A chess prodigy explains how his mind works

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  • Опубликовано: 1 фев 2014
  • Inside the amazing mind of Magnus Carlsen, the number one chess player in the world

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  • @tormentedsunbeam
    @tormentedsunbeam 3 года назад +7597

    Ah yes, the good days when Magnus was just a “chess prodigy”

    • @SPARTANGER534
      @SPARTANGER534 3 года назад +78

      What is he know?

    • @hudsonpallett6184
      @hudsonpallett6184 3 года назад +760

      @@SPARTANGER534 world champion

    • @desantinotafrancesco2639
      @desantinotafrancesco2639 3 года назад +501

      @@ReverseGuy that fact you had to clarify as if we didn't already mean that is just hilarious 😂

    • @shoganflamemasta3975
      @shoganflamemasta3975 3 года назад +153

      @@ReverseGuy Thanks for clarifying bud! Yeah, it's super fair to have AIs that can play perfect games and calculate hundreds of moves ahead in like a second thrown in in the same category as a human playing chess. I think just everyone forgot about it! Chess would probably be so boring for a perfect AI, that it would hardly be considered "playing" anymore. They would play a perfect game everytime over and over again. Human and AI playing chess shouldn't even be compared buddy, you would have to be a cyborg to even have a slight chance of even accomplishing a draw against AI.

    • @alphaqwell2027
      @alphaqwell2027 3 года назад +21

      @@shoganflamemasta3975 Nah you just have to be a crafty human to win, Jon bartholomew has a vid on his channel where he beats stockfish. To draw or win consistently though is a different story

  • @gdsvalentine1193
    @gdsvalentine1193 5 лет назад +18078

    I walk into a room and forget why I went in.

    • @Totto3
      @Totto3 5 лет назад +179

      Same here😂😂✌

    • @blinzi69
      @blinzi69 5 лет назад +256

      this is the best comment i ever read in my entire life. i literally fell from the chair laughing.

    • @whirlyzaph9650
      @whirlyzaph9650 5 лет назад +71

      Happens all the time to me... Mostly cuz I'm too lazy to direct my focus and let it go wild...
      Slapped by my mother frequently after.

    • @Brainiac4534
      @Brainiac4534 5 лет назад +11

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ThePrometheus617
      @ThePrometheus617 5 лет назад +8

      LOL

  • @victorliu5689
    @victorliu5689 3 года назад +5221

    An interviewer interviewing an interviewer about an interview

    • @pauldavis5665
      @pauldavis5665 3 года назад +212

      Interviewception

    • @mrhellothere4143
      @mrhellothere4143 3 года назад +68

      @@pauldavis5665 we need to go deeper

    • @zlatanibrahimovicisbettert7980
      @zlatanibrahimovicisbettert7980 3 года назад +5

      An*

    • @MrTalkingCorn
      @MrTalkingCorn 3 года назад +51

      @@mrhellothere4143 They need to show the woman interviewing the man who interviewed carlsen then include clips of carlsen interviewing the woman who interviewed the man who interviewed him.

    • @Matt-ry2zk
      @Matt-ry2zk 3 года назад +1

      Hahaha!

  • @gideonmuchina9242
    @gideonmuchina9242 4 года назад +6902

    "I had to replay the whole game in my head for half a minute, yea you know"
    Hehe I don't know

    • @julianemary8240
      @julianemary8240 3 года назад +119

      this gave me the queens gambit vibe

    • @DavidBrit101
      @DavidBrit101 3 года назад +21

      Yeah, you do just a simple A4, a5, NE3, NF5

    • @GoddessOfThree
      @GoddessOfThree 3 года назад +51

      @@julianemary8240 That's funny, I was just watching it and thought "this gives me Magnus Carlsen vibes" 😂

    • @Randy1337
      @Randy1337 3 года назад

    • @vvthetalentlessduo6976
      @vvthetalentlessduo6976 3 года назад

      Lo

  • @yotamshohat9394
    @yotamshohat9394 5 лет назад +20940

    "A chess prodigy explains how his mind works"
    - "I know what to do"
    Thanks

  • @partykrew666
    @partykrew666 8 лет назад +2013

    10 chess games at once without looking at them. what the fuck man. seriously.

    • @karu6111
      @karu6111 8 лет назад +137

      +partykrew666
      Remembers the position of pieces from a game when he was 13 years old.
      Goddamn episodic memory this man has.

    • @EricFrock
      @EricFrock 8 лет назад +31

      +Karl Glenn Eidetic memory is what it's called.

    • @karu6111
      @karu6111 8 лет назад +85

      I mean episodic like he remembers his past experiences so well. Damn I don't even remember what I did yesterday.

    • @Farago316
      @Farago316 8 лет назад +98

      +partykrew666 You also have to consider chunking. If I wrote "sdf sdh fjk hsfs" you might have trouble remembering that. But if I wrote "FBI CNN USA ROFL" you'll have a higher chance. I'm able to remember over 1000 numbers using this trick and I'm not gifted. He's played chess thousands of times so specific chess positions to him can be as simple as remembering a word.

    • @partykrew666
      @partykrew666 8 лет назад +1

      Aaron Tupaz ahh, yeah, i can see how that helps. still pretty amazing though.

  • @philanthropicnightmare1206
    @philanthropicnightmare1206 3 года назад +4450

    That’s no prodigy, that’s a Magnus Carlsen.

    • @shuutsukiyama1553
      @shuutsukiyama1553 3 года назад +30

      By that time he wasn't world champion yet.

    • @TheRonlat
      @TheRonlat 3 года назад +115

      @@shuutsukiyama1553 He is the world champion since 2013. So yes he was :). "Magnus carlsen is the top chess player in the world" first sentence in the video btw lol.

    • @shuutsukiyama1553
      @shuutsukiyama1553 3 года назад +20

      @@TheRonlat I think the video had been filmed before 2014. Because in some part of it, they say his age and he was younger that how he supposed to be in that year.
      However, even if he was world champion by the time the video was film, it doesn't mean he wasn't a prodigy.
      Prodigy: a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities. Just like Carlsen.

    • @shuutsukiyama1553
      @shuutsukiyama1553 3 года назад +44

      @@TheRonlat 0:10 "He is 21 years old". And he is 29 now. So, the video has been filmed on 2011.

    • @TheRonlat
      @TheRonlat 3 года назад +10

      @@shuutsukiyama1553 Ah yes indeed it was 21. He was the top chess player by rating but not yet the champion my bad.
      I read his biography just to be sure. Wow ! Honestly I think he is the best chess player there has ever been. Bobby fisher was also amazing but his career was short.

  • @DragoonRyRs
    @DragoonRyRs 4 года назад +3644

    When Magnus eventually passes away, people playing chess 500-1000 years from now will still look up to him. Thats how crazy he is

    • @Will_Moffett
      @Will_Moffett 3 года назад +248

      You think people will be around in 500 years?

    • @GyariSan1
      @GyariSan1 3 года назад +89

      No. AIs like Alpha Go/Zero will be implemented into human brain by then.

    • @havardnss3895
      @havardnss3895 3 года назад +273

      @@GyariSan1 Maybe, but humans have a way of appreciating historical magnificence, even though its found ways around it. Even tho an army of 10000 men with modern equipment could take out Djenghis Khan´s army at that time, it dosent mean that his accomplishments are without value, or foreign to appreciation.

    • @WAPBodie
      @WAPBodie 3 года назад +55

      When we watch Fischer - Karpov - Kasparov era with my chess friends, we were sure (and happy), we are watching on three best chess players of all time, including future. The Magnus Carlsen came and we have to change our oppinion.

    • @sudiprizal
      @sudiprizal 3 года назад +46

      I dont think so.
      There will be better player and better computers to analyse from.
      Theories will be refined.

  • @tonymusic720
    @tonymusic720 6 лет назад +6342

    Which one of your mates is the best at chess?
    The Czech mate.

