The Greatest Game Ever Played Against Magnus Carlsen

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Aronian, Levon (2793) - Carlsen, Magnus (2832
Altibox Norway Chess (chess24.com) [4] 2017.06.10
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav defence
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Qe7 10.Bc2 Rd8 11.a3 Bxa3 12.Rxa3 Qxa3 13.c5 b6 14.b4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Rb8 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Ng5+ Kg8 19.Qh5 Nf6 20.Qxf7+ Kh8 21.Qc7 Bd7 22.Nf7+ Kh7 23.Nxd8 Rc8 24.Qxb6 Nd5 25.Qa7 Rxd8 26.e4 Qd3 27.exd5 Qxd2 28.Qc7 Qg5 29.dxc6 Bc8 30.h3 Qd5 31.Rd1 e5 32.Rd3 exd4 33.Qe7 Bf5 34.Rg3 Bg6 35.Qh4+
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14:20 It was in this position!
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The 5th edition of Altibox Norway Chess is a 10-player round-robin that at the moment it was announced featured all of the world's Top 10 players headed, of course, by World Champion Magnus Carlsen. It takes place from 6-16 June in the Clarion Energy Hotel and the Stavanger Concert Hall in Stavanger.
Players receive 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 61. No draw offers are allowed. In case of a tie for first two blitz games are played, followed, if necessary, by Armageddon. Official website: norwaychess.no
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@Zarimate Год назад

"The world of chess is better when Levon is playing good chess" Kasparov, Garry.

@wuuduu609 Год назад

and really really boring, when Magnus is playing

@michaelmassaro4375 Год назад

@@wuuduu609I guess I’m not the only one that feels that way he seems to play a very grind it out game yes he makes the great choices in moves and has an excellent end game but not the most exciting games it seems

@arsenalfanrichi Год назад

Appreciation of Magnus comes with maturity, I think. He plays always for a win

@junkid3559 Год назад

@Wuuduu bruh Magnus literally squeezes water from stone. Just because you can't recognize a miracle when it happens in front of you doesn't mean his games are boring 😒

@sameerplaynicals8790 Год назад

@@junkid3559 i guess his style is objectively better but sacrifices just look better

@truthandlove0 Год назад

Agad, I just have a feeling that somewhere in time this channel will be credited and respected as genuine chess history. Before your channel no one had done it in this fashion and it's amazing to see it. Thank you for sharing so much fun history in your videos and so much passion in your work. You don't have to be #1 on RU-vid, but you are by far the truest to the history of the game (and #1 in this chess heart 😁).

@VictorAlbaa Год назад

Very well put

@guiladshmaya1 Год назад

There was Mato Jelic for some time, till he retired

@neoindian9662 Год назад

Totally agree 👍

@Gommerell Год назад

@@guiladshmaya1True. Mato was very good.

@Gommerell Год назад

Agreed.

@emranahmed5711 Год назад

Please Antonio, cover the 1953 Zurich tournament for us. It'll be a great pleasure to know the tournament by heart by such a great commentator like "Mr Agadmator "

@agadmator Год назад

Will do!

@emranahmed5711 Год назад

@@agadmator Thank you so much. You are truly an incredible personality sir. You are one of the main reasons why i love chess.💞

@nicbentulan Год назад

@@agadmator Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.

@nicbentulan Год назад

Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.

@dandecastro51 Год назад

One of the first books I ever bought, 1953 tourney book. Awesome stuff.

@amundbjerve Год назад

Practically all players are very happy with a draw against Magnus. Some even expect to loose the game, and are just happy to be done with it. But Aronian is one of extremely few chessplayers who thinks to themselves: "I can beat this guy." And he thinks so every time!

@michaelmassaro4375 10 месяцев назад

Hikaru gives it his all as well vs Magnus Fabiano Gukesh also

@justsomeguywithagoatee8337 7 месяцев назад

@@michaelmassaro4375 He gives it his all, but he literally admits he can get nervous and plays worse against Magnus. He psychs himself out and goes in with a "Magnus is better than me".

