totally lost" - Wesley is the best 😂

    • @davidanoble
      @davidanoble 11 місяців тому +17

      So true

    • @nabildanial00
      @nabildanial00 11 місяців тому +22

      He's funny when he's not being a complete Islamophobe and being completely unhinged on social media

    • @zaydmerhab6167
      @zaydmerhab6167 11 місяців тому +1

      @@nabildanial00it turns out he was hacked and that wasn’t him. He sent a message on Facebook saying he was hacked and he wouldn’t do such a thing so better to give him Benicia of the doubt.

    • @Astrqx
      @Astrqx 11 місяців тому +97

      ​@@nabildanial00 cry about it

    • @disasterpiece7583
      @disasterpiece7583 11 місяців тому +23

      @@nabildanial00 don't bring politics into chess

  • @Mossbergg
    @Mossbergg 10 місяців тому +2393

    I love all the different personalities here LOL magnus not caring, hikaru finding excuses, wesley being hilarious and MVL crushing etc

    • @lew3733
      @lew3733 10 місяців тому +19

      Exactly :D

    • @RandyDaGamer
      @RandyDaGamer 6 місяців тому +3

      indeed

    • @malsawmzela609
      @malsawmzela609 5 місяців тому +46

      Hikaru finding excuses is way goo accurate 😂

    • @GrislyAtoms12
      @GrislyAtoms12 5 місяців тому +31

      hikaru was NOT finding excuses. That is a real thing, when you are trying to remember a puzzle solution, instead of solving the puzzle. Only bad chess players or non-chess players would think this is an excuse. To quote Magnus, try to do better.

    • @GrislyAtoms12
      @GrislyAtoms12 5 місяців тому +6

      @@malsawmzela609 You have no idea what you are talking about. Dunning-Kruger effect in tha house.

  • @FiryaFYI
    @FiryaFYI 11 місяців тому +5549

    Magnus don't solve puzzles. He solves the players.

    • @isaacorlich
      @isaacorlich 11 місяців тому +334

      That's the thing! Magnus have the best sense of how to beat players, not computers. Reason why most of the time everyone fails against him. Because they take the computer trainings too much. Not optimal for a human play. I remember the game 2 years ago against Anish Giri, where Magnus sacrificed his Queen for 3 pieces. And play the best Endgame I have ever seen.
      Anish said later, that move took him completely out of ''book'', because the engine never suggested such a move as a variant to consider in his opening preparation. Also you can see it on the evaluation bar as a ''bad'' move. The question is, bad for whom? It's bad between engines, not humans.
      So, many people are training as a computer now days with so much tech, but not as a human. And that! makes Magnus succeed. He knows how to beat people. And that's what matters on tournaments.
      Basically, his mind works just for winning, not on how to win perfectly.
      PD: Reason why he also have the skill to spot a cheater better than anyone else. IMO.
      That skill is also visible in some other Top players. But apparently there are some other without a clue. Cough cough, Kramnik.

    • @guillaumelagueyte1019
      @guillaumelagueyte1019 11 місяців тому +9

      I see what game you're talking about, it comes back regularly on my feed and I watch it every time it does, what a beauty that was.

    • @milannesic5718
      @milannesic5718 11 місяців тому +17

      Oh, wow, already defending Magnus for not solving. You would be writing different comment here if he managed to solve all. I am sorry about your boy, but he was bad

    • @samweII
      @samweII 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@milannesic5718he didn't perform at his best here, nothing new.

    • @aliaesmail3020
      @aliaesmail3020 11 місяців тому +6

      ​@@milannesic5718yeah, he's terrible coz he doesn't need to prove anything to you....

  • @HeSpeaksFluentJapanese
    @HeSpeaksFluentJapanese 7 місяців тому +1063

    GM's: yay, I solved it.
    Magnus: see you on the board.

  • @shlomodovrovitzer9134
    @shlomodovrovitzer9134 11 місяців тому +1807

    Magnus after half a second: "I don't know please tell me"

    • @simpletimes2819
      @simpletimes2819 10 місяців тому +29

      sarcastically lmao.

