Magnus Carlsen Takes the 100 Endgames Test!

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On Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, I had the incredible opportunity to film with World Champion Magnus Carlsen in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands! I recently completed a nearly 20 hour video course for GM Jesus de la Villa's 100 Endgames You Must Know, and Magnus agreed to take the 26-question Basic Test in the course. It was a pleasure to sit and chat with the World Champion as he explained his thought process on these endgames problems, described his approach to endgame study, and shared his tremendous insight into the game in general. Enjoy!
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@JohnBartholomewChess 4 года назад

Full 100 Endgames You Must Know course (with Magnus Basic Test added! :): www.chessable.com/100endgames Check out the free 100 Endgames You Must Know bootcamp: www.chessable.com/100free

@jonathanbye4787 4 года назад

I want to meet magnus

@eoester 4 года назад

very nice ^^

@z17seattle 4 года назад

John I have always been impressed by your ability to keep your emotions cool but wow, how did you not totally fanboy out getting to collab with magnus?

@OldmanNix 4 года назад

Pron: "Wike ahn zay"

@StephenAntKneeBk5 4 года назад

John, thank you so much for all your videos. You've helped me understand and enjoy the game so much more. Good luck with all your endeavors. You're one of my favorite people in Chess. :-)

@KlineStife 4 года назад

carlsen: "rook b6 e6 loses obviously" me, sipping on my bottled water: "obviously."

@anotheryoutubekid3080 4 года назад

lmao

@aureliofelix3335 4 года назад

you would must write a book

@almscurium 4 года назад

Saiki Kusuo and you should not

@aureliofelix3335 4 года назад

@@almscurium English is not my native language :(

@mielipuolisiili7240 4 года назад

@@aureliofelix3335 No need to feel bad about it. Just some situational humor. :D

@prashants5071 4 года назад

"100 end games you MUST know" The world champion: I don't know them.

@ТомасАндерсон-в1е 4 года назад

Also world champion: solves all of them with 98% accuracy

@user_insert_name_here 4 года назад

@@ТомасАндерсон-в1е and with more than one ways

@changotucumano 4 года назад

He KNOWS them, he cannot just RECALL them.

@imdanielmartinez 4 года назад

@@changotucumano he even recalls his past games years ago, VIVIDLY, hes not just fond of theoretical endgames

@user-zu6ts5fb6g 4 года назад

@@imdanielmartinez Thats the difference between talent and learning

@WorkDayPegasus 4 года назад

This was the "100 Endgame Test" taking the Magnus test.

@zippo718 4 года назад

Summed up the whole video perfectly.

@iordanneDiogeneslucas 3 года назад

magnus didnt pass, the test failed

@rjjhh443 3 года назад

Hikaru: haaaa good one

@potatoo2137 2 года назад

true

@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr 2 года назад

Hahhahaha top notch comment xDDD

@brucewayne2184 3 года назад

Magnus: *closes his eyes to see the board better*

@Fajowski50 3 года назад

I love this comment

@imperator_odin 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@raigamairu8567 3 года назад

Mhm

@entrogod3643 2 года назад

Hmmmm

@keflalssj 2 года назад

Actually it does help quite a lot, you would be surprised. I’m not saying I’m anywhere near as talented as Magnus, but I had a world record in a game called Clash of Clans, and sometimes looking away and thinking about your strategy on a particular base is more useful than looking at your screen

@guitarcovers5437 Год назад

Magnus: “This was an unnecessary complicated solution” John: “I agree”

@Yash42189 8 месяцев назад

Lol we should have the two bearded chad faces facing each other sayingthis to one another.

@Gadzinisko 4 года назад

Me studying "100 Endgames..." is like someone learning a language and all these tiny different rules that language has. Magnus is like a native speaker who can't recite any of the rules from memory, but speaks the language perfectly.

@alguienmas2751 4 года назад

This, on the language learning forums and online communities we discuss this all the time with native speakers, it's quite paradoxical

@pop9095 4 года назад

Well said.

@erikmarkus7467 4 года назад

@@alguienmas2751 there's nothing paradoxical about it. one does not use 'rules' when forming a sentence... or you know, they may, but it would take them 5 minutes to answer a simple question. i also have no idea why we are teaching our kids the grammar rules of our own language (english is not my first language). it's not like they are ever going to actually depend on them, they are native speakers, they speak the language - they don't need to reconstruct it from all the rules.

@XseuguhX 4 года назад

@@erikmarkus7467 But they need the rules to write it properly.

@pazdziochowaty 4 года назад

@@erikmarkus7467 I totally agree. I feel like we learn the grammar rules to be able to help our children learning the grammar rules so they will be able to help their children in future and so on. Without learning those rules we would speak with just the same correctness because we have been living with the language from the very beginning of our lives. Maybe the whole chain of helping the children is to encourage people having children as early as possible so as to not completely forget the grammar rules

@jakebishop7822 4 года назад

"it's very easy to calculate these things" -The best chess player ever.

@jakebishop7822 4 года назад

also if the 24:02 position comes up in the 2021 blitz world championship and Magnus wins then you get partial credit.

@Anonim-tt6zo 4 года назад

he isnt best ever

@jakebishop7822 4 года назад

@@Anonim-tt6zo he isnt the greatest ever, but in terms of just how accurate and good his moves are he is no doubt the best chess player to ever live.