@shashishekhar---- 7 месяцев назад

Aronian is a G

@ravivaradhan4956 Год назад

Levon belongs to the class of players such as Akiba Rubinstein, Paul Keres, and Viktor Korchnoi - great players who had a deep understanding of the game but did not become world champions.

@texasjoe557 Год назад

Magnus simply outplayed. Loved the tactics. Levon obviously was well prepped to play a3

@carlosgaspar8447 Год назад

@simone v. that's grammarly talking.

@kudoshinichi8551 Год назад

what are you talking about Magnus got owned lmao 💀💀

@slime_entertainment_inc. Год назад

Aronian and Mamedyarov, two master tacticians who on their day can destroy anyone, especially with white.

@bootyholelover5639 Год назад

Mamedyarov's most recent brilliancy where he sacrificed almost all his pieces to win was amazing.

@gabrielk2295 Год назад

And mvl !

@nicolausphillips3616 Год назад

Ironically an Armenian and Azerbaijani

@AgnaktoreX Год назад

Especially with such amazing opening preparation

@bkbhavish Год назад

Don't forget about Alexander Grischuk!

@srikanthtupurani6316 Год назад

Levon is one of the most unluckiest chess players. Many people like Anand say that levon is a high class chess player. He was not lucky.

@Lucas-tb5wh Год назад

why is he unlucky?

@NotoriousKhamid Год назад

@@Lucas-tb5wh He is the 4th highest rated player in history. Yes, you heard this right. He was +2830. He's right after Magnus, Kasparov & Caruana. Yet, he never got to play a world championship match despite playing the world championship tournament 2007 and the candidates five times! Rating wise, he's the second strongest player in history never to to become a world champion and the strongest never to be a challenger. Above all, he's an absolute class!

@ycyean8235 Год назад

@@NotoriousKhamid not only that..... dude went through a hard time of his life losing his wife in a car accident

@GIGADEV690 Год назад

@@NotoriousKhamid lol he is lucky and was going to be crushed by magnus anyway in the world championship.

@hankmoody666 Год назад

Chess is not based on luck though. Levon has just not lived up to his standards in the candidates

@hueguy Год назад

Chess is exciting to watch because of games like this. Thanks Agad for covering!

@michaelrocke7917 Год назад

Levon Aronian is truly great 😃👍Thank you for sharing this game.

@shreyashpalresha179 Год назад

There are not many games in which Magnus gets outplayed like this crazy stuff from Levon. Levon's Immortal maybe?

@r.mcdonnell8614 Год назад

I would go so far as to say I can't remember ANY time when Magnus got outplayed like this in Classical. There's been games where Magnus just didn't play well...but I can't find a Classical game where he just got beat like this

@alfluna5 Год назад

There is a game where Levon sacrificed two exchanges vs Magnus, but yes, this one is more spectacular, moreover Magnus was at his peak, while he was a young promise in the other.

@olaazul5906 Год назад

I am admittedly a chess duffer/dope. Don't play much, and when I do, make all sortsa mistakes, hang pieces, don't see threats developing, etc. But one of my favorite aspects of your youtube channel, agadmator, is the opportunity to try to solve the riddle presented. Would I ever, in a million years, have the foresight to see these moves w/o a headsup? No. Clearly not. But when a pivotal position is flagged, and we are given the opportunity (and headsup) to search for it, it's actually quite enjoyable to find it. My success rate is easily less than half, even given forewarning to look, to give you an idea of how much of a noob at chess I am. But when I can find it, it's sorta thrilling. It's easily my favorite aspect of your channel, which I enjoy very much. Now, when it was introduced by you in this vid that you'd have to see 20 moves in advance, and that it was "next to impossible to spot," I sorta quailed at the prospect. No way was I gonna find the move. But: Will say I had no idea how the position would resolve itself, but I did find not just the next move, but the next *two* moves: i.e. Qe7, followed by Qh4+ (not even sure I got the notation right). If I were in this position in an actual, you know, game and was left to my own devices, there's no question in my mind I would not have found these moves w/o a headsup. (One of the ironies of your "pause the video" moments is it shows just how pernicious cheating at chess could be. (Not accusing anyone, not trying to relitigate past accusations, just remarking that if a clod like me can occasionally spot a good move w/a headsup, that shows you the power of knowing, w/foreknowledge -- cheating -- that something remarkable is possible w/in a given position at a critical moment. Think the only reason the two moves occurred to me is b/c the desire to get the queen off a square of jeopardy conjoined with a subsequent move that would keep the heat on (check the black king) were my guideposts. But, like I say: Where to go after that? Even if I had seen it in a real-game environment, I'da had no clue how to follow up. But will confess I whooped like a banshee and startled my buddy's dog when I got confirmation of not only the correct next move, but the followup second move. Thanks again for your channel, agadmator. Really appreciate what you do and what you bring to chess.

