Magnus Carlsen shows his win against Hikaru Nakamura (part 1 of 2)
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In round 8 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, leader Hikaru Nakamura lost his first game. The world's highest rated player, Magnus Carlsen, outplayed the American in a Sicilian Najdorf, and afterwards explained it all in the press room in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Someone get this man a magnetic board.
I always like the way he appears bored. Obviously a great mind.
Sean McHugh Not denying that he's a great mind as you said, but looking bored doesn't indicate intelligence..
Sean McHugh I wouldn't say bored, but nervous. He drops some pieces and constantly moves his fingers.
+A clear path to follow It's not just looking bored. It's looking bored while explaining fantastic chess plays at the highest level.
flawless logic there
How did i go from anime thug life vines to this
xD me too..
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AmazingRaptor Nice ladder
Smackz
Weaboos are invading Chess we must stop them
OMG ME TOOOOOO
amazing how they could memorize their game in just one sitting
I highly doubt it was one sitting. Probably thought about it a lot.
+jaka putranto Even I could do it like that in just 16 years old...
+jaka putranto He memorizes the game as he plays it. When he played 10 games at once blindfolded, he said he replayed the games in his mind when he wasn't sure where some pieces were.
no, he has thousands of games in his head;) To remember this one is easy. He is probably analyzing a 100 year old game while he is explaining this one;)
Actually it comes naturally as you progress. I mean, I'm super noob, but I can remember my games up to a week if I don't repeat them in a board.
Seems to me that magnets and a magnetic board would be better
Chani Roy I think there's no magnets and magnet board..
Its awsome how he can tell what would have happend and go forward 2,5,10 moves
I'm guessing he can't explain very well because the moves just come into his head, he doesn't care about explaining it, he just does it and knows it will work.
How the fuck did I end up on this video??!!
lolololololol
*****
You stumbled upon it?
***** you're so clever and witty.
Philip Rodger I was wondering the same...
Matt K hypocrite, no wonder why you were never able to impress the mother you just ended up on
This reminds me of the saying "If a Lion could talk, you wouldn't understand him". I play chess, I speak english..... but it would take me weeks to understand the moves hes making and why. And even then, I'd probably just be pretending to feel smart.
I feel like he understands it incredibly well (duh, world champion) but its at the expense of being able to properly present, and express your thoughts, as you can see. Nonetheless, terrific and inspiring player. No one is perfect though.
Can you show a proper demonstration in this tempo that will appeal to beginners as well as chess fans alike? This is a chess event. I think he presented it well.
Tormod Steinsholt I agree that listening to Carlsen is always informative but to be honest, he is obviously nervous here.
Expense of being able to properly present...... wow i would have loved to watch you present something for the press without being nervous. he is at this stage 20-21 years old and not everyone is used to this kind of attension.
Tormod Steinsholt I couldn't really understand what he was saying at al.. in his documentary he was way more calmed and spoke with a lot more of intelligibility, here he seems nervous and he's mumbling a lot and he is not really explaining too well (compared to chess instructors in other youtube videos).
sebaba001 Remember that his native language is not English, he's in a room full of people with cameras and he's presenting using an odd implement.
Drink every time a piece falls. That demo rig is awkward as shit.
+Koalten J Magnus is just very awkward I think. He was groomed to be good at chess, not to be good at public presentations such as this. In a lot of his interviews and stuff he's always kinda shy it seems.
Bababooey What don't you understand? He was playing chess since he was 5. His parents raised him and pushed him to do this.
Honest question, how do you guys know so much about Magnus Carlsen's childhood?
Koalten J His game. When you choose his age, it says that he started at age 5
Yes I have that app. but it just says his father tried to get him into chess. It doesn't say he was pushed to do it. It also said he liked to play sports and other things so if anything he had plenty of opportunity to do the things he wanted to do. But seriously how do you "know" so much about his childhood?
what?
How does he remember all this
if you play chess you can remember a lot.....
most grand master can replay the game they played inside their brain so yeah
He was called a GM for a reason bro.
+BarcelonaCobayo1998 There was an interview the other day where a GM( Peter Svidler) could remember every move from some random game he didnt even play in from 12 years ago.
you dont need to be a GM to remember a game you just played. I am an basically amatuer player with rating elo 2100, not even FM title and can easily remember all games that i played at a particular tournamend, even a week after it. and thats not just be, every chess player of that level or better can do that. its a standard thing to make non-chessplayers say "omg what a genius" when in reality its considered standard xD
Did he get the chessboard from his grandfathers attic? what the fuck?