@Anonim-tt6zo 4 года назад

@@jakebishop7822masters of the past did not concede to him ..but of course he is one of the best

@mohammadaminsarabi6207 4 года назад

I love magnus but hard to call him the best ever

@dakotadenney8147 4 года назад

Carlsen: Makes correct move that looks confusing.Also Carlsen: "That wins because, well honestly I don't know."

@bryanrivera180 3 года назад

“Short diagonal, long solutions.” LOL

@magnusscheck4425 3 года назад

Well, that's also me, but I'm not the world champion XD

@greatmnn3868 3 года назад

He is blessed by jesus.. He drank some Jesus milk

@SuperCakeFTW 2 года назад

That's what happens when you get really good at chess. You know intuitively that it's right. Just like you don't have to think about how to ride a bike or how to talk.

@IsmanAriffin95 2 года назад

@@greatmnn3868 what kind of milk that's supposed to be there mate

@hockeyxgamer 3 года назад

Magnus is the guy in math class who will find this really easy way to do a math problem and still get yelled at by the teacher after getting it right.

@weareafteryou3975 2 года назад

Simply a bad teacher if the student understands WHY it works

@mumu2635 2 года назад

Math 10x to 100x harder and wider

@The_Kirk_Lazarus 2 года назад

I've been there in physics and other maths classes.

@propagandacritic5511 2 года назад

I sympathize. But sometimes math geniuses aren't good teachers...like that key square point he made.

@methanesulfonic 2 года назад

the teacher was probably yelling at him because he's solving the problem in his own way (not how it was intended to be lol)

@cabalpaxiarch7239 4 года назад

Well that's the difference between a master and a champion. The master knows 100 endgames, the champion figures them out on the spot. He basically just winged it.

@iamronaldo7764 3 года назад

Essentially lol

@alexandrefreitas9295 3 года назад

@@iamronaldo7764 Actually he saw at least something similar to every one of those positions before.... He "figures on the spot" because of it. What he does is recognize the patterns better than most...

@ChessJourneyman 3 года назад

Winged it my ass. Dude knows every game of chess. His pattern recognition is on point.

@cabalpaxiarch7239 3 года назад

@@ChessJourneyman I think you're confusing endgames and openings. After a certain point past the opening there are no "knowns." Chess has infinite variations. Computers will solve it eventually and it will become like tic-tac-toe but even with the technology we have now we're years away from achieving that so I seriously doubt Carlsen has figured out all possible endgames.

@cmmmmmmmw 3 года назад

As he was working through these, I thought of something Richard Feynman said once about the difference between learning things by rote and actually understanding how things work. He said something to the effect that he could never understand why anyone would bother with the former considering how superficial and unuseful it is.

@sheenlantern9195 4 года назад

It makes me feel better about myself that even the best player ever needs to think about which direction pawns are moving before starting a puzzle.

@DrachenYT 4 года назад

Computers also have to do this, though they just happen to have the advantage of being able to consider moves in far shorter a time. A puzzle is a puzzle. Never feel insecure for having to evaluate it. What matters is that you're exercising the mind.

@smdanny1 4 года назад

lol I was wondering why couldn't the pawns just taken the knight or the queen

@santishorts 4 года назад

@@DrachenYT Wut? Computers don't have to "think" about which side of the board they are looking at. First of all, engine's don't use a visual board for calculation (the board is there just for the user). And they know what the position is with absolute certainty (including side to move), because without it they can't function.

@jangtheconqueror 4 года назад

I've done this a bunch of times; I'll set up a board in Stockfish to analyze, and then realize I had the whole board backwards and have to place all the pieces again. In terms of pawn direction, I just always keep white side down when solving puzzles

@TheMarksT 4 года назад

Yeah, but made me think about it -- watching that confusion for a second time with Magnus and him mentioning it here -- that his pawn was on c3 and then moved it up to c5. Just notice the way the numbers (if displayed and they should be, never thought of this before and noticed -- being transfixed on the puzzle) are going and it's easy. Hope this helps. OTB might be a problem, the captured pieces may help with that. Thx.

@RrockCj 4 года назад

Guys, pause the video for a second and think about this: some 30 years ago people would only *hear* about the best chess players and whatnot, and nowadays we are a couple of clicks away from watching a quality video with a world champion casually talking about chess and answering questions you would only dream about hearing answers to some 30 years ago. Isn't that incredible! We gotta really appreciate the times we live in!

@JohnBartholomewChess 4 года назад

Indeed! It's incredible to step back for a moment and appreciate just how lucky we are that chess and the internet work so well together.

@kastapostgard5306 4 года назад

If you found this thought, congratulations, youre an excelent thinker

@bennieblanks5129 4 года назад

@@kastapostgard5306 lol.

@Ebigyan 4 года назад

30 years ago people would't procrastinate watching 30 minutes of chess video like me.

@1.4142 4 года назад

Nowadays you can get a university level amount of information online.

@THEKITPLUG 3 года назад

As someone who's only a 1300... this blows my mind. The amount of obsession it would take to get to that level is hard to comprehend.