    • @vebjsand
      @vebjsand 7 місяців тому +83

      Imagine how many media things he has done with puzzles and stuff. I bet half of it was never aired somewhere aswell. Man's just in the video to collect a check.

    • @bodhishakta7271
      @bodhishakta7271 3 місяці тому +2

      😂

    • @dg1431
      @dg1431 3 місяці тому +2

      @@vebjsand cheque*

    • @martinrosol7719
      @martinrosol7719 3 місяці тому

      ​@@dg1431How do you know he's British? *Dick

  • @flyingdusk
    @flyingdusk 11 місяців тому +1686

    I love MVL's rhythm when solving puzzles.

    • @juliocadavid6640
      @juliocadavid6640 11 місяців тому +29

      The best in this interview. Everyone here is good, the time was just hell límited

    • @rotagbhd
      @rotagbhd 10 місяців тому +16

      Solving? They're not solving anything, they are recalling solutions they already have seen. Or, in Hikaru's case, not recalling solutions they already have seen. You are confusing great memory recall with great problem solving, this was a demonstration of the former.

    • @flyingdusk
      @flyingdusk 10 місяців тому +4

      @@rotagbhd okay okay, maybe I didn't make it clear. The whole point I made was about MVL's body movements like he moved his arm with some rhythm which was totally irrelevant of you calling it solving or recalling😂

    • @rocha7152
      @rocha7152 10 місяців тому +2

      ​​​@@rotagbhdBut they also solve very well even in problems with no pattern, they are much faster than any other player, there is no point in remembering the pattern but miscalculating, taking the composition of the 1930 Russolimo, the other problems were not identical, most did not remember them all and they had to solve, the mvl didn't remember at first, it's humanly impossible to remember all the problems you did years or months ago

    • @lukkamayer5935
      @lukkamayer5935 8 місяців тому +1

      He‘s like Levon Aronian.

  • @Tropical_Tutorials
    @Tropical_Tutorials 11 місяців тому +1227

    GMs solving these ridiculous puzzles is my favorite content on this channel

  • @tookaysevon
    @tookaysevon 11 місяців тому +1902

    My jaw is on the floor from MVL solving the first one. He looked at it 10 seconds, memorized the position and rattled off this whole correct sequence. What on earth.

    • @jasonyoungblood9359
      @jasonyoungblood9359 10 місяців тому +30

      Yeah, that's insane!

    • @Wtahc
      @Wtahc 10 місяців тому +17

      memorizing the position was not the impressive thing about that

    • @tenningale
      @tenningale 10 місяців тому +178

      MVL could consider a chess career one day if he keeps it up

    • @sharpnova2
      @sharpnova2 10 місяців тому +17

      it's not hard for me to have positions like these more or less "functionally" memorized at a glance.
      what i can't do is find the solutions without half an hour to think.
      anyone 2k+ should have absolutely no problem memorizing positions or playing blindfold. that is not difficult for a serious player in the slightest.

    • @tookaysevon
      @tookaysevon 10 місяців тому +32

      @@sharpnova2 My adhd brain is incapable of that. It's not just for chess. When I copy something from one sheet to another I have to look back and forth for almost every word. I'm handicapped.

  • @RedDefender77
    @RedDefender77 11 місяців тому +1712

    Kramnik
    "See? Hikaru can't solve the puzzles, so he is cheating"

    • @yusufonepiece
      @yusufonepiece 11 місяців тому +91

      "Interesting.."

    • @Noah-1999
      @Noah-1999 11 місяців тому +66

      That's basically what Hikaru did to Hans when he couldn't give a good recap after the Magnus match

    • @hossainzunaid3960
      @hossainzunaid3960 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Noah-1999some brainless people

    • @AM_-wg1hj
      @AM_-wg1hj 11 місяців тому +27

      @@Noah-1999 In that game Hans was either cheating or he summoned his inner chess genius. I was following the game with Sesse at the time and let's just say his precise play was questionable

    • @danielnery4054
      @danielnery4054 11 місяців тому +44

      ​@@Noah-1999those are random unusual puzzles, not a classical game he just played 😂

  • @gabtheckid9868
    @gabtheckid9868 11 місяців тому +245

    "I'm not suprised" said Fabiano about MLV solving complicated puzzle. That's a great way to compliment !