  • @plokijuh5830
    @plokijuh5830 7 лет назад +4924

    I can cook 2 minute rice in 1 minute and 50 seconds

  • @DanielWillen
    @DanielWillen 3 года назад +1532

    He can remember 10.000 chess games in his mind
    *Proceeds to show him his own game he played*

    • @Ithrazel
      @Ithrazel 3 года назад +82

      He has easily played more than 10k games, so he would mainly remember his own

    • @aqdjbcr
      @aqdjbcr 3 года назад +97

      He would have recognized any famous chess game probably

    • @maximusanimations6148
      @maximusanimations6148 3 года назад

      very possible to achieve i am not amazed something anyone that has the drive can do

    • @Ithrazel
      @Ithrazel 3 года назад +1

      @@wetraccoon99 yes, probably more. Is also what I said

    • @MisterShine1912
      @MisterShine1912 3 года назад +47

      I don't even remember my password

  • @mrmasksailo448
    @mrmasksailo448 2 года назад +488

    Magnus is a monster. Imagine playing against 10 different player at the same time without even looking the chess board

    • @Lolandotherusers
      @Lolandotherusers Год назад +19

      I can't even imagine 1 tbh

    • @erlindaalba1682
      @erlindaalba1682 Год назад +6

      Other GMs can do it too

    • @Javohir691
      @Javohir691 Год назад +9

      ​@@erlindaalba1682not with 10 players.

    • @claudiov5554
      @claudiov5554 8 месяцев назад +21

      @@Javohir691 the record is against 50 players

    • @Cra3ier
      @Cra3ier 8 месяцев назад +1

      And win

  • @jackoster7115
    @jackoster7115 5 лет назад +3516

    Me at the beginning: I wonder if I tried hard enough I could get on his level
    Me at the end: McDonalds doesn't seem too bad a profession

  • @theeab1993
    @theeab1993 8 лет назад +4953

    See I have a similar ability. But rather than chess, or math, or science or something useful I use my memory to remember Spongebob and Rick and Morty quotes so that I can whip them out in my daily life.

    • @Kallor_
      @Kallor_ 8 лет назад +309

      +theeab1993 Let's be honest, your skills are more useful

    • @Toxodos
      @Toxodos 8 лет назад +83

      and that's the waaaaay the news goes

    • @Skiddla
      @Skiddla 8 лет назад +33

      +theeab1993 Wuba Duba Lub Lub

    • @theeab1993
      @theeab1993 8 лет назад +47

      ***** I believe it's "Wuba Lubba Dub Duuub!!"
      but I feel you

    • @PwntsRocksU
      @PwntsRocksU 8 лет назад +2

      +theeab1993 hit me with 1 of their most famous quotes, and one of your least favorite quotes. boom! go!

  • @rickyrobles9599
    @rickyrobles9599 3 года назад +614

    Beth: Looking at the Ceiling
    Magnus: looking at the wall

    • @OnixMint
      @OnixMint 3 года назад +8

      I can’t with these comments 😂

    • @theanonymouslegion4811
      @theanonymouslegion4811 3 года назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @whynotbhavya8028
      @whynotbhavya8028 3 года назад +2

      He has a mind palace like Sherlock

    • @milk-el8vq
      @milk-el8vq 2 года назад +1

      funny enough magnus has beaten the Beth bot

    • @locky244
      @locky244 2 года назад +3

      Hikaru: looking at his hands

  • @theuniversejumper
    @theuniversejumper 3 года назад +1087

    What he said about just "knowing" the right move and then taking time to calculate is actually very similar to what my Linear Algebra professor and Physics research mentor have both said to me. They said when you get good enough in your field, you will often find the right answer very quickly because it "feels right". But it's just intuition and it can take a long time proving it. You have to check it. Sometimes it turns out your feeling was wrong, but a lot of times it's right. Interesting parallels.

    • @Mateus-pu9uf
      @Mateus-pu9uf 3 года назад +10

      Thanks for sharing it

    • @ajan.ggovindan8627
      @ajan.ggovindan8627 2 года назад +1

      Absolutely

    • @adhamhisham2133
      @adhamhisham2133 2 года назад +6

      You're right! That is a very high level that exists every skill and in acquiring it which is really interesting and holds a lot of power!

    • @hellopleychess3190
      @hellopleychess3190 Год назад +11

      I'm not sure what's interesting about it, I think it's quite obvious that you learn patterns and recognize patterns intuitively?

    • @ralphong3214
      @ralphong3214 Год назад +7

      The good news is that everyone can learn the same thing or be an expert in a field but will take a ton of hours practicing for other people and some even faster. Once you establish the connections in the brain from system 1 to 2 based on the book thinking fast and slow, you will have already the pattern and the intuition. Make sure that the intuition will be validated by system 2 ( more focus and more thinking part of brain) if its correct. The intuitiin feels the same thing as muscle memory. The 2 systems said earlier is the easiest way to describe the thinking process of the brain.

  • @mikechaplin7717
    @mikechaplin7717 5 лет назад +4904

    "do you every stop thinking about chess?"
    "sometimes, but right now i was actually thinking about chess"
    ...
    "and you were thinking about... specific moves, or...?"
    "ya"
    the cost of greatness

    • @shapowlow
      @shapowlow 5 лет назад +416

      is it a cost though? That's what makes him happy. That's his enjoyment. If everyone else enjoy traveling the world, he enjoys traveling the variations of chess.

    • @henryh8479
      @henryh8479 5 лет назад +165

      It is an opportunity cost. He never learned to appreciate the rest of the world.

    • @shapowlow
      @shapowlow 5 лет назад +533

      @@henryh8479 and we never will understand and comprehend the beauty of chess as much as he does.
      I don't understand the idea of "cost". He never lost anything. Life is about focusing on what you love and having fun with it. If you have no interest in playing computer games, is it a loss that you have never appreciated the beauty of computer games? No.

    • @vivusbrydyr4039
      @vivusbrydyr4039 5 лет назад +124

      @@shapowlow life is all about cost. by making a choice you sacrifice all the other options. every time. but i agree with you, it is his choice and he doesn't regret it. he doesn't need pity, because he's alright.

    • @ShadowViking47
      @ShadowViking47 5 лет назад +169

      ​@@henryh8479 There is no cost. This video unintentionally tries to portray him as some sort of autistic savant but he's a pretty normal dude minus being insanely intelligent if you watch some other interviews.

  • @BenjWarrant
    @BenjWarrant 3 года назад +1380

    First time I ever encountered a serious chess player: I was playing a game with him (I'm hopeless at chess, but he wanted to play) and we had to interrupt the game. I said it was a shame we couldn't finish, as we were putting the pieces away. "Don't worry", he said, "I know exactly where all the pieces are, we can pick up another day." He later said he remembered all the moves we'd played as well. I was gobsmacked.

    • @kobil316SH
      @kobil316SH 3 года назад +34

      That's a lot easier with cameras nowadays

    • @spyinsecret0075
      @spyinsecret0075 3 года назад +7

      Bruh how did he do that

    • @fettayo2040
      @fettayo2040 3 года назад +80

      @@spyinsecret0075 memory

    • @spyinsecret0075
      @spyinsecret0075 3 года назад +27

      @Anime Sucks yup just realise that my little brother have this ability, I was gobsmacked that when I accused him of cheating in chess, he literally replayed it bit by bit

    • @krishnak.r3927
      @krishnak.r3927 3 года назад +67

      For top chess players remembering moves is like remembering what someone said or like understanding a topic that your teachers explain. They've been so exposed to it that it just comes naturally.

  • @jiaqiniu130
    @jiaqiniu130 3 года назад +2366

    Okay but everyone’s gangster until Harmon starts seeing the game on the ceiling.

  • @WhoisZero953
    @WhoisZero953 8 месяцев назад +97

    What a nice guy, I hope he wins everything there is to win in chess someday.

    • @TheRealMafoo
      @TheRealMafoo 8 месяцев назад +12

      took him until just a week or so ago to accomplish that :)

  • @yevhenlos6255
    @yevhenlos6255 7 лет назад +956

    A chess prodigy explains how his mind works:
    - I know what to do.
    A round of applause for this insight, dear uploader.

  • @AgglomeratiProduzioni
    @AgglomeratiProduzioni 8 лет назад +278

    I can play ten chess matches at once without looking, too.
    Huh, do I have to win at least one? That wasn't specified.

    • @akrione
      @akrione 8 лет назад

      +Ruben Nice one bro, well played!

    • @Quuton
      @Quuton 8 лет назад +27

      you have to not make any illegal moves, which in itsself requires alot.

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 7 лет назад +39

      I have a completely unbroken record in Chess! I have come 2nd in every game I have ever played!

    • @manohar_reddy_anugu
      @manohar_reddy_anugu 7 лет назад

      what if its a draw?

    • @haadiishaww7954
      @haadiishaww7954 7 лет назад

      Ruben magic the gathering

  • @megajiem
    @megajiem 3 года назад +280

    It makes me think about the dozens of geniuses and prodigy kids that grow up and makes their life without realizing there was something called chess in their childhood.

