Is Magnus Carlsen Greatest Chess Player of all Times?

[marcsman07]

I love the part in the video where you say "what would you play?" when i get it i feel so smart. :) i love your videos because they make the games much more interesting.

[syeddawdye747]

beautiful checkmate by Magnus Calson, he has the shades of his great predessecor Bobby Fishcer, i would pee in my pants trying out Qb5-h5+ g4Xh5; Rf4-h4 checkmate, he sees that the knight F2 gets the G1 square!

[WhiteSilverknight]

@MatoJelic So your from Bosnia?

[toleshaOG]

Mato de bogati reci odakle si?

[MatoJelic]

@toleshaOG Pogodi

[toleshaOG]

@MatoJelic Rekao bih negdje iz Bosne ili Hrvatske

[MatoJelic]

@toleshaOG Pun pogodak

[toleshaOG]

@MatoJelic Aha, tebi je do sprdnje, a oprosti onda što sam uopće pitao

[MatoJelic]

@toleshaOG Rodjen sam u Bosni (Brcko) a zivio sam u Hrvatskoj do moje dvadeset prve godine.

Zato sam ti reko pun pogodak. Odakle si ti?

[toleshaOG]

@MatoJelic A mislio sam da zaebavaš jer nisam precizirao ni grad ni državu. I ja sam rođen u Odžaku i sad živim u Osijeku.

Koliki ti je ELO?

[MatoJelic]

@toleshaOG 2016

[toleshaOG]

@MatoJelic Super su ti videi, samo tako nastavi :)

[hardikho]

has there been a match between Bobby ficher and Magnus Carlsen?

[JadeTomZ]

Robert James FISCHER will always be the greatest chess player who has ever lived.

and the reasons are obvious.

[ProShoooter]

@JadeTomZ what are they? Btw Garry Kasparov was the world champion 1985-2000 ( Highest rating 2851) .... Bobby Fischer 1972–75 (Highest rating 2785)

Any difference ? LoL

[AlanWattParrot]

@ProShoooter the chessmetrics system is worth a look, places Fischer on top (2895) Kasparov second (2886) Just search 'chessbase chessmetrics top ten'; whatever yr opinion i'm sure you'll find it of as much interest as i have. I haven't studied all of the world champions yet, started just a few months ago w/ Morphy (ok, not a WC) and Steinitz but haven't reached Fischer, have kind of already 'studied' Kasparov tho, but am obviously not in a position yet to make the call. Cheers.

[dm9910]

@JadeTomZ first off, there is no real way to compare him to kasparov without having them play a bunch of games, and it probably won't happen.

second, kasparov's peak rating was better than fischer's.

third, while fischer might have retired early robbing him of a lot of championships, he was still only champion for 3 years to kasparov's 15.

fourth, suggesting that noone will EVER be better than him is plain silly

so what are these obvious reasons you mention?

[funduk89]

@JadeTomZ can i guess? you are from USA, right?

[perfectpl4y]

Congrats to Magnus for finding the combinations and the Queen sacrifice!

[ll1lI]

Lots of bitter twits here.

Carlsen is the best thing in chess since young Fischer, and probably every bit as good.

[PR3S5UR3]

Cool game. I love how the opening seemed irrelevant at first but had a deep meaning to quickly set up the pace. Ludvig got overwhelmed the moment his baiting failed after 9. dxe5

[nonchalantd]

I like the information you included in the description box.

[iliginjaili]

For me, Bobby Fisher is the best ever

[vortx100]

No

[ex59neo53]

For me the 2 best players of all times were Fischer and Tartakower ...

Fischer because of his incredible genius at playing ,

Tartakower for his books ,that gave me the passion for chess .

So telling "who's the best" is not a so simple question to answer ...

[Plzdontattack]

magnus stinkson sucks at chess

[Olliek94]

@Plzdontattack I'm sorry? You're saying the World #1 sucks at chess? Yet he's the best player on the planet... So, if he sucks then that means (as you're far, far worse than him) that you're far, far worse than sucking... Yeah, great logic there..

