@@ArrancerLord Who cares bout such juvenile things, my friend? I mean even the way Agadmator looks when he says: "...or do you maybe want this juicy c5-pawn? It's a free pawn! Why not just grab it?" makes me laugh... Almost like an offer from the devil... 😁
This is kind of out of context. If you watch the stream Kovalev was really low on time with 15 moves to time control and Magnus even having like an hour, he was playing fast to get Kovalev into trouble. That's not luck, that's experience.
According to Ivanchuck the best move is not with the knight back. It is "the hardest move to find is with the knight back" so in reality the move with the knight back is usualy the weakest move, that's why it is so hard to find (because sometimes it is good).
a thought: i think it's called a master mentality, where high-skilled people usually hate doing their job optimally and tries to deviate with another aspects like beauty, fierce, and humor so that they can understand their original skill more. Example: sometimes you can see a really great chef doing tricks while cooking, a professional gamer trolling but wins anyway, and ping pong players play insanely until the ball reaches outside the arena but they are still playing
@@kasparov9 i disagree, im pretty sure it's normal since all the games that Magnus struggled are when he's playing black. Most opponents really tryhard against Magnus (well.. of course you have to, it's a rare occasion) so they have great preparations and Magnus is just tagging along as black. I'm pretty sure Magnus with white will just crush literally anybody
@@herculet Good point. If you watch Carlsen playing online (Chess24 / Lichess etc) he almost always goes for weird openings and tries to play for fun tricks, especially when playing opponents rated way lower than him.
It's funny cause I'm sure he was lying both times. Years ago he was having fun and you can tell he studied and prepare a lot more, now he really looks like he don't care anymore. He don't look like having fun, not even in Banter Blitz streams.
It's clear something is going on indeed. Since he is drawing everything though, even insane and losing-positions like these, I'm starting to think he does this on purpose; trying crazy lines, getting himself into 'trouble' and then defending. The fact that he spends so much time on chess24 in the first place.. I think he's a bit bored and so 'mixing it up' on purpose.
He has lost his form once again, you dont go from crushing the world elite to struggling with guys 200 elo beloe you unless you dont feel your best. We have seen it all before. When he loses form its qu ite rapid.
I think that he's preparing for the next challenger to the tilte, so he uses preety much random lines he knows, making his final enemy confused during the preperation process to set up better battleground.
The more I see Carlsen's game the more I realize it's not mainly because Carlsen can find great moves but it is rather because of his calculating speed he is so high ranked compared to others.
One of few famous quotes that i beg to differ. Carlsen has dedicated a huge proportion of his time,efforts and sacrifices(literal ones) to just believe chess" will stop being fun someday" for him. If that day ever comes, i wouldn't like to be in his position
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I feel like Carlsen lately is getting pretty bad positions out of the opening, but then manages to draw them either due to his skill or a missed move by the opponent.
Since the world championship match (included) he's mostly worse after the openings. You can tell he don't prep anymore, I don't know if it is arrogance or indifference.
Magnus is just trolling . He does not wanna beat those young GM he just wanna give them the feeling of getting a draw against a world champ . For them that is like winning a trophy but we he faces like fabi ( who is having great days by winning all his three games ) he will show him who is boss .
Magnus really struggling in this tournament, but very interesting how he finds a way to survive. Although I am sure his goals are different than to just survive
so carlsen has played 4 players rated 200 rated points below him and he 1)lost , but his opponent ran out of time 2)chased a draw where he blitzed out 23 moves in the first 10 mins , and ofc drew 3)blundered a +2 winning position 4) his opponent had a +24.6 position , but somehow (?) managed to not win did carlsen have a brain transplant or what ? :P i don't see him surviving the WC match if he keeps going that way
i think its because he didnt have preperation, he didnt bother studying up weak players. Only guns for big players like Caruana MVL rajdabov ding ivanchuk
As long as Carlsen is drawing games much better than losing to opponents 200points lesser than his elo ratings creating a huge dip to his ratings I would be happy. But Carlsen should be aware that if he keeps playing this way...then chances of winning the 2020 candidates would be at bay.
