Magnus Carlsen Arrives With Only 30 Seconds To Play

What else can we say here? Magnus is going to Magnus.

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[happygood]

Magnus is the only person whose game ends with more time than it starts with.

[marshallgrey]

props to daniel for talking the entire time. he was describing nothing happening, that's a talent

[FelAvelar]

the opponent started to play slowly until the time was equal, full respect

[johndoe]

Kovalev is absolutely not a slouch. It's a testament to Magnus' near superhuman mastery of chess that he was able to beat such a formidable opponent with such a time disadvantage.

[dohpamne]

gotta give props to Naroditsky here. He literally made nothing happening sound exciting.

[kingsgambit]

To everyone who is new to chess and especially this situation: Kovalev was intentionally taking extra time to make simple moves (he can also blitz these out in a few seconds) to level the time advantage. This was excellent sportsmanship from him. At 4:47 and 5:00 Carlsen adjusts pieces before pressing his clock to communicate to his opponent that he is okay with the time disadvantage now and Kovalev should no longer delay his moves. Kovalev then speeds up and they play an almost normal (bullet) game.

[kodiak]

I can't be the only one who watches Magnus videos with no idea how to play chess, or can I? Lol

[Pouruu]

Magnus is the guy who comes late on his wedding day but still married at the end.

[themalmana]

A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

[lyubomirkaradzhov]

Hats off to Danya, one of the best commentators in general. Always has something interesting to say even when nothing is happening

[linuxgirl_]

Kovalev is such a good sport. Naroditsky complained about the open position, but Kovalev did it on purpose to give Magnus enough time (as well as taking huge amounts of time to make his own moves, like 6. Nc3). He didn't want to win that way. That's real class.

[bibasthapa]

Magnus isn't late. He thinking about his next game 78th move 🤦.

[mfsdmer]

I think he let his clock run down on purpose to be a fair sportsman towards Magnus. He did go into full Blitzmode once the time got equal

[amusik]

Naroditsky is so incredible. I don't understand how he can comment on these games so fast and so eloquently.

[TheHiddenTruth...]

Kovalev let his clock run down on purpose to be a fair sportsman towards Magnus. He did go into full Blitzmode once the time got equal. He was intentionally taking extra time to make simple moves to level the time advantage hats of to Kovalev. I feel like magnus would get more respect if he shows up on time for his games...

[CNATION]

Magnus is such a legend they commentate and show his table even when he's not there

[covidiotseverywhere]

Most probably, he was being a good sportsman. He originally had asked the arbiter if he could wait for Magnus to join before starting the clock and the arbiter told him he needs to start the clock

[Stunt]

This is the highest quality thumbnail I have ever seen

[Mizi]

Plot twist: Carlsen actually showed up early, but stood at the entrance waiting to appear 30 seconds before time ran out.

[avinashbalakrishna]

Many people think that Carson has only 30secs. Infact he has his opponent time too🤷.