Carlsen vs Firouzja || Chessable Masters GRAND FINAL (2024) 

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"the knight on F1 is one tricky bastard" lol

For everyone who is confused about the double elimination format, It's actually extremely simple. Everyone is allowed to lose one match, but if you lose a second match, you're eliminated from the tournament. That's it! Coming into the grand final you have one player coming from the winners bracket (meaning they haven't yet lost a single match), and one player coming from the losers bracket (meaning they have already lost a match). Of course the player from the winners bracket should also be allowed to lose one match, hence why Firouzjas win doesn't win him the tournament, it leads to a reset where both contestants no longer have "any lives left", if you will.

In the first bracket the score was 2.5-1.5 magnus won a game

I cant remember the last time magnus was down time vs Any opponent. He just simply moves a lot faster than supergms even.

The quote for the games should be "I am inevitable"

"the knight on F1 is a tricky bastard". Indeed.

These winnibg positions come out of nowhere for these guys

The Magnus counter attack on game 1 was a thing of beauty

This was sad.. Alireza had a good chance to least take it to Armageddon. He was blinded by his own attack and missed that key defensive move with the rook.

Oh, thank you for showing those endings! I wasn't sure what was happening after Ali lost on time ...

#suggestion something of Sultan Khan for the GM title awarded by Fide.

3:25 "The knight on F1 is one tricky bastard." Antonio cuts through the BS. Again.

At the very top, it's either you have it, or you don't. Hard work & practice alone won't do it. It takes a super amount of in-born talent & ability, a/k/a GENIUS...or Magnus Carlsen!

“Of course if you guys have anything else you would like to suggest, also use hashtag suggestion as I believe tomorrow there are no active events” #Suggestion Steinitz Saga update

In the early finale, First two games were swept by Alireza and third was taken by Magnus It was the fourth one they agreed to a draw

Magnus won 3rd game of grand final. He then drew. So result was 2,5:1,5 for Alireza and rematch followed.

Great game, probably.

that was fast

Man you're fast.. just watched the live feed. simply amazing

Nice!!

But contrary to what Firouzja said, in this format the first match DOES count...because Firouzja had to win BOTH matches in order to win the tournament.

13:11 I'm a biginner, but that rock check wouldn't stop me grabbing that pawn.

B4 or not b4, thats the guestion. The answer was no!

I suggest you show the games from the first match where Ali won 2-1 and played spectacular. After the reset Ali played uncharacteristically which probably was caused by nerves - this was also mentioned in the interview by Magnus. #suggestion

At 14:05 min mark where you describe losing a pawn, I think Bxg3 is playable. It at least wins two pawns for the strong passed pawn.

I am really a fan of this tournament format. Bracket matches where your tournament life is on the line are always interesting

14:56 no; Alireza then played Rh1 after magnus pushed the pawn and alireza RESIGNED

You said it wrong sir magnus won the third game and drew the forth in Match 1

Don't call horsie a tricky bastard 😢

Throttle, rear brake, any front brake? Nice riding, noticeable improvements!!!!!

I think magnus was just playing with the kid. At first, he let him win only to make the match more interesting and entertaining. But in the end, he crushed him as anybody else.

#suggestion I think that it would be fantastic to show the games played between Rashid Nezhmetdinov and Boris Spassky

didnt magnus win the 3rd game in the first match?

13:48 what if instead of playing Rook to f8, black advances the passed pawn to e2??

Dread it,Run from it, Magnus still arrives

Excellent analysis

As a chess noob, I gotta ask - why is taking a pawn with check (literally for free) considered a "noob-move" taht a grandmaster would not make?

(That was tough)

Too Bad I’ll root for anyone vs Magnus just for change of pace Magnus is the best though proved that again thanks for the games enjoy your day

Alireza, look at your clock!

Magnus is being paid to keep these matches interesting. He has zeroed chess from a human standpoint.

Firozja is not only the future ❤

Well unfortunately Hans won't be playing in St. Louis this year so Magnus will have to wait for 2025

v nice. subtle difference in play and big M wins! so close

Tamam sam hteo da pitam zasto Grand Final 2, ali lepo si odmah objasnio... :)

Hola

Hi, In the second game, after H3-H4, why didn’t white play g4-g3 trapping whites knight? Obviously, there must be a reason but I don’t see it.

The term is double elimination.

Firstly match ended 2,5-1,5! Carlsen won 3rd game.