@JW-qd3ol Год назад

Dang, this was a beautiful game!! Thanks for sharing, Antonio!!

@michaelmassaro4375 Год назад

Nice I like watching decisive games like this one when one player has the momentum throughout the game very enjoyable to watch Thanks for the Breakdown always a pleasure

@Sharkmoves Год назад

@9:45 what a formation by Mr. Levon 😆😆

@drommeprins1 Год назад

Thanks for covering this is a masterpiece! 😍🇳🇴

@kgsuma Год назад

What a game! ThX Agad for this awesome treat!

@russelllomando8460 Год назад

# WOW, I've been with you since you had 20,000 subscribers... Great stuff, thanks.

@ahuehuehue4147 Год назад

What a marvel. Thank you Antonio!

@erikgraham1046 Год назад

Thanks for all the great content over the years Antonio. You're the best Chess RU-vidr by far!

@FuturePast2019 Год назад

Except the HELLO !!!

@delbertsaa6774 Год назад

Indeed ,Great RU-vidr

@CreamySpoon Год назад

10:30 That was a very confident coffee sip, knowing that absolutely no one will spot the move..

@cybereye911 Год назад

He thinks we don't see it but we sees it

@hampirestoration Год назад

Now Levon has become my favorite 😍

@ziyadrassam8962 Год назад

Great vid, also lovely haircut cheers and thanks for covering this :)

@wirelessdepotmd4387 Год назад

beautiful game, thank you for making it!

@tatsuyasigh1906 Год назад

Great video as usual. I think the PGN was from a different game though, hopefully that will be fixed :D

@peterjohnston8507 Месяц назад

The strategic vision, the dynamics and sacrifices!

@anilbista7445 Год назад

as Kasparov said the best thing for chess is levon in a Monster form This is exactly he meant

@Themozartthug Год назад

Don't forgot to like guys ......agad never asks and it's the least we can do 👍👍👍

@jeom9306 Год назад

Thanks for this very beautiful game.

@LamatoroMD Год назад

I remember looking this live. It was amazing.

@nwoforchigozi9673 Год назад

You have actually shown this game two years ago. Time to search with the new tool

@dlmc1 Год назад

Love your channel aGOATmator

@pookie9461 Год назад

I like the quote at the top of the video, but in this case I would say the mistake was accepting the pawn on a3. Levon obviously had a trick up his sleeve and magnus played right into it. Great game, also love the Groot mug, Antonio!

@adib3011 Год назад

That's exactly like magnus. He always takes the challenge his opponent gives him

@MultiFirefox23 Год назад

Mr Agadmator, can you cover the game of Bobby Fischer vs Ulf Andersson? The 1971 game sponsored by a Swedish newspaper back then. Thank you and more power.

@andrew_owens7680 Год назад

The a3 move is so quiet, but permits the rook lift! Beautiful!

@r.i.a.n.63 Год назад

It takes some massive nuts to sacrifice a rook for a bishop just for a chance to trap the queen. Or at the very least keep it very limited on the queenside. That move was sexy as hell.

@tom7 Год назад

Wow, this game did not disappoint!

@shawnlavigne9069 Год назад

Their level of understanding is awesome.

@jambellen3090 Год назад

It's so good to have breakfast when you got the right moves in the pause the video moment. That Qe7!! made my coffee even hotter.

