I know it's Magnus, but the fact he was able to checkmate a 2400-rated player in under 20 seconds, from a large material disadvantage, all while drunk and singing yeah by usher is amazing.
@senecathefuka441 Well, unlike regular moves, promotes only take 0.1s off the clock. Every second is crucial. In bullet, they try and predict their opponents' move by premoving a piece. The only downfall is if you guess wrong, you lose the piece. Hope this helps
In this video Magnus: 1) Takes over a random chess game from someone 2) Sings lyrics to “Yeah” by Usher in his non-native language 3) Chats with friends in his non-native language. 4) Defeats a high-ranked opponent in less than a minute. All while completely hammered… simply incredible.
in norway we learn english from the age of 6 and mostly consume english media, its getting to the point where kids almost speak more english with eachother than they do norwegian (plus the languages are related so a lot of the vocabulary is very similar)
english is my non-native language as well but truth be told i'm already at a level where I can do all these things (except playing chess well, my chess is very mediocre) when hammered with no effort
It's just English are you from the US or smth? xD And I think to say he "sang the lyrics" here is very generous of you, the song was barely recognisable hahah. It's impressive enough by far that he won this position while clearly off his face, we don't need to list a bunch of other stuff~
@@emma_maze Thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking 😂😂 It's like "hmm how much can I kiss his a** in one sentence" Guys just listing all sorts like.. "5. Whilst wearing a shirt 6. Without even sitting down 7. With friends watching Omg so insanely good"
Official FIDE Top 5 Chess Players 1. Magnus Carlsen 2. High Magnus Carlsen 3. Drunk Magnus Carlsen 4. Magnus Carlsen with a concussion 5. Sleeping Magnus Carlsen
And he beat a 2400 rated player. Imagine being so good at chess you can defeat a player that’s better than 99% of people while drunk out of your mind and in a losing position.
You know, when I saw the title, I imagined he was maybe a little tipsy or something. My man was in another plane of existance, and he still played flawlessly
@@pencilnote3923 Tbf, you wouldn't call that 'flawless', would you? That said, he would beat 99.9% of the comment section without his queen, in his drunk state, but still.
Drunk Magnus casually playing better chess in 60 seconds than 99% of the world even when they are given a chess book and hours to decide the next move.
@@manubishe bruh what chaos unless this is some shitty way of trying of trying to be deep like at this point I don’t know what you on like how does a random comment that actual pertains to the subject at hand unlike most comments here have anything to with chaos lol
The problem with this is I see entirely too many videos of Dr. Drunkenstein drinking. At some point, he may tip into having a real problem that could prove destructive. Not good.
@@kennethnewman5522 He's is a genius chessmaster world champion, but he is also a rich, famous young man. I don't know him. I can't tell if he drinks more than he should. But I know not everyone who drinks a little too much during young age turn alcooholic. It's up to him and the people near him to keep the balance.
He recognised the board position, unlike both his opponent and the person he took over from. His speed and movement are not what's impressive, it's the fact he remembers like every high profile game ever played.
imagine playing against an opponent who seems good but beatable and then they just got super sayan and start making perfect moves over and over and you lose wondering if you pissed them off enough to become a grandmaster player for just a few seconds lmao
@@Artefackter true. Although the position looks about equal in terms of material after Magnus loses his queen too. So still an impressive feat to checkmate an opponent with so little time left.
"Uuuuhhh, the heavy. Urgghhh gonna' get me. So I cranked up and followed her to the floor. Urgghurgheghu she cranked and said I said yeah, yeah, yeah" - Five time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen
I love how despite being literally the best in the world, he can still get hyped about wins like he doesn't already have thousands under his belt. Edit: Alright, guys, I get it, circumstances, whatever. Forgive me for being amused at the idea of someone managing to still have passion for something they've been doing for a long time. Most people can't do that.
