@Chain NVSTR not my implication. I'm saying chess feels easy when someone else is showing you the moves. Like when you watch your favorite chess RU-vidr play lower rated players (who may be higher rated than you.) So many people say "my opponents never play this badly!" But it's just that deal that chess feels and is easier when someone else is showing/nudging you toward the right moves. I am not encouraging, condoning, or admitting to cheating. Also, chess is just hard period.
@Chain NVSTR ok, lol, just really wanted to be sure in this day and age that what I meant was clear. Sorry if I sounded aggro, just didn't want to sound pro-cheating. Hope that's understandable. Cheers.
No, I don't think it's disrespectful at all. It's actually refreshing....someone having fun by changing it up, and that someone being the world champ. So cool!
I'm less sure, it may be disrespectful if you are good enough, I'm pretty sure one of the top players already said the way you demonstrate that it is disrespectful is by beating it.
he is clearly sacrificing his early game positional advantage to gain a huge psychological advantage throughout the match. truly one of the chess players of all time
Watching Magnus play is like seeing a magic show for the first time in your life. Except that the wonder of watching Magnus play isn't limited to the first time you see it.
@@Mathijs_A But they do play the clubbed-to-death opening theory, which on the highest level IS supplemented by computer calculations further down the line.
Magnus playing g4/g5 is like that college professor who gives out problems that were not even discussed in class and you realize you in serious trouble.
I honestly appreciate magnus‘ playstyle. I don’t really think it’s for psychological reasons, although they are clearly present. But magnus seems to just wanna have fun. He brings a tremendous entertainment factor into his games, basically bringing back the sole reason why all of us probably started playing chess aswell: fun. Insane, honestly.
Totally agree. Also I think he wants to take.them out of their prep and good luck playing perfectly against magnus to keep advantage in blitz. Second option is that its a best opening stockfish is just not there yet to understand why.
@@titaniumfalcon8670 bro literally gave him self a disadvantage and thought of them as lesser, my example may be an over exaggeration, but it’s not dumb, that’s kinda mean but it’s okay
Made me remember that time Aman was speedrunning with the scholar’s mate at 1500 rating and imagined that people would feel disrespected, but then he argued “yeah, that’s a basic opening trap, but can you defend it?”
Ya I’m at 850 3 min blitz (learned the game a year ago) and I’ve just had to learn to defend every opening trap because that’s a quarter of my games lmao.
Magnus has stated that his favorite part of the game is the middlegame since it "comes down to pure chess". He marvelously proved his point through out these games. What a legend!
love your vids. I've played chess once with my borther years ago, didnt understand it, didnt find it fun, but your Vidoes elightenened me on how fun and delicate this game can be. Earned my sub.
What it does is that it brings you off of the main lines. A large part of what follows ends up being improvisation. And in a blitz setting where you don't have time to think, it means that the superior chess instincts tend to win out. It exposes weaknesses in chess tactics that can usually be covered by theory on the main lines. And I think that is a remarkably beautiful part of the game.
@@DouglasCarter69 Im trying to make a habit of it, I keep very busy so I’m not very good but every time I start to lose interest I get sucked back in with the videos. If that makes any sense
@@crusaderACR If he goes that way, he will probably revise 960 based on knowing about the “unharmonious starting positions where the first turn is forced” to paraphrase Kramnik or use a piece with randomized moves but a starting position deliberately set up by the players. On the other hand, I doubt he thinks the inevitability of opening theory with a statutory starting position is that much of a problem.
Your commentary is like no other! Got me back into chess because of your videos. You show the moves very well in a way that any level, whether they barely started chess or are the best in the world, they can understand while making it entertaining! thank you for the videos
I have my board exams in one week and undergoing huge amount of pressure, but your video never fails to entertain and release off stress.Just came here to say thank you.
Magnus is so good because he has a better understanding of chess than anyone else. If you are good at chess, you could wait 3,4,5 moves and still be able to get some sort of center play. The idea that center control is so important is only because of what it leads to. Other players spend too much time setting up their position in the opening by gathering central space, developing pieces when they are not important to a plan, and so on. Magnus develops pieces with intent to attack and uses the center as the base for that attack. His attacks target the areas made weak by the opponents slow development which typically end up being the flanks- more often the kingside than queenside since that is the favored castling side- so he attacks the kingside early and forces them to defend thus preventing any expansion past the opening. It is incredible that he has such a fantastic understanding of universal chess principles that he is challenging the very basis of chess understanding
Your the most loved and respected RU-vid streamer i have ever seen much love you have made an acceptable chess player out of me just from your videos thank you ❤
17:32 For anyone curious, he is the 20th highest rated IM after Leon Livaic(2574), Viktor Gazik(2566), and 17 others Edit: also, Tuan Minh Le was (technically still is for some reason) the 16th highest rated IM
what seems like a troll opening to us is a pretty solid opening for Magnus. he's obviously studied the position a bit and sees the merit in it. We all know his love for marching pawns forward, once other GMs studies this opening, I'm sure he will start finding it tough to use.
WTF, how can you even find this disrespectful, when he is playing to win. If he just plays bs and losses random games messing up the tournament and wasting peoples time, then I could understand. But they are losing to him... gives now sense. So should the Golden State Warriors not be allowed to shoot 3's, beacause you have to post up in basketball, should Jordan not have been allowed to dunk, should Hans Niemann not be allowed to... oh wait... but the other points stand!
This could actually be something Magnus can use in a big event. Here is why: Magnus might be most known for his endgame, and the reason he is so good at endgames is because he can read the board almost perfectly without a computer. Every GM knows allot about openings hand have studied all the theori, this was made possible with computers help. If Magnus then opens the match on "unknown terretori" he will 9/10times be the player with an advatage, cus he knows he is on of the best in the world to read the board. It will be exciting to see him in the Ficher world,s cus this is what ficherchess is all about.
Levy captures my attention like no other. His tangents are simultaneously fascinating and hilarious. 9 minutes into the video thinking I've been here for like 3.