@vif3182 Год назад

15:00 "up 5 pawns" one of those pawns is an imposter

@hokus.pokusss Год назад

Mnogo je dobro sto su rejtinzi prikazani u realnom vremenu (bilo sadasnje ili u trenucima kada je mec odigran)

@BlackSpock135 Год назад

Thank you sharing this game , I enjoyed it very much 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂😊

@abdullahkhan3796 Год назад

Hey agad, I was wondering if you can make a video on Alireza firouzja and one of his most recent games, I really liked the guy and wish he continues playing

@jsanon1634 Год назад

Excellent instructive game. Levon was in top form and outplayed Magnus..

@BrianStone0 4 месяца назад

I'd love a series of RU-vid videos like "iconic games where top players have been destroyed by novel tactics." Those are probably famous in top level chess circles but it'd be amazing to have games like this and others archived and analyzed in a video series

@mateuszfurtak2505 Год назад

Hello Antonio, are you still planning to show Wilhelm Steinitz saga? I can't wait to watch it with your great commentary:)

@agadmator Год назад

Yes!

@brettunger2578 Год назад

your banner line reminds me of the professor sweeping the street....✌️

@TheMarksT Год назад

Very good game and indeed a tournament too for Levon! Congrats to him!

@stupidserver601 Год назад

shutup mark

@TheMarksT Год назад

@stupidserver601 At least you live up to your name!

@kelemenaron Год назад

@@stupidserver601 get rekt bozo 😂

@rbanerjee605 Год назад

@@stupidserver601 ratio

@pretense101 Год назад

I love it I like to see the middle game !

@Caleb-zl4wk Год назад

"What Magnus *should* have done here" *stares incredulously*

@MrK623 Год назад

Well I assume this comes from "the engine" and not Agad.

@EddieStyle Год назад

Levon played like an absolute beast

@xethnyrrow Год назад

Amazing game. I was thinking how does Magnus lose this being a piece up only to see he's 4 pawns down. This is how my old electronic chess set from the 80s would beat me all the time and then force a winning end game.

@dimitriosdoulgeris4659 Год назад

I just calculated the mean elo rating value of this tournament. It's 2979.8 with 10 players. Absolutely incredible. Kramnik, Caruana, Wesley and Magnus all rated above 2800.

@hrridayagarwal381 Год назад

How can the mean be greater than the greatest

@dimitriosdoulgeris4659 Год назад

@@hrridayagarwal381 It isn't? Magnus's rating was way above 2800.

@dimitriosdoulgeris4659 Год назад

@@hrridayagarwal381 The mean is never greater than the greatest.

@dodekaedius Год назад

2979.8 might be a typo, or is in deed smaller than 2800.

@livinglogically8180 Год назад

Typo... 2799.8 i guess

@zacharysherry2910 Год назад

I get real interested in my losses when I can't really understand where I lost. Anyway Levon is a freaking monster!

@kartikaysingh5746 Год назад

9:11 - 9:14 me whenever teacher asks me a question.

@thedanishelf Год назад

Someone from Denmark had fun with the donations 😂

@antoniobacic5674 10 месяцев назад

Hans played such good moves, he couldn’t explain them himself.

@Furin1521 Год назад

I've spotted that E7 move but just by gut, I wasn't able to calculate anything beyond the immediate effect of course 😂 Great game and video!

@daemonsoadfan Год назад

i spotted it too, i just wanted to move my pawn and E7 is the only logical square for the queen with these checks ideas xD I guess a simple reasoning leads to the same conclusion than a deep calculation, by luck

@Furin1521 Год назад

@@daemonsoadfan Yep, and I wanted to have the Queen ready to deliver check in the H file!

@vivekmohan7785 Год назад

The Champ. Of 2017 👌

@gunslinger_844 Год назад

Nice mug 10:33

@hasancoool 9 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@guitarplaya903 Год назад

Correction: the greatest game played against Magnus was actually performed by Hans Niemann's engine,

@jabirkanak3245 Год назад

Levon is too much common figure when you see titles like this. ♥

@chomes8048 Год назад

I've never seen chess analysis spend more time in lines that didn't even happen than in the actual match. Having to skip minutes ahead just to get back to the game is crazy.