    • @shadowbreaker6027
      @shadowbreaker6027 9 місяців тому

      He maybe was saying that he is not surprised by the fact they are all having trouble solving them given how hard they are

    • @stephaniemroin
      @stephaniemroin 7 місяців тому +27

      No he cas DEFINITELY speaking about MVL. They are friends and know each other very well.

  • @cessactdm
    @cessactdm 11 місяців тому +1402

    what a gem James is, seriously. such good energy coming from him. I feel like if I was having a bad day this dude could make it better in 10 minutes

    • @heraldofv3379
      @heraldofv3379 11 місяців тому +38

      Nah he need 10 secs

    • @stepanhrbek8151
      @stepanhrbek8151 11 місяців тому +1

      No

    • @michaelbulls5872
      @michaelbulls5872 10 місяців тому +8

      Yeah wow what a treasure that beast of a man is! He made me happy just by watching him hyping up the GM's!

    • @2FadeMusic
      @2FadeMusic 10 місяців тому +9

      absolute tank as well

    • @jediahpesu6673
      @jediahpesu6673 10 місяців тому +1

      Yes! The one and only Canty

  • @MrDylan102
    @MrDylan102 11 місяців тому +685

    MVL is always so good at these

    • @guillaumelagueyte1019
      @guillaumelagueyte1019 11 місяців тому +7

      Yoooo that solve was insane

    • @adrien8572
      @adrien8572 11 місяців тому +86

      MVL is one of the best when it comes to calculation, he has perfect memory and he is so fast, that's just mindblowing

    • @sleepyyuta112
      @sleepyyuta112 3 місяці тому +3

      dude is former 2800, 7th highest rated in history

    • @chairzaraza8939
      @chairzaraza8939 2 місяці тому

      ​@@sleepyyuta112i tried so lot but can't even keep the board in mind for more like 5 seconds and btw I'm 2100)) so for me they're literally demigods at this game

    • @sleepyyuta112
      @sleepyyuta112 2 місяці тому

      @@chairzaraza8939 I'm assuming that 2100 is in fide, then you were like FM level and but you're still VERY VERY far. also this is mvl, this guy is mathematical guy at his core (There's a vlog in c-pawn which caruana talks about mvl being such a math guy), and is known to have an absurd calculation abilities, just see caruana is not surprised that mvl is the only one who solved the puzzle.

  • @chessidychess
    @chessidychess 10 місяців тому +78

    1:17 "ok that's literally insane"
    proceeds with suspicious activity that makes me question if he's human

    • @rajatyadav5540
      @rajatyadav5540 3 місяці тому +1

      Nah some smart guys Ive met can do this
      That actually makes me scared but I feel I can do something like it too if I put work into what I'm good at not particularly chess maybe puzzle

  • @MoBeigi
    @MoBeigi 4 місяці тому +50

    Magnus looks at puzzle for 1 second: "Yeah idk tell me". Bro had somewhere to be lol.

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому +4

      the clip was cut, it was after he thought for a while

  • @4RILDIGITAL
    @4RILDIGITAL 11 місяців тому +442

    Even after knowing the correct answers. I need at least 10 mins to understand why, and they solved it in under 10 secs haha.

    • @joohm
      @joohm 11 місяців тому +4

      Because of that they are gms.

    • @emanuellucin
      @emanuellucin 10 місяців тому +1

      I tried in engine. And the stockfish don't see

  • @JamesCantyIII
    @JamesCantyIII 11 місяців тому +134

    MVL got them all correct, this was so much fun though hahaha

  • @valentinthieriot7506
    @valentinthieriot7506 11 місяців тому +370

    Mvl is a beast, even Rapport said it years ago that he is as good as Magnus and Hikaru in terms of calculations

    • @Bruno08931
      @Bruno08931 11 місяців тому +86

      Lol MVL is not Carlsen's level, he is for sure better. Carlsen in terms of pure calculation is only like top 10 or 15. Carlsen makes a difference in intuition, endgames, and of course mental strength.

