BTW, Edward and Charlie hate each other, that’s why in classical they are on A and H. Rookie mistake by Magnus placing them beside each other - they refuse to cooperate.
the power difference between magnus and hikaru is much more than between naruto and sasuke except maybe in blitz and bullet they are like naruto and sasuke as magnus is just slightly better
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos nah, Naruto is substantially stronger than Sasuke, even without Baryon mode. It is very obvious in the Kaguya fight and the VOTE fight.
@@meowcat5596 they weren't any closer in power levels than Magnus and Hikaru are. He hard counters all of Sasuke's hax abilities and also has superhuman strength and durability, thanks to SPSM. Not to mention, he has vastly superior Chakra reserves, which means even 'if' Sasuke was able to match him in battle, Naruto would win anyways in a battle of attrition. Sasuke also cannot use the 'Indra Susanoo' whereas Naruto can access his own equivalent of the same.
years of memorization is not something many of us look forward to. So to level the playing field it is fairer. Of course a GM or super GM is too strong for an amateur but still it makes a difference and removes most of the exclusiveness of having years of theory.
@@tacticalchunder1207 and still, if you play two games, any advantage cancels out. The TCEC computer championship has a regular tournament in this format. Engines need unbalanced start positions, else they draw everything.
So glad to see 960 finally gaining traction and audience! Thank you, Levy, for spotlighting the event. I think you might have to focus on endgame courses from now on 😊
He might have seen that before. Yeah there are 960 options but the idea should exist in a couple of them and I can see Magnus knowing something about all the starting positions.
I love Fisher random so much. I don't like how much of modern chess is driven by computers and memorising long opening sequences. This feels so much more like Tal sitting down at a chess board to do something beautiful. Also, Levy - I'm assuming that the ratings are Chess960-specific? It would be interesting to see the players' 960 ratings.
Anand is Jaraiya Nepomniachi is Gaara Kasparov is Madara Ding is Tobi Giri is Rock Lee Mamedyarov is Killer Bee Ivanchuk is Orochimaru Caruana is Sakura Hans is Jigen Levy is Ramen Guy Agadmator is Kakashi Can't think of anymore, but deff had way too much fun with this
I'm going to seriously look into Fischer Random. I like a lot of that madness. More about actual play and less about how many games you happen to have memorized.
Amazing games with complexity, creativity/ innovative ideas in the opening! Like "Chaos in the dark forest", testing one's awareness to the dynamics of the environment(position) 💪🌟
Random chess variants become popular to the extent where actual super GMs partake in a World Championship. Me - a 900 ELO classical chess player, who however specializes in an obscure chess variant on lichess and has above 3000 ratings in all time formats: "So you're telling me there's a chance?!?"
0:27 - Shouldn't Fisher Random be a category on a higher classification hierarchy? I mean Classical, Rapid and Blitz would be sub-categories for "Standard" and "Chess9LX" categories. So there would actually be 6 categories.
ive noticed that Hikaru is delighted and smiles a lot when he get a win against Magnus, the dude finally respects him as the best one in chess right now. Hikaru GREW UP!
Format : Players play 2 mini matches each carrying 2 points against every player in their group. Which makes it 12 points in total. Hikaru wins 1.5 : 0.5 aginst both players. So he gets full 4 points in 2 mini matches. Nodirbek wins 2:1 and 1.5 : 0.5. So, he also gets 4 points.
They play 2 games and the points are handed out after both are completed. So the points aren't per game but per game pair. So it's not about winning as many games as possible but rather just beating the opponent over 2 games to get maximum points. This was mentioned on Hikaru's stream which he Krusch and another WGM run.
Allow me to assist anyone still confused about castling in 960/FischerRandom. (I'm not ashamed to say it took me a while to get it too when I first started playing this variant). The key idea: imagine the King, Queen, and both Rooks were on their usual starting squares. That is, "Queen goes on her color", Rooks at the end, King next to the Queen in the middle. In 960, regardless of how the pieces are shuffled on the back row, the castling King and its "Rook partner" move to the same squares they would move to in regular chess. That's the key. Hence, even though the King and Rooks may start off in unfamiliar positions, you should imagine them being on their usual squares when preparing to castle. That way you can maintain the beginner's description of castling: "King goes two squares towards the Rook, then the Rook goes on the other side of the King."