@mauriciotaylor5065 3 года назад

Not obsession but talent Just look at Magnus head, his brain is bigger than most of the people

@MrPeopleftw 3 года назад

@@mauriciotaylor5065 I'd say you need both to get where he is

@jansnauwaert1785 3 года назад

@@mauriciotaylor5065 The size of the head tells really nothing at all.

@jasonuerkvitz3756 3 года назад

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@marionette2648 3 года назад

i am 1300 too but i literally answered all these questions correct,only knight-bishop mate because i dont know it

@joeb4142 4 года назад

“Let’s hope I don’t get that one in a game.” I’m 1000% sure now he’ll never miss that one again, ever.

@rohangeorge712 Год назад

@Den241191 3 года назад

Magnus running into a million alternatives rather than the moves that are "intended" by the test, because he actually knows and understands these positions rather than memorizing them from a book or course.

@tom4115 Год назад

I could be wrong but I think the program only allows one "correct" line. It's mainly for memorization of openings. So in those examples they have to just pick one winning line. The only other option would be to not include that endgame which would be silly.

@noodlesthe1st Год назад

@@tom4115 They could have a recommended line but also allow every alternative winning line so as not to frustrate the person learning. If I can figure out the end game but cannot figure out the end game they want me to play it would be incredibly annoying.

@lastsonofkrypton3918 Год назад

Chess is pattern recognition. He had studied (then mastered) all of Fundamental Chess Endings while still a child. He's memorized 10,000+games. It's internalized so hard in his subconscious it's become hardcoded ROM.

@liamosborne6859 Год назад

you just accidentally explained everything that’s wrong with the american education system

@bageda3109 11 месяцев назад

Difference in understanding something vs memorizing something

@brettsorestad1577 4 года назад

Your new student really knows his stuff! He could even be World Champion one day!

@howdyman5961 4 года назад

Brett Sorestad Highly doubt it...

@wooshbait36 4 года назад

Are you serious??? He is a world champion already.

@avgplayer3000 4 года назад

Professor Stexy we got a Sherlock

@wooshbait36 4 года назад

@@avgplayer3000 We got a gullible idiot.

@droceretik 4 года назад

ha. I tired old cliche. You could never be a comedian with that attempt at humor.

@gghelis 4 года назад

Magnus is like that guy who lost his memory "Bill, how much is two times two?" "Four" "Oh, you remembered!" "Nah, I counted"

@AmirIskandar 4 года назад

Except more like "Bill, how much is 194737828593927421933 times 75738184737289274838?"

@crawler9065 4 года назад

The guy that gets killed in that Tarantino movie.

@nofanfelani6924 4 года назад

No, Magnus was like "nah, it's obvious"

@pietervannes4476 4 года назад

@@AmirIskandar 14749089637385448792550679759384426221854

@ploopybear 4 года назад

@@AmirIskandar ^ he counted

@satchury722 4 года назад

takes him longer to find out which way the pawns are moving than finding the solution

@harabe1sh1o 3 года назад

Its hard to get used you are the black sometimes

@AnaIvanovic4ever 2 года назад

Bad design to not having the solver be white every problem.

@00bean00 2 года назад

@@AnaIvanovic4ever or if you are black, to move upward?

@MrSupernova111 2 года назад

That's why I hate the god damn book. De La Villa must be the worst chess author on the planet. Reading the book could not be more confusing. I've gone through about 80%-85% of the material.

@MushMunkey 2 года назад

One of the funniest comments

@HatchBackLove27 3 года назад

When you are so good at chess, you are correcting the puzzles mistakes.

@adamleckius2253 4 года назад

I am just baffled about the memory of old games these guys have. "That rook ending in 2006 against Aronian", and he immediately has the position in his head. It's so amazing.

@rizka7945 10 месяцев назад

I don't think Magnus would ever forget that game. He blundered a classical game in an elementary rook+pawn against a rook endgame. I recommend looking it up.

@connormonday 4 года назад

Wow. It’s hard to imagine how cool that must’ve felt. What an honor that must have been for Magnus to meet the one and only John Bartholomew.

@tsonus 4 года назад

Connor Monday 🤣

@lordx4641 4 года назад

John the lord

@HeyKevinYT 4 года назад

He’s the legendary Prester John

@kevinreyeskev2475 4 года назад

Connor Monday underrated comment

@heskielChess 4 года назад

What an honour. He's even getting tested already..

@roy4173 4 года назад

John: this one tripped up your father Magnus, knowingly smiles at camera: Sorry, Dad, but this is an easy one.

@PrashantKumar-tt3rg 4 года назад

Time

@pthiago_s5075 4 года назад

@@PrashantKumar-tt3rg around 14:20

@RobFlaxMusic 4 года назад

“Short diagonal, long solutions.” LOL

@magicaryeh 4 года назад

@ampy131 4 года назад

8:48

@pnaha 4 года назад

I just read this comment, went back to the video and pressed play. Immediately he said this line. Just wanted to tell you that your comment was a part of a funny experience to me.

@jasasul8164 4 года назад

Magnus: "so I remember this game when I had my pawn queening on g1 and I went with my king to f3" me: "did I won my last game?"