[oldoddjobs]

@Plzdontattack I have played against Stinkson and he's actually not that bad.

[RunnicoProductions]

greatest ever.. Paul Morphy.

[Pokedude19140]

Hot damn

[79cristoff]

The 2 Greatest Chess Players of all Times are Alekhine and Capablanca!!

[azerski1]

certainly he is a great player, but i think he has reached his peak already. Fischer, Kasparov is one class higher. great game by the way.

[MrTheking350]

kasparov,anand and fisher are better than him.

[MrTheking350]

not he isn't.

[joost2433]

Oh come one, these tactics are extremely easy. I could find these motifs when I was 12 years old as well.

[MatoJelic]

@joost2433 You are very talented!

[achantus1]

@joost2433 And now you are a candidate for World Champion?

[Dysanfel23]

@joost2433 I saw it too, but seeing Qh5+ over the board before playing Ne2 is something special.

[joost2433]

@Dysanfel23 It depends on how you see it. A combination of four moves each isn't really that special. Also, it's a very common, well-known motive, so it's easy to calculate towards the combination with Ne2. No doubt, Mr Hammer also saw it coming, but was nice enough to let Carlsen finish the combination, which of course is still nice.

[oldoddjobs]

@joost2433 Do you want a fucking medal?

[joost2433]

@oldoddjobs No, I am not nearly as good, nor will I ever be close to as good as Carlsen, even if I could study chess for a hundred years. But this game doesn't really show the brilliancy of Carlsen. There are games of him with combinations far deeper, infinitely more brilliant than this one. So I think this game doesn't really answer the question in the title.

[vigneshwriter]

wow

[doobydooby223]

Magnus Carlsen is a product of the computer chess era. Professional chess has been killed off by computer training.

So to answer the question, the greatest ever of nothing IS nothing.

[MatoJelic]

@doobydooby223 In all areas of life people use technology, why chess players shouldn't use it too?

[ilyaseleznyov]

@MatoJelic yeah, an engine will not help you when you are over the board

[dm9910]

@doobydooby223 did you know carlsen was mentored by some guy called garry kasparov? you know, that guy who completely dominated the chess world for 20 years and who is still the highest rated player ever? do you really think practicing against computer programs made as big an impact as being trained by arguably the best player ever? exactly how does computer training teach you to play 10 games of chess simultaneously without looking at the board??

[freemind321]

@TheScatterBlaster Maybe if you had a rating higher than 2800 (and you weren't such a sour apple) people would pay your games more attention.

[VonTheBraun]

I beat Carlsen once, but it was undocumented, no one saw it, and I can't prove it.

[serljhn]

@VonTheBraun

In a way you are the secret world champion

[VonTheBraun]

@serljhn Exactly

[ShaxAMV]

That's incredible, damn.

[calidude146]

what do i think? i think this was just tactically brilliant play from magnus carlsen. i look forward to what he'll become in the chess world. thank you as always for posting, mato =]

[zalupatimujo57]

Against Jon Ludvig Hammer.A young GM ,also from Norway,Papajack55.

[zeid677]

I have seen the move :)

[TheScatterBlaster]

This is basic tactics if thats what it takes to be world champ where are my endorcements

[zalupatimujo57]

Bravo,majstore.Mato kuje konja po mijesecu...Mato is my favourite chess analyst.His commentary is short but effective.Keep up the good work,buddy.U zdravlje Mato.

[MatoJelic]

@zalupatimujo57 Hvala

[Papajack55]

@zalupatimujo57 do you know who magnus was playing in this game?

[randalph]

cmon Fischer played the so called game of the century at age 13. This is just a simple mate.

[DaniloBolleman]

@randalph that's true. if you would be great if you can see this, than i would be the god of everything.

[randalph]

@DaniloBolleman

lol. I don't say im great or anything. U don't even have to be that good to find it.it's a 2move combination only...Jezus...