The way the winner of this tournament is determined is clear as mud. It is no more confusing than the "Game of Thrones" plot.

Can't wait for 960 to start

7:20 why cant white simply play d7? isnt the pawn already unstoppable?

It is satisfying to see Magnus holding his own and coming through in a clench against the strongest players from the new generation.

As there is nothing more to be done here..

Please show the matches Alireza won #suggestion pweaseee

That damn bastard knight on F1 was a damn big lesson if you take the lesson and also use that trickery you will indeed improve and become a chess player who has the power to deploy the bastard knight 👍👍👍👍😁😁😁

😬 that has to suck so bad!!

Magnus went a bit aggressive against his style hoping someone would live up to his standard... Sad being at the top ... All praise to Magnus for being GOAT

Posto znam da znas sta pisem,Magnus je pobedio jednu partiju u prvom mecu.

#suggestion bring back daily rapid videos #suggestion more Bobby Fischer or Dubov games

Sometimes it's better to play Magnus as an Amateur 😂😂😂😂so you don't overthink or trust

How could firouzja missed Rxg4+?Such an obvious move and even I could find it within seconds.

the format makes no sense he beat him so WTF

13:57 - Funny would be Bxg3 ...

its high time to change player's thumb images. :D

Hi tony

How alireza has 2843 rating points

Magnus channeling his inner Sea Biscuit.

For those who say unfair: Magnus won 3 games Alireza won 2 games Also everyone has 2 life lines. Alireza lost to fedoseev on round 1, so if this was normal event he would be eliminated. Thanks to the format he granted 2nd chance. Magnus never lost so he had 2 life lines. Got it ?

Bring back tal games

Can we please have the petrosian saga? #suggestion

Massive let down here for Hikaru! 😂

NO PAUSE THE VIDEO MOMENTS THIS VIDEO :(

Good. Alireza lost. Thanks for the games

another few years firouzja will be beating everyone in all time formats

I'm inclined to think Magnus used the first match as warm up exploring games.

In the end Magnus always wins... 🤷‍♂️

Started defeating magnus & ending vedio with magnus won😂😂👍

كارلسن العظيم

gg

First one

Without a doubt, Alireza was the best player of this tournament...

Not the best game of the match but I get it

#ThankyYou Agadmator for showing #DisgustingEngineLines

Magnus won one game in the grand final

Firouzja is KOS

Magnus the goat

3rd: Re Alireza 1 - Before Alireza's farming, when has there ever been a legal immoral act IN CHESS/SPORTS? - Next: dirty flag, quick draws or London system is immoral. Also autosniper in cs2 / csgo. Lol. - (Well maybe keyboard extensions or farmbitrage - both in lichess.) - Before, players WERE allowed to write move before playing. Bobby Fischer did this vs I think Mikhail Tal, so what, Bobby cheated Mikhail? Lol. 2 - How can someone be against Alireza's LEGAL farming but not outright ILLEGAL cheating of Magnus, Garry & Hikaru? Sounds to me more like they hate whichever is more known. I bet they don't even know when Magnus, Garry & Hikaru cheated. Lol.