Yes I was thinking the same thing T_T
BlackAlbino that's just how the standard viewing board looks, it's easier to show what happened on that board the on a normal chessoard
Kids in Africa could have eaten those chess marks.
Bobany they're ok i sent them some tires
David Bandel african's are stronge smart and fast you should face someone then you talk like that
Bobany genius
+Bobany you lost an occasion to hide your ignorance about a Continent:)
come on its 2017 lets get him a touchscreen panel
pawns fly here pawns fly there :D
Sesame Street wants their board back.
For those who complain that he is terrible at speaking you should hear him speak in Norwegian. In his own language he Is never mumbling or speaking with a lol voice
Yeah, not so easy to speak in front of people in the language you didn't know when you was a fffucking kid
Recommended out of nowhere. No one's complaining though. Since I get to watch Magnus from 10 years ago.
yes, he has an incredible memory. once he played 10 people at once, blindfolded, he had to memorize the position of all the pieces in the individual games. He is considered the greates chess player of all time
What if after the pawn falls off A6 and that slight bump knocked every piece down...
He would of just placed them back where they were by memory :)
I bet he can still explaining the match withoud the pieces, without the board and even without talking, just moving imaginary pieces in a imaginary board xD.
that would be funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Incredible how he can remember each moves of himself and Nakamura !!!
The audio... I can barely understand what is being said.
If he can play 15 people without facing them or seeing any of the 15 boards, I think it is quite possible he can remember one whole game if he's looking at it. He's the best in the world for a reason.
@myrtlebox I know what you are talking about... After Fischer saw for about 5-6 seconds the game next to his chessboard, he kept walking. Two months later, they met again and Fischer asked the GM "Did you play Qa5?". The GM not understanding, asked Fischer what he was talking about. Fischer reminded him about the game and the GM started to recall but vaguely. Fischer, SET UP THE BOARD WITH THE POSITION HE SAW FOR 5 SECONDS and showed him the move Qa5.
I aways call him: "Magnum Carless"..
.....
So he doesn't have a car huh?
Yes, he does not.
+Malik Nor Bubonga lol
Use a touch screen !
Im really loving these oldschool showing boards
For a champion he sure is a bit of a klutz
Have you seen him play a blitz game? He always seems to make a mess of the board lol
Chess GM's (usually young ones) are often nervous in social settings with lots of cameras, where they have to talk and not just play chess. Not that dropping some pieces because he's trying to move as fast as his brain is calculating says he's awkward. Just saying, most GM's devote their so much to chess, that they don't have much time for "normal" social activities. Example: Fischer was extremely anxious and awkward. You-tube his appearances on the Dick Cavet show. I think most learn to grow out of this with age ie Kasparov. But in their prime, to stay WC, you have to devote so much time to chess. It leaves little time for anything else. Also they can't make a decent board? Why not use a 70" plasma touch screen?
***** You're going to get an ulcer...
Nola213 Bobby Fischer on the Dick Cavet show looked perfectly normal? In fact, I thought he was "himself", rather than putting forth a mask, which is what most celebrities do on talk shows, personally I don't think learning a mask is a skill-set or social skill, since it's fake. Fischer was pretty cool in real life, he said himself he believed in free speech and he was a free thinker, he was "too old" to learn the new way of political correctness and too individualistic to care about how to "fit in", I liked his individualism, it was fresh and he had a lot of interesting opinions, a lot of chess players said he "lost it" and "went psycho", but to be honest that's just the views of mindless individuals that let their TV and society think for them. The most despicable thing is how the US treated him, if he was a Soviet player he would have been treated like Karpov, I think.
killy731 oh I agree. I'm just saying he seemed to come across a bit awkward. But that's understandable. Later in life. the so called "crazy" stuff he said and did I actually agreed with most of it. "They" were out to get him imo for speaking truth.
Nice of the GM to take his valuable time to go over the game and the key variations.
Now we have touch screen TV's and digital boards. How time has changed. Also I don't think players would do this nowadays as we have commentators.
2019 babyyy
I'm rated 1800-1900 and I have no problem memorizing a 15 minute game. I don't know the time controls at Tata Steel but I would think the games last much longer than just 30 minutes, only making it easier to memorize.
brings back when i was 3 where my preschool teacher is saying something
Correct, he does have the highest Elo rating. That doesn't make him the current "world's highest rated player", it makes him one of the select group of people who "have been world's highest rated players". There's a difference.