    • @udarajayawardena2018
      @udarajayawardena2018 11 місяців тому +4

      Joke of the Day 😂

    • @juliocadavid6640
      @juliocadavid6640 11 місяців тому +68

      ​​​@@Bruno08931Magnus is very good at calculation, he just is slower, he's a positional player. MVL like Naka has solved a lot of puzzles while magnus doesnt like it, he doesnt see it useful

    • @le_gus001
      @le_gus001 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Bruno08931got a source or ranking for this?

    • @Lucas_Stradeus
      @Lucas_Stradeus 11 місяців тому +46

      ​@@Bruno08931"Top 10 or 15"?
      Are you kidding me?
      Bro recently won a blitz and bullet championship against Hikaru... If he's not first, he's the second best bullet player. There's no way you're saying that...

  • @ChessChampions
    @ChessChampions 11 місяців тому +292

    Hikaru in solving online puzzles: 😎😎
    Hikaru in solving real life puzzles:😳😳

  • @grgfrg7
    @grgfrg7 11 місяців тому +40

    You know these people are operating on another level when they look at the puzzle for 3 seconds and never have to check the board again as they work on the solution

  • @TheInselaffen
    @TheInselaffen 11 місяців тому +268

    You can't expect much out of Hikaru is you don't let him use orange arrows.

    • @vez3834
      @vez3834 10 місяців тому +27

      He uses orange arrows to do everything in life. There's nothing that a few dozen orange arrows can't solve.

    • @Toppengyu369
      @Toppengyu369 7 місяців тому +6

      @@vez3834 But how am i supposed to locate the orange arrows without having orange arrows to guide me ?!

    • @vez3834
      @vez3834 7 місяців тому +4

      @@Toppengyu369 A true chicken and the egg mystery right there.

    • @MunazirYo
      @MunazirYo 3 місяці тому

      😂​@@vez3834

  • @minervaselysium137
    @minervaselysium137 7 місяців тому +384

    Magnus has reached the "I hate chess" Bobby Fisher level.

    • @vebjsand
      @vebjsand 7 місяців тому +72

      I think it's the opposite. I think he loves chess. Just wants to play and play and play. He seems fed up with media stuff, politics/FIDE stuff etc.

    • @DanielBoonelight
      @DanielBoonelight 6 місяців тому +2

      except from the 'lie detector' content, he genuinely still really loves chess.

    • @masonmaini125
      @masonmaini125 5 місяців тому +5

      Magnus has reached the Ronnie O'Sullivan level of his field. Conquered everything, I just want to do what makes me happy and not be confined to what FIDE dictate.

    • @slugzz6094
      @slugzz6094 3 місяці тому +1

      You don’t know what your talking about just stop

    • @minervaselysium137
      @minervaselysium137 3 місяці тому

      @@slugzz6094 yes

  • @JustinHampton-l5j
    @JustinHampton-l5j 7 місяців тому +9

    This is a great piece!
    Love mvl, wesley, and how carlsen instantly checks out if he doesn't immediately have the solution

  • @alessiobavieri620
    @alessiobavieri620 11 місяців тому +827

    Magnus doesn't solve puzzles, he solves games from the beginning

    • @Tehkenny1
      @Tehkenny1 11 місяців тому +98

      Well he said in another interview that he is not good at calculcation nor tactics. But he is good at evaluating positions. His mind work quite weirdly

    • @oliseoseji8868
      @oliseoseji8868 11 місяців тому +31

      At the beginning of the game magnus already sees mate in 47

    • @juliocadavid6640
      @juliocadavid6640 11 місяців тому +5

      @@Tehkenny1 positional player stuff, and tbh he does it very well, top class, for him to "not be very good at táctics and calculation"

    • @milannesic5718
      @milannesic5718 11 місяців тому +3

      You would be typing different comment here if he solved it all, like "I had no doubt..." "GOAT". and similar things. Stop defending him

    • @samweII
      @samweII 11 місяців тому +14

      ​@@milannesic5718looks like someone's trying to troll. Try harder. Do better.

