ONLY 19 MOVES! Judit Polgar Beats Magnus Carlsen with a Nice TRICK in Sicilian Defense (2022) 

IM a nobody with 200 ranking on chess....so my question is why did SIR MAGNUS waste his first pawn without any defense, why was it left open just to be taken., there must be something if he did it.

why didnt queen take bishop ♝

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Thank you for your fine game!

@@m2-x-n253 because then Magnus gets checkmated with Queen to d7.

49 likes and no reply… Let me fix it Anish 🤭

me too anish

Hah! I never lost to Judit or Magnus!

I never lost to anyone! cause I dont play chess!

I lose in every game I play!!

I haven't lost to Judit OR Magnus. Am I world champ yet?

I've never lost to Judit, Magnus, Kasparov, or Fisher. GOAT?

He really was savage

her game vs shirov too....

​@@b-eezy2727 Shirov himself was an awesome attacker and - going back to the Tal era - i recommend Nezhmetdinov's games too i know this style isn't fully correct, and it's very hard to use it in the times of chess engines but i really do hope we'll live to see the aggressive style win the world championship for a change

She’s a better attacking player and more entertaining than many top 20 chess players nowadays.

She is truly the GOAT

I believe it was based on a combination of Bobby Fischer and her

Who cares about that crappy Queen Gambit's miniseries?

@@ArranVid The whole chess world cares. All of the big chess players raved over how well it was done and it brought a lot of attention, new players, and money into the chess scene. It was a windfall and a love letter to the chess community and they were all pleasantly surprised by it. All the chess games were hand-crafted by Kasparov himself. I'm surprised you don't know this.

I just noticed Judit’s father Laszlo Polgar is watching the game beside Anish Giri. He’s a fascinating guy.

That's not just a win. That's a shutdown under 20 moves. It's like bobby fisher vs robert byrne.

I'm also really thankful to Magnus to not ask for a rematch because her win "makes for a better story". Classy, and he's right.

Pro Chess you mean

@@tyrellwreleck4226 lol chill bud it is a casual game

Anish's immediate "I'm getting a photo of this" cracked me up

yeah, just from the reaction you can immediately tell who the super gm's are, lmao.

everyone else is like wut?

Where anish?

@@Dzul960 He's the guy in the crowd who loudly yells OMG and "I have to take a picture" as soon as Judit played Bb6 😂

Can't be many people who have more wins than losses against Magnus.

@@Stormwern she doesn't though

​@@Stormwern she's lost to him in tournaments before

@@Stormwern Yes, and she isn't one of them. He beat her like a dozen times, which nobody cares about because he's the GOAT and that's just another day of the office. It's when he loses that people take notice.

He didn't want to lose twice.

I completely agree. For me that was the best part. A man of his class wouldn't accept her offer of a re-match. His inevitable win would have completely taken away the joy of her victory.

@@vikramparmar8093 What inevitable win you see that she beat him easily!

@@ro-kg5vbunlikely that he slips up twice

@@ro-kg5vb he not gonna lose with the knight f3

Well, the best male part is debatable. Kasparov and Fischer were probably at least equal.

@@shinyam75 no, the game has come too far since then. Kasparov might give Carlsen trouble, but nobody would be the favourite against him.

Kasparov is up there with him.

The best woman and the best human

Beth Harmon was good girl too !! LoL

"This goes on reddit" Anish never sleeps on the banter haha!

I agree 200%

True, there's only one Chess Queen and her last name is not Kostenuik.

Kudos to chess queen :)

If that was a puzzle, it wouldn’t even be 1800. Pretty obvious deflection tactic; the reaction was because Magnus blundered one he would never miss if taking a game seriously. That said, Judit is amazing and did beat Magnus in her career, along with every great player of her time.

@@TheBenevolentDictatorship Magnus says he takes all of his games serious.

You said all, brother!

He showed promise in spite of the loss. Maybe he can become a chess master one day, with a lot of hard work, heh

Real privilege for him to be humbled and learn from a former top 10 player, best woman to ever play. Maybe with some chessable lessons he will be a solid club player some day.

1. It's Judit. 2. He's the world champion.

@@31redorange08 3. They are joking

@@wyv3123 Humor doesn't always work online :)

Hey, could you explain why he couldn't just take the bishop on b6 with his queen? Sorry, I'm a chess newbie.

@@gjallarnews140 because white would checkmate with Queen eating pawn at d7.

@@devita9775 ah now I see it, thank you very much for explaining!

@@gjallarnews140 Judith plays queen d7 checkmate

Magnus actually looks at Anish straight away, he known nobody else will get it

I totally back this up 😅❤

Anish wasn’t taken by surprise. He was waiting to see if Judit would find it but you can see him smiling because he saw Magnus blundered a pretty basic deflection tactic.