For the points thing at the end There are game point and match point a pair of games between two players is called a match (1 white 1 black) Winning a match (1 win 1 draw or 2 wins) is 2 match point Drawing a match (1 win 1 lose or 2 draws) is 1 match point Losing a match (1 lose 1 draw or 2 loses) is 0 match point game point is also tallied, like in a normal game. 1 for win, 1/2 for draw, 0 for lose Match point is the most important, game point is for tiebreaker Levy just said the game point, not the match point
its pretty simple system. You were correct @GothamChess win - 2 points, draw - 1. So Nodirbek has 7 points. you get 3.5 if you give win - 1 p., draw - 0.5p (just how they calc regularly I guess). Chess24 did the same mistake and show wrong scores. What you do is just * 2 the score. hikaru 3p * 2 = 6 points
@gothamchess watching this video made me think, what if after a ton of computer testing they were able to discover an arragement of pieces that made the game nearly 100% balanced white or black. could there be a possibility of this ever being adopted and fostering a new era of openings, strategies, and such?
no matter how you arrange the pieces, if there's no random chance involved, the game is either a forced draw or forced win. it is theoretically solvable in the same way as tic tac toe.
As someone else pointed out: the standard starting position is already 100% equal theoretically since it's probably a forced draw. With symmetry white will always have a practical advantage though
Levy, I'm not great at chess, but every day I watch you... the depression I'm afflicted with is lifting. Thanks man. It's an absolute joy to watch your videos, mate.
I love the idea of this format, and man, Fischer must have loved this. I've always heard he hated what computers did to the game so, to take everyone's standard prep away and get back to the 'pure' chess skills of live evaluation and tactics.. I'm sure it makes him happy to see it played. Very exciting chess xD
You never disappoint Levy! Props on your pronunciation of very difficult names btw, I’m sure the chess players you’re talking about would appreciate your accuracy. As always thanks for your exciting, amazing commentary! You are a master of your craft!
Current Standings Player Points Match Record Games Record Group A Nordibek Abdusattorov 4 points (2W-0L) (3W-0L-1T) Wesley So 2 points (1W-1L) (1W-1L-2T) Ian Nepomniachtchi 2 points (1W-1L) (2W-2L-0T) Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson 0 points (0W-2L) (0W-3L-1T) Player Points Match Record Games Record Group B Hikaru Nakamura 4 points (2W-0L) (2W-0L-2T) Magnus Carlsen 2 points (1W-1L) (1W-1L-2T) Vladimir Fedoseev 2 points (1W-1L) (1W-1L-2T) Matthias Bluebaum 0 points (0W-2L) (0W-2L-2T)
You missed something, though? At 18:00 - white has a draw possibility. Queen to F4 check, black blocks with the pawn, queen to f6 check and then just.. chase it on up? Am I confused?
I REALLY like Fischer Random 'cos it's Chess back to the basics: no formulas and rules and schemes (with names and moves/countermoves....). It forces people back into thinking from move one.
Regarding the scoring, it sounds like it's officially 2 for a win and 1 for a draw, but someone realized that's exactly the same as 1 for a win and 1/2 for a draw so they've reported it as that instead.
There's match points which must be an integer, and game points which can be half-integer. Game points are used as a tie breaker if match points are even.
Fun fact, all of the pawns get shuffled on their same rows too.
HA
Yes, as you can see in Hikari vs Magnus, Edward is in A file
@Memes shorts i thought it was Charlie
It's so confusing because I can never be sure which one is which.
BTW, Edward and Charlie hate each other, that’s why in classical they are on A and H. Rookie mistake by Magnus placing them beside each other - they refuse to cooperate.