  • @HereCharlieRules
    @HereCharlieRules 11 місяців тому +170

    Magnus keeping it low so kramnik and his math Bois don't go looking for him 😢

    • @CanariasCanariass
      @CanariasCanariass 11 місяців тому +5

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Kingdrasta13
      @Kingdrasta13 11 місяців тому +8

      not the math bois lol

    • @MohamedMahmoud-ey9tj
      @MohamedMahmoud-ey9tj 10 місяців тому

      It's just basic statistics, some players getting 100% score in puzzles is just interesting

    • @dg1431
      @dg1431 3 місяці тому +1

      "math bois" LOL

  • @ZombieLincoln666
    @ZombieLincoln666 10 місяців тому +24

    magnus has said in interviews that he doesn’t like doing puzzles

  • @zCqmbo
    @zCqmbo 11 місяців тому +62

    "and white looks totally lost" had me dying 😂😂

  • @Frog-2001
    @Frog-2001 11 місяців тому +314

    Magnus was straight up fking drunk lmao he did want to be there at all. he just wants to drink some more beer

  • @megselv6633
    @megselv6633 11 місяців тому +28

    That last puzzle was insane. I didn't understand Nf6 even after seeing it. And with Qf5 in the end... I could probably look at it for days without solving it, holy cow

  • @BamaSoCool
    @BamaSoCool 7 місяців тому +10

    1:02 that laugh 😂

  • @JasonMomos
    @JasonMomos 11 місяців тому +15

    Every single one of these Super GMs have different set of skills. Incredible!

  • @adambrethour1154
    @adambrethour1154 7 місяців тому +6

    7:58 goes for hard slap handshake. Quickly turns into a soft love shake.

  • @kaidoChess
    @kaidoChess 11 місяців тому +34

    Wesley’s hilarious personality is very underrated

  • @gabtheckid9868
    @gabtheckid9868 11 місяців тому +33

    I'm sure Kramnik will find Hikaru's struggle interesting

    • @zakibey7
      @zakibey7 7 місяців тому +1

      LMAO 😂😂

  • @francesco5254
    @francesco5254 11 місяців тому +45

    0:04 the super "flamboyant" synchronized laugh had me dying 💀💀

  • @DuncanEduardo
    @DuncanEduardo 11 місяців тому +15

    MVL in first puzzle was like supercomputer cyborg 🤯

  • @mfdoomnyc1471
    @mfdoomnyc1471 11 місяців тому +11

    Hikaru and Magnus acting like they been through some Dark shit

  • @Wodz30
    @Wodz30 10 місяців тому +8

    @1:30 LMFAO!!!!!!!! that is insanity! literally

  • @factandsuspicionpodcast2727
    @factandsuspicionpodcast2727 6 місяців тому +18

    They did Hikaru dirty lol.

  • @thesugareater8607
    @thesugareater8607 10 місяців тому +12

    Magnus sees multiple solutions and doesnt want to choose which one to do

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому

      bro he got almost every question wrong, what are you saying 😂😂

    • @thesugareater8607
      @thesugareater8607 4 місяці тому +1

      @@JoeJoe-uh5rp I was making a joke... ✈️🤔

  • @beedatrottv8708
    @beedatrottv8708 11 місяців тому +21

    MVL and Fabi are the guys for puzzles 😂

  • @disasterpiece7583
    @disasterpiece7583 11 місяців тому +20

    can we have like the full version of this. I'd watch a 2 hour version of this video tbh

  • @hurrjackal118
    @hurrjackal118 6 місяців тому +5

    That guy in the glasses is incredible- recognizing that puzzle in 1 second?what lol

  • @zackabdihakim4404
    @zackabdihakim4404 11 місяців тому +47

    This is the content we need more of. Keep it going.

  • @NichtWunderkind
    @NichtWunderkind 11 місяців тому +90

    Mvl is insane

    • @LarcTzy
      @LarcTzy 10 місяців тому +1

      The man that oftens defeat magnus.

  • @thomsonjonus5006
    @thomsonjonus5006 11 місяців тому +67

    Magnus looks like he just sick of the cameras,shows and just want to be left alone😂

    • @Skyyer637
      @Skyyer637 8 місяців тому +1

      He is a introvert anyway

    • @vmst80
      @vmst80 7 місяців тому +4

      I actually think it's that he just doesn't care about puzzles.