@gray_gogy 3 года назад

I mean it does make sense, the games they play are so much more ingrained. They are very long games in which they thoroughly calculate each move, so it's all very ingrained. Well much more than any of us can achieve

@gray_gogy 3 года назад

@Rank 9 Wisdom Gu wow great analogy, exactly what I was thinking

@denzelbeni-hobbs5652 3 года назад

@Luo Ji thats an excellent analogy

@ajbrewer1777 2 года назад

@@gray_gogy Magnus said it was a blitz game

@helgedragseth4599 2 года назад

🤣🤣. Me the same!

@NikF92 2 года назад

9:56 Carlsen: "Ahh, pawns move that way". Me: relieved that I'm not the only one.

@pieceofpecanpie 4 года назад

I always find Magnus’ matter of fact approach to chess intimidating but fascinating at the same time. He downplays his own intuition and ability so often, for example looking at a position and saying things like “this is an easy draw of course” is like saying “I know it, you know it, we all know it”. For a second I’m lulled into thinking we’re completely on the same page and I’m equal to his chess prowess, but that seems to be Magnus’ refusal to elevate his chess above others. Except his father’s chess of course.

@panzerkampfwageniv4065 4 года назад

Alexius Czar P. Vergara calm down lol

@J29-u8u 4 года назад

@@AlexandrBorschchev Go back to your broom closet till I say you can come out again.

@sn00pryan 3 года назад

@AlexandrBorschchev 3 года назад

i don't remember that dumb comment that i posted but im deeply sorry, lmao.

@crimsonhawk52 4 года назад

I LOVE the mini board while Magnus talks about an alternative. So helpful!

@akiva7774 4 года назад

Exercise 6: As Magnus says, it's Taimanov-Fischer (Buenos Aires 1960) - Amazed at Fischer's perfect defence in the ending, after the game Taimanov asked Fischer how he managed to find this so quickly. "I didn't need to find anything," said Fischer. "A few years ago your magazine Shakhmaty v SSSR (Chess in the USSR) published a detailed analysis of this ending by Averbakh, and I remembered all the variations perfectly well."

@travis5125 4 года назад

Informative!

@leadnitrate2194 3 года назад

Fischer learned russian to read russian chess magazines. That's some mad dedication

@abelchess8430 2 года назад

@@leadnitrate2194 I am not as good as Fischer but I did the same just to read magazines about tal and Fischer vs Spassky

@MrSupernova111 2 года назад

That's why I love Fischer the player. The GOAT!

@KF1 3 года назад

I like how he immediately finds simpler solutions and variations instead of assuming the book move is the only way. Cool course and video.

@DasUberCow 4 года назад

This was honestly great. So interesting to see Carlsen's "intuitive" approach in very vivid detail.

@kochevar99 4 года назад

Dude props for showing what Magnus was talking about on the second board. I would have had to have gone to lichess myself if not so thanks for that.

@danjeory3659 4 года назад

Totally agree. Great editing touch.

@rjjhh443 3 года назад

I would have gone to visualise mode rather than going to lichess.. Kidding i cant even visualise 5 moves deep

@simonjmendelsohn 4 года назад

To be frank, I feel like this showed one of the biggest flaws with the Chessable training platform; you should be able to proceed with alternative solutions if they're equally good!

@TheDreday1993 4 года назад

Tbh i think youre right. It never seemed to consider that there would be any other ideas for approaching the certain position

@vga1232 4 года назад

It is practically difficult and sometimes impossible to cover all possible variations.

@nickeastmusic9930 4 года назад

yes i guess you would need to implement stockfish into chessable as you can barely do every variation manually. With stockfish you could evaluate if a move is equally good and let the other side play on some moves that stockfish suggests.

@Socrates... 4 года назад

VGA alternative solutions should be easy to add then up and down voted and coloured in a certain colour then final moderation in another colour. Easy

@Chessable 4 года назад

We are aware and one of the points of the upcoming MT2 is to make potential features like this possible :-)

@VerunPL 4 года назад

My gosh. Seeing you sitting down at the virtual chessboard with the one and only Magnus Carlsen literally puts an honest smile on my face. I believe years of watching your videos created some kind of a viewer-creator bond which is weird because it’s one sided. Nonetheless I can assure you that there are many more people feeling exactly like me because of your personality and the way you treat viewers. I’m extremely happy for you. You don’t even know:)

@ninja8flash742 4 года назад

Ur bond is called a parasocial relationship lol

@MrOicangi 4 года назад

I completely echo this

@user-zu6ts5fb6g 4 года назад

@@ninja8flash742 Its called homosexual

@ninja8flash742 4 года назад

Lol

@PrgressiveHouse 4 года назад

@@user-zu6ts5fb6g 🤣

@tee4222 4 года назад

Magnus: "if you know this you will never forget" Me 5 minutes later: "how did that go again?"

@pop9095 4 года назад

This guy's ratio of unbelievable talent / humility is absurdly high.

2 года назад

You mean low

@samuelallred2058 Год назад

I don’t think it’d be a “low” ratio either haha. I think we can all agree his talent / arrogance ratio is absurdly high

@rohangeorge712 Год назад

im confused by this comment section. if the unbelievable talent/humility ratio is high, that means he has really low humility (cause he is obviously unbelievably talented), but if the ratio is low, that means his humility is low as well.