    • @VARMOT123
      @VARMOT123 11 месяцев назад +20

      Not all geniuses have the same kind of genial powers to be great at chess

    • @dozervg3824
      @dozervg3824 8 месяцев назад +23

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@VARMOT123yea but the point is there could have been lots of prodigies but missed out because they didnt know about chess

    • @L_Justice
      @L_Justice 8 месяцев назад +3

      Los prodigios no nacen siendo buenos en una habilidad específica, simplemente se vuelven extremadamente buenos en cualquier cosa que tocan.

    • @anomaly3215
      @anomaly3215 7 месяцев назад +4

      intelligence doesn't equate to chess skill though, it's not about intelligence, it's about pattern recognition and memorization

    • @laurentfabron
      @laurentfabron 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@anomaly3215 ...whichhhh are the main components of intelligence.

  • @Hoodratliker
    @Hoodratliker 2 года назад +200

    him playing a 10 game exhibition with his back to the boards is the most impressive thing I've ever seen anyone do in chess, by a mile.

    • @seejayjames
      @seejayjames Год назад +10

      One of the most impressive things I've ever seen anyone do at all!

    • @Hoodratliker
      @Hoodratliker Год назад

      @@seejayjames agreed!!!

    • @Nickeltony
      @Nickeltony 8 месяцев назад

      Its so overwhelming did he win?

    • @TheRealMafoo
      @TheRealMafoo 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Nickeltony I am sure he won. It's just a matter or making sure he knows where the pieces are.

    • @joeltravels8983
      @joeltravels8983 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@Nickeltony yes he won all 10. Furthermore those weren’t just 10 random chess players. They were decent opponents for him.

  • @regzzuse280
    @regzzuse280 9 лет назад +192

    Damn how did he remember Carlsen vs Kasparov?
    Thats like remembering the birth of your only child.

    • @luismiguelsaenztaborda5190
      @luismiguelsaenztaborda5190 9 лет назад +83

      He even laughed when he saw the position

    • @regzzuse280
      @regzzuse280 9 лет назад +2

      luis miguel saenz taborda
      lol, exactly.

    • @ChessGrandmaster
      @ChessGrandmaster 9 лет назад +14

      Except that he has played probably more than 2000 games each having dozens of moves meaning different dozen positions per game. Remembering one of them is like remembering what happened at the a random 12th minute of the birth of your 2000th child; if you can remember that child in the first place.

    • @regzzuse280
      @regzzuse280 9 лет назад +26

      Vngani
      Kasparov was his first major opponent, and probably the game of his life, so...

    • @BeOutstanding
      @BeOutstanding 9 лет назад +22

      Kasparov was a world champion. Of course, he remembered that game.

  • @randomidiot8977
    @randomidiot8977 7 лет назад +564

    I once played 10 people at chess at the same time. I lost every game. I guess this prodigy and I are not so different after all.

    • @silverfang4583
      @silverfang4583 6 лет назад +42

      Random Idiot haha me only I was vsing three people at a time and I didn’t lose any match because I tripped over and the tables collapsed

    • @frede1905
      @frede1905 6 лет назад +4

      Silverfang 45 Hahahaha 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @adoniswarchild144
      @adoniswarchild144 5 лет назад +1

      LOL

    • @ancadanielaspataru3985
      @ancadanielaspataru3985 5 лет назад +5

      Shitposting on youtube just got a little better, thank you.

    • @MuslehFaiz
      @MuslehFaiz 5 лет назад +1

      Perfect username to go with the comment

  • @Peasant001
    @Peasant001 3 года назад +589

    Carlsen - " I know what to do, immediately.
    Rest of the world : genius.

    • @mariohall8357
      @mariohall8357 3 года назад +16

      You should have written: Rest of the world: genius, because he was right.

    • @microphoner1
      @microphoner1 3 года назад +3

      I"m not sure you get the point of this dialogue comment trend.

    • @ngle4246
      @ngle4246 3 года назад +1

      @@microphoner1 They do.

    • @yyumanager4709
      @yyumanager4709 3 года назад +4

      Well he does have a presumed iq of 190

    • @ngle4246
      @ngle4246 3 года назад +2

      @@yyumanager4709 Not even close, 137 at most.

  • @Krishnasarda85
    @Krishnasarda85 3 года назад +252

    Magnus: Remembers 10,000 chess games
    Me: Struggling to recall where I kept my car key a while ago

  • @Malficion
    @Malficion 7 лет назад +989

    When I play chess I have to keep reminding myself the horsy goes L, The tower is straight, The sharky is X, and that one of the pieces in the middle is OP and the other is poo.

    • @360PATCH
      @360PATCH 7 лет назад +17

      Which one is sharky?

    • @Malficion
      @Malficion 7 лет назад +64

      *****
      The one medial to the horsy. When viewing from a leveled angle, the piece looks like a shark with a round nose.

    • @alphadarkocharlie9312
      @alphadarkocharlie9312 7 лет назад +54

      haha this cracked me up big time

    • @MrCaptainInternet
      @MrCaptainInternet 7 лет назад +13

      I'm sorry but man I cant stop laughing. Because that's exactly me when I play chess.

    • @levarkizer3161
      @levarkizer3161 5 лет назад +2

      Malicious Affection check out Levar Kizer on RUclips feels like somebody's watching me

  • @baudilus
    @baudilus 8 лет назад +2421

    so when do we get to him explaining how his mind works?

    • @baudilus
      @baudilus 8 лет назад +215

      ***** I can, but that's beside the point - the video title says that he will. I want my money back.

    • @TheAleqzi
      @TheAleqzi 8 лет назад +53

      +SxKushxS You need to get laid my brotha..

    • @TheAleqzi
      @TheAleqzi 8 лет назад +27

      +SxKushxS I see how it is. Well have fun commenting.

    • @autumn_leaves1317
      @autumn_leaves1317 8 лет назад

      +Derek B (DerekTheArtisan) Watch again.

    • @xh0rsex
      @xh0rsex 8 лет назад +9

      +Derek B (DerekTheArtisan)
      actually, you cannot explain how the mind works. You can explain how the brain works. You can watch neurons fire and hook up sensors and measure which parts of the brain react to certain types of stimuli, but that is not explaining how the mind works.
      In relation to this video, we can see which parts of the brain react when Magnus plays chess, but we cannot know what he is thinking and/or how he is calculating information - that is the mind working.

  • @thegodofsilence5580
    @thegodofsilence5580 3 года назад +1346

    “Chess is all about deception” that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard I’ve played a lot of chess, “chess is all about forcing your opponent to not have any good options”

    • @robertx1603
      @robertx1603 3 года назад +193

      Poker is about deception, chess not so much.

    • @TwistedSoul2002
      @TwistedSoul2002 3 года назад +33

      @My Name The interviewer said that not Carlsen.

    • @darengardner6219
      @darengardner6219 3 года назад +6

      Which is deception

    • @maxkho00
      @maxkho00 3 года назад +33

      I too play chess, and nope, chess IS about deception. If you aren't convinced, search up Mikhail Tal. You are in for a big surprise, my friend.

    • @reaper-hh6rj
      @reaper-hh6rj 3 года назад +19

      @Gauldron Sage
      yes exactly,the only deception going on would be if you swindle your opponent or something,which rarely ever happens at the top level

  • @criticalbil1
    @criticalbil1 3 года назад +296

    Jason Christ. It's Magnus Bourne.

  • @junofall
    @junofall 8 лет назад +807

    "He didn't look out the window, he wasn't interested"
    *_Immediately looks out the windows_*

  • @rogernevez5187
    @rogernevez5187 7 лет назад +573

    great explanation: "I just know what to do"

    • @Rodentsnipe
      @Rodentsnipe 7 лет назад +27

      the subconscious network "learns" sets of inputs and knows the output already. He has probably made the same moves before or been in a similar game state before and knows how it plays out.

    • @rogernevez5187
      @rogernevez5187 7 лет назад +4

      Rodentsnipe This subconscious stuff reminds me that classical research of conditioned responses with animals (ex: dogs starting to salivate in response to a bell).

    • @grytlappar
      @grytlappar 7 лет назад +1

      That is a great explanation actually. Maybe your understanding is wanting.