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому

      makes sense, everyone gets tired at one point

  • @emranahmed5711
    @emranahmed5711 11 місяців тому +56

    All puzzles hikaru saw but cannot remember the solution 🤣

    • @johns6795
      @johns6795 11 місяців тому +9

      They only showed him solving one, but he was 2/3

  • @Vi_XXiV
    @Vi_XXiV 11 місяців тому +107

    James is literally the best host, commentator and entertainer for these types of videos. He brings in so much positivity and bubbly vibes

    • @juancarlosl4133
      @juancarlosl4133 10 місяців тому +1

      True

    • @gizmo3728
      @gizmo3728 10 місяців тому +5

      It's way too much for my taste

    • @nickbh15
      @nickbh15 8 місяців тому +6

      @@gizmo3728that’s because you’re corny

    • @derekw1267
      @derekw1267 7 місяців тому +3

      hes too much. needs to calm his hyper butt down

  • @astroruster
    @astroruster 7 місяців тому +5

    I love how the best players actually had lower result.

  • @Iran_saz
    @Iran_saz 11 місяців тому +11

    Popular fact:
    Magnus has came by force

  • @Tremaine26
    @Tremaine26 11 місяців тому +12

    Wesley kept dapping him up 😂💯

  • @emmamc8592
    @emmamc8592 11 місяців тому +47

    Yessss more James please🎉 Such a great personality!

  • @kangvito9894
    @kangvito9894 11 місяців тому +19

    Magnus doesn't struggling 😂

  • @rahmatillorahmonov7146
    @rahmatillorahmonov7146 11 місяців тому +3

    Nodirbek is calm and solving every puzzle there

  • @autisticpenguin420
    @autisticpenguin420 7 місяців тому +2

    Hikaru is the guy who can't answer when asked but destroys everyone when he has to write during exam

  • @simonvallee718
    @simonvallee718 7 місяців тому +1

    The last puzzle, Bxe6 works too because the threat is to play Qc3 followed by Qe3# and there's nothing black can do to prevent it. For exemple if blacks play:
    -dxe4 Qc4#
    -Kxe4 Qe3#
    -Bxh4 + Kh3 Rf3+ Qxf3 followed by Qc3 and Qe3#. Black can't do anything.
    -Bxc5 (to prevent white from playing Qe3 after Qc3) Ng5 and then Qc3 mate, unavoidable.

  • @david29478
    @david29478 4 місяці тому +4

    MVL first puzzle is INSANE

  • @ojouniisama5401
    @ojouniisama5401 7 місяців тому +2

    I feel like its so obvious that hikaru is pressured by his fans. He seems to hate making mistakes and tries to make excuses to lower expectations. Just an observation. Hikaru is one of the best out there.

  • @aadityasingh4582
    @aadityasingh4582 11 місяців тому +6

    The 2 players with the least score went in the finals 😂

  • @lgrhapsody6908
    @lgrhapsody6908 11 місяців тому +53

    Magnus doesn’t solve puzzles… he creates them for other players

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому

      bro he got almost every puzzle wrong

    • @TheOriginals-tdp
      @TheOriginals-tdp 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JoeJoe-uh5rp he just didnt care enough to solve them

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 3 місяці тому

      @@TheOriginals-tdp no lol 😂😂 he literally tried solving one and gave the wrong answer, don’t make excuses

    • @TheOriginals-tdp
      @TheOriginals-tdp 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JoeJoe-uh5rp there are much older videos of him solving much much harder puzzles, it is clearly common sense that he did not care enough to solve them, on the second puzzle he said 'at glance' so he looked at it and maybe after a few seconds he solved it, so yes magnus does not care enough to solve the puzzles

    • @gokuvegeta9500
      @gokuvegeta9500 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@TheOriginals-tdp
      In terms of pure calculations 🧮 Magnus would be in the top 10
      He would be the GOAT in terms of positional play
      MVL and Fabi are really good when it comes to calculations

  • @klatchabobby
    @klatchabobby 11 місяців тому +11

    I love Hikaru's unending lack of interest in puzzles

  • @anonym45
    @anonym45 5 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely true what hikaru said. If you remember the position you automatically kinda want to remember instead of calculating. Thats also true outside of chess

  • @ImsorryIdontExist
    @ImsorryIdontExist 11 місяців тому +17

    MVL is interesting.