@flipina 7 месяцев назад

@@rohangeorge712 The solution is imagining the ratio results in a whole number. Because we can all agree, his humility will not catch up to his level of talent. Does that make sense?😅

@rizwan2730 5 месяцев назад

it obviously can be interpreted in both ways, but judging by the style, i think the guy meant low, the latter is a bit too complicated for such a simple concept and serves no purpose

@uciphd 4 года назад

15:49 "For me, I don't think of key moves. I just think of... resigns'" -Magnus

@lukaslopezlagos1427 4 года назад

Lol

@TheJesseBuss 4 года назад

Absolutely incredible that you got to meet Magnus! Imagine sending this video back in time to yourself 3 years ago!

@gmnotyet 4 года назад

Magnus owns chessable.

@TheJesseBuss 4 года назад

@@gmnotyet I know, but not 3 years ago!

@angrybirdz9287 4 года назад

@@gmnotyet That's sarcasm, right? I thought John and some other guy owned chessable.

@gratefulvideo 4 года назад

@@angrybirdz9287 Magnus bought chessable 4 months ago.

@angrybirdz9287 4 года назад

@@gratefulvideo Oh, wow! Where have I been?

@hampusjohansson4113 4 года назад

16:44 When I prepare for exam and see the first question

@gray_gogy 3 года назад

Lmao

@jasperhalsey8574 3 года назад

nice lol

@snowy2619 3 года назад

Lol hahaha

@rxverb6537 4 года назад

This guy doesn’t know any of the end game rules, I should play him.

@michaelpachuilo6219 Год назад

The fact he can instantly recall similar or identical positions from not only his own games but others as well is incredible!

@pedroakjr2371 4 года назад

25:30 that's so amazing

@aidenoneil6292 4 года назад

"He may be better at endgames but I'm better at chess" love it haha

@Mj-kl3rb 4 года назад

Which timestamp? I haven't seen anyone better than Magnus at end games lol

@aidenoneil6292 4 года назад

@@Mj-kl3rb 1:36. He was talking about his father's theoretical endgame knowledge versus his own

@Mj-kl3rb 4 года назад

@@aidenoneil6292 Haha ok thanks man

@whatsinaname7289 4 года назад

Magnus is just mercilessly trashing the supposed "correct" lines. Edit: 750 likes Wow! Thanks a lot guys.

@MrSupernova111 4 года назад

Good! Goes to show how pointless many of these puzzles are.

@sheriefelsayad5578 4 года назад

@@MrSupernova111 the puzzles aren't pointless at all, it's just the nature of the game that sometimes there are multiple correct answers.

@confucheese 4 года назад

Supernova Every chess puzzle is based around finding the correct solution, that’s the point of the puzzle. These puzzles are not pointless. The issue here is that these “puzzles” are supposed to be teaching positions which occur in games, and in that case, as long as what you play works in theory it should be a correct answer, that’s why it’s so stupid and why Magnus gets pissed off at it. His solutions are perfectly valid and playable but because it’s not what the engine gave it’s not correct. It’s like a nerd correcting someone’s grammar even though everyone fully understood what was meant anyways.

@letsprogress4124 4 года назад

@@confucheese shitty analogy but I agree with the rest of what you said

@adamhedley8924 4 года назад

@@confucheese grammar is important or i would not be able to understand you

@Snowy123 4 года назад

What I learned is that Carlson doesn’t remember lessons but looks at every situation and analysis it freshly

@seanhettenbach2101 4 года назад

"yeahhhhhh we need to fix our solutions in the book" "What? Why?" "Uhhhhhh the world chess champion found quicker and better ones in a video I just posted on RU-vid." "You did what...?"

@RrockCj 4 года назад

I like how changed Magnus is nowadays, more matured not a geek he used to be, now he's just a cool guy who in addition is the greatest player on Earth

@Stazzles 4 года назад

Funny to see Magnus almost getting mad at the lacking interface (all these alternative moves that do the same thing but are "wrong") of chessable now that he owns it.

@joshhfletchh4841 4 года назад

Should just indicate that it's an alternative but let you carry on playing the puzzle instead of resetting

@OMGclueless 4 года назад

He was like that with the Play Magnus app too when he was promoting it. Got frustrated at the interface and how easy it was to finger-slip and didn't even try to hide it. He doesn't pull punches, just says what he thinks.

@SpaghettiToaster 4 года назад

Same with chess24, in his first banter blitz sessions, he had no idea how to work the (extremely clunky) interface to accept challenges and stream his board and made no secret of it, even though he had just bought a share in chess24 lol

@offrampc 4 года назад

Carlsen: I don't know the "100 endgames you must know" because I can solve all of them over the board, most of them even better than the given solution!

@chessthisout 4 года назад

It's like 100 problems a physics student must know, then comes the professor Noblist and says: "It's easy to see, we just calculate the contour integral, and that one we can derive from the formula of Gauss. It's obvious."

@ndiayebecayecissokho 4 года назад

What i always notice in Magnus interviews is how he always refer to GM past games with details. I think he memorize thousands of GM games and that's how he use to train. That explains also why he does everything instinctively and cannot explain

@kimaboe 2 года назад

Magnus literally closing his eyes to see the position better is the most hilarious thing I've seen this year.

@j.6230 4 года назад

So surreal seeing where you ended up John, I remember when you used to upload 3 videos daily and then the lichess bullet tournaments lol, I miss the lichess tournaments though.