    • @rogernevez5187
      @rogernevez5187 7 лет назад +2

      grytlappar > "That is a great explanation actually."
      Mind to explain the reasoning or your understanding is limited?

    • @hawkeyepierce9794
      @hawkeyepierce9794 7 лет назад +1

      Nah. It's easier to just insult someone than to explain why you disagree.

  • @NickCorso
    @NickCorso 5 лет назад +555

    "i know what to do"
    Yep that's some great explanation. I'm now a chess prodigy

    • @Danuxsy
      @Danuxsy 4 года назад +18

      prodigy implies you are born with it.

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 4 года назад +11

      He doesn't know exactly how he is able to do those things. Strange-isn't i?. As if it isn't really him doing it. Gives me the creeps.

    • @adityavv96
      @adityavv96 4 года назад +1

      That came with lot of practice .... he memorised over 10,000 games and analysed them to develop that skill

    • @CitizenSnips69
      @CitizenSnips69 4 года назад +11

      Do you think before you catch a ball?

    • @MrCrowebobby
      @MrCrowebobby 3 года назад +3

      @@radrook4481 Do you know WHY you like chocolate ice cream and not strawberry or whatever? Not if you really think about it.

  • @klimankhmeron7636
    @klimankhmeron7636 3 года назад +70

    -"So, how do you do that?"
    -"I'm not sure it's in my head"
    ~THE END~

  • @Loddentidster
    @Loddentidster 7 лет назад +170

    As a norwegian, I'm so proud to have Magnus Carlsen representing. I think that in several hundred years from now, a lot of our winter sports stars, footballers and movie makers will be left in history, but I think that Magnus is the most remarkable living Norwegian. He will be remembered among the likes of Herik Ibsen and Edvard Munch. A brilliant young man...

    • @JohnJohnson-zm1cb
      @JohnJohnson-zm1cb 7 лет назад +15

      Loddentidster maybe because hes the only norwegian worth remembering

    • @SkyForceOne2
      @SkyForceOne2 7 лет назад +2

      +Zach Johnson or maybe... not.

    • @haroldwang4843
      @haroldwang4843 7 лет назад

      Well your knut haukelid basically won a war so that's worth remembering

    • @zhoupact8567
      @zhoupact8567 6 лет назад +1

      Well.. I am happy he is around. But... I dono, it feels rather strange to be proud to have him representing anything. Its not like I have any right to any glory he gets. Just like how he eating will not state my hunger, any gains he gets. No matter his skills. It can not be added in any way to my record.
      I suppose I am a bit split on the being proud of something your nation has done. Even more so something soneone else in your nation has done. But I do see what you are talking about. I am just unsure if it makes sense. XD

    • @vibovitold
      @vibovitold 6 лет назад +3

      Being proud of something like that isn't (or doesn't have to be) the same as taking credit for it.
      It's a very primitive understanding of pride. Pride is, in fact, a deeper feeling. Just because I'm proud of my father (for instance) doesn't mean I'm saying it was me who shaped him that way.
      Pride is a sense of attachment and resulting obligation. Not necessarily the "I caught most pokemons of all!" type of pride.
      Quite similarly, "good taste" also has deeper meaning apart from that something is delicious...
      Our culture is increasingly more infantile, and it's getting more and more difficult to explain these things.

  • @carharttblade
    @carharttblade 7 лет назад +2671

    And here i am watching this high for the last 3 weeks can't remember what happened 30 sec ago

    • @EMILFEIKMAN
      @EMILFEIKMAN 6 лет назад +20

      i feel you

    • @robmunro1065
      @robmunro1065 6 лет назад +4

      lmao Wineax

    • @CowboyHuncho
      @CowboyHuncho 6 лет назад +3

      broooo

    • @barnacleboi2595
      @barnacleboi2595 6 лет назад +9

      I cant remember what happened in the future...but i will...so does that mean i already have the memory but in the future

    • @watertemple399
      @watertemple399 6 лет назад +38

      I used to smoke everyday or every other day. I haven't smoked for about a year and my memory is already 10 times better than what it was while I smoked. Weed aint so good as it's made out to be. Your better off without it. 🙄

  • @louisyou
    @louisyou 3 года назад +59

    If chess was a test, Magnus would be quadruple checking while everyone else is struggling to finish on time. Absolute mad lad

    • @TraumaER
      @TraumaER 2 года назад +8

      He’d probably be finding errors in how the questions were asked to make them harder.

  • @EndoftheTownProductions
    @EndoftheTownProductions 3 года назад +339

    His ability doesn't come from "another world"; his skill at chess is a combination of incredible memory, spatial reasoning and pattern recognition at the highest level, and, lastly, hard work and determination. Many great chess players have this combination, i.e. Bobby Fischer.

    • @artemkozirev2395
      @artemkozirev2395 3 года назад +16

      This is the most accurate answer I have ever come across so far and I fully agree

    • @thatchapthere
      @thatchapthere 3 года назад +41

      But his memory, spatial reasoning and pattern recognition, hard work and determination are from another world.

    • @vinaysharma-uk7ys
      @vinaysharma-uk7ys 2 года назад +2

      No these all things can be developed bro , there are so many examples of such masters in chess right now.

    • @grownupgaming
      @grownupgaming Год назад +2

      He doesnt consider Bobby Fischer great.

    • @wooshifgay462
      @wooshifgay462 8 месяцев назад +1

      And mozarts skill didnt come from an other world either

  • @terellslaughter6567
    @terellslaughter6567 7 лет назад +79

    Duuuude that 1 v 10 was fuckin' ridiculous.

    • @danielanderson5409
      @danielanderson5409 7 лет назад +13

      young people , the youngest there looked about 8-10 which can still be very good at chess... don't undermine them

    • @Whiskypapa
      @Whiskypapa 7 лет назад +1

      +Potato .Farmer good luck remembering 1000 games of chess at once. Unless you missed the part where he actually didnt look at the chess boards while playing...

    • @PwnUrBadCock
      @PwnUrBadCock 7 лет назад +10

      Me playing Dota everyday. 1v10

    • @143mark6275
      @143mark6275 7 лет назад

      Feels bro

    • @WaveRapture
      @WaveRapture 7 лет назад +1

      EZ game EZ life bro #dotalove

  • @Patriott
    @Patriott 8 лет назад +150

    Oh yeah, I have a 2.0 KD in COD. Where's my 60 minutes?

    • @victorcontreras5703
      @victorcontreras5703 8 лет назад +8

      So you must be one of those whiny little bitches

    • @Patriott
      @Patriott 8 лет назад +16

      ***** damn they should do a 120 minutes for you

    • @soccerdogboy8946
      @soccerdogboy8946 8 лет назад +4

      I have a .6 KD in BO3. Where's my 60 minutes.

    • @Patriott
      @Patriott 8 лет назад +8

      Brent Schulte you get 5 minutes, half of which will be commercial breaks

    • @andromediensa.4309
      @andromediensa.4309 8 лет назад

      +Patriott
      His chess kd (wl) is 300.0

  • @abbershayhalvorson8604
    @abbershayhalvorson8604 5 лет назад +931

    Chess is not about deception CBS is apparently since i am still waiting for him to say how his mind works..

    • @jackbower2204
      @jackbower2204 5 лет назад +12

      lol was thinking the exact same thing

    • @badcornflakes6374
      @badcornflakes6374 5 лет назад +4

      How does your mind work?

    • @CinnamonByte
      @CinnamonByte 4 года назад +1

      What is is about? Is it about how to read yourself and your opponent?

    • @Arominit
      @Arominit 4 года назад +29

      Chess is all about deception when you’re 7 and just learned the scholar’s mate that week

    • @radrook4481
      @radrook4481 4 года назад +2

      I saw another interview where he admitted that he really doesn't know exactly how he does these things.

  • @natural9743
    @natural9743 5 лет назад +159

    I've been coming back here every day since 2014 -it's now 2019 and I still don't know how his mind works

    • @blacktigershearthstoneadve6905
      @blacktigershearthstoneadve6905 5 лет назад +5

      Yep, the video is still the same.

    • @mrtech2259
      @mrtech2259 4 года назад +5

      Keep coming one day you'll break the code language and you'll be free forever.

    • @esaugamez8101
      @esaugamez8101 3 года назад

      *Update: its 2020 now

    • @rft1509
      @rft1509 3 года назад

      his mind is probably 10x times better wired than the normal human being minds
      and his chemical brain transmissions are way faster than normal, that's how he can recall information really fast, and replay a full game in half a minute
      GOD GIFTED
      once I tried to replay a game on board, it took me half an hour to remember!