The thumbnail is just daring me to click on the video. Pure perfection.
the power difference between magnus and hikaru is much more than between naruto and sasuke except maybe in blitz and bullet they are like naruto and sasuke as magnus is just slightly better
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos naruto is a mid character tho
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos nah, Naruto is substantially stronger than Sasuke, even without Baryon mode. It is very obvious in the Kaguya fight and the VOTE fight.
@@magellan3110 Nah he ain't. They were pretty close in power levels before baryon. And now without Kurama, Naruto is clearly weaker.
@@meowcat5596 they weren't any closer in power levels than Magnus and Hikaru are. He hard counters all of Sasuke's hax abilities and also has superhuman strength and durability, thanks to SPSM. Not to mention, he has vastly superior Chakra reserves, which means even 'if' Sasuke was able to match him in battle, Naruto would win anyways in a battle of attrition. Sasuke also cannot use the 'Indra Susanoo' whereas Naruto can access his own equivalent of the same.
What a nasty move by Hikaru cutting the connection between the queen and rook. Like a bank robber cutting the power before a robbery. Brilliant.
@Emotional Damage omg thanks!!! I’ve been looking for this everywhere in chess videos
Fr, so nasty he could get sued a 100 mil for it
@@jammerskank2849 are you fr a bot too
Pinnacle of Clickbait
Magnus made 2 blunders in 4 games. I hope the next days wont be as bad
this matchup always puts a smile on my face
Only 11 likes🤣
Edit:12 now
@@ROBLOXIES 13 now
“Magnus is still shoving that horse directly in his mouth.” - Levy 2022
Don't they say "never shove a horse in the mouth"?😊
Magnaruto VS Nakasuke = perfection
You mean Maguto ?
@@houssamennoura233 Nah bro, this is way too cursed
Magussy vs Nakussy
@@starmorpheus That just sounds like.. you know. wink wink
@@segundacuenta726 uwu
It is amazing how they can be 0.0 after like 20 moves even in this format. These players are just insane.
"If Magnus can hang a fork, so do us" - Hikaru
grammatically nonsensical
@@upisntdownsilly GrAmMatIcAlLy NoNsEnSiCaL 🤓
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos was i wrong? fuck off dragonite not even gamefreak remembers you
@@upisntdownsilly wdym bich i am a fan favourite
@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos ok there not even the best dragon type pseudo legendary and also is a huge downgrade from its preevelution
I don't play chess at all but Levy is such a great entertainer.
Should give it a try
Play chess then
Play Chess it’s really Fun
@beyond your imagination why does this have likes.
Crazy to think that some of you in here don't even play this game😂 no hate just wild
Dude your thumbnails are the best… seriously. Levi… Grandmaster of the thumbnails hahaha
Nah, Dio vs Jotaro would have been better :v
@@nephandi2316 no because bishop takes on e 8 is a big blunder because rook a7 and queen h8 is a mate in 2
International Master of Thumbnails*
@@starmorpheus Correct 👍 GM sounds cooler…
Agreed to that👍
Fischer deserved his idea to be officially recognized. Happy for this!
fischer was a moral piece of garbage
They’ve done this before.
They've done this before.
They’ve done this before.
They've done this before.
2:00 most people don't know this but the pawns are also shuffled!
omg i didnt know that!! 😳 thanks
Does it matter though? A pawn is a pawn, so for all intents and purposes, they aren't.
@@Lordmewtwo151 that’s the joke
@@Worldsportstalk24 Fair.
@@Lordmewtwo151 r/woooosh
I love Chess960, it takes all of these GMs out of their opening prep.
that was Fischer's goal. He hated opening prep more than anything
years of memorization is not something many of us look forward to. So to level the playing field it is fairer. Of course a GM or super GM is too strong for an amateur but still it makes a difference and removes most of the exclusiveness of having years of theory.
even better is Double FRC where both sides are shuffled independently
@@RalfStephan that would hideously unbalanced, much more than 960 already is.
@@tacticalchunder1207 and still, if you play two games, any advantage cancels out. The TCEC computer championship has a regular tournament in this format. Engines need unbalanced start positions, else they draw everything.
