People don't realise but that was some really high level smartness in the opening , first cutting down all the complex lines in French by playing exchange , and then there's one setup in the exchange that is really good for creative attacking players like Rapport which I am sure he was wanting to play with Bg4 Ne7 Nc6 Qd7 and 0-0-0 going f6 g5 and attacking the kings idea castle . Magnus's early h3 move was to avoid Bg4 which really kills the mood of someone trying to play that setup (you can tell from Rapports reactions) and then because h3 can serve as a hook Rapport was still going for it with Ne7 and perhaps Be6 or Bf5 in mind , but Magnus made sure to not castle instead c4! Nc3 absolutely killing any of blacks plans to go for those setups so Rapport castled king-side and Magnus got to play his type of middle game. Absolutely brilliant practical play and understanding.
I don’t think your idea of analysis is right.in this video in(6:55) you are saying white can play rook to E1 and black then take bishop to A5. Why black take bishop to A5 after the move of white’s rook E1,black will play knight C to B6,after white saves his queen now black could take the bishop for free.
Im sorry but i dont really like sagar's commentary.. it's bit distracting. And it feels like "forced overreaction" i just wanna concentrate but i cant. Plus i cant mute my phone. Commentary is important but most of the things are unnecessary. Hope there's improvement