  • @00bikeboy
    @00bikeboy 9 лет назад +97

    "Chess is all about deception." Clearly the corresponded does not know the game very well.
    "On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of lies; the merciless fact, culmination in checkmate, contradicts the hypocrites." Emanuel Lasker

    • @jasonsmith4114
      @jasonsmith4114 9 лет назад +1

      Very true, beautiful quote from Lasker

    • @ShdwSrpnt
      @ShdwSrpnt 9 лет назад +5

      00bikeboy I couldn't agree more. I'm only an amateur player and even I know that Chess is logical. It's not something like poker where it relies on emotion and bluffs. I couldn't help but laugh when I heard him say "Chess is all about deception".

    • @brain0nfire
      @brain0nfire 9 лет назад

      ShdwSrpnt As long as you play with people emotions are always going to be involved. Poker is about making the best call using the cards you can see to understand who has what, and to make people believe you have something else most of the time. Which can be irrelevant if luck plays out. Chess is about who can see more in deph and who can judge the valor of pieces and positions. Chess is deceptive in the sense that who can see more and better wins. Poker is goofy imo because luck can play its part and everyone goes nuts. You act like a robot and all you gotta do is wieght probabilities vs investment's pros and cons. A game of poker can take forever without skill. A game of chess has no turning back. It's do or die, It's an eye for an eye.

    • @Chris55433
      @Chris55433 9 лет назад

      00bikeboy So then in your opinion, traps are not the same as deception? i.e. gambits or poisoned pawns? I totally disagree with you.

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy 9 лет назад +5

      Chris55433 The point is that the poisoned pawn and the gambit aren't hidden. Everything is there on the board, for both players to see, as long as they can see far enough. There's the famous case of Marshall waiting years to spring a "trap" on Capablanca in 1918, but the wily Cuban refuted it over the board. So I would say that although they may be attempts to deceive, in chess where nothing is hidden, the better player sees further and demonstrates that deception is really just an illusion (or self-delusion), as Lasker points out.

  • @dancepro67
    @dancepro67 8 лет назад +440

    fk me... i cant even remember what i ate for breakfast.

    • @russianbot2179
      @russianbot2179 8 лет назад +4

      +KobeBryant pepperage farm remembers

    • @Randy1337
      @Randy1337 8 лет назад

      +KobeBryant :-)

    • @notinhell
      @notinhell 8 лет назад +3

      +KobeBryant I think you cannot remember last time you dunked.

    • @Noutelus
      @Noutelus 8 лет назад

      +KobeBryant Like muscles you need to train your memory :)

    • @globalmacro2817
      @globalmacro2817 8 лет назад

      +KobeBryant lol Kobe......

  • @MrDarkHawk
    @MrDarkHawk 3 года назад +38

    This is the thing with high IQ individuals, hard to impress, it's like they are living in a whole other dimension, very dedicated to their craft and really fun to be around even so! Props to Magnus, great human being!

    • @DanWilan
      @DanWilan 7 месяцев назад +1

      To be honest London is not that interesting.. gloomy weather and old architecture.. i'm sure he seen more beautiful views in Norway and they have great infrastructure too

    • @sploofmcsterra4786
      @sploofmcsterra4786 4 месяца назад

      It's not about high IQ, it's about the fact that he is so enveloped in chess that he is literally thinking about moves while being interviewed.

  • @mitchellfelder2420
    @mitchellfelder2420 7 месяцев назад +7

    The greatest chess player of all time.

  • @dennisvargas7719
    @dennisvargas7719 8 лет назад +469

    I can do a 360 no scope across the map on call of duty while falling from an airplane and one hand in my pants.

  • @MLGHendy
    @MLGHendy 7 лет назад +345

    Can remember over 10 thousand games. Tries to fool him with the most memorable game of his life. smh Evan I knew it was Carlsen Kasparov before he said.

    • @blootoot6580
      @blootoot6580 7 лет назад +103

      pretty sure that why he laughed lol

    • @MLGHendy
      @MLGHendy 7 лет назад +110

      Yeah, like "You're trying to catch me out, but insult me with this"

    • @IHWKR
      @IHWKR 7 лет назад

      Gianni :) even*

    • @AndyTheKing222
      @AndyTheKing222 7 лет назад

      Gianni :) lol that's funny af

    • @CzechRiot
      @CzechRiot 7 лет назад

      Thought he was talking to Evan.

  • @whatever-wn1nk
    @whatever-wn1nk 3 года назад +17

    Can you imagine dedicating your life to chess, working hard and all, and then Magnus beats you and says "i know what to do".

  • @chapter7149
    @chapter7149 4 года назад +141

    LOL I was like "I bet this kid cant beat magnus carlsen"..he looks so different without the beard 😂

  • @TheWTFMatt
    @TheWTFMatt 5 лет назад +74

    Magnus Carlsen is a role model honestly. He is a true gentlemen worthy of dignity and respect.

    • @theriptide9461
      @theriptide9461 4 года назад +4

      Not really tbh he laughs at his opponents and taunts them sometimes during matches.

    • @saphonymousplayer1235
      @saphonymousplayer1235 4 года назад +1

      @@theriptide9461 that is not allowed, right?

    • @Rene.A.D
      @Rene.A.D 3 года назад +7

      @@theriptide9461 some light bullying is part of every sport.

  • @jokintjboy
    @jokintjboy 7 лет назад +1979

    Even he can't counter yorick in the top lane.

  • @yhanuarpurbokusumo
    @yhanuarpurbokusumo 2 года назад +21

    This kid is promising. He will be a chess grandmaster someday.

    • @LushSSB
      @LushSSB Год назад +1

      He had already been a GM for 10 years at the time of this interview

    • @bonnie_rose
      @bonnie_rose 8 месяцев назад +5

      @LushSSB That was the joke.

    • @lastsonofkrypton3918
      @lastsonofkrypton3918 4 месяца назад +1

      Who knows? Maybe even World Champion too! The sky's the limit!

  • @ciscoponch67
    @ciscoponch67 5 лет назад +31

    If Magnus Carlsen wrote a book on memory, he could literally reitre right now.

  • @Brynhildrify
    @Brynhildrify 7 лет назад +1478

    but does he even lift?

    • @capgamer26
      @capgamer26 7 лет назад +445

      he lifts every piece he moves.

    • @mexforever8904
      @mexforever8904 7 лет назад +191

      His money lifts for him.

    • @williamjackson9109
      @williamjackson9109 7 лет назад +2

      hahahahahahaha

    • @82vitt
      @82vitt 7 лет назад +4

      Should be: "does he even skwaaaat?"

    • @mexforever8904
      @mexforever8904 7 лет назад +13

      ole gunar You are something different, you know that?

  • @umeradrees6443
    @umeradrees6443 7 лет назад +650

    But can he develop a strategy to defeat 1995-96 Bulls?

    • @jaidsalgado
      @jaidsalgado 7 лет назад +13

      umer adrees well meme'd my friend

    • @ericalfon1620
      @ericalfon1620 7 лет назад +10

      umer adrees the problem is we had the other genius in bulls. and he has more friends than carlsen.

    • @gordongooding8674
      @gordongooding8674 6 лет назад

      Can you?

    • @scottk1525
      @scottk1525 5 лет назад +7

      He could beat them at chess

    • @abdulkadirali96
      @abdulkadirali96 5 лет назад +1

      Impossible!

  • @farukhkhan1281
    @farukhkhan1281 3 года назад +30

    There's a skill to interviewing people too , and this guy has it

    • @noobpowner6983
      @noobpowner6983 3 года назад +1

      If he's so great, I'd like to see him interview 10 people at once with his back turned to them

    • @joshabrillo4237
      @joshabrillo4237 3 года назад

      @@noobpowner6983 lol why would you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree

  • @naelchowdhury1404
    @naelchowdhury1404 5 лет назад +79

    I’m out here struggling with connect 4

  • @kalbaman
    @kalbaman 7 лет назад +1693

    Interesting vid. but it doesn't really explains how his mind works...

    • @SkyLukeComedy
      @SkyLukeComedy 7 лет назад +71

      Noone can. It just clicks into your mind, and you know the correct move, but you can't tell yourself why it is so good, or what the correct move is. As each move he makes, his mind subconsciously remembers evert move he has seen, and which ones work and why, and then each move comes into a single set of moves. Like each move he makes is completely unique. So he never makes quite the same decision because each game is slightly unique, it is slightly new because the game before effects his decision making.