@@TheBenevolentDictatorship honestly I see no shift on his expression after Magnus played Rc8, but I do see his surprise after she played Bb6. I think he missed it. And that's because it's not really a basic deflection tactic. You rarely get to deflect an entiere queen from the defence of a pawn like that. It's not a super hard tactic, but it's easy to miss in a blitz game

Yes, sharp enough to be the greatest woman chess player of all time. :)

I do believe that Anish saw it coming when Magnus blunder. Magnus is a gentleman when he refused the offer to do it again. He don't want to ruin the story right there. Job well done for the lady.

@@jessieegambit2246 exactly. The greatest woman chessplayer of all time. From Hungary anyway. Judit is the only woman to have been a serious candidate for the World Chess Championship, in which she participated in 2005; she had previously participated in large, 100+ player knockout tournaments for the world championship. She is also the only woman to have surpassed 2700 Elo, reaching a peak world ranking of No. 8 in 2004 and peak rating of 2735 in 2005.

it is just a bunch of casual games for fun Magnus lost to Anish 2-0 before that one

What else could he do? This is the healthy reaction.

That's Judit Polgar. Even he can't be mad for missing a tactic in a blitz game against her.

He definitely knows how to separate things. He wouldn’t be that happy in an official match ahaha

He probably has fun when his opponent is challenging to play against.

If she came back you would be disappointed. She would lose 10 games for every one she would win at the top level. She is still a great player but it’s better she stays as a commentator

@@Kizdo69 I don't believe she would be anywhere near the same form she had at her best but I also don't see how you can so confidently know how a person who you haven't seen playing for a while would do if they came back to the game. Unlike Kasparov she has remained in the chess business and while neither Vishy nor Kramnik are their old selves they still generally hold up their own nowadays when they turn up to a tournament. Kramnik had a good performance on the online Rapid Chess Championship yesterday, for example.

@@aesaphyr Kramnik and Anand were both far better players than Judit at their peak and still are plus the level of competition has increased dramatically, which is why even they can't compete with the top level nowadays. "Being in the chess business" is such a dumb but funny thing to say because you are trying to imply that being an online commentator is the same as actually competing yourself its two completely different things lol. You really think chess isn't still a major part of Gary's life also?

@@Kizdo69 Personally no, I thought chess was still a major part of Gary's life. But in interviews last year he explained he doesn't keep up with it and has many other things he focuses on instead. If you have a problem with that I guess you can go argue with him. Judit like Vishy is a coach and keeps up with modern lines. Again, I will repeat that I am not saying she would be acing her way through but I quite simply do not see where you got your very precise assessment of how she'd fare. Like, literally you're here to just express your contempt of a person on a thread that doesn't even say what you think it does. At no point did I say she would be beating everybody and ruling the chess world. All I said is, I miss her fiery attacking style, and you pitch up here arguing how many matches you think she'll lose, how terrible she is now etc. Go start your own thread maybe. Or consider why you feel so obsessed with this.

@@aesaphyr Judit is not even top 70 at her current rating. It shouldn't be even controversial to suggest she wouldn't fare well at the top level. Again you are using comparisons like Vishy and Anand who were ex world champions and #1 rated. Judit never was. When did I say she was terrible now? You are simply imagining made up things and inferring some sort of negative agenda and attitude so that you can argue against it. Pointless.

Judit has been retired from professional chess for a number of years now and this was a simple “friendly” and yeah she won the game but let’s not overblow this and act like this was _real_ match play again not hating great she won but let’s not lose perspective here.

She has already beaten Magnus in an official game when she was active as a chess player.

During her career she defeated 11 current or former world champions in rapid or classical chess.

She's the commentator right? She must be lucky to be this good

This is a joke, right?

Nothing against Judith, she's world-class and the best female chess player of all time, but she will be crushed by Magnus in a classical format

@@saadheisenberg8183 So where is the difference to Nepo? ;)

@@saadheisenberg8183 as of the release of this video, Judit has a positive record against carlsen, worthy opponent for him

@@TheSeppe She is retired sir!! I think in her prime she would crush Nepo

A retired candidate vs a seemingly burnt out champion?

@@stephenlowy2818 Thanks for the info Stephen. Yes I do play but only online (Internet Chess Club). . Nevertheless I note the address and will drop by when I can. Thank you.

@@stephenlowy2818 canadians are so nice

I dont even play chess but its pretty obvious that with her queen and her rook on row 4 his king wont escape. I am surprised he loses like this lol

@@Falquiboy sure sure

@@Falquiboy she’s been known for being aggressive throughout her life.

​​@@Smileateri feel bad for her children when she forces soup down their gullets and shoves them along in the stairway.

@@Falquiboy what u want is dk

I read his book : Bring Up Genius !

Thanks for the explanation! I still don't fully understand (clueless as to chess) but your comment helped a lot. Appreciate it!