So glad to see 960 finally gaining traction and audience! Thank you, Levy, for spotlighting the event. I think you might have to focus on endgame courses from now on 😊
The bishop sac by Magnus startled some chess commentators. Starting positions in 960 chess are very odd.
He might have seen that before. Yeah there are 960 options but the idea should exist in a couple of them and I can see Magnus knowing something about all the starting positions.
I love Fisher random so much. I don't like how much of modern chess is driven by computers and memorising long opening sequences. This feels so much more like Tal sitting down at a chess board to do something beautiful.
Also, Levy - I'm assuming that the ratings are Chess960-specific? It would be interesting to see the players' 960 ratings.
I'm pretty sure there's no official 960 rating
@@Mathijs_A its a scam
Magnus, the Hokage of Chess.
Anand is Jaraiya
Nepomniachi is Gaara
Kasparov is Madara
Ding is Tobi
Giri is Rock Lee
Mamedyarov is Killer Bee
Ivanchuk is Orochimaru
Caruana is Sakura
Hans is Jigen
Levy is Ramen Guy
Agadmator is Kakashi
Can't think of anymore, but deff had way too much fun with this
@@talphazero1036 remen guy xD
@V i k t o r i y a 🇺🇦 no that's hans. His paths speak for themselves
True as fak
@@talphazero1036 Fantastic list.
Wesley So is the exam proctor guy from the OG Chunin exams
Eric Rosen is Shisui Uchiha
Can't wait for a classical game to occur by chance in a Fischer Random tournament
I'm very impressed by the way he pronounced those names😂😂and came back to his original accent
he pronounces them as they should be pronounced in their languages
Watched it live for 4 hours last night and I was amazingly surprised when Magnus blundered against Fedoseev and Hikaru
@Annette Singleton Steele what does that have to do with chess?
10:06 Magnus is still shoving that horse directly into his mouth ☠️
I can relate to the pain of finding standings so much I don't blame you at all if you sometimes can't find them
“So, Wesley” whether the pun was intended or not, absolutely killed me 😂
"So, Wesley, no pun intended" Rozman, Levi. 2022.
I'm going to seriously look into Fischer Random. I like a lot of that madness. More about actual play and less about how many games you happen to have memorized.
This is some entertaining stuff! 960 is so cool. 960 and blitz are my favorite formats to watch right now
its a scam dude
seing them playing fischer random make me feel like they are like me not knowing theory and playing rough chess totally based on tactical motifs
this is much more interesting then normal chess
I much prefer it. No memorization.
Amazing games with complexity, creativity/ innovative ideas in the opening!
Like "Chaos in the dark forest", testing one's awareness to the dynamics of the environment(position)
💪🌟
Great recap too! 👏
The thumbnails have been absolutely fire lately !
Random chess variants become popular to the extent where actual super GMs partake in a World Championship.
Me - a 900 ELO classical chess player, who however specializes in an obscure chess variant on lichess and has above 3000 ratings in all time formats: "So you're telling me there's a chance?!?"
0:27 - Shouldn't Fisher Random be a category on a higher classification hierarchy? I mean Classical, Rapid and Blitz would be sub-categories for "Standard" and "Chess9LX" categories. So there would actually be 6 categories.
5:20 A criss cross apple sauce from Levy after a long time !!!!!
26:32 Magnus thought of the line starting with f3 then a6 but his hand and mind wasnt cooperating so he played the second move
Anybody got a clip of Magnus hanging the fork in a completely winning position 🤣🤣
ua-cam.com/video/9gQhK6hXYMs/v-deo.html
@@rishad5539 thank you kind sir
ive noticed that Hikaru is delighted and smiles a lot when he get a win against Magnus, the dude finally respects him as the best one in chess right now. Hikaru GREW UP!
Hikaru regards Magnus as the best ever.
@@Flyhr I remember they weren't on best terms before, and magnus was calling Hikaru as "Decent", they're more playful and collaborative now.