@tofufiish 4 года назад

i feel like magnus was pissed in a lot of these positions because he found much better solutions lol

@tunahanculcu4111 4 года назад

He didnt found much better solutions,he just found an alternative.

@yeagerist977 3 года назад

@@tunahanculcu4111 basically easier solutions

@00bean00 2 года назад

@@tunahanculcu4111 one move vs.

@lerrynshernandez5047 4 года назад

Magnus is really amazing. His memory to remember games, names, positions. His intuition is fabulous. We are lucky to live at the same time as this magnificent player, besides being able to see him playing and commenting on his own games in Chess24 it is a unique opportunity. Thanks, John for this opportunity.

@immm224 4 года назад

he's like an avatar relying on all his previous experiences to play. Its impressive

@manavxa 4 года назад

Wow, you somehow connected my two favorite things atm. Avatar and chess lmao.

@stevedownie1378 Год назад

Magnus taking this test is the embodiment of "I know the result to the math problem even though I don't know the correct formula." What's worse is that teachers would probably make Magnus fail the test.

@JohnBartholomewChess Год назад

😅

@andyisyoda 4 года назад

Awesome John. So impressive.

@Lauriieton 4 года назад

Crazy to see you here, love the vids big boy

@KelpyJee 3 года назад

Your Minecraft vids are lit

@jakeguerrero8169 3 года назад

Lol love your builds

@arjunagrawal9376 3 года назад

Make a chess castle in minecraft man your building is lit

@night8434 3 года назад

I love how he just solve the puzzles mathematically and logically instead of memorizing things. This guy has an amazing strategical mind. No wonder he is the WC and i really appreciate his personality as well. What a time to be alive, i would say.

@rohangeorge712 Год назад

@lbarklie823 3 года назад

Marcus: "If you know this, you'll never forget it" Me: forgets immediately.

@pedrogheventer2566 3 года назад

@@ChocolateMilk.. Marcus Carlos

@ChrisHyde537 3 года назад

Why did I click on this?

@Sonny_Crockett1 Год назад

Mancus is so strong.

@kevingray4980 4 года назад

25:25 Instructive moment of why the champ calculates so well. Takes the time to really get the position in his head instead of looking at pieces and squares on the board. You normally don't notice because he does it so quickly.

@bishop5400 2 года назад

Wow, that's actually pretty impressive. He finds the alternative moves some of which were better than the solution moves and actually found improvements on a few of these exercises.

@danjeory3659 4 года назад

It was all going so well and then: John: Do you remember that rook endgame you lost to Aronian? Magnus: John: Magnus: Oh yeah.

@hernan22rosario 4 года назад

Which minute?

@mesopotamian2084 4 года назад

@@hernan22rosario your welcome 29:45

@hernan22rosario 4 года назад

@@mesopotamian2084 thank you 😀

@ReapingTheHarvest 3 года назад

Lol

@Flammable281 4 года назад

I’m 57 and have been a fan of chess since I first played when I was 6 or so. It’s nice to see Magnus so willing to share his knowledge with us as most chess prodigies are aloof at best.

@peterh.1521 4 года назад

2:11 "And the knight is in time, it always going to be a fork, and it's in the rat circuit" - Magnus. An endgame genius in action.

4 года назад

I feel partly relieved that even Magnus sometimes needs a couple seconds to figure out which way the paws are going...

@BLUEGENE13 3 года назад

gotta love magnus correcting the premade exercises in a matter of seconds

@Musicrafter12 4 года назад

When Magnus says he doesn't really know these endgames but intuitively knows the solution anyway

@SuperYtc1 4 года назад

Like that one kid in class who said he never did any work but got 100% on all the tests.

@v.9802 4 года назад

@@SuperYtc1 You've had just one? I've had at least one girl and two boys in upper classes that constantly came "unprepared" for tests and exams by their words and still had one of the best scores. Granted, others sweared they've studied for hours and days and had low scores. Rarety were those that would say: "I've studied or I didn't" and the appropriate result would follow. I suppose superstitions and trying to look cool are the main factors.

@v.9802 4 года назад

@Neal DoubleAA Maybe it differs between the countries, but most of our books were full of dates, facts, ect. No way you get a good grade at a test without in advance reading well the material. But of course if let's say mathematics comes natural, it's easier to prepare, but even there you have theorems, formules, etc. you need to know by heart to be able to resolve the problems. Some people memorized better in class, that's also a factor for sure.

@sntm87 4 года назад

@@v.9802 For me I had good memory, so if like in your example, there would be a history test with dates, I'd remember them. I dont think I did a single homework until high school and had top grades. The downside is that you learn how to be lazy.. I always make my son do his homeworks thoroughly even if he already knows everything. Hard work is better than talent. You can be talented and get nowhere, but hard work always takes you somewhere.

@v.9802 4 года назад

@@sntm87 You'd remember them just from the class, but if the teacher failed to mention all the dates written in the book, the only way to know them is by reading the book at home. Some kids need 3-4 times to remember well, others 2 times, those with exceptional memory only 1 time. My father says he needed only one time to hear something or read it to remember it, just like you say. But I vouch that he indeed have an exceptional memory for history events, familly events and familly's stories and names of relatives and names of our ancestors. I've never had a very good memory, but my logic was strong, so I would most of the time recall the things I've read by some logical connection between them, even if I can't recall them instantly by memory. So

@uzmanpsikologortacikizler3763 2 года назад

"I don't think of key moves, I just think of resigns." What a legend...