    • @malcite
      @malcite 7 лет назад +5

      Well unless he volunteers to get his mind picked by scientists (i think he has on some minor things) I doubt anyone will. Lets just say that he has a great mnemonic tool to remember all those games and he is a brilliant strategist to say the least.
      Never been interested in chess, but that may be because even at easy the computer beats me every time. When it comes to chess I am at the bottom of the bucket. My mind works better on other areas. ;)

    • @scottk1525
      @scottk1525 7 лет назад +24

      The OP wasn't pointing out Magnus's inability to describe how his mind works, he was pointing out that this video is not titled correctly.

    • @ifanf
      @ifanf 7 лет назад +18

      There is a big deception in this world called "click bait"

    • @vrc3714
      @vrc3714 7 лет назад +6

      I thought the video described it pretty well. He has exceptional memory and analysis skills that he uses in chess. He also never quite leaves the board, always planning, evaluating and thinking.

  • @MegaDrainProductions
    @MegaDrainProductions 7 лет назад +90

    I love the ending
    "Why were you trying to surprise him?"
    "Just for the hell of it"

  • @Tanishq.A
    @Tanishq.A 4 года назад +107

    When I see a hot girl:
    *I know what to do*

    • @mcdanzy8379
      @mcdanzy8379 4 года назад +17

      **Proceed to act like a total idiot because my brain says why tf not*

    • @donatobaonguis4315
      @donatobaonguis4315 3 года назад +1

      hahahaha

    • @LiViro1
      @LiViro1 3 года назад +5

      But then you ponder it for thirty minutes because you have to verify your opinion?

  • @eliottregnier7614
    @eliottregnier7614 4 года назад +250

    "Chess is all about deception" man has clearly played a lot -_-

    • @roffaalmas5181
      @roffaalmas5181 4 года назад +5

      @Jay L Tf is wrong with u lol

    • @n0days0ff81
      @n0days0ff81 3 года назад +1

      @Jay L lay off that meth, goofball

    • @princepsangelusmors
      @princepsangelusmors 3 года назад +1

      Oh yeah, because gambits aren't a thing.

    • @TDYT103
      @TDYT103 3 года назад +1

      @@princepsangelusmors well the term "all" is assuming that every single game is based on gambits when really its about just making the move that works best

    • @friedayy
      @friedayy 3 года назад

      @@princepsangelusmors yep they are a thing but most of the time both players have studied the gambit lines and are aware of what playing into the gambit or declining the gambit results into, so gambit is technically not a deception at all

  • @BlueEyesWhiteBoy
    @BlueEyesWhiteBoy 8 лет назад +267

    Chess is not all about deception. In fact, it's the opposite. There is no hidden information in chess.

    • @BlueEyesWhiteBoy
      @BlueEyesWhiteBoy 8 лет назад +1

      ensayofr
      Disagree but okay.

    • @BlueEyesWhiteBoy
      @BlueEyesWhiteBoy 8 лет назад +5

      ensayofr
      Still, it's the concept. What is chess about? Hidden information? No... Just no.

    • @lollerskates007
      @lollerskates007 8 лет назад +46

      +BlueEyesWhiteBoy chess is about decieving the other player in what he will think you are going to do, so the deception is in future moves. Nothing is hidden but you can distract the attention of your opponent.

    • @FabiOhSoCool
      @FabiOhSoCool 8 лет назад +9

      +ensayofr Simply failing to see something does not make it hidden

    • @novadomenavedomia
      @novadomenavedomia 8 лет назад +4

      +BlueEyesWhiteBoy Exactly...it is not about deception, all is set clear...it is about strategy and tactics.

  • @Benzin0
    @Benzin0 8 лет назад +205

    That watch at 1:39 is so out of place lol

    • @SRNF
      @SRNF 8 лет назад +5

      +Zino Productions Cannot be unseen.....its in my dreams......why!!!!!!

    • @TheNunakun
      @TheNunakun 8 лет назад

      +Zino Productions Absolutely ahhaha.

    • @shadowaccount
      @shadowaccount 8 лет назад +8

      +Zino Productions That g-shock life

    • @magnusfischer3073
      @magnusfischer3073 8 лет назад +2

      IKR?! I'm surprised it doesn't have a calculator on it LOL... ¯\(°_o)/¯

    • @svader9680
      @svader9680 8 лет назад

      +Zino Productions I dont understand, anyone care to explain. I always like to expand my knowledge.

  • @TheaDragonSpirit
    @TheaDragonSpirit 4 года назад +50

    1:24 - If you keep playing enough you get an instinct, lets say you do enough patterns you then get situation were you know what the patterns is. It's a bit like muscle memory. In that you learn what those patterns look like and then you just do what you're suppose to do in that situation, now the only reason to calculate this is to make sure it pans out like the other times you did something.
    Basically if you do something like tic tac toe, and you do it enough times you just know what you should do, if you do that with chess there is way more variables so it's not as simple, but the more you do it the more you get an instinct and the more it just makes sense to do that move.
    However there is limit to this, if you play people that realise this then they will try limit how you learn and only do things in such a way that it is hard to over come this situation, I don't know how to explain this. So basically if you play AI it will not try limit it's move to make it hard for you to learn. If you play yourself over and over you will not limit your moves to stop yourself learning. But once you repeat and repeat and practice and practice you will get an instinct in most situations as to what makes sense. Also if you look at history as in look at all the championship games you can learn how champions think, so the more you study, the more you play an opponent not intentionally losing, or intentionally doing limited moves, you will learn a lot fast, as in play strong AI, and as long as you practice over and over you will gain an instinct as to what to do next.
    Obviously Magnus Carlsen can do this at a high level, most likely from practising a lot or studying a lot, or maybe he just naturally sees patterns, and so he can get this instinct a lot faster then most people.
    Also Magnus Carlsen has a great memory, I'm not sure if that is because he just focuses so much on Chess. I can remember old memories I like and around the date it happened. Maybe he studies over his old games like he would championship games, and so he would remember when it is. But still that is very hard for most to do, and obviously I think no one can really learn to have a better memory.

  • @thad1296
    @thad1296 3 года назад +215

    "I was trying to surprise him"
    *Picks his first game against the greatest chess player of all time besides Magnus himself*
    Bruh

    • @adrien8572
      @adrien8572 3 года назад +13

      Yeah, and i guess that's why Magnus laught when he saw the position x)

  • @Goreblender
    @Goreblender 5 лет назад +750

    "chess is all about deception" -interviewer
    mm, I dunno about that. at a low level, you can deceive people with tricks, but as you get to higher level, people don't really miss on threats you make. at that point, it's more about making threats that your opponent simply can't answer without creating weaknesses in their position (or just can't answer at all)

    • @StephenPaulTroup
      @StephenPaulTroup 5 лет назад +67

      Spot on, as soon as he said that I knew this guy doesn't understand chess.

    • @ucanthandledatruth01
      @ucanthandledatruth01 5 лет назад +19

      He's speaking for himself, or his group because deceive people is his strategy in REAL life. The covert hand of power.

    • @ucanthandledatruth01
      @ucanthandledatruth01 5 лет назад +5

      @QuantumMan12 the rule of white starting first demonstrates inequality because it's fixed and presents an advantage

    • @StephenPaulTroup
      @StephenPaulTroup 5 лет назад +10

      @@ucanthandledatruth01 That is traditional thinking but as man's understanding of chess evolves, particularly with powerful engines often coming up with superior moves no human would consider, the belief that moving first is an advantage is falling by the wayside, not completely, but most masters don't see it as a significant edge anymore.

    • @ucanthandledatruth01
      @ucanthandledatruth01 5 лет назад +5

      @@StephenPaulTroup moving first and moving forward (advancing) always creates the first advantage, of course.

  • @Dr_Pessimisto
    @Dr_Pessimisto 8 лет назад +386

    Where is the part of explaining?

    • @nakedking6676
      @nakedking6676 8 лет назад +3

      +Maciej Jankowski ahahhahahahahahah +1 +1 +1 +1

    • @StopTheMorons
      @StopTheMorons 8 лет назад +9

      +Maciej Jankowski Networks never explain anything, they only say something like that to get attention.

