I agree with Joe. Rivalry is not really the right word. Magnus always respected Anand, but he also knew he was going to be his successor, and more, because even then he knew he would dominate for at least ten years. A rivalry is more between equals, Anand had his prime before Magnus had matured. When he did, it was pretty much clear to all how things would go.
Human confirmed.... excellent way to address. It's always pulsating to see these legends play. As usual your analysis are excellent thank you for the video
I love this version of magnus,his early stages,he has his hair loose everywhere,middle stages he has combed but without any beard and now this?!n o i c e
Thanks agadmator. You reinvigorated my interest in chess. Im now 35 and hadnt played since i was 5. Ive learnt a lot but i see you miss a lot too... i can't in good faith watch anymore. Good luck and thank you
i just love those, "try to imagine what you would do," parts! Also, can you imagine how fried your brain would be after playing chess as much as these pros; competitor, after competitor, after competitor? I play about 5 small sets of games a month and I'm reeling after each bout.
I don't understand the king move. It did not do absolutely anything, it was like passing without making a move, it would have the same effect. Please explain 13:00. Wouldn't for example bishop to h2 do exactly the same?
Anand is to Carlson what Kasparov was to Anand. Generations of legends leave their legacy for us to appreciate and enjoy the beautiful game that chess is. ♥
Hi Agad, I recently started watching your videos in the fall and I thought that it would be a great idea if you started posting more instructional videos or more chess puzzles. I think this would really improve your channel since you are so great at explaining things and will help lots of us improve as chess players. This is just a suggestion but I do think you should consider it. -A subscriber (Like so he sees)
#suggestion: Daniel Fridman vs. Antonios Pavlidis Grenke Chess Open 2019 An exciting Kings-Indian- opposites-Side attacking madness. There is also an interview with GM Fridman, who won the open, about this game on the Grenke Chess RU-vid Channel. Unfortunately the interview is in German
@@rktmtkljelrdkbn1852 Carlsen, as with everyone else, can have bad tournaments. Case in point: Norway Chess 2015, where both Anand and Caruana last defeated Carlsen in classical format and Carlsen scored (+2−4=5)
Hey agadmator, I and many others are beginners or atleast not at an over 1300 level. If your goal is to make chess big I think if you spent some time teaching principles of chess. Sometimes I just don't understand why a player makes a move. I would love to see you teach it, since you are an excellent explainer and likable
0:00 -- Carlsen has grown up into a downright handsome bastard with movie star charisma. 10:36 -- A move is shaved off if the queen just goes to a1. 10:42 -- Carlsen should have just moved Nb5 right away instead of Qd1 here. Why? Because it takes Anand longer to threaten the knight at any given location than it does for Carlsen to move it, thereby gaining relative tempo. (Carlsen is up half a point before Qd1, but nearly dead even afterwards.) 10:50 -- Why Anand doesn't go Na5 here is puzzling. Sure: Carlsen's knight is a nuisance -- but that's all it is. He should just ignore it if he otherwise has everything defended. Na5 threatens the pawn, and lures the light-square bishop off g4 (where it is currently pinning Anand's other knight) to defend it. The engine favors White again after Ncd8. 11:04 -- Stockfish10 has to crunch all the way to depth 31 before it likes Kg1 better than anything else. 11:10 -- Even though it undoubles Carlsen's pawns, exchanging his crammed-in bishop for the Carlsen's powerful knight on b5 is actually Anand's best move here. In a cramped game like this, knights are better than bishops (as Carlsen's knight is currently proving). Nc7 (played) is a blunder, and the engine rates White quite favorably after Bf2. 12:55 -- Any king move (aside from Kf2) would have worked (and Kg2, not Kf1, is the best). 13:07 -- The queen trade is not forced after Kf1; instead, Black could shove c4, and leave it to White to trade queens. Sequence of play (after Kf1) is c4, Qxd6+, Nxd6, Bxe5, Nxe4, Bf4, Nc5, and Black is doing about as well as can be expected in a NN-vs-BB endgame where the enemy bishops have a little more breathing room but no immediately clear advantage with eight pawns still congesting the board. 13:25 -- Nc7 isn't forced. Na7 is much better, and the knight subsequently maneuvers to c6 and then d8 to protect the f7 pawn. White is +1.5 or so after Na7, but up +3 if Nc7.
After thinking about that crucial move for 10 minutes and decided what I would do, just before unpausing the video I went: "Yeah of course it will be some strange shit like KF1"
Well, can't see that in comments, so let me ask: how does Kf1 force black to exchange queens? Would the move just be any silent move wasting a tempo and the will to exchange? Kh1, Kh2 or even Bf3 are not the winning moves but Kf1 is? What is the idea in this specific f1?