@darionsama6612 3 года назад

The guy literally took the "theoretical" endgames test depending on his instinct

@Anthony-js3ki 3 года назад

This is absolutely mind blowing, so many of them just look the same to me and instantly he can say easy draw. If i ever play him i think i will have to checkmate him early because it seems he will have the edge in the end game,

@orsted7919 2 года назад

Do you really think you can checkmate him “early”? If anything it’d be the other way around

@rafaelv9121 2 года назад

Most underrated comment 😂😂😂

@bandicootsav2270 2 года назад

You might be in the endgame by move 1 with him, since he’s the world champion…

@tamzidahmed9706 2 года назад

The way you are saying checkmate as you will be able to win a game easily against him

@barakgooroo5082 2 года назад

This comment is a perfect example of retarded idiot syndrome.

@jackbreh2788 2 года назад

Best way to describe this is like a native English speaker v a nonnative speaker. The native speaker just intuitively knows how to properly form coherent and syntactically proper sentences where as the non native speaker has to use memorized patterns and grammar rules to achieve the same end. Magnus is the native speaker in this scenario. He doesnt need a template from which to operate he merely knows exactly how to operate his language without thinking about it. He doesnt require the memorization of specific "openings", "strategies" or "endgames". He may use them indirectly but he doesn't necessarily set out to do so.

@kilte90 2 года назад

love that analogy! :)

@danielvictor5181 Год назад

This comment deserves so many more likes 🤯 analogy criminally underrated

@oblio9147 4 года назад

16:45 This is one of my favorite Magnus facial expressions. My other favorite is similar but with a look of odorous disgust when his opponent makes an unbelievably bad move.

@Adwik_Mishra 4 года назад

😂🤣🤣

@GiDaOne 2 года назад

That should be a GIF meme.

@gnashr4366 2 года назад

I guess you're happy with game 9 of the World Chess Championship huh? 😂

@KamalaLovingMan 2 года назад

@@gnashr4366 lol

@Just_a-guy 2 года назад

Nepo blunders the bishop for example :D but yea he does this face sometimes :D

@IVameless 4 года назад

15:50 " I don't think of key moves, I just think of resigns " Same.. all the time.

@shyamalraghavan7717 3 года назад

Lol

@wgbfive 2 года назад

0:43 Magnus snapping back into reality when addressed is hilarious it's like he forgot the other guy was even there

@manny2092 2 года назад

It's just kind of soothing to hear the great Magnus be so honest about what he knows...It's so crazy to live in a time when we can get such intimacy with the world's greatest player! 🙃

@andrewptob 4 года назад

It’s funny how Magnus doesn’t know things like square of the pawn and fundamental end positions by having studied them to memory, but instead he just fundamentally understands chess on such a high level that such things are obvious to him when he sees a given position.

@Ninterd2 4 года назад

This made me love chess even more. I don't know how to think about chess in these geometrical terms and ideas, but it's so beautiful. I really want to learn it now.

@wooshbait36 4 года назад

Either find a girlfriend and have a good life or spend hours every day studying chess and end up being a virgin nerd like these two guys in the video, the choice is yours.

@FICHEKK 4 года назад

@@wooshbait36 Someone is really insecure lol

@arunkumarchandrasekaran2653 4 года назад

@@FICHEKK not insecure. He's just a biatch. 😂 That stereotype is insanely stupid

@blinkers88 4 года назад

@@wooshbait36 lol why are you even here?

@magicaryeh 4 года назад

Filip Nemec Lol in retrospect he could have phrased his comment better, I thought he was joking nevertheless. but if you truly devote your life to improving at something above all else, i.e. chess that means sacrificing other areas of your life to an extent, family + friends , romantic relationships and other pursuits, or you could pursue chess in a more balanced fashion and it complements your lifestyle without necessarily sacrificing other things you enjoy. There is something to be said for either approach and neither is wrong. Who are we to judge? I do admire people who devoted their life to a cause, if they enjoyed the journey power to them. Overall it depends on how you choose to spend your time. If one is passionate about chess then they should go for it. Perhaps you dabble in it occasionally, perhaps you become a strong class A player, a master or even a Grandmaster. But wherever one ends up on the path of chess, hopefully they look back and feel a sense of accomplishment or satisfaction

@RrockCj 4 года назад

25:20 wow that's amazing how Magnus finds it easier to look away and analyze the given position in his head

@marcominuti5378 4 года назад

Wow John, really happy that you had finally the chance to meet the Norway's ultimate goat! Love your chessable adaptation and keep up the awesome work! 💪🏻

@gm2407 2 года назад

What a coup to get Magnus on your channel. That is so generous of him to be accessable with his time for this. Good video as well. Much appreciated.

@forsakenhero2594 4 года назад

I didn't understand any of this but still found Magnus' thought process very interesting

@danielguel1897 4 года назад

When you feel the need to postpone studying for a math test the next day to watch the world champion take a chess test Dang everyone, 400 likes, thanks guys! :)

@jtostros 4 года назад

As a teacher, I approve!