In a parallel universe where 9LX is standard chess: 1 - People are praising Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Bobby Fischer & Anatoly Karpov. Agadmator & Levy are talking about Wesley & Nepo all day long. 2 - Switch Bobby & Garry dates of birth. (Bobby's last name here is probably Nemenyi.) Meanwhile Garry Kasparov invented something strange called 'chess1' aka 'Kasparov Deterministic' where you have only 1 SP. Garry quits the 1975 classical WCC Vs Anatoly Karpov, is arrested in Russia (instead of Japan), immigrates to Iceland and dies in 2008. 1975 is not a big loss. In fact, it's better because Bobby Fischer takes over. 1978 is Bobby vs Anatoly match of the century in Baguio, the Philippines! Idk what happens in 1981, but then 1984 Eugene Torre wins the candidates and faces Anatoly/Bobby! In 1976, I guess Eugene still beats Anatoly. Either Anatoly or Bobby. (Trivia: In our world, Eugene almost beat Bobby in 1992.) 3 - Bobby is still alive in 2024. Bobby, Anatoly, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley, Nepo are on Lex Fridman's podcast while Magnus, Garry & Hikaru aren't. 4 - In the 2019 inaugural world Kasparov Deterministic chess championship (WKDCC), Magnus beats Wesley in 3 classical chess1 games in a row in but no one cares. Fabi is still the top 4 in the 2019 world chess1 championship but the top3 is now Liren. Nepo has never played a chess1 game, just as in our world Liren has never played a recorded 9LX game before 2024Feb. 5 - Wesley/Nepo doesn't quit the 2023 classical WCC. Nepo/Wesley wins 2022 candidates and no one cares about Liren. Wesley So Vs Ian Nepomniachtchi is the biggest rivalry in chess, far exceeding as well as succeeding the next biggest rivalry Bobby Fischer vs Anatoly Karpov, like Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad. Wesley, & Nepo are both considered GOATs along with Bobby & Anatoly. There's no distinction between GOAT & MTOAT. There's a slight bias towards Wesley because Wesley is Bobby's nephew. 6 - Chess' popularity in the Philippines & Norway are inverted. 6a In our world, Bobby had radio interviews in the Philippines. In this world, Garry has radio interviews in Norway. 6b Then Prospero Pichay Jr is imprisoned and the Philippine chess federation is free from corruption. But Wesley is still American. Huhuhu. Oh, in this reality, Magnus' parents are evil and then Magnus gets adopted by religious parents who are friends of Garry, so it's like Magnus is Garry's nephew. The 2019 WKDCC is still like a pseudo - Bobby vs Garry, and it's billed as battle of thei nephews. 7 - But still no one actually really cares about chess1 because no one wants to have a headache over studying the same boring SP again and again. Also its top players Magnus & Garry are still cheaters. But well ok maybe in rapid & blitz chess1 is picking up. (Same as our world. Fiiiine Magnus is right about keeping regular chess for rapid & blitz.) So there's still a 2022 rapid world chess1 championship, half a century after the 1972 REGULAR match of the century. This time Hans Niemann wins beating Hikaru Nakamura on tiebreaks. This time Hikaru accuses Hans, but Hans still sues both Hikaru & Magnus. Ches***m is not sued and is just as good as lichess. Hans is still considered the next Bobby Fischer / Anatoly Karpov while Wesley & Nepo are still considered the current Bobby / Anatoly. 8 - In 2024Feb, FIDE still cancel their 2024 WKDCC, but Wesley & Nepo host a rapid chess1 championship but don't invite Magnus & Liren. Hans isn't a cheater but has still has beef with St Louis Chess Club and so doesn't play that due to scheduling conflicts, but Magnus & Hans are still going to eventually defend the, resp, classical & rapid world chess1 championships. 9 - In general, chess doesn't have that many cheaters, cheating incidents, baseless accusations, etc and has very little corruption, discrimination, treason, politics, etc. FIDE is hailed as 1 of the cleanest sports/gaming organisations. Chess is an olympic sport. Bobby/Anatoly are FIDE officials. 10 - Tiebreaks are settled by armageddon w/ auction rather than lower time controls, so Sergey & Fabi still lose to Wesley/Nepo in resp 2016 & 2018. But no one calls for change of tiebreaks to rapid time controls. Lol. Also, pre-arranged draws are so rare. 11 - Sergey isn't banned because Sergey only privately supports Putin because chess doesn't make people go insane unless they the players want to stick to 1 SP only, like Garry. 12 - Actually here, Bobby has very neutral feminist enlightened political views and is a true patriotic Jew & American ( in politics in addition to still being such a patriot in chess ) while respectfully criticising both US & Israel along side condemning Osama bin Laden / Al-Qaeda & Ismail Haniyeh / Hamas. So Bobby is still against Iraq invasion. 13 - Most importantly, no one cares about Garry, Magnus, Hikaru or Liren. Specifically, in this world, they care less about them as compared to Wesley, Nepo, Bobby & Anatoly in our world. 14 - Paradise. --- Ok back to reality: --- PLEASE agad it's been 4 months! 2023 USCC - Atousa almost beat Carissa Yip, the eventual winner! Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. It's Hikaru's WIFE vs Wesley's GIRLFRIEND. #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc

2nd comment: Hans Niemann = next Bobby Fischer - Wesley So = current Bobby Fischer - Bobby Fischer's ghost = old Bobby Fischer - Beth Harmon = Bobby Fischer in another universe Each of these 4 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American'. Speaking of Wesley So Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend! 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc

Magnus is kryptonite's kryptonite

Magnus was very lucky thats all

It is satisfying to see Magnus holding his own and coming through in a clench against the strongest players from the new generation.