It seems to me like he's bored of calculating variations and is just playing intuitive moves until he gets into a really bad position. All those games when his opponent had like 15 mins on the clock he had more than an hour. Seems like he got too used to bullet games
Can you show time control for each move at right side of board edge of both players in the future? This can help us to understand how can time pressure affect players decision
Agamator, what's the best way to raise my level of play? It's like I've hit a ceiling and can't get past it. On the *Chess Online* app, I'm at 1475 strength. Is there an app or anything to teach me better openings and tactics?
Very simple: don't watch the top masters play here at Aga's site, play each game WITH them, when you move the pieces, your brain activates and your memory improves. After a while, you learn to suss which moves work best, over time.
They say at your level of play (which is my level ss well) tactics training should take up a substantial amount of your chess time. You can learn strategy and openings by watching game analysis, but not tactics. For tactics you should use tactics trainers - all major sites offer tactics trainers under subscription, lichess has a free unlimited tactics trainer, that's what I'm using now, but I have to say I went from 1200 to 1400 in blitz in half a year by training with a combination of regular tactics exercises (for depth) and puzzle rush (for speed) on chess.com - it really works to sharpen your pattern recognition!
@@MicahHeard I set up a chess board next to the computer, then with each play, I move the pieces on the board. This requires stopping the video frequently to look at the movement of the pieces relative to each other. It is a quick and easy way to learn to recognize various structures and systems.
After Kovalev hit time control, you can really see how he was disappointed for not converting his position into a win. Shaking his head, hiding his face...
Importantly, he also loses rating just by drawing against such players. Not such a tragedy but a reason to avoid open tournaments. Also, a GIF or video of the last several positions would have been helpful - not only was Kovalev completely anxiety-ridden, the jiggling of his leg due to nervousness made him bounce up and down in his chair. A very tough draw to swallow, but definitely the benefit of being the world champion, as you said.
Entering end game against Magnus with just so little time is what we call a bad idea. but then again, saving your time to make a less-calculated move is also a bad idea.
Announcin' the player's clock in nervous moments gives a lot of drama to the game. I'd suggest you to do this just when it needs (like in this game) and your channel will improve more than ever! Also, appreciate your diligence!
It is sad to see that Magnus has been outplayed from the openings and even middle games for the third time in a row. The level of his opponents is not enough to beat him till the end and of course, the endgame skill saves him once again. If Magnus lets 2750+ GM gain those positions, he would most likely loose those games.
@@NotSoLiberal Very weird way of having fun. Almost losing each game in the tournament. Magnus seems to be not prepared for games or his opponents are too well prepared.
#suggestion Agadmator, can you please show the FIDE tournament which Topalov won and became a world champion. The only thing your awesome channel lacks are more of his games. Maybe show some of the nicer games? He is after all, in top 10 highest FIDE ratings of all time.
at 7:32 what about moving the rook to d6? putting it between the queen and the pawn. It would force the queen back and takes care of the pawn. Am I missing something?
Philip Paul if there was rook to d6 then, Re8+, Black rook takes, #Qe8+, then black queen takes back. And you have a hanging rook that white can take for free and black would loose, so no. Or Re8+ and Kh7, and you get Qg8++. so no...
Wanna hear something funny. I was the one requesting more F4 games, remember? Well I was at work today and they just so happened to have a chessboard in the break room. Nobody else was there so I decided to play against myself. I played 1. f4. c6 and lost to myself. lol How funny is that? I spent so much time trying to focus on my gameplay as white that i completely overlooked the fact that I'm better when playing with the black pieces.
He plays in front of the world champion with 30 seconds on the clock and does not agree on repetition .. He should be something special I would also replace two queens with need..😄
