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If the organizers left the pieces already adjusted, Magnus could arrive even later
I like this comment a lot
Bold of you to assume Magnus wouldn't adjust them even if they were perfectly centered.
Honestly as the organizer I´d just put the on the board as unorganized as possible to try and taunt him. Just so one time when he wants to play serious he just can´t help but rearrange the pieces because they are just bothering him too much.
@einfachnurleo7099 they are not bothering him lol, he does that to piss off his opponents
@justsomeguywithagoatee8337 No way, I just remembered the famous commenter Just Some Guy With a Mustache from a few years ago, I'm glad to see this still continues.
I’m convinced Magnus intentionally puts himself in difficult positions just to make the game interesting.
Such is the tragic life of a genius who has seen it all
I do something similar at work, we make one t-post every second for 12 hours a day, they all have to be hung and spaded by hand one time every second as well. After making about 2 million posts over 2 years, it gets dull, and what used to seem like a super human task has become almost too easy.
Most people do this, when things are boring and simple in life we tend to jump into oncoming traffic
That's true, but I also believe that handicapping himself allows him to be more "sharp" as he can't allow himself to slack off.
I'd argue the hardest challenge in chess is when your enemy can predict your moves especially multiple turns in a row. When you intentionally put yourself into a difficult position then you confuse your enemy, gain psychological advantage, destroy their plan to counter your "projected moves" because you changed the trajectory of the game. When done right it is really gaining advantage to when you put yourself in a difficult position.
"He still had to face one of the scariest things in chess, a child"
BOOM, a child
@Smallpriest "no"
You know whats worst than a therapist? A CHILD
@WidgeonThepigeon You know what's worse than a Therapist and a child, a child therapist.
@rayyf69 a child (the)rapist .... FAAAAHHHHHH!
he just enjoys self sabotaging to bring out the competitiveness in himself because without the self sabotage he has no competition
💯
He is his own greatest enemy.
in the end, it is still a thinking game. And the mind wants challenge.
W glaze. Been following Magnus for like 5 years now and i feel like this is so true
it seems more like he thinks more sharply in clutch scenarios, like putting off an assignment until the last minutes when you have no choice but to put in the full focus
Magnus: oh f*ck its a kid
Yagiz: oh f*ck its Magnus
Jeffrey: fuck yeah its a kid!
@XenittX WHAT- OH HELL NAH, OH HELL NAHHH
@seriouschess9737RIP Jeff. Taken down by the haters
@XenittX …………….
I'm pretty sure Magnus is both the protagonist and antagonist of chess.
Eren jeager
Lelouch
Anti-Hero
Light Yagami
Protagonist for the first part of the series, "The Strongest" type mentor character in the second part of the series, and then the antagonist in the third part.
Perhaps the only things that helps with the boredom is getting himself into trouble in various ways. You can't have an "amazing comeback" if you simply win every game.
Yep - in terms of how Dopamine and Adrenaline works, that makes sense.
@highdefinist9697 or maybe "bored" is the way to de-stress from the pressure of having to win every game.
He gets into trouble because he does not have the motivation, then he gets his motivation when his back is against the wall. he lost his "eye of the tiger" for being number 1 for so long.
@rap3208 it's called adhd and i can't fathom how people make it much deeper than that with magnus. he radiates it with every mannerism. all the competitive benefits people thinks he gains is a mere byproduct of his own mental struggle
@maxrandomlol I'd argue that calling it boredom is the way to simplify it, but fair enough, I don't know much ADHD.
He switches from not caring to caring back to not caring every 12 minutes
chilling back in his gaming chair, swinging forwards only when it gets tense, then back to chillin'
tournament players are in an abusive relationship with Magnus Carl
damn quite interesting in perspective to hikaru who progressively stops caring as game goes on
Chat I literally do not care chat
That's what happens when you pour your life into something.
If this is him bored then I don't wanna imagine the kind of player he was 10 years ago.
The highest rated ever chess player. Bar none.
You could've just search on the internet bro. Also, yeah none come close. People talk about rivalry between him vs. Hikaru or vs. Fabiano. In reality, it's highly exaggerated for the drama and all.
@DusharaFahzadit's just a dramatic comment my man, I have been following his career for well over a decade, 😅
While fabi’s record doesn’t compare to magnus’, fabi was a legit threat to magnus with his legendary sinquefield cup tournament and leveling Magnus in the classical portion of the wcc
being a professional chess player not named Magnus for the last 10 years must’ve been what it felt like to be a NBA player not named michael jordan from 1990-1999 😂
MJ Did not Dominate like Magnus ....Magnus Chess Is Computer level....