[lisle12345]

great vid... I cant believe he did this at age 13

[Mintyboy4]

I always see the moves when you ask the quetion, as I am fairly good at finding checkmates.

However I am nowhere near good enough to do the dozen or so moves before it..

[randalph]

btw. Note that the king could even be on h2 and it would still be mate thanks to the knight covering g3 as well

[randalph]

this is Anastacias mate, Its very pretty but also pretty well-known. It's more or less a simple motif. Magnus surely didn't have to think about it at all.

[zeid677]

yay i saw that move :)

[quakegen]

I love it when you say : Hi, this is Mato ; What is The move & Check Mate. So brillant, you are a BEAST ! Keep making videos ! :D

[MatoJelic]

@quakegen Thank you for your kind words. Please place this text on My Chanel.

[wilsocn]

That was a surprising move at the end and I did not see it coming. He is a chess genius,

[TheGambler666]

divinely simple

[ftworthxxx]

Magnus Carlsen fails to impress.  Not the prodigy of Fishcher, Reshevsky, or Kasparov. His play is dry.

[Pohjanpoika13]

@ftworthxxx He might have another style then those players but i dont know how he can fail to impress someone. He is the world #1. I prefer Kasparovs style before Magnus but he wins, thats what it is about.

[mycatrox]

I like your videos but the sound is always too low, I cant hear you with my sound fully turned up :/

[thespacialone]

Mato, I thought Bobby Fischer was the best!? :) But maybe, like Bobby, Magnus can capture the public imagination in a way that Kasparov and Karpov never quite did. I don't think Magnus quite has Bobby's charisma, but he does seem to be pretty interesting guy, and has a similar enigmatic playing style.

Breathtaking finish here! He has a totally crushing position, for me sometimes the easiest in which to miss the elegant and unexpected mate of this type -- but not for Magnus!

[mycatrox]

@thespacialone Kasparov and Magnus are better than Bobby :)

[thespacialone]

@mycatrox Probably. You think Carlsen will ever have a long-term 100-point rating advantage over the field like Kasparov did? If he can be that dominant with players as strong as Kramnik, Anand and Aronian around, I think he becomes the new all time greatest.

[Doppoganger]

Phenomenal. I don't know where you find these games but they're helping me see the game of chess with a much more expanded vision. Thank you Mato. 

[MatoJelic]

@Doppoganger . I have very large collection of chess books and I find these games for YouTube there.

[michaeleweinberger]

both. and soon!

[gkcnae]

Magnus have a lot of potential, but i think he have a long way to go....maybe in another 3 years or so...but as of now he's not prepare for it....keep in mind once you the champ, you must defend the title every world tournament....i think that's alot of pressure on him.

[rwj712]

Thats so dam good its actually scary lol

[upen1984tp]

It's a great move. Luckily I could figure it out.

[sadlonelylad]

and magnus is young boy

and the life alwayes change people magnus may never win the championship

[sadlonelylad]

qween h5 check after rock check mat

[hagnuj]

Carlsen has that magic eye. The boy is a walking tactical motif robot. He makes the game look as if he is playing with toys.

[SuperShakespeare]

Is Magnus Carlsen Greatest Chess Player of all Times? What a nonsense question! He is a phantastic player - and may be become the best ever but now - did he make inventions like Bronstein? Was his ELO higher then Kasparovs? Was he ever world champion? Were his tournament successes up to now as breathtaking as Bobby Fischers? Was he unstoppable as Karpov around 1975 - by the way the most successful tournament player of all times!

Give him time before you talk in superlatives!

[GOSUPitZ]

@SuperShakespeare He became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one. 2009 World blitz chess champion. ELO of 2826 (2nd world best). Come on, this guy's a star. Possibly the world's best player of all time in the near future.

[monarchmatador]

Great video!!

[Goldenkidyash70]

omg ahaha what a move that kid has balls of god steel :O

[LeJo82]

OMG. Amazing gameplay. Incredible.