  • @myystYT
    @myystYT 10 місяців тому +5

    For most of the comments, not solving it doesn't mean they're bad. They literally only have 10 seconds. In Hikaru's video solving puzzles, he has the time he needs to solve them, and just like Nodirbek says it, if he had an hour he'd prolly get it.
    As for Magnus, he makes his own brilliant move, I remember a time he made a brilliant move for humans where engine says otherwise, but brilliant for humans. I think it was from Magnus vs Anish Giri from 2021. You can search it up.
    There is also a difference in playing from the start than going straight to the position. Playing from the start means it was your plan anyways to get into that position, unlike looking straight at a puzzle where you don't even know how did we get into that position.
    MVL was a beast though, he knew every puzzle no sweat.

  • @Levi06
    @Levi06 11 місяців тому +8

    Magnus didnt give af Wesley seems chill tho

  • @Cusifaii
    @Cusifaii 7 місяців тому +2

    You could feel how some of them were not really feeling like turning their brains on. "oh maaaaan. WORK? Really? I thought we were just chilling"

  • @Zezonta
    @Zezonta 10 місяців тому +5

    I would like to see mvl vs aronian puzzle battle

  • @patrice1345
    @patrice1345 6 місяців тому +1

    get Canty to do more of these with the players! he is such a hyped host!

  • @waterhouse9693
    @waterhouse9693 10 місяців тому +4

    Flexley is the best nickname that James could have given Wesley

  • @lp641
    @lp641 10 місяців тому +3

    MVL might be the best for this ... former blitz world champion, never forget

  • @auspiciousjelly3919
    @auspiciousjelly3919 11 місяців тому +21

    Puzzles in the video just test their memorization rather than tactics. However, the way Magnus and Alireza executes the puzzle perfectly once they find the pattern somewhat shows they are more of strategy based players rather than memorization. Magnus is not even paying a lot of emphasis on it. Just as Fischer said, Chess turning into a memorization game.

    • @musical_lolu4811
      @musical_lolu4811 10 місяців тому +2

      Here's the expert 🤡

    • @Defactodissident
      @Defactodissident 9 місяців тому +3

      So every super GM in the room who did best was technically not a good chess tactician? What a way to cope buddy

  • @r.giuliano
    @r.giuliano 2 місяці тому +1

    I love James, feel like I hadn’t seen him for a while

  • @grammarnazi9440
    @grammarnazi9440 11 місяців тому +20

    MVL and nodirbek are very good at tactics

  • @AnBarbarossa
    @AnBarbarossa 3 місяці тому +1

    They had to invite Ding Liren instead of Magnus. Magnus just doesn't care.

  • @mansit3907
    @mansit3907 10 місяців тому +5

    Hikaru guy and mangoos carlstun guy should fight in ring

  • @TheChessGenie
    @TheChessGenie 11 місяців тому +21

    I absolutely love this series!

  • @Toasty_93
    @Toasty_93 10 місяців тому +4

    *Stares at board*
    Yes. Those are definitely chess pieces.

  • @davidshatto7604
    @davidshatto7604 11 місяців тому +3

    If someone played that last sequence against me I think I would just quit chess

  • @mhdl06
    @mhdl06 11 місяців тому +24

    James is the absolute perfect person to do these types of videos with the players. loved it.

  • @risinghulk
    @risinghulk 8 місяців тому +8

    Chess beginner here. Solved the first one. I was shocked because for some reason the sequence just jumped out at me. So when they kept saying they couldn't see it, I had to pause the video and pull up a chess board to see it in action. I also tried the other puzzles, but I had to give up. Guessing the first one was just a lucky find. Fun stuff!

    • @rokanza2293
      @rokanza2293 7 місяців тому +4

      Impressive for a beginner !