@KhattaMeethaOficial6 rings in a decade is not on the same level? It has not been done since the Celtics and there were only 8 teams playing back then. That is dominance.
@Rudolph300 Basketball is a team sport which heavily discredits his dominance compared to Magnus.
@lanthooookay, he was the only all-star in the 91 and 98 Bulls. Let’s discredit that ?
@Rudolph300All star is based on voting, not on importance to a team.
"if its not mathematically impossible, ruling me out is not a good idea" is such a hard thing to say
so colddd. I love his confidence, it's very honest
But Gu kesh successfully ruled him out
@bigheartsmolpenmagnus haters when magnus doesn’t have a 100% WR
@bigheartsmolpenwhen???
if a strong player were in the lower bracked he couldn't comeback. 3 players basically gave him free points only the 4th one was strong.
anyway , he does sound like a little arrogant prick to me. and Magnus keep dry his opponents and coming late to games.
Magnus after winning: 😐
Magnus after letting the opponent win: *table slam*
Because he expects to win. So winning is normal and losing is bad.
honestly it almost feels like magnus cant rly gain anything when he plays
if his opponent almost beats him, it's basically a win for them in the eyes of so many ppl
if they draw against him, then they drew against the GOAT
if they win against him then that is super impressive
but if thry lose to him then the expected result comes true.
@dittowithglasses9837This is exactly true. Also, consider the fact that he's so higher rated compared to them that he barely even gains elo rating by winning anymore and loses a lot of rating points with every draw and loss. Besides the prize money and his desire to play the game, he basically has no motivation to play anymore. As for the title itself, he's held it so many times that it barely holds significance to him anymore
I don’t think Magnus slammed the table because he hates losing. I think he was mad because he lost after not taking the game seriously enough. I think He’s fine losing when genuinely outplayed what hurts is realizing the loss came from his own lack of preparation.
@dittowithglasses9837 I've been through this when Imma pro gamer once
I won 5 - 1 but they keep laughing at me for losing that 1 😒
why am i wtahcing this? i don't even play chess
Because the video has brilliant story telling
because u like Magnus
the video was great. I don't follow chess esports, but the narration was flawless and easy to follow.
To like and subscribe
Storys are always fun
0:33 this clip is priceless. We got Hikaru’s subtle irritation that he didn’t win any trophies and then Magnus looking bored holding two of them 😂
He’s wearing a couple different medals so he won something at some point
That’s a guy dying of thirst watching another man drown
@beanieweanee I'll have to double back and check but I think they were silver.
It’s kinda amazing how he can go through all kinds of ups and downs and drama yet still absolutely stomp everyone pretty consistently
Showing up late should be called the norwegian gambit.
Carlsen is so bored he needs to give the opponent time odds LOLOLOL
@lexlawless No he is just autistic and has some difficulty with time management. Incredible chess player.
Kasparov was the OG late comer
Scandinavians, their people and their culture are notorious for being unpunctual and unreliable.
Magnus is just average from their point of view.
Probably just cheating.
Dude walks like there's Legos in his shoes
or ass
Lowkey a good strat to increase your adrenaline to make your energy levels and focus higher
I think he has hemorroids
Yeah, hah, he has the gate of a race walker, or, like that old meme of Leonardo DiCaprio.
It's the tism.
I couldn't care less about chess as a sport.
But Magnus really piques my interest whenever I see him. This dude has such a weird combination of compulsions.
Greatness
@randomuruk7230 And autism. One creates insane skill, the other just arrogant and childish behavior. Dude's got ZERO social skills.
@randomuruk7230and autism
The secret is always needing to poop. This forces urgency and induces uncomfortable movements. Look at how he walks and always gets up or moves around.
@nkjoself2040You folk have bastardized medical terms so much. Carlsen has said plenty of times he doesn't have autism, and wouldn't ever miraculously show autism in a diagnosis, as he never has before. To quote him on subclinical autism: "Years prior, when asked if he suffered from autism, Carlsen replied, "well, isn't that obvious?". He later termed this response "silly" and "thoughtless," clarifying, "I'm obviously not suffering from autism". Carlsen has never shown any tendencies towards autism or ASD..."
Bro's inventing challenges for himself and doing side-quests after 100% the game.
He got bored playing using a controller, and now plays using a DDR mat
You have to be a little eccentric to be that good at chess for that long.
He's one of the few high level GMs who seems to emphasize a life outside chess.