5:12 "criss cross applesauce absolute demolition" 😉
“Criss cross, apple sauce” Levy with the excellent 90’s vernacular again lmfao
Format :
Players play 2 mini matches each carrying 2 points against every player in their group. Which makes it 12 points in total.
Hikaru wins 1.5 : 0.5 aginst both players.
So he gets full 4 points in 2 mini matches.
Nodirbek wins 2:1 and 1.5 : 0.5.
So, he also gets 4 points.
The thumbnail fire 🔥🔥
FR is so good!! Love these wild games from the best of the best!!
That blocking tactic was niiiiice. Probably my new favorite tactic
I agree finding standings for current live chess tournaments is a fucking pain
I feel like the best part about Levy's videos is the fact that somehow they are always uploaded when my food is done. xD
They play 2 games and the points are handed out after both are completed. So the points aren't per game but per game pair. So it's not about winning as many games as possible but rather just beating the opponent over 2 games to get maximum points. This was mentioned on Hikaru's stream which he Krusch and another WGM run.
Allow me to assist anyone still confused about castling in 960/FischerRandom. (I'm not ashamed to say it took me a while to get it too when I first started playing this variant).
The key idea: imagine the King, Queen, and both Rooks were on their usual starting squares. That is, "Queen goes on her color", Rooks at the end, King next to the Queen in the middle.
In 960, regardless of how the pieces are shuffled on the back row, the castling King and its "Rook partner" move to the same squares they would move to in regular chess. That's the key.
Hence, even though the King and Rooks may start off in unfamiliar positions, you should imagine them being on their usual squares when preparing to castle. That way you can maintain the beginner's description of castling: "King goes two squares towards the Rook, then the Rook goes on the other side of the King."
Nice it's my first time seeing them battle against each other
The way Levy just screams "ROOK TAKE A6" is absolutely hilarious.
"Beautiful crisscross applesauce absolute demolition" 😄
The plot twists in this were legendary
For the points thing at the end
There are game point and match point
a pair of games between two players is called a match (1 white 1 black)
Winning a match (1 win 1 draw or 2 wins) is 2 match point
Drawing a match (1 win 1 lose or 2 draws) is 1 match point
Losing a match (1 lose 1 draw or 2 loses) is 0 match point
game point is also tallied, like in a normal game. 1 for win, 1/2 for draw, 0 for lose
Match point is the most important, game point is for tiebreaker
Levy just said the game point, not the match point
Waiting for this recap felt like a century
Lol kids these days. It’s only a minute and you can skip…
its pretty simple system. You were correct @GothamChess win - 2 points, draw - 1. So Nodirbek has 7 points. you get 3.5 if you give win - 1 p., draw - 0.5p (just how they calc regularly I guess). Chess24 did the same mistake and show wrong scores. What you do is just * 2 the score. hikaru 3p * 2 = 6 points
So glad you're covering this! Got to love 960!
scamer
0:30 the fourth type isn’t duck chess?
@gothamchess watching this video made me think, what if after a ton of computer testing they were able to discover an arragement of pieces that made the game nearly 100% balanced white or black. could there be a possibility of this ever being adopted and fostering a new era of openings, strategies, and such?
Nice idea!
no matter how you arrange the pieces, if there's no random chance involved, the game is either a forced draw or forced win. it is theoretically solvable in the same way as tic tac toe.
As someone else pointed out: the standard starting position is already 100% equal theoretically since it's probably a forced draw. With symmetry white will always have a practical advantage though
Magnus Uzumaki vs Hikaru uchiha
Levy, I'm not great at chess, but every day I watch you... the depression I'm afflicted with is lifting. Thanks man. It's an absolute joy to watch your videos, mate.