@ophiolatreia93 4 года назад

A teacher of what, PE?

@togeka6295 4 года назад

Ahaha. Im taking 4 exams the next couple days and here I am.

@badrinath4545 4 года назад

Lol, tomorrow is my math test😂😂

@MrVibriocholerae 4 года назад

im taking a physics exam tomorrow, but much like mgnus its all intuitive to me, no need to study theory 😁

@alexdejong908 4 года назад

John, Amazing content, so curious to how you felt on this interview, must have been extatic!👌🏻 Also I must say, good job in stepping back and giving room to Magnus in the sense of talking/listening balance. Great job man!

@JohnBartholomewChess 4 года назад

Much appreciated, Alex! I was mostly just taking in the moment, let Magnus do his thing, and add commentary where appropriate. 30 minutes flew by; amazing experience to sit next to the World Champion as he explains his thoughts.

@guillermoalonso1275 4 года назад

Magnus: Now I have the position in my head. Me: I think there were some pawns.

@seanhettenbach2101 4 года назад

Playing multiple games blindfolded. Magnus: what board is this Opponent: 27 Magnus: ....... Now I have the position in my head Opponent: my only win cause, I resign.

@lordoflight7087 4 года назад

Carlsen: Once you know this you will never forget it. Me: Have watched, learned, and forgotten most of this video 3 times since it was published

@propagandacritic5511 2 года назад

You know when you mentioned the endgame against Aronian, Magnus was playing through the exact game in his mind and new exactly what you were talking about. It's amazing how the brain can remember games. I'm a 1700 USCF rated player and I remember key positions and even full games years out.

@jotarokujo5132 2 года назад

bullshit. your rating is much lower.

@i1pro 4 года назад

*Incredible!* He doesn't know the rules, but he lived all the positions and can tell us several experiences about them.

@geoffhuang2438 4 года назад

The chessable puzzles need to allow you to play it out when you find an alternate correct move (instead of prompting you to find a different correct solution).

@JohnBartholomewChess 4 года назад

Yes, we're aware that's optimal. It's a complex programming task.

@urosstanimirovic6826 4 года назад

@@JohnBartholomewChess Just give the correct solution if a player plays the alternative so he doesn't have to click 300 times to find the right anwser :?

@OMGclueless 4 года назад

@@urosstanimirovic6826 Yeah, agreed. Flash the correct square and say "We chose C4" or whatever. So you don't have an explosion of games to code up but you don't frustrate people who see another line.

@Cowtymsmiesznego 4 года назад

@@JohnBartholomewChess I think it actually makes some sense to only accept one line when it's meant to be a learning exercise. It makes sure that you remember a specific solution, and in a real game won't end up being unsure between multiple alternatives. Just like when learning an opening, you're forced to play very specific moves and not just equivalently good ones.

@hayhorca915 5 месяцев назад

@@urosstanimirovic6826the problem is if the solution doesnt end there

@lolololololololol11 4 года назад

Magnus: If you know it, you'll never forget it. Me: What did he do, again?

@ricardomorillo7922 3 года назад

4:13 "I think qb3 will do it".. well of course, you designed the damn thing

@Youngy 4 года назад

14:28 Magnus looks at the audience, making sure they agree with him on his thought that the guy to his left is an absolute madman for thinking his father could ever get tripped up by this. Followed by a neutral but passive aggressive “oh yeah?”

@marcojimenez2725 4 года назад

This two are my favorite chess players of all time 😁😁 And now they are together in one video!!

@billcook4768 2 года назад

Magnus: Once you know this, you’ll never forget it. Me: I’ve already forgotten

@ConfucianScholar 4 года назад

EXCELLENT video. Generations of chess players could have only dreamt of an opportunity at watching the world champion solving and commenting on several endgame positions in real time. Thanks to IM Bartholomew for facilitating this gem

@apzn1170 3 месяца назад

This is one of the coolest chess videos ever. I find it fascinating how often Magnus finds himself recalling old games from chess legends and using them as reference to solve positions.

@JohnBartholomewChess 3 месяца назад

Thanks a lot - glad you enjoyed it!

@tjdjultima Год назад

Thanks for showing the lines under discussion on the smaller board it is difficult to visualize without that

@dennyortiz7242 4 года назад

16:43 me: *THERE WAS HOMEWORK*?

@idefix4518 4 года назад

denny ortiz 😂😂😂😂

@atomicpiano 4 года назад

John, I thought it was great how you were quite for most of the video and really let Magnus think and explain the moves. I feel like a lot of people in your situation wouldn't have done that. Love your content homie!! (GO TWINS!)

@danjeory3659 4 года назад

Great observation.

@JohnBartholomewChess 4 года назад

Thanks, buddy! SKOL Twins! :D

@Fluxion11 4 года назад

@@JohnBartholomewChess and you had decent poker face when he solved problem 26 in his head. "I'd say you solved that one correctly." 😂

@DEFCRID 3 года назад

the entire vibe in this video and the way John is enjoying it is really nice to see. Great video :)

@lordrudolph1037 4 года назад

I feel so grateful for the world we live in today... watching the world champion quickly noodle through puzzles, sharing his thoughts. Gracious of him to do this and amazing we have a resource to watch it!