Calculating the line is no problem, most of the intermediates can do that. But actually recognizing, that you are winning there without spending at least 10 minutes is insane
Where he just says "and I should be better in the rook ending"! I followed it to the point that I could see the position, but no way I could just evaluate that position as better. Amazing to get to watch him clean up in the ending that he visualized.
The Secret is experience (obviously), the amount of positions you can remember at once and playing lots and lots of finals... Carlsen's level is so high hw achieved this kind of position milions of times apparently, so he could handle things like he's doing his every morning coffee, with one hand tied behind his back... We also can achieve this level... by training and gainind experience you can shoot as high as your determination permits
@@robertrodes1546 I think the easiest way to tell that his position is winning is that his rook keeps the black king pinned at the back of the board, whereas Magnus's king is free to simply walk up and eat stuff. Obviously Magnus saw more than just that, but I think that's the gist of it.
He knows he's better in that position because it's an endgame and his king is closer to the center, every intermediate player would see that. One impressive thing is he anticipated his opponent would play Kf5, but maybe he was just calculating that just in case. The truly impressive thing is how he casually walked his king though the board to promote the pawn, he didn't even had to calculate that, I'd spent a lot of time wondering what's the best square for my king to avoid checks and losing material.
The magic is not the calculation part (which in itself is very impressive), it's the part where Magnus can conclude "I should be better in the rook ending" in a heartbeat after he's done with the calculation.
"She will play Qd4, this will trigger a synapse in her brain that will cause her in the next game to pre-move incorrectly Rd8. I will take advantage of that and she will resign. In our 3rd game she will want to play a line she is most familiar with to prevent another blunder. Unfortunately for her, I am more familiar with that line."
Interesting how he instantly sees and plays the winning endgame plan once she makes a mistake. I might find that but I'd have to think about it for ten minutes. He just does it immediately.
Tons of experience makes it see every possibilities in seconds. To make a different line of speaking, you need ten minutes because you are calculating a line with your pieces meanwhile magnus just remember various aspects that he saw thousands times before so he just put those puzzle pieces into the game
That's how GMs play chess. It's no longer a game but rather a series of memorization that goes through their heads. Calculation only goes second. I dare not to say that a single person can actually memorize the Shannon's number but the realm of possibility is close if you have an eidetic memory. This is why most GMs chess battles always result in a draw because at the top of competition, the battle is between your opponents psyche and your own. In short, you wait for the opponent to blunder or if you have a higher state of mind than your opponent, you can force them to take a blunder because it only takes a single major mistake to turn things around in the game of chess.
Amazing how easy Carlsen makes it look! I'm roughly an expert level player and its mind boggling how quickly and accurately Carlsen comes up with strategic ideas and calculates the relevant lines. Thanks!
the missing visual from chess is elevation, the more powerful pieces are elevated to higher positions of power and this changes dynamically as the game plays out so having a high lookout doesn't always mean you are winning the game. The best commander will always win in the end.
I love and find find very interesting is the fact that he backed up in the middle of the game away from the left he knew what to take after he backed up pieces. I need that skill 😊
I'm guessing Kf7 to e7 and it acts like a blockader. In the game the e-pawn was able to run freely because the lone rook on e8 was no match for white's pawn, rook and king.
No, the line would be Rf8 followed by Ke2 and Rxf5. This stops white from getting his passed pawn in the centre (for example after Rxf5, Rxe6 Kf7 Ra6 Rxe5+)
One can see that a big boost victories come from understanding the finals, because Carlsen could instantly see that he was going to be better in the rook ending.
Magnus truly plays at a different level where he can focus on the strategic picture while hardly spending any time on the tactical bits and pieces. It's like riding a bike free-handed while checking e-mail - some can do it, most of us cannot (at least not without major injury :)
Watching players calculate lines makes me think of League of Legends, real-time strategy game where players play a single character, like Queen, and dive into the chessboard itself
Okay, complete noob here. It took me awhile to understand why she resigned. I love it when chess people verbalize their thoughts as they play. It makes for a great learning experience for beginners like me.
Oh, why does this keep happening to me. I love physics. I love mathematics. Now, I love chess. The problem is my interests are all 120+ IQ endeavors and I’m hanging in there at about 95. It’s a good thing 200 is my favorite number because my rating will never go higher.
Omg he is beating effortlessly 2500 like it was a child. Wonder if that line calculations was his only calculations in this game and rest of the moves was like pure positional moves only? What tou think ?