I get this, but at 3:27 Magnus seems like (at least to my noobish chess eyes) has defended this position. I mean it is still very bad situation, but it looks to me like he gave up too early? What am I missing? :D

​@@poldreborn4281 Agreed. Take my "analysis" with a grain of salt, cause 1. I'm new at chess, and thus not that good (yet?), and 2. I'm terrible at visualisation, so seeing future development is my greatest weakness in chess (so I'd need to spend some time or have a physical board in front of me or pull up Lichess), but: Bd7, d7, d8 (perhaps the best imo) Qc6 are options. They'd all result in losing the queen, meaning you'd play at a severely material and positional disadvantage. Unless there's an obvious "mate in x" I cannot see, most people would counter this by saying that it's no use wasting everyone's time playing a losing game, but to that I wanna point out your opponent can always blunder. And secondly, a draw is infinitely better than a loss anyways. Something I dislike about chess is tradition. In most cases, and especially at this letter, it's seen as disrespectful to play on in a situation like this. Yeah, maybe when there's no time limits, and also when there's six more games to be played afterwards, but there's a clock there for a reason. Imo when playing with time limits below mby 20-30 mins, it should be viewed as disrespectful to forfeit, no matter what. If you'd look at it from the winning players side, the forfeiter steals the winning players satisfaction of getting a true victory. E.g. Fischer v. Byrne (63/64 US Chess Championship). But again, my "analysis" may be way off, but I still stand by this viewpoint.

@@official_alphabet_inc I agree! Many times I lost the blitz just because I ran out of time, while I was 100% winning, so yeah, I think in such a fast games we should not give up.

@@poldreborn4281 Yeah, losing on time also. Good point, I forgot about that in my unnecessarily long post hahha

Could he lose? She would have lost without a doubt. He would have lost as surely as death is certain. And it is precisely this that makes both gestures noble, Polgar's proposal and Carlssen's refusal. ​

and possibly not too confident going for another round ^^

The greatest male player ever, playing a friendly match in a park with the greatest female player ever - that is newsworthy in and of itself. Then to have her catch him in a blunder and beat him? I think it is strange that you think it is strange that people would think it was interesting or cool. It's the fact that Magnus is the GOAT that makes it so fun that she beat him like this. It's just a fun thing that happened. Like Magnus said, it makes a good story.

What? He didn't find anything

@@SilencedButNotForgotten bro just makin shit up

@@EricSylla hes actually correct if you look again

@@EricSylla Half the gentleman is covered by the overscreen board, even then, you'll be able to see him shaking his head profusely. Cheers.

Hahaha! You guys... He's shaking his head because of the annoying fly buzzing around his head! Look again!

The ego is earned tho🥸

I don't know Carlson or Polgar, I saw respect and congenial attitude from both sides. Game was fun to watch. I couldn't keep up with the initial moves. Makes me humble. P.S., I researched @pf4773's use of "genial." Absolutely appropriate for this game when you consider use of the word to describe genius.

They were and they are. The Queen Gambit is more inspired in Judit than in Fischer

No... Every player above 1600 should see it in 5-10 seconds in a competitive game. They missed it only because it was a friendly game, and they were just having fun. What was impressive in Judit's play was the way she was able to make such a powerful attack, reallying only on instincts without thinking. The move itself was relatively simple.

Obviously bro...there are millions and billions of moves that can be played. That's why chess can never be solved by anyone. Also they're playing for the content so yeah its a win win for audience if not Magnus.

@@ori5021 Exactly, if that was a puzzle, it would be maybe 1700, 1800 difficulty at the most. The reaction was because the WC missed a very basic deflection tactic, not because it was an amazing move that most people wouldn’t find.

@@TheBenevolentDictatorship so what's wrong? i mean if it is a very basic tactic they should have seen it coming

@@user-nr2cg8hh5u Judith even says it in the video "even the biggest guys can blunder" it's a huge mistake on Carlsen's end for missing it so yes he should have seen it coming.

Sicilian is just rarely played at higher levels so he tends to skip it. Personally I always play it

@@Liamalaing are you crazy? rarely played??

@@Liamalaing ask Gary what he usually plays with black and he will reply I play the rarely played opening at the highest level

@@gurramprahallad3403 watch the matches from the candidates and the last world championship

@@Liamalaing lmao Magnus himself plays the Sicilian when u say Sicilian it’s considered for both black and white

we ❤️ smart women !!

I totally agree.

Thank you very much for the explanation.

@@aouerfelli You're welcome..

So he just loses the Queen. Sucks, but not the end of the game.

I love your comment, acknowledging Judit’s talent

Whats with all the men and women talk? Two chess players are playing chess keep politics out of it your ruining the game

Being hyper aggressive stops working when youre that high level. There is a reason why magnus became less and less aggressive as he got better

​@@ststudios12345 you clearly know nothing about chess. If you aren't agressive enough your peak will be FM or IM max.

​@@properp6922 everything is explained in the comment that you replied to

@@zerere_ Magnus himself is the one who said he stopped being so aggressive because he was getting punished against strong GMs lmao. Maybe you think youre better than magnus lul

As someone who does not play chess how does it make sense to distinguish gender in chess lol? Like wtf? Does it officially mean that men are more intelligent than women besides being obviously stronger? Like what is going on that they differentiate in chess

There aren’t “gender classes”. All high level tournaments are open to anyone strong enough to compete.