Having that love for the game, as dorky as that platitude is, is what allows someone to keep coming back to something for years. There's plenty of fantastic athletes, musicians, scholars, etc., who are fantastic at their crafts but just hate doing it. Those kinds of people never last long in their careers.
@@inikew Being drunk doesn't make you a different person. It just accentuates some of the parts that maybe aren't so present on a daily basis. Obvious he's not exploding in joyful outbursts in every tournament, but some level of excitement has to be there deep down to elicit this sort of reaction.
I’ve got a feeling he could be blackout drunk and still win easily. He’s so good it’s instinctual, his brain probably plays it on autopilot unless it’s another grandmaster, then it requires active thought
He looked at her and said politely without saying it, "Here, hold my phone 🙂 this'll be fun," and got his phone back in 25 sec delighted with himself 😏
Ya know, I've heard people say things like "they must've had their older brother step in" but I've never heard "they must've had their drunk grandmaster step in." Edit: Must've..... haunts me to this day
*drunk World Champion. Magnus is miles above grandmasters. Like Danya said, it takes a grandmaster to appreciate the genius of a SuperGM, let alone Magnus
This is absolutely incredible - the speed at which he is able to analyse a game he's never seen before and win it (whilst hammered) under tight time conditions. He is a one of a kind.
@@nozemsagogo868 As a professional Super Smash drunk player, I can say this: Even shitfaced drunk, if you sit down at something you're an expert in, the expert inside of you forces your braincells into perfect alignment while doing that thing you're an expert at. Most of the time.
am i completely blind or does the opponent just throw his queen away - making it everything else then a lost position and making this video and 100% of comments nonsensical?
So impressive to see his vast amount of knowledge. Even drunk and under time stress he still recognizes every pattern and knows the best answer to it in fractions of a second.
I have tried playing chess AFTER being drunk, that shit becomes hard as fuck. Of course he is the best chess player of all time but to beat a 2400 in a losing position while drunk just shows how many leagues ahead of us he is
@@WillOfFiree It doesn't work like that. That's like saying if Michael Jordan could translate basketball to chess he would destroy Magnus because of how good he was at basketball.
@@billj4525 You are right. From one William to another, let me tell you how it works. It works like this, you are a wuss and would start crying if a stray dog attacked you. Go be a little sissy and a wimp for the rest of your days.
I have a theory that being drunk allows you to enter "flow" state much more easily even though it brings your overall concentration and mental capacity down. So things you're an expert at you can still perform at near-sober levels if you're super synced in.
@@AndrewThoesen It has more to do with how good you are at chess to begin with. Magnus is so good and has so much memorized that chess is largely instinctual to him so he's not going to play all that much worse, but someone who is lower rated who has to think more through every move and situation, they would be affected very negatively by alcohol. Alcohol pretty much makes your performance worse at almost everything from what I have seen.
Magnus must love chess so much that he couldn't resist, especially when he was drunk, to make a comeback for his friend. He is a living legend and perhaps one of the most advanced minds in our generation. God bless him
@@tappajaav You misunderstand my comment, though I realize how it might seem that way so my apologies. Yes it's "just because he is good at chess" technically but he could potentially have chosen something else in his life and still wound up at the top. If you haven't, you should check out some videos of the guy playing against multiple people blindfolded, memorizing where every piece is. He has shown a near eidetic memory with chess, memorizing every battle he's ever played/ invested in seeing. I'm not sure to what extent his memory goes but he also utilizes that extremely well, hell just look at this video for example where he's super drunk but still able to play like this. You cannot tell me that he is not one of the most advanced minds of our generation, even if it's just chess he uses it for.
@@Arkasic That's true, now that you mention it I recall some of his memory feats. Though we can never know how far he could've made in another profession. Maybe he was just genetically designed to be chess machine.