You're telling me that Magnus won both the Rapid and Blitz championships 5 times while nobody else even did it before ?
And he also held the 3 titles at the same time twice ?
And the only other player with more than 1 rapid title is Vishy with 2 which is still a 1/3 of what Magnus has?
And the only other player with more than 1 blitz title is Grischuk with 3 which is still a 1/3 of what Magnus has?
Yeah Magnus the 20-time World Champ isn't getting enough glaze still, he even has the highest rating in all formats as well as the highest peaks ever.
The greatest of all time
Michael Phelps of chess
To be fair rapid n blitz titles started gaining popularity when vishy was already past his prime
Not to mention how he made it hard for himself in the blitz round robin section and still win it, somehow
@gamerus_979 so vishy defeat magnus😂😂 lol
2:10 Magnus regretting his choice of coming early😂😂
💀 He was thinking bout how he should have wore those jeans
This was funny😅
lol
"if i'm not mathematically eliminated, then ruling me out is a bad idea"
one of the coldest lines ever😭🔥
Magnus walks like he just shit his pants.
It’s called autism.
Them beads in the old prison wallet be all kinds of vibrating
Bro pondering why he showed up on time is hilarious xD
>He only needed a draw
>Anish Giri comes on screen
Yeah I know how this one is ending
damn he did that on screen?
@TheWanderer378 lol
@TheWanderer378everywhere ,not just on screen
lmao
“Now all he needed was a draw to advance. So naturally, Magnus went on the offense.” 14:50
Spitting bars
bro really became the Saitama of chess
so many checkmates he lost all his hair below the neck
Read another book
@one_step_sideways lmao
found the weeb
It fits, don't pay attention to the people calling for your arrest over badwrongfun.
magnus casually gaslighted the entire community into thinking that he's losing on purpose :)
He’s just that good!
Magnus's last weakness is literally gravity by now
yeah right? we can just drop him off a building, no way he is winning that battle. uh oh
7:16 - what a delivery, this shit made me laugh
I died 😂😭🤣
straight out of the "there is only one thing worse than a rapist" skit 😂😂😂😂
😂😂
@jmm00702a child
That got me good 😂😂😂
The scariest thing in chess! "A child!" 😂
some info on the guy
Before Magnus Carlsen amazed the world with his prodigious chess talent, he was just a kid lost in deep thoughts. His dad was even a little worried about him.
"I was a bit concerned about the relative development compared to other kids," Henrik Carlsen says in "Magnus," a documentary. "It was kind of hard to give him instructions on how to do things physically and it would be difficult simply to show him. He's got to think about it."
But Magnus was not slow, far from it, he showed an extraordinary talent for intellectual challenges from a very young age. He could solve 50-piece jigsaw puzzles, typically meant for children aged 4 to 8 at two years old, and enjoyed assembling Lego sets with instructions meant for 10 to 14 year olds at the age of just four. “After such ‘Lego days’… he could lie awake at night, wide‑eyed and unable to sleep because he kept thinking…[about] which pieces needed to go where.”
He also had an extraordinary memory and an unusual mathematical aptitude. When he was 5 years old, Magnus memorized the populations, capitals, areas and flags of all the 200 countries in the world, much to the surprise of his family, who had no idea he was even attempting such a thing. He had even taken it further, though, by memorizing the same numbers for all the 400+ municipalities of Norway. “the numbers were telling him a story or more specifically showing him a picture.” His father recalls. His appetite for numerical data did not end there, he would commit various sports figures and statistics to memory and would attempt increasingly complex mental calculations. He seemed to have an intuitive understanding of numbers and their properties at a very young age (something not uncommon for math prodigies). According to Kurt Carlsen, his grandfather (a retired chemist) “He would be thinking ten to the second, ten to the third power, and he would go on and on,”
At memory games he was always unbeatable. He also had a desire to know and memorize all the common car names and makes and he also has the first two seasons of House memorized. When questioned about it by an interviewer he said he didn't know why he would gravitate to these things, he just did.
“No more than I can tell you why I wanted to do 50-piece jigsaw puzzles when I was not even two years old. Why did I want to know all the common car makes at the age of two and a half? Why did I read books about geography at the age of five? I don’t know why I learnt all the countries of the world by heart, including their capitals and populations.”
Sagar Shah, during a recent interview at the Paris Freestyle event, comments on Carlsen’s unusual memory.