    • @kalee6
      @kalee6 8 лет назад +2

      +Maciej Jankowski Well, he said he knows what the next move immediately... I guess thats the explanation lol

    • @whynottalklikeapirat
      @whynottalklikeapirat 8 лет назад +14

      +Ramiro El Gáname well - here is a thought. The brain actually does work in a sort of gradual process of data crunching and evaluation against known or innate reference points. Unconscious thinking, which precedes and always underlie conscious thinking takes vastly more data into consideration than consciousness does.
      Conscious (convergent) thinking is biased and localized and processes as I recall around 60 bits per second, which is about the amount of information in a sentence or line in a book. The body, prior to that, processes more than 11 million bits per second. This process is unconscious (divergent) and delivers cues and results to consciousness that feels like intuitions, but which are really the result of experience and complex processing.
      If one has an amazing memory and the experience of 10.000 full chess games - great intuitions are very likely to arrive as a result of unconscious processing. Unconscious processing - being more openended and wandering - may sometimes benefit from a round critical conscious evaluation, to sharpen some aspect or other, but really the amazing part of the job has already been done.
      The rule is in fact: If you have a lot of experience within a field (a well trained unconscious) and if your mind has been presented with all relevant data in a thorough and focused way - the intuitions that follow are likely to be the best course of action, especially so when dealing with complex issues that require the delicate balancing of a wide array of factors.
      This guy has very special abilities of course but the fundamental principles are not magical. He draws from a vast nonverbal, sensual well of preexisting knowlegde and his conscious and unconscious mind is highly trained in all relevant thought processes. It stands to reason that "just knowing" would be the result.
      We all experience "just knowing". If you are good with words and you need a rhyme your unconscious probably just delivers one. You did not consciously consult a long list of all related words that you know and then deliberately pick one. One came to mind. Maybe several. "I thought of a rhyme" you'll say as if it was a systematic and calculated process. But really you asked and it was delivered to you. And then you took credit after the fact. You can then check against your actual memory and make a list to see if it was the best rhyme for the occasion. But your mind was already full of the occasion and primed for the task. So most likely the brain gave you the rhyme in question, either because it was obvious (cliche) or for more complex, and partly or wholly unconscious - but occasion-relevant reasons.

    • @redarrowhead2
      @redarrowhead2 8 лет назад

      +Maciej Jankowski Good genes.

  • @paranoidpumpkin98
    @paranoidpumpkin98 7 месяцев назад +2

    And here's Magnus after all these years still dominating chess

  • @aniketmeshram6598
    @aniketmeshram6598 4 года назад +13

    Magnus told us that he can remember 10,000 games that he has played in the past.
    Me: Forgot to turn on charging switch and come back 2 hours later to see.

  • @CanadianBoardCrew
    @CanadianBoardCrew 8 лет назад +426

    he can remember 10 000 chess games, i can remember 10 001 porn vids

  • @bigballer999
    @bigballer999 7 лет назад +544

    Of course this genius' name is Magnus

    • @AlanHofman
      @AlanHofman 7 лет назад +8

      Hugh WOOT?

    • @qoure3980
      @qoure3980 7 лет назад +117

      Hugh Mungus. Not Magnus.

    • @LongLe-nn1uz
      @LongLe-nn1uz 7 лет назад +10

      +Not Qoure hugemongus. Got it.

    • @riazjiffry3998
      @riazjiffry3998 7 лет назад +2

      humongasaur got it !

    • @markstevenson1646
      @markstevenson1646 7 лет назад +14

      EatSleepBoard0 I met him when he was 18 months old and beat him easily

  • @Pedro-ds3cq
    @Pedro-ds3cq 2 года назад +6

    Genius +obssession =world champion

  • @seanthebaptist6757
    @seanthebaptist6757 4 года назад +12

    When Magnus sits across from you at a Chess table, it's all over but the handshake.

  • @sadqaeedasedwq
    @sadqaeedasedwq 7 лет назад +537

    60Min=4:30

    • @VipKamaro
      @VipKamaro 7 лет назад +14

      Please tell me you are not that stupid?

    • @Locrian
      @Locrian 7 лет назад +10

      Yeah, that's not how it works bud.

    • @pepelaugh4091
      @pepelaugh4091 7 лет назад +1

      It's 60 Minutes Overtime. The logo is in the video. :D

    • @Dtxhardhitta
      @Dtxhardhitta 7 лет назад +6

      These 3 idiots that replied before me are chess nerds

    • @googleaccount6291
      @googleaccount6291 6 лет назад

      You people need to work on your grammar?

  • @keepingupwiththecichlids
    @keepingupwiththecichlids 9 лет назад +70

    Poker is all about deception, not chess.

    • @pineapplepeanuts
      @pineapplepeanuts 9 лет назад +2

      Thought the same thing when he said that. And I don't even play poker.

    • @On3Thought
      @On3Thought 8 лет назад +1

      Joe Amazon Poker is all about statistics.

    • @leerobbo92
      @leerobbo92 8 лет назад +1

      +On3Thought Not really. Poker once you reach a certain level is much more about reading your opponent.

    • @On3Thought
      @On3Thought 8 лет назад

      leerobbo92 Reading your opponents is unnecessary.

    • @leerobbo92
      @leerobbo92 8 лет назад +1

      ***** Dude, I think you replied to the wrong person... You basically just said exactly the same thing that I said.
      Also, take a chill pill.

  • @llla_german_ewoklll6413
    @llla_german_ewoklll6413 5 лет назад +21

    Honestly, I beat all of my family members, and I almost never think. I’m glad nobody has called the police yet...

    • @thehumbleone7989
      @thehumbleone7989 4 года назад

      lll•A_German_Ewok•lll maybe they just make you win so you wouldn't cry. Lovely family you have

    • @manuelfriend4060
      @manuelfriend4060 3 года назад

      Lmao you had me till the end

    • @sophiaredwood5825
      @sophiaredwood5825 3 года назад

      Oh my gosh I didn’t get that for a hot second 😂😂

  • @overseer5060
    @overseer5060 3 года назад +7

    Magnus is an intuitive player of chess. His calculation seems to go against his decision sometimes. As intuition vs calculation, intuitive takes only few seconds to find their move, while calculative need minutes to find their move. If both side change their routine (seconds switch minutes) it'd be a chaos. Intuitive players would doubt their move and make an even worse move while calculative would fail immediately as they don't have time to look it through
    But you can improve both sides
    For Magnus, he has a great, no, monstrous intuition for chess.

    • @crweber3408
      @crweber3408 7 месяцев назад

      All good players use their intuition.

  • @bballaman92
    @bballaman92 7 лет назад +463

    WTF? Thought this shit was only in cartoons..

    • @garagavia
      @garagavia 7 лет назад +21

      He is the world champion after all.

    • @stevenburks9908
      @stevenburks9908 7 лет назад +9

      Japanese Cartoon

    • @mattxXx13
      @mattxXx13 7 лет назад +22

      The statist elite have fucked with language to the point that this culture perceives intelligence as a mental disorder.

    • @mattxXx13
      @mattxXx13 7 лет назад +4

      To trust culture is to sacrifice your individuality, accepting that you are nothing but an animal, willingly and unknowingly allowing the political elite to be your masters, you are slaves.

    • @chigoziea.991
      @chigoziea.991 7 лет назад

      Real sherlock holmes right here.

  • @Egoblivion
    @Egoblivion 7 лет назад +79

    It's common for geniuses to not remember having even made any mental calculations for arriving at the answer. He even related it to immediate "feeling."

    • @aphroditesaphrodisiac3272
      @aphroditesaphrodisiac3272 4 года назад +11

      It's like asking a boxer if he thinks about how what to do every move or where to land their punches. Most of it is instinct and habit, built upon 10,000 hours of experience. They can get it wrong sometimes, but in longer time controls in chess you have the time to check your moves or come up with better one. On the other hand, in boxing you have many moves to make so each individual mistake is generally not too costly to the match.

    • @Danuxsy
      @Danuxsy 4 года назад +1

      @@aphroditesaphrodisiac3272 I mean, he came to a DRAW against Kasparov as a 13 year old.

    • @XENOX-777
      @XENOX-777 4 года назад +1

      @@Danuxsy yeah that is amazing in itself but think about the fact that he is able to remember one random game of the thousands of games he has played over many years easily just by seeing the position

  • @lizzyjamieson2630
    @lizzyjamieson2630 3 года назад +9

    I can't wait to see a new world chess champion. Not because I don't like Magnus, I actually think he's pretty cool, but his talent and intelligence are already insane, seeing someone even better is unfathomable to me. And exciting.