@@robertkorth605 who the hell makes premoves to capture defended pawn? makes no sense at all, also at that point white wasn't making moves fast and was easy to correct
I love that top level athletes and sportspeople stream these days. It really gives a glimpse into a previously entirely unseen side to the people who are the top .1% of their competitive field. Like watching F1 drivers Landon Norris or Max Verstappen stream, you get to see a side to them that is so human
Chess, F1, etc… are not sports lol if you want to to see the real baddest people on the planet it’s D1 Wrestlers, Judokas, Kickboxing, Boxers, MMA fighters. Martial artists are the best of both worlds, sound body and mind. Discipline to cut weight while having to perform at a high level when your opponent is trying to take your head off. I get the novelty of things like Chess and completely respect top level chess players but they are playing a board game at the end of the day.
Imagine getting wiped like this and knowing your opponent was shitfaced and operating on instinct. I couldn’t play this well sober and I’m fairly certain if I was this drunk I would simply eat the opposing king and declare victory.
It is not far fetched for Magnus to get back from a losing position like that But the fact that he does it while he's drunk shows the legend that he is
He is drunk, he is partying, he is singing, he is chatting... Dude put like 20 obstacles between him and winning and still pulled off a MASSIVE comeback
He was so crazy, but i think he was still being his true self by becoming so happy with a win. The absolute joy of winning and hate of losing is his core.
This seriously blew my mind! My most sober mind would take time for each move to make sure. Drunk Magnus sees the future and makes multiple moves per second before his opponent even has a chance to move.
This has to do with being an expert and having so much experience with the game! When you have done something for 10s of thousands of hours, doing that activity becomes second nature. A lot of it has to do with how experts are able to chunk information they see in more manageable pieces than beginners. And anyone can become an expert in something(though likely not quite to the level of Magnus lol), it just takes a lot of dedication!
@@hereandnow3156 nah, this level of GM isn't attainable by everyone, even if they spent a lifetime practicing. Genetics plays a factor too. Without a eidetic memory combined with thousands of hours of study, this is impossible.
@@MrPatchtkennedy certainly genetics plays a big role in being at the level of Magnus Carlson and I don't think just anyone could do it. I'm just talking about how quickly he is able to make moves while not sober. Anyone who has spent 10s of thousands of hours on most tasks would be able to do something similar (though perhaps not with the accuracy of Magnus).
@@MrPatchtkennedy Maybe there's something in my original comment you're seeing that I'm not(: Can you quote what you're interpreting as me saying anyone can do exactly what he's doing? That isn't what I was meaning to say so if I did imply that I'll edit the comment(:
I know this is Magnus, but it blows my mind seeing how fast he played this game and ended up pawn checkmating a 2400 rated player under with 20 seconds on the clock... while drunk.
who cares if it's 2400 if he played this like 1700, just because they are 2400 doesn't mean they showed 2400 level of a game I can only guess that black were even more drunk
He has actually good sportsman ship, he intentionally left to run out of time, and when opponent's time became equal to magnus time, he started playing again
Facing him sober is a higher chance of you winning him than him being drunk because when your drunk you take risks due to confidence when you’re sober you are more cautious and think of the risks hence him being drunk while playing chess is actually terrifying
That Queen sacrifice on H2 at 0:09 flew over my head. My guess is that opponent was either ecstatic from the earlier capture of the knight or was drunk as well
There was a poker player who was described as the tightest opponent you'll ever face when sober, the loosest you'll ever face when drunk, and one of the hardest you'll ever face when tipsy. Part of that might apply with a chess master too. Willing to take crazy risks against you but not give pieces away when they're only slightly drunk.
Except poker is extremely behavior oriented since nobody knows what you have, that's completely different than chess which is pretty much straight forward brain cells and anticipation, which are extremely affected by alcohol.
@@TheJoy___ I agree that alcohol does lower your reasoning and anticipation, but it also lowers your inhibitions and can make you more aggressive. Which can make you go for far more aggressive attacks that may be questionable but much harder for your opponent to play against.
It’s not a forced trade of queens I have no idea why this isn’t being questioned more in the comments. Magnus loses his queen to a premove mistake a few moves later, but they’re both blunders that should have been capitalized on.
