The way he traps pieces rather than trying to take them is amazing to watch. I learned a lot from this game
getrekt
I love how the thumbnail says "stunned" after he just started the game with the most common opening ever 💀
anom
I did not know that Magnus could play D5 to start the opening, bro really has superpowers
adhame
I'd be stunned too if White opened with d5 😂
DrasticSkuba
d5 as an opening move by White was a great play by Magnus.
Judit was immediately out of book at that point. Black is never prepared for that move because it's _incredibly_ rare
TheKyleBrah
Magnus won the 2014 World Blitz Championship in Dubai with 17/21, and Judit Polgar finished with 13/21, still in the top 32/113 entrants. They met in the 14th round of 21 rounds, and the game was timed to 3 minutes each. The video is a bit misleading at times. It's not Classical Chess, in case you were maybe wondering why they looked so rushed, and she wasn't the last person he played to claim the title.
uselesscrappyvideos
I love Judith Polgar. She always plays aggressive, never a dull game from her
liberalaccidental
Guys, it's like the matrix. The only reason you can't open with D5 is because you still believe you can't. Magnus believes.
mariahanover
0:26 "His chess reputation was going to be ruined forever" what a ridiculous statement, Judit hasn't won any classical games against Magnus, but to suggest that she is so bad it would forever ruin Magnus' reputation is an incredibly disrespectful thing to say, Judit has beaten Magnus in 19 moves in the past.
ciaran
0:25 "One wrong move and his chess reputation was going to be ruined forever"
Wut? Losing to someone with 2700+ rating would ruin his reputation? Judith Polgar even beat Garry Kasparov.
Trias
The comments here have basically no substance, and this video seems to use the title for clickbait, with subpar commentary to exaggerate things. So I guess I’ll cover the important details.
0:25 A GM losing to a mistake does not ruin their reputation, even if they happen to be a world champion
0:31 Not D5, but ok
0:35 Usually called the King’s Indian/Indian game but close enough
1:06 Doesn’t really break opening principles, the knight is being developed, with the option to go to an outpost on b4 or chill on c7, this move justifies the pawn to c6 move, and is overall a solid move
1:16 Queen to c7, not c6
1:20 This is a bland comment likely generated from looking at an eval bar and pretending to understand a position, but I won’t judge, the position is essentially equal with white having a space advantage
Now for the more important details
1:33 It seems like much now. (jokes aside, pawn h5 to h4 can be played whenever black wants to, and it is played immediately)
1:38 Queen d2 does create a battery, but that battery is likely not the important part of the move, Queen d2 makes space for the f rook, and that f rook can now move to make space for the king, and that means that Magnus’s king has an escape planned in the event of a serious attack
1:47 The point of this move is likely to improve the attack on the kingside, not trade pieces
2:03 Taking the knight with a pawn does not win the bishop, the bishop can go to e1. However, that would result in the bishop not having any space and blocking the rook. This blocked rook blocks the king from escaping, making it harder for the king to escape, and black can then move her queen to d8 or e7, with the idea of moving the Queen to h4, threatening mate, and the only way to defend mate is to sacrifice the bishop on e1. In other words, black has enough compensation for the knight sacrifice.
2:14 This is unrelated to the commentary, I think this is where Judith’s key mistake was made, since Judith didn’t take the d8-h4 diagonal with her queen, and also likely why Magnus took the knight in this position, since he can control that diagonal with his own queen. The pawn being on c5 also blocks Judith’s Queen from being able to access Magnus’s king through the a7-g1 diagonal, preventing a helpful fork and defensive resource, which means she blundered her pawn here, since she’ll lose it with no real compensation. Magnus probably took the knight because he noticed these details. Keep in mind that this is my opinion.
2:19 King can’t get off the back rank, Queen is chilling and even goes to g5 on the next move
2:45 Also prevents the bishop infiltration to e3
3:21 This is a mistake, one of the few things the commentary covered well, sadly over exaggerating things in the process.
3:58 Magnus’s pawns on the light squares make the bishop almost useless since it has no place to really go to. An inactive bishop is traded for a good knight, but black is still losing of course.
4:45 The b rook has no squares to go to and can at best be traded away for a bishop, which is losing. If the rook stays there, knight to c4 picks off the rook, also losing for black.
I’m glad this is over, I regret writing this.
bigbrainedhuman
D5 is the best and most powerful starting move and a recently found move, Magnus already knows this move. wow
This_is_a_handle.
bro really opened with d5. manski got dem superpowers
Ecci
Am I missing something? Magnus defeats 2750 elo is pretty normal news, no? She did really well I thought
aguyinahoodie
Why would his reputation be “ruined forever?” A single loss won’t change his status as one of the greats, and even if he did lose, like you said, she’s a very strong player. I’d cut the overly dramatic language in future videos
paulsperaw
Me, playing d4*
Magnus: "Ay, caramba. This is checkmate".
tcrwhps
This is amazing and enjoyable stuff to watch! Such technical skill for both. I've not played Magnus, yet. I best start learning how the pieces move on the board; probably my best first step.
YuckFooToo
magnus: plays his first move
thumbnail: stunned 😱😱😱
phamgiaminh
Both great players and it was in the balance for some time, the thing with blitz though is that it's very easy to play one move that isn't great and the whole game can come crushing down, Magnus slowly but surely turned the game in his favour and found some brilliant ideas to finish it off.