“Magnus you seem to remember these things so vividly, we’ve done this test with several players here, they all have a bit of a hazy memory. When it comes to past games, years get missed, tournaments not so clear, opponents often they remember, but you have like this, as if you just played it yesterday.”
magnus memorizing 2 seasons of house is so funny to me
Sounds a lot like the tism
Still doesnt come close to Nigel Richards dominance in Scrabble
@MeiLiuSection2 fr lol
@qlcrane8019 Nigel is a different beast.
Magnus so good he just be doing side quests in the World Chess Championships
2:50 was honestly the most human handshake i've ever seen in chess xD
manly handshake, you mean. I agree
@juankplaysomething nop, human still ;)
Cringe...touch grass
@mamajuana3603 Touch less grass "Mamajuana"...
You forgot to mention. Nodirbek tried to propose a draw first. I think it's hard to fathom when you don't play the game. Anything but a draw in that position is insane at Gm level. Magnus is really on another level
My fav was when He indirectly made the world chess title a joke since he gave it up. next level stuff for sure
@dantechang8556
It was a joke ever since they refused to listen to the objectively best player about how HIS title should be managed.
People don't understand how much of information he can process in few mins.
Living Legend
The problem is being at the top, is that there’s nothing left to do afterwards
has he tried any other board games? Like Go?
@BuffPomskyIdk but I would suggest otherwise, if I had to advise him how not to get bored. I wish he has a stable job and healthy hobbies besides boardgames. I am nowhere near the top of any kind of thing but I know his position can drive him crazy.
@BuffPomsky he plays a lot of football
This dude is a an expert leading us in and out of suspense.
I mean he's like "Magnus started the Game as Bad as You could possible imagine, but before that, he won the tournament, but it's not over yet because he played strategy and took off his jacket, with his clock going, Even though he had plenty of time, but then he striked all of the pieces, but then he won the next game"
0:33 Hikaru starring into the Abyss like why am I even here with 0 trophies?
What’s funnier is Magnus looking bored holding two
Imagine knowing you would be the best if it wasn’t for Magnus
@jonasthemoviethat’s gotta be bothersome
If he’s bored, the bills need a new head coach, and I’m sure he can learn football in a couple years
its just like chess…………………..
These two Championships showcased how mentally strong Magnus is.
I like how at 1:23 Magnus think a lot over the knight opening, just to do the same move, and also bring that opening to the next round.
He's just levels above anyone else. That's why he plays while drunk, makes deliberately bad moves or openings, forces it into an endgame as soon as possible and has gone all in on Freestyle.
He doesn't have anything left to prove and he has a family now so I don't blame him for not wanting to play in long, drawn out tournaments where the organisers need him more than he needs them.
to him, it's just another titled tuesday
6:32
That face screams “The signature magnus bs again huh”
4:57 Magnus really wanted to try playing with shorts on 😂
👈😱🤔😬🤣🤣🤣👋🇬🇧🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Shouldn't be a problem.
it is a chess tournament. not a fashion show.
@craigmorgan4676?
@PappaTom-ub3htwhat is the point of looking like a school kid who is late for his exam ? Just dress properly and do your hair
@GYM____ Need there be a point?
it could be as simply as wanting to.
This like a maxed out character gets bored because its all too easy.
One thing is for certain: Hans will never beat Magnus in having better hair.
Playing A3 for your first move against Magnus takes some balls
i think he was betting that maybe Magnus would be more lenient on him because of that
Magnus is on different spectrum
I feel like most super gm's are definitely on a different spectrum.....
Definitely on THE spectrum
Magnus is like the Ricardo Martinez of chess.
The One Punch Man of chess, eh?
He started streaming and made more money and fame in a few months than through his whole career of cheese.
Realized that the world isn't fair and stopped giving a fuck.
Old title: Magnus is inevitable.
This video finished much faster than I thought. Quite engaging.
He's mastered the art of giving out no eye contact handshakes so hard it looks like it almost shakes him back into consciousness if his opponent tries to talk to him afterwards
I had a friend who flew a lot , a lot. He got so bored that he would pray for bad weather, terrible turbulence and problems. He told me he kinda wanted the plane to crash .... Simply out of boredom.
Are you telling me bro lost two times because he played bowling with his pieces just to grind his way back to the top? Naaaah he's doing it on purpoe at this point.
imagine if Jordan got so tired of being the best that he gave away the first two games of the finals so that he had more of a challenge.
he got bored and went to play baseball remember
I want to see him stick to that random chess format.
He's not bored. If he was bored he woulnd't be winning. The man still puts tons of effort into staying on top everyday.
