That sumo wrestler is Kakuryu, now retired, one of three recent Mongolian grand champions of the Japanese national sport. (But whether or not he plays chess . . .)
@@dianagentu7478 I believe you take the bishop on g7 and then white wins a rook but black gets huge compensation on the light squares, just like in the game
Magnus discovered he can play unorthodox or even bad openings to throw his opponents off of their prep and then proceed to demolish them with a much better understanding of chess.
He's been doing that pretty much since before he was the world champion, even in classical chess. He said from his training with Kasparov that they figured out he should get his opponents out of book early so it isn't a battle of his computer vs theirs.
At the end, the key point is that white's only way to escape check is to interpose the rook, so after they are exchanged white is a piece down in the ending.
@@wolflink9000as long as he's motivated, I think Magnus can remain #1 for much longer than what's historical. He's in much better shape than GMs way back. I honestly think he can keep going on top into his 50s.
Masterpiece. Magnus showed what a pair of bishops can do to a miserably positioned heavy pieces. In one moment the evaluation bar showed an absurd level of advantage for Magnus in spite of quite yet unsolved postion especially for an amatour. This second rook sacrifice was insane.
It's unfathomable how great of a player this guy is. Will people in the future look at him like a Paul Morphy and say.."Yes he was good for his time, but he didn't have any opponents." Great work as usual Epic Chess.
Such a great quote. Reminds me of the story when Spielberg asked John Williams to score Shindler's List and Williams was like, "Me? Why me? There are better composers out there." And Spielberg supposedly replied, "This is true, but they are all dead." paraphrasing of course.
@@sterlingmullett6942 For the 1978 Academy Awards, John Williams was nominated for best score for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In a stunning turn of events, he lost to... John Williams, nominated for best score for Star Wars: A New Hope. Truly unfathomable talent
11:15 The endgame is lost also because white will have to sacrifice the rook after Bxc5+, because the king has no legal moves. So black will be a bishop and a pawn up
“Here comes the tin opener, looking to rip open this giant baked bean and get at it” - that made me laugh. Imagine opening a tin of beans and it contained a single giant bean. A sumo bean!
Thanks very much! Yeah I'm always working on things and trying to improve quality, plus have some fun with it, makes it a lot more enjoyable for me too throwing in a few jokes haha. Cheers for watching and commenting
Thanks for showing a brilliant Magnus game! Final position the king is toast. He has to give up the rook to avoid checkmate, so there is no endgame really :)
Magnus Calsen, was the first chess player who was given a chance to study AlphaZero back in the days. He copied the style of AlphaZero how to move the pawns. Not to rush and use them in the right moment
I'm hardly qualified to say this (~1400 on a good day), but I agree with you, Epic Chess -- it was a beautiful game, and such entertaining and awesome analysis! Magnus sees the board...the game, even...so differently than I do, and apparently even most other GMs. I am LOVING his recent disdain for modern opening conventions 1) to keep the game interesting for him; and 2) to cattle-prod his opponents out of their comfort zones. He is definitely in their heads, and it seems he has gotten past his purported boredom with the game. And his boldness -- courage even -- to yield material for advantage, when he knows the clock is such a factor, and that his opponents simply cannot think as fast! Wow. I'd love to be in the room when he's thinking up all these atypical openings, watching him think aloud "how can I completely neuter my opponent's preparation and memorization, how can I force him to match my natural genius." Thank you, Epic Chess!
That end game is actually even more brutal. You have to block with the rook if you are white. If you block with the pawn the black bishop just takes it and you still have to block with the rook. So you lose the rook and take the bishop with your king. And then you are against Magnus in an end game where he is up a bishop, a pawn, and he has a minute and a half of time and you have a few seconds. If it wasn't Magnus maybe you can go for some type of forced draw if your opponent is terrible, but unless you are assuming Magnus blunders like three times you aren't going to get even a draw in that game.
Magnus using old flanking war tactics and in this format he is a ninja when his killa intuition mode is on. He is so good with Lazer bishops Spectactular play.
I'm not good at chess, I'm an 1100. However, since I've been watching your channel(for the great content mind you) I've increased my rating by 150. You have me laughing so hard some times, I love it. Keep up the great work
Exceptional game! Stockfish analysis: 84% accuracy, 3 inaccuracies 1 mistakes 2 blunders So when Hans Niemann has been obtaining 98% and 000 for every games in his tournament in a row, there's something fishy
@@jotarokujo5132 Here you go, another brilliant remark. You can gain 98% accuracy in both of them. I'm talking about HN having systematically 000 for months.
First time seeing a video of yours in maybe a year. Your presentation has improved so much, much more natural, funny, and no longer seems stilted. I will subscribe
So many mind-blowing games, I love the passion for chess that Magnus express game after game. He want to play chess, not have a theoretical battle that ends with a draw. Great recap as always, a passion on its own as well - much appreciated! 🎉
Lol I meant like everything you know about chess, but I try and boil titles down as succinct as possible, and I guess creates a bit of intrigue though perhaps over simplified yeah
I don't understand why Black played Qc5+ instead of Bc5+, which would have forced White to sacrifice the Queen? And if the Rook instead interposes on f2, only alternative, we have Q a1 or c1 mate!
So Magnus won again? Wonder how many rating points he will drop this time as it seems NO MATTER what and how many times he wins he stays put or goes down in rating.
So much babysitting he should open his own creche LOL. BTW, the ending is lost much quicker b/c White (in check) is losing the rook for an exchange, and Black will be up a piece and a pawn, an easy mop-up operation.
Haha yeah and thanks yeah I only realised that when editing, I basically stopped analysing because even if not winning rook is completely lost! Thanks for watching
What?! It wasn't enough to beat him? He had to absolutely destroy him?! I would've taken that Bb7-Qg7 on the diagonal mate at the first opportunity. What was the point of beating him on time, materiel and in spirit?
Honestly magnus looks like hes stockfish. Stockfish always opens with these extremely claustrophobic settups with all the pieces edging forward, one rank at a time. Fascinating to watch
Not for nothing that white Rook on a3 should’ve definitely dropped back Magnus’s opponent so concerned about saving a pawn loses a Rook with a Schoolboy check by Magnus forking the Rook child’s play for sure Thanks for the Game James I have a feeling you’ll be covering the Wesley Fabiano game I don’t think you have yet Enjoy your day 😊👍