There is a video of Carlsen playing 10 games simultaneously without ever looking at a board the entirety of all 10 games. memorizing a game is not a problem for him or many others.
Super analysis
magnus carlsen is a cool guy, very humble, calm, approache fellow
There is really nothing here to make a big deal of. Sound quality is fine.. As mentioned by other comments it's hard to appeal to beginners and high level players on a demonstration.. This looked like it had more media involved and wasn't intended as a teaching session just a presentation/ demonstration of the game/ + ideas of what was going on.
oliverupload He's really not a good presenter though. He was mumbling the whole time.
Chaossdruid There really isn't much to present though? This is just standard play against a standard sicilian defence, what should he present differently? He told you that the point (of deviation) was refraining from castling and play g4. It is what it is. A pawn storm on the king side against the sicilian. And he then has to guard against check mate Qb2 with support from NC4, as he talks about. I've never been in a chess club or anything like that, but I can easily follow this. Tbh I don't think he's nervous at all, slightly excited, but not nervous.
***** The content of his presentation is fine, it would just be easier to follow and more interesting to listen to if he spoke louder and more clearly.
Watching Magnus is like watching what I wish I could do. I have to watch him everyday, so when I go back to work and College tomorrow I don't give up. Love you Magnus. Good luck bro rise!
these videos are amazing thanku!
No, he just didn't explain it fully.
Yes, the rook would be able to take the queen, but after that, black can take the C2 pawn with his knight, forking the king, queen, and rook. White needs his knight at D4 in order to protect against that fork (if he moves the queen as he's showing in this alternative line).
When Kasparov quit he had like a rating of 2813, so the ratings of Carlsen and even Aronian are higher. Kasparov does have the record for the highest elo ever, you're right about that.
have they ever heard of magnets? that board is as ancient as chess itself
buena explicación gracias
No point in listening but I left it on mute and just watched.....GENIUS STUFF AND LOGICAL PLAY!
I like how he pragmatically manages the level of complication. Some very strong players don't have quite so much self control in those matters. Embracing insane complications and feeling your way through the dark can make for some very exciting games. One reason Tal is my hero.
Good comment - like the Kasparov interview in a bus, i could understand hardly a word. I won't be feeling any more 'ChessVibes'.
wow he makes chess sounds soooo interesting :D
You just gotta love the high-tech props that they give the worlds best chess player to explain the game. I mean seriously, would you give Picasso an etch-a-sketch to explain how he painted?
He is able to play about 30 or 40 games blindfold and recall every game after that.
I laughed so hard at his dry "No, he didn't. He played Qc5, which is probably a terrible move." at 5:48
Brilliant positional play by Carlssen...i love his analysis so far...
If knights on the rim are dim, then knights on an out-posted central square burn with the light of a thousand desert gods...
He did participate in the candidates tournament but withdrew because he disliked the fact that the current champion had a built-in advantage of watching all of the contenders and their strategies and play styles.
I have no clue what this guy just said...but I'm going to click 'like' and carry on.
look up the name george koltanowski. I met him once when he was about 85 and he was able to play simultaneous blindfold chess and afterwards replay all of the games. It's not really about memory, it's just for chess players memorizing games is about as difficult as you being able to drive home from work without a map.
That first attack with the knight, the pawn was in D5 while the knight was in F3, a different square. This guy goes a mile a minute.
@nighterjay Thats your point of view. You're right that "Assumption is also the father of modern science" is my statement. As I see it, most modern science builds up a lot of theories, based on existing imperial data. Then they theorise (or assume, if you like), make more experiments, and check if the data supports the theory (assumption). So, experimental physics and practical physics go hand in hand, in this way. They wouldn't conduct expensive experiments like the LHC ones, without theory.
When he played Nakamura, he of course wasn't playing as quickly as he did in this video. He had loads of time to contemplate every move making every move easily memorable.
A family fork!
An alternative is for Black to play Nc6 instead of the simple queen capture, then capture with the knight. White will have to break up his pawn structure to capture on a3, and then Black can pile up pressure on c2. There will be a hugely favourable endgame for Black.
Here in July 2024!!!!