    • @maximussaktish
      @maximussaktish 7 месяцев назад

      Unfortunately no one managed to dethrone him

  • @user-ph6we3bz6b
    @user-ph6we3bz6b 3 года назад +93

    “There’s not a false bone in his mind”

  • @aaryas6821
    @aaryas6821 9 лет назад +28

    "Do you ever stop thinking about chess?" LOL

    • @BlueEyesWhiteBoy
      @BlueEyesWhiteBoy 8 лет назад +19

      +Priya Desai "You got me. I was just thinking about chess. Shit."

    • @enormousmaggot
      @enormousmaggot 8 лет назад +3

      +Priya Desai What did you say to me, little pawn?

    • @raphaelschostok9467
      @raphaelschostok9467 5 лет назад

      he does, occasionally. others like Bobby Fischer didn't. and hear him talk in his old age. As if he was an alien.

  • @alanfrost75
    @alanfrost75 7 лет назад +354

    Look, this guy is amazing, no doubt. But if you are going to be in awe of someone and say no one else can do what he does, you cannot then be astounded that he played 10 games blindfolded. Great grandmasters of the past have done that with 25+ blindfolded simultaneous games. Many of the times it was against strong competitive players. The record for blindfold simultaneous games stands at 46.

    • @angelod2
      @angelod2 7 лет назад +41

      at 21?

    • @zxb995511
      @zxb995511 7 лет назад +58

      Look up Fabiano Caruana, Nigel Short, Gata Kamsky, Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer (the list could go on) All were capable of doing this as early as age 16 and even earlier for some.

    • @zxb995511
      @zxb995511 7 лет назад +22

      Israel Ebr
      (the list could go on)

    • @alanfrost75
      @alanfrost75 7 лет назад +24

      Paul Andre
      And here come you and dont even fucking read my post. I was commenting about the way the COMMENTATORS were astounded that he could play 10 simultaneous blindfolded games. That this in itself was an almost unique feat. My criticism was levied at the people who made the video not at your golden boy. I even acknowledged that he was amazing right at the beginning so even the most rabid fan would not misunderstand what I was trying to say.
      And then came you.
      Peace.

    • @TrueFlashDemon
      @TrueFlashDemon 7 лет назад +1

      Morphy.

  • @PacMan78Classic
    @PacMan78Classic 5 лет назад +8

    Most informative and educational video on the entire internet about chess ever produced. I cannot imagine how they can afford to just give strategy of this caliber away for free. They must not realize that in revealing a chess prodigy's closely guarded secrets that they have ruined the magic and mysterious qualities that made this guy so unique and fascinating to begin with, thus rendering him generic like most everyone else in the world.
    "I just know what to do"
    There you have it folks and we hope you have enjoyed a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a chess genius.
    I know more about chess now than I ever thought was even possible and for years have been fascinated with people like Bobby Fischer and their mastery of the game but never have I could have imagined being exposed to such vital information and for free at that!!!! Wow!! Thank u so much for uploading and if anyone wants to play a game with me, I think it is fair to warn u that now "I just know what to do"
    You have been warned. I was required by federal law to add that disclaimer due to my lethal amount of skill involving the game of chess which I had never even heard of until I stumbled upon this priceless gem and became a grand master after this guy spilled the secrets of the unknown in the wonderful world of chess

  • @user-bf4fo3sr1m
    @user-bf4fo3sr1m 7 месяцев назад +2

    1:44 bro the captions are crazy

  • @3dorderfilms
    @3dorderfilms 7 лет назад +219

    yes but can he spin his right arm outward while spinning his right leg to the left at the same time?

    • @kingkongga
      @kingkongga 7 лет назад +53

      this is why I love comment section

    • @rugvedcomments
      @rugvedcomments 6 лет назад +8

      Asking the real questions

    • @revinger1
      @revinger1 5 лет назад +3

      😂😂😂😂😂 can't stop laughing

    • @Rickstaa23
      @Rickstaa23 4 года назад

      Who actually tried this?? 😂😂
      🙋🏻‍♂️

    • @troyds
      @troyds 4 года назад

      Ahahahaha I died laughing brow 😅

  • @WarsOfate
    @WarsOfate 7 лет назад +85

    I can do 20......and lose to all of them of course.....

  • @HerbalistGuybrush
    @HerbalistGuybrush 4 года назад +48

    "it would be interesting to do 20 people, 10 is the most i've done"
    Think i have heard that quote in a brazzers interview before

    • @tdb517
      @tdb517 3 года назад

      Yeah it was also Carlsen

  • @Emoechaiti
    @Emoechaiti 8 месяцев назад +5

    The subs at 1:44 💀

  • @rob.j.g
    @rob.j.g 7 лет назад +12

    I think interviewing the host of your own show is a weird device, and hearing his thoughts on Magnus instead of hearing more from Magnus was a distraction.

    • @maxdecphoenix
      @maxdecphoenix 7 лет назад +2

      it's the ultimate narcissism isn't it? the age of the prompter-jockey can't pass soon enough.

    • @maxdecphoenix
      @maxdecphoenix 7 лет назад

      Vuk Belcevic of course he's autistic you dunce, what gave it away.

    • @Backslash166
      @Backslash166 7 лет назад

      Its 60 minutes with Bill Whitaker, its part of the style of the show.

  • @Jett-0n
    @Jett-0n 7 лет назад +550

    This is like me in math.
    "How do you do this"
    "I don't know, i just do it"

    • @orekihoutarou730
      @orekihoutarou730 7 лет назад +134

      u mean in "meth"?

    • @Laramoney11
      @Laramoney11 7 лет назад +2

      relax

    • @Yurii9999
      @Yurii9999 7 лет назад +12

      do math not meth... it fucks you up twice as much

    • @Iced0utSamsung
      @Iced0utSamsung 7 лет назад +15

      wut, half of math is about proofs. You have to prove how you came to the conclusion...

    • @lucca01023
      @lucca01023 7 лет назад +10

      because we don't learn in school we memorize it

  • @Mikinoarisu
    @Mikinoarisu 7 месяцев назад

    Magnus brought photographic memory skill to whole another level

  • @charliesaxs
    @charliesaxs 3 года назад +50

    did this man just call the london eye "a big ferris wheel"... after saying carlson hadn't seen the sites xD

    • @mrjamesgrimes
      @mrjamesgrimes 3 года назад +3

      Charlie Sachse is it not a big Ferris wheel?

  • @---ux8uc
    @---ux8uc 7 лет назад +89

    But could he do it on a cold rainy night in stoke?

  • @Lee-xw5cf
    @Lee-xw5cf 7 лет назад +869

    But can he play dota 2 tho?

    • @MedievalSolutions
      @MedievalSolutions 7 лет назад +166

      Johnson Lee no, teammates would drag him down.

    • @emilbrandwyne5747
      @emilbrandwyne5747 7 лет назад +51

      He will own meepo 1 v 5

    • @Corgun
      @Corgun 7 лет назад +91

      dude will play on five different windows with five different accounts in one computer.

    • @bensmith5581
      @bensmith5581 7 лет назад +13

      but can he beat minesweeper

    • @thisshitisbananasss3930
      @thisshitisbananasss3930 7 лет назад +6

      Storm nope. too much cancer by the time he finished his battle fury all of his teammate already dead

  • @bageda3109
    @bageda3109 7 месяцев назад +1

    What a great interviewer/ journalist job done here

  • @prince2132
    @prince2132 4 года назад +6

    His incredible working memory to see 10 or more boards in mind is the reason for his incredible chess skill. He can see several positions, end positions at once and thus he able to calculate the best moves quickly just like a super computer with huge RAM space.

    • @hellopleychess3190
      @hellopleychess3190 Год назад

      well, no, not really. he just said that he has to replay the game occasionally to see where a certain piece is.
      your comparison is horrible as well.
      perhaps he can "see" 2 boards at once but I don't think that's what he's doing.
      he has said(in a different interview) that he uses the faces of the people as "keys", altough he didn't use that exact word. to recollect the board position, so when it is their move he can recollect that game.
      and as well he said that he didn't do more than 10 but wanted to try more (20)
      anyways

    • @seejayjames
      @seejayjames Год назад

      @@hellopleychess3190 -- faces as keys, interesting. Mind-palace technique but with faces. Hmm

    • @hellopleychess3190
      @hellopleychess3190 Год назад

      @@seejayjames sir, please, shut up