I love the idea of this format, and man, Fischer must have loved this. I've always heard he hated what computers did to the game so, to take everyone's standard prep away and get back to the 'pure' chess skills of live evaluation and tactics.. I'm sure it makes him happy to see it played. Very exciting chess xD
“Wait, but winning a match wins you 2 points. OWWW” xD these are the Levy moments I watch for. Thanks for the recap
I’m glad you Tweeted about this tournament. The Tweet was then posted on Reddit where I Learned there was a World Championship ;)
You never disappoint Levy! Props on your pronunciation of very difficult names btw, I’m sure the chess players you’re talking about would appreciate your accuracy. As always thanks for your exciting, amazing commentary! You are a master of your craft!
its a scam
actually the row of pawns is shuffeled as well, duh
Even in chess960 Magnus is still playing the gorb
❤
Current Standings
Player Points Match Record Games Record
Group A
Nordibek Abdusattorov 4 points (2W-0L) (3W-0L-1T)
Wesley So 2 points (1W-1L) (1W-1L-2T)
Ian Nepomniachtchi 2 points (1W-1L) (2W-2L-0T)
Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson 0 points (0W-2L) (0W-3L-1T)
Player Points Match Record Games Record
Group B
Hikaru Nakamura 4 points (2W-0L) (2W-0L-2T)
Magnus Carlsen 2 points (1W-1L) (1W-1L-2T)
Vladimir Fedoseev 2 points (1W-1L) (1W-1L-2T)
Matthias Bluebaum 0 points (0W-2L) (0W-2L-2T)
Bro the thumbnail💀
'..So Wesley..' Always intend your puns
First ever world champ game where both players are involved in the same lawsuit
I love watching GM's struggle and blunder as much as us normal people ... gives me hope!
Magus doesn't care about Chess anymore. Just poker.
In the second game with Wesley and Gretarsson, wasn’t Rxh6 a free knight. This was like 5 moves before Gretarsson resigned.
@Annette Singleton Steele That doesn’t answer my question.
As soon as i saw Magnus as Naruto i knew he’d won.
My boy Bobby been telling y'all that Fischer Random is the future of chess. Glad that it's finally being recognized as a purer game than classical
The rivalry of the century
The most impressive part of this video is Gotham saying all of the player's names perfectly.
I appreciate the effort, but the icelandic name does not sound like that 😅
@GothamChess I think it's 2-0 for the winner of the mini-match and 1-1 if the mini-match is drawn.
The thumbnail is legendary XD
You missed something, though?
At 18:00 - white has a draw possibility. Queen to F4 check, black blocks with the pawn, queen to f6 check and then just.. chase it on up? Am I confused?
I love you for the thumbnail.... Work of art.
Fischer Random is genuinely more interesting to watch than standard
Random idea, might be hard to pull off, but how about having a live standings page on chessly? I don't use it myself but seems like a good feature
Love it when, the no pun intended actually means full pun intended..
Hikaru took a sip of the bong cloud
can't believe Magnum Carlos blundered a fork. that's like me blundering a fork to Antonio.
Actually the pawns are shuffled too.
You just don't notice because they look the same
Next : Hashiramagnus vs Madamura
Epic Thumbnail Levy
It just works
Freaking epic
I want to watch the video, but for some reason it’s unavailable
Keeps saying “No stream, tap to retry”
This is what I've been waiting for
u gotta love how levy manages to always give up the advantage in like 2 moves when explaining why a side has the advantage
I REALLY like Fischer Random 'cos it's Chess back to the basics: no formulas and rules and schemes (with names and moves/countermoves....). It forces people back into thinking from move one.
The next thumbnail for Hikaru vs Magnus needs to have their heads swapped for Yugi and Kaiba.
its so weird to hear him being called gretarson, since we dont have last names in Iceland and being called like that is extremely uncommon and weird.
"THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE HE HANGS HIS ROUCK IN ONE MOVE"😭
4:50 Two checks as the same time...that's what I'd do with $1 million dollars.
Regarding the scoring, it sounds like it's officially 2 for a win and 1 for a draw, but someone realized that's exactly the same as 1 for a win and 1/2 for a draw so they've reported it as that instead.
Clearly the points are also awarded randomly...
What can I say, Levy getting hyped on chess 960... Me too...AWESOME !
Chess960 where GM’s play like 1400’s.
There's match points which must be an integer, and game points which can be half-integer. Game points are used as a tie breaker if match points are even.