Glimpse into the mind of a genius... Very useful!
it's nice to see why carlsen plays those strange little king moves
Ok I understand. So the black pawn (C5) did in fact come over to D4, where it took the white pawn and then the knight strikes back. Yeah classical Najdorf^^
there's a debate going on trying to figure out whether poker or chess is more complicated. This man has the brain to make millions with poker. He should get into it and destroy online poker games
You make a valid argument.
1:03 I thought the entire board might fall
Having him move the pieces on something like a smartboard would actually be more efficient, but less traditional as you worry. He could redo moves and move pieces out of play a lot easier and not drop the pieces.
I don't disagree that Magnus didn't have the moves in front of him for this demonstration/lecture. I have no idea one way or the other. But you've obviously never been around chess tournaments or chess players or read books or articles on the abilities of what chess players they can do. Trust me it is NO PROBLEM to memorize MANY games lasting 40 or 50 moves. I've done it myself! Fischer once played a 20-game blitz tourney and afterward remembered the moves of EVERY game he played.
No you're wrong... kinda.
(I read wikipedia again)
When he quit, his rating is on 2851. But I think after he retired, he still plays chess with other grandmasters, and then his rating went down to 2812. So, let just say that Kasparov made the highest elo rating.
His sentences are structured as if he's thinking down 30 different lines of thought at once.
when you played enough, you are able to tie a series of normal moves together, they have names for the openings. And anything new can be recalled because they stand out. Even in mid game certain move sets are tied together, as long as they know the significant end position, they can have some kind of idea what had happened.
All they really have to do is remember the end game where only a few pieces are left.
That's very true. Making reads and adapting to table image are based on game theory and logical deduction though. I don't play chess but I figure that Carlsen is a master at logical deduction as well. I'm pretty talented in online poker but dealing with the ups and downs and combining it with a social life is not for everyone. You're right about different skill sets coming into play, but the mental aspect is by far the most difficult one in my opinion
Yes, watch "Magnus Carlsen - the Mozart of Chess" It's a good watch. He can also recall any famous chess position. I'm not surprised however, it's common for extraordinary chess players to have great memory. My chess coach could remember how the board looked like when I made a mistake in a tournament.
@Shadowboost
I am not talking about analyzing your games. Everyone must do that if they want to improve. No, I meant, standing in front of a camera and explain your ideas and caculations to the wide audience.
"he played queen c5 which is probably a terrible move" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA such a great quote :-)
Mad geniuses tend to be at least slightly neurotic. This kid is a chess god.
He remembers all of the moves but is social awkward af
How good a public speaker were you at 20 years old?
He can play 10 games at the same time blindfolded. So I would say yes to that question.
@KoopsLight i just went for a sure number. besides, i wasn't just talking about memorizing games right after you played but recalling past games days after.
if you can memorize games right after you played them - congratz. some of my students are around the 1700's and can't memorize games they played perfectly. that's what you got your score sheet for.
ive seen Anand also do it. i guess they just have to remember all the positions they havent played before, since Chess is mostly theory now. they automatically remember the opening and middle games and maybe have to remember a few moves from the end game. its still hard dont get me wrong, but i think its easier for them since their life revolves around Chess.
Is there a proper name for the board he's using to explain his moves?
so i checked it out and wondered why they don't do a spherical version on PC.
how do these guys remember their entire games?
I'm not sure you can hear it, but still he has the highest elo rating, eventhough he retired.
He has played 10 person blindfold simuls. he can memorize ten games at the same time!
I'd hate for Magnus to go over my moves as all my moves are terrible in chess
yeah it's insane how he plays 10 games blindfold too
I was waiting for him to slip and make all the pieces fall
He has an insane memory.
at 0:45 why didnt he just move bishop to b5?? Instant check mate right?
Damm he even nocking pieces on this board
actually no he has a screen infront of him to keep track
Yes, but when you have that high ELO you're going to have some astounding talents. It's usually memory, there are many great players in chess history that could play blindfolded with several boards.. Bobby Fischer could play entire games in his head by just looking at an endgame position, he would open up the chess book and just go right through it looking at the pictures.
actually every player who plays tournaments remember the last game played... you spend 4-5 hours thinking about the position...
Xiang Qi is more popular than Chess in the Sinophile world (Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam). Who are the top Xiang Qi players?
nice one, but just a table to put the pieces somewhere would be an improvement, magnetic is may be too much high-tec?!
Magnus Carlsen really impresses me, it sounds so logical what he explaines, so simple, but i never would consider a move like Ka1...
if you play any game 2+ times a day your whole life your going to remember some stuff.