While in NYC for the Play Live Challenge & Chess Works, Magnus did a timed, blind simul in front of thousands of people. There was no order, and Magnus had 1/3 of the time. Watch and see how it all went down.
he's actually done a blindfolded simul against 10 people. he said he would like to try 20. I struggle to accept that he is the same species as the rest of us
@@philippides Magnus is pure genius, what was so odd given the intelligence in the room and was the simple job of fitting the blindfold correctly. This was annoying as it's not a hard job to do. Maybe Magnus could put it on himself next time, or get a real blind person to do the job. I watched this with other chess players and they all said the same thing, wow what a God of chess Magnus is; and what was with the blindfold ! LOL Next time please put it straight, it looked like he could cheat, yet I am sure he did not!
24:36 When Magnus told player two "you had excellent position, this board was difficult," the guy said thank you like he got reduced to a little boy getting a gold star for good behavior 😂
I would've folded to get a recognition on my gameplay from the best player in the world, i wouldve joined a war for honor and freedom if it's from my mom
@@christiansmith4735 seriously, any soldier, marine or veteran off the streets that knew nothing about chess could have been taught the grid calls and clearly and succinctly announced each move in a quick and concise manner. Or the reverse, teach a random grandmaster the phonetic alphabet. Even with these issues he still excelled, he really is something.
I thought it was just me who cant kept track on the moves made on those three boards displayed. This Magnus man is really a monster in chess regardless if he's blindfolded or not.
But to me.if i try to play it with blindfold..i just see the dark and i can't think anything accept the dark and imaginable the chess board only..if any chess player can play it with blindfold is a extra Gifted.
dude....hate to tell you but the old chess masters back as far as the 1800's...played blind fold chess with up to 40 boards...go look it up if you doubt it
It's not very nice to resign in this type of exhibition. He should have played on of course, only to give the guy on board 2 a slightly better chance. I once offered a draw in a simul (not blindfolded) and my teammates were not happy with me.
the board 2 player really kept up well, when his time ran out the position is eveluated close to 0. The move he makes after (fxe6) puts magnus .9 up but still really impressive.
20:05 is just so stunning how he is blindfolded remembers all 3 Boards in his Head and also cracking Jokes on Stage about how his opponent is Check mate on next move :D
“Are you ready for this?” “I’ve never done this before so I wouldn’t know” That’s exactly how I’d expect someone extremely intelligent to answer a question
Hes never done it with a time limit. But he has played against 10 people at the same time multiple times before and won on all boards. One time was against 10 of Norways best junior players in 2007, very good players in other words! And he also did it against 10 lawyers from Harvard a couple weeks before a big tournament in 2015.
well it is safe to assume he in indeed ready in relation to a normal human being, which was basically the question- on absolute terms it is indeed impossible to know if you never tried it
I like that all three games had completely different dynamics and Magnus dominated all three nevertheless. Board 1, he dominated a player who played too passively, resulting in a brutal attack that eventually would result in mate or heavy material loss. Board 2, he played positionally and wound up with unstoppable center pawns. Board 3, he saw a nice tactic to provoke weakness from black (who had played well before that) and then mated the guy.
I have all 3 boards playing on their own in my face and I have trouble keeping track of what's going on ... And he's playing them blindfolded... Legendary!
I'm just speechless. How much concentration level and memorizing power one should have to do this mind-boggling thing !!! Hat's off to Magnus the Genius. ❤️❤️❤️
Lol at this little punk and anyone who looks up to him. I don't even play chess but I'd crush this fool. If I studied this game for a year I could do this too, and I could do it better than him.
@@abdelwahabflayinv9592, you know, the presenter is Maurice Ashley, a 2500+ chess grandmaster, right? It's a common phrase used to emphasize fame and skill. Most of the audience are probably laymen, so an introduction is probably needed in reality.
His memory capacity isnt even human. He is a monster at chess. Im starting to think that he isnt human. He has to be a robot to have this much of a memory capacity
@@myguitartwerks7825 3 at a time isn’t even that impressive compared to what others can do, in fact, most international masters can do that. Some people can do tens of blindfold games at once, (Magnus probably could do 10 or so as well) but some can do like 50. Go watch those people.
It actually sounded like a genuine compliment. He was telling him that he played pretty well and that he (Carlsen) had a more difficult time with that board.