    • @jasonhaiflich8967
      @jasonhaiflich8967 5 місяців тому

      They also only had ten seconds to look, and then had to play the position in their heads

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому

      that’s very impressive, you got lot’s of talent

    • @StevenSenjaya
      @StevenSenjaya 2 місяці тому

      You saw the entire sequence in the beginning?! That's insane

    • @The_funny_person
      @The_funny_person 2 місяці тому

      Oh it happens to me too! Its usually just looking for sequences and you get the correct one first try.
      doesnt happen often though ;-;

  • @lordmusea
    @lordmusea 10 місяців тому +3

    Hikaru’s “no facial hair” arc is looking sleek!

  • @BobChess
    @BobChess 11 місяців тому +4

    Hikaru forgot to do daily puzzles 💀

  • @pedroakjr2371
    @pedroakjr2371 10 місяців тому +7

    Magnus too busy being champion and shit

  • @iiREYteoii
    @iiREYteoii 11 місяців тому +17

    Everytime hikaru failed one i can only think of kramnik

  • @andik6887
    @andik6887 11 місяців тому +11

    Did MVL figure this out 10 seconds and told all those moves from memory???

  • @keorbats9429
    @keorbats9429 11 місяців тому +8

    Wesley So doing a brilliant Andy Kaufman impression 8:31

  • @mymyscellany
    @mymyscellany 10 місяців тому +5

    the most powerful glasses adjustment of all time? 1:20

  • @sebu1301
    @sebu1301 7 місяців тому

    4:00 MVL being noticeably uncomfortable with Canty's vibrant energy 🤣

  • @robertwalkden6950
    @robertwalkden6950 11 місяців тому +5

    Magnus is too busy solving the next tournament he enters, no time for puzzles.

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому

      but he got almost every puzzle wrong?

    • @robertwalkden6950
      @robertwalkden6950 4 місяці тому

      @@JoeJoe-uh5rp Thats probably why I made a joke saying hes busy solving the next tournament and has no time for puzzles...

    • @JoeJoe-uh5rp
      @JoeJoe-uh5rp 4 місяці тому

      @@robertwalkden6950 oh yeah true, I didn’t get the joke, that’s my bad

  • @GLu-tb1pb
    @GLu-tb1pb 10 місяців тому +1

    Normal magnus: I can make a slightly losing position winning
    Magnus when you throw puzzles: meh

  • @jcru102
    @jcru102 8 місяців тому +3

    I love his energy

  • @FGX_Edits
    @FGX_Edits 18 днів тому

    These puzzles are quite challenging except number 1. I’m surprised they didn’t all get it because it took me 10 seconds to find it. The others took a couple of minutes or longer.

  • @schizoframia4874
    @schizoframia4874 11 місяців тому +4

    Those puzzles are really cool. Even though I can’t solve them they are fun to try and then get them with hints

  • @Deoxys_da2
    @Deoxys_da2 5 місяців тому +1

    Magnus only knows the water bottle gambit

  • @MAR01LEY
    @MAR01LEY 11 місяців тому +4

    Real Time for MVL ?? Whooaa

  • @merk13371
    @merk13371 7 місяців тому +1

    hikaru and magnus so good they would never end up in these positions, therefore dont know how to solve the puzzle lmao

  • @johnmcbane1016
    @johnmcbane1016 11 місяців тому +52

    Magnus & Firouzja werent taking it serious....but I m kinda surprised Hikaru didn't do better here lol

    • @stianaandal1488
      @stianaandal1488 11 місяців тому +8

      He didnt take it serious either

    • @nanashiv2
      @nanashiv2 10 місяців тому +8

      hikaru is the best at bullet followed by magnus/alireza i dont think thats a coincidence their instincts are better than calculation

  • @M.FerdianSidiq-gq4cn
    @M.FerdianSidiq-gq4cn 3 місяці тому

    GMs: Walk according to the rules
    Magnus: Walk according to our desires.

  • @yanlopesteixeira
    @yanlopesteixeira 11 місяців тому +4

    Damn Magnus not in the mood at all

    • @Nobody-df4is
      @Nobody-df4is 11 місяців тому

      Yeah. He couldn't be bothered with these compositions. I like that. They feel unnatural anyway.