Magnus walks the same way I do when I got a dook on deck
I am in tears😂
Must be devastating to be that good at something.
No, it’s devastating when you introduce ego
Your narration skills is at the top! Thank you!
I watched the entire video while i know nothing about chess
I don't even follow chess but Magnus is such a character. Not quite an ass hole, but just egotistical enough to match his mastery of the game.
ayyyy he's back!
I love the way you narrate chess like an epic war
this was the best video on the vibes of the players & mental states that i’ve seen! bc it also retains a great summary of just moves & informations that feel integral to the story and not just a recitation of move orders. great editing too! thank you! 🙏🏽
Takk Magnus for ditt harde arbeid, gjør det du må og vil, du har en nasjons inspirasjon.
Arriving late? he's pulling the Musashi move on them 😂
He’s so funny he acts so swaggerous but looks so goofy 😂
Takes some balls to call someone goofy looking with a profile pic like yours 😂😂😂😅😅
we need a merty supreme type of movie with a heavily magnus-inspired character
Good to see Bortnyk in good spirits
11:07 "He hit the YMCA"
I'm DEAD 💀💀
Now you know.
How broken i was
he's just waiting for chess 2 to drop atp
very good narrative and editing ty
he's in his aura farming arc
vro said he didn't aura farm enough 10 years ago 😭🥀
Gelnox viewer 😂🎉
Don’t speak present bro.. he been “HIM” for the last 15+ years.. he’s simply the GOAT
Magnus should not be bored when he has to prepare for Sindarov.
"as long as i'm not mathematically eliminated then ruling me out is probably not a good idea" that's the hardest shit since MC Ren
He's the Max Verstappen of chess, a rebel for good
Verstappen is early career and kinda wreckless, has potential but it's yet to be seen. He's the Hamilton of chess.
There's something about the way chess players shake hands. Almost disrespectful how short they are as if they're touching a hot plate. The lack of eye contact makes it even better.
Silly convention tbh
"yea sure" type attitude
There are two predominant theories about Magnus, and I think both are wrong. It's not "He could win these things easily if he cared more.", nor is it "Magnus is too old and washed and nowhere near his prime". It's more that when you have already achieved the highest accolades like 15 years ago, and you've already done everything, and you've done it again, and the only way to keep on with the pursuit is to do the same thing again and again and again, it's extremely hard to get your mind in the game. It's about incentives and motivation. People don't wanna be stuck in a rut. We naturally wanna move on and achieve new things. Though I do believe he is a little weaker than he was at his very best in part due to age. Maybe after long enough, all of chess starts to melt together. Or he has played too many Blitz games. Idk. Players do seem to have gotten better too, closer to Magnus' level. Beating him isn't such an incredible, unbelieveable thing anymore for these guys. It used to be a lot more about Hikaru, but he is now not really considered to be at the very top level. Some of Magnus' toughest opponents were already around early in his time at or around the top, but they've grown stronger, and there are more rivals like that now.
So it's multiple factors coming together making it tougher for Magnus to win as reliably. Yet he seems to pull it off. He just needs to make sure his dramatic flair doesn't shape how he thinks about his playing.
Magnus just out there grinding the bags 💰
I like how you formatted your video into a documentary
12:03 That’s the same look of when a father is trying to correct his son’s bad behavior when Magnus clicked the clock BEFORE he finished setting up the pieces, lol
Chess's undefeated final boss:
2:52 uhm Vladimir said in an interview tht he wasnt looking to beat magnus..he was looking to draw but got the chance by surprise n took it
Sometimes the greatest is too great
Magnus has become Yuji of the chess world.
"It doesn't matter"
12:13 bro talking about magnus like he is fucking gojo
he is literally the gojo of chess bro
6:01 can tell he had the beads at full power here xD he so happy
That shit was not the wind
6?.. out of his last.... 7?? 12:32
EXCUSE ME? WHAT DID HE SAY?
"As long as i'm not mathematically eliminated, then ruling me out is probably not a good idea" goes kinda hard, I must admit 😅
The bad boy of chess
That's not a Bongcloud, that's a Bongstorm..
Chess is long-game.
suffering from success
its like a movie to be honest, without even trying or even caring of.
God must love him.
this is great, as a guy who unironically started playing online vs computer 3 days ago this is the exact level of detail I can handle
None?
@zbou23that does seem to be the joke
@offtopfloorcan you confirm this?
I know very little about chess but I do know this guy changed chess forever and there may never be anyone like him especially in our life time. A true goat