@Jethaji292 Год назад

epic thumbnail !!!

@Jayako12 Год назад

#suggestion I am once again asking for the queen sacrifice in the Bellón-Georgiev game of Terrassa, 1990.

@sampathn4429 Год назад

no wonder aronian is one of my all time favs'

@aminzqrti7672 Год назад

#suggestion A preview on the #chess bundesliga with focus on the team #Baden-Baden. Thank you Antonio

@borkesahin8729 Год назад

Levon ; Alpha Mode:On

@nikhilkasarle8501 Год назад

It was in this position That Agadmator completely blundered the Video information 😂😂😂😂

@MrWill830 Год назад

Hi Agad, I was just wondering, do you ever get time to catch Ivanchuck's streams on Twitch ?

@bugsbunny6443 Год назад

#suggestion WOW WOW WOW queen sacrifice in the Bellón-Georgiev game of Terrassa, 1990.

@thiagoedirley 7 месяцев назад

The greatest game ever played against Magnus is that one with Supi! The move Qc6!! in the same game is the most beautiful move ever played agains Magnus!

@mwelasemazibuko5357 Год назад

Taking nothing from this game, the one Magnus was beaten 'Enpassent' 2023 wow that game ❤️

@armanmuhi618 3 месяца назад

Not giving in to yelling chesstory telling😂😂😂

@ChrisTopher-nr1vb Год назад

WONDERFUL GAME

@kamva_cwayi2102 Год назад

Wow Levon again

@DartsGondel Год назад

@agadmator did you notice that you are not in focus / sharp on your latest videos

@mraverage2525 Год назад

I'm a d4 player, all because of Levon

@osamayasin2466 Год назад

"I'll give u a couple of seconds to see 20 moves ahead"

@MrSiwat Год назад

Wow! What a game.)

@arshsingh6553 Год назад

#suggestion Gukesh vs Esipenko WR Chess Masters 2023.. please cover this game!

@wixom01 Год назад

Wow, what a game!

@silencionomus Год назад

Two connected pawns on the seventh rank is worth more than a queen. So true. Potential outweighs everything.

@GeraldM_inNC Год назад

Is there anything to be said for continuing to box in the black queen and trying to force the queen to be traded for a lesser piece, instead of commencing with white's attack on the black king (the bishop sacrifice)?

@suryaspiritindia3666 Год назад

This is Class.

@FloydMaxwell Год назад

Amazing game

@DENNIS5831 Год назад

levon monster mode

@user-dc1zf7qr9h Год назад

Merci beaucoup 👍

@user-qw5cn5qg9r 22 дня назад

Very late to this, but Qa7 by Levon could just have been played to be on the same file as the black Queen. Thus if white could ever push b5, black would need to recapture with the c pawn instead of the a pawn, gining white a close to promotion passed pawn. But thats only speculation

@h1tchman Год назад

I genuinely guessed QE7. Complete fluke i'm sure 🤣 Great video as always 😊

@stupidserver601 Год назад

yeah no shit, thats why you said u guessed it

@Fedkek Год назад

What makes this game unbelievable is that Magnus is up a whole piece and still lost

@puffimnsivyer7936 Год назад

05:15 - (Just for reference for others who may’ve gotten confused as I have: Agadmator’s so used to seeing Magnus in the dominant position that he briefly brain-farted and switched the names.

@germanopillon3674 Год назад

2017 was levon's year. He simply won everything and finished the year in the 2800's. I still miss the quality of 2018 candidates tournament. Only beasts playing there

@stupidserver601 Год назад

germano stop typing rubbish thanks 😈

@blaze1148 Год назад

@@stupidserver601 go away you are not needed here - troll.

@smdanny1 Год назад

so should the A3 pawn sacrifice be declined?

@jwrobin21 Год назад

9:43 after white plays h3 what is to stop Black playing ..... e5 and threatening B x h3 next move and threatening checkmate with Q x g2 next move? Just asking?