Board 2 played well. He had counterplay on the Queenside and forced Magnus to abandon his Centre attack. He somehow blundered his b5 pawn, I have to think that’s time pressure because he strikes me as at least a 1600 elo player, though putting his Knight on h5 for the entire game didn’t do himself any favours. Instead of taking the pawn on e5, I thought he had a try with Ng7 and reroute to an outpost on f5. But once the central pawns started rolling it was hard to even have drawing chances. Board 3 just got crushed. Didn’t develop the light squared bishop for so long and allowed the position to open up. Board 1 didn’t play too bad but was just so conservative. H6 was a bad move early after the fianchetto of his bishop and didn’t allow him to castle kingside. But when you create an imbalance with opposite side castles, he has to storm the kingside. He gave Magnus all sorts of time with b4, a4 and a5 without any kingside or Centre counterplay. Overall, I would say only board 2 played a reasonably structured game and tried for counterplay. Good for him not to be intimidated by the world champion!
Im watching this at my bathroom and can't remember what I need it to do. So, I'll finish the video sitting on my toilet sit.....and go back to bed😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The best chess grandmaster ever had. The extraordinary chess brain. Mind-boggling experience to watch his majestic moves in three different games simultaneously and put the opponents in deep thought.
Magnus is defining the capacity rage of human mind. I see it has an ultimate limit. Thanks ! Visual division dividing strength in square mirrors? This dude is such a game! Salute!
@@callmetanishq the first board probably takes more effort though. The guy was playing completely random for most part of the game, it probably takes more effort to memorize the position and lines without theory.
This is crazy... I cant believe he was able to memorize all pieces on all boards like that. Probably the most impressive thing Ive ever seen. Its challenging enough to be blindfolded for one game.
Forget about pieces, how do you hold 64 squares in your head? It is impossible. Try imagining a chess board with 5 pieces placed all over the board and ask yourself which squares which piece controls and how can one piece make a reroute without being captured. Everyone seems to talk about memory and stuff when it comes to blindolf chess but how do you hold the chess board in your mind in the first place?
Man, what a huge compliment he gave board 2 at the end while shaking their hands. If he just had more time he probably could have held on a bit longer.
Even if he would have lost all three games it would have still been an incredible feat! The fact that he won makes the unbelievable even more unbelievable.
@@jdejota1029 Acc. Stockfish the move from Magnus on 16:35 wasnt good and his opponent was in a good lead (-0,5 - 1) up until 19:30 when moving his queen. They were about level until 23:35 when Magnus was well in the lead (+2,3) but again a bad move by Magnus at the last move got them back on level terms. Could have been a good finish had they played on.
16:42 - 16:57 BEST moment in the whole video Magnus thought he had a zinger, looks around expecting laughter but only receives silence... His disappointment must've been immeasurable
@@BakOonLy host *tells how much time black has* Magnus "its more relevant that the position is lost" as in: it doesnt matter if he has time, as he is already so far behind Magnus: *proceeds to smile and wait for laughs* crowd: *silence* Magnus: *is sad :(*
Carlsen played a different opening move on each board. I imagine that gives each game a different theme and helps keep them from running together in his head. Phenomenal display of memory.
Yeah these guys really are unbelievable. It's not uncommon for a game of 2 grandmasters to resign 3 or 4 moves away from mate because they both know it's coming. Without a word they'll just shake hands and stand up leaving everyone else confused...
This is a forced mate sequence to be fair. Unless I missed something black only had one move. Not taking away from the fact that Magnus is incredibly skilled haha
@@TheElloatmatt Magnus was referring to Maurice Ashley stating the time left for black on board 3. In other words, "I don't need to know how much time board 3 has left, he's already losing".
@@kynanyan8223 I know he had such a visceral and physical reaction, putting his head down and the tone of his voice changing. Maybe people didn't understand him, because I didn't even after replaying several times.
qwertyqwery5511 he is expecting the laughs of the audience...his reaction after realizing the silence couple of moments after is pretty funny though haha
@@codyp1337 It's a malformed Cyclops. Don't mock it for the asymmetry, it can't help being born with one eye and also have that one precious eye be off centre :'(
This is amazing. I still can't believe what I have witnessed. The scary thing is that Magnus still has enough mental capacity left to make some verbal quips at his opponents!
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