Magnus Carlsen shows his win against Hikaru Nakamura (part 2 of 2)

[Savarkar19]

didnt understand a word of what hes speaking.......and no i dont mean i dont know english......but jsut the way he speaks....just cant decipher his words :P

[evilgodpanda]

why is this board not magnetized?!

[nataschmidtt]

magnus is insane tactician, and he also a great positional player..no wonder Magnus is world No.1

[vortx100]

The difference between Carlsen and the rest is that he consistently finds 'weird' moves like Ka1, which minimised his opponents tactical possibilities while increasing his own. A lot of players would not take the time to play a move like that even if they'd thought of it, because it seems too much like a waiting move.

[ciuffoZanetti4]

isn't it strange for a champion giving away his thought like that to normal humans? I thought chess players were like poets or something..

[mlcollins10]

Magnus is so quietly dominant. I love this kid.

[dobtoronto]

Wow he is so amazingly good. This was very instructive.

[gadaboli]

who invented that kind of chess board? gravity is working against it...

[jacovc1986]

give the man a louder mic

[MrRazorblade999]

I wonder how many games he remembers by heart.

[sapbucket]

That's low tech proper son!

[pkp901]

did this position come after sicilan English attack ????

[ZaRcOmEn2]

hahahahah yeah that board is disrespectable

[snizshizzle]

Is he doing this from memory?

Is he autistic? He just gets lost in the game and does a poor job of explaining things.

Has anyone ever heard of magnets? Would make things a lot easier I think.

[luxjason]

@snizshizzle

a lot of people who are extremely skilled at things don't necessarily make the best teachers .

[thespacialone]

why spend 20 minutes, over half your remaining time with Rdf1, when Nxe6 Nd5 immediately looks strong and almost plays itself? what does black have after that, nothing, white has all the chances.

having watched the video to the end i guess i can reassess a bit, but would have been horrible to tactical blunder a great position cause of time pressure

[1monire]

He is so much into the game that he forgets to speak LOL

[PeterRoeder31]

Nice mate in the end.

[briefcaseofblues]

jackass question at the end

[Mortenjeah]

Ehm, what would happen if black went queen to e5 at 7:30 ?

[RicercarUPSB]

@Mortenjeah Rxe5+

[Slezi2007]

2 dislikes from Hikimaru and from Nakamura

[mozartiano123]

This board is older then my grandma. Why don't they just pick a computer with a big screen on the wall?

[behnamasid]

We live in a touch screen age!

[fischermorphy]

The reason he had a slow start was he knew that if the won he would have to show it on that crappy demonstration board!

[latmat]

That last end combination is just brilliant!

[soulreaperichig0]

@9703431750 ur mom is a bitch

[MILOSHITZA]

One dislike is from nakamura :)

[RBHILL300]

@MILOSHITZA The other dislike is from a family member.

[oliviervanaschen]

Around 6:30 is just too funny!

[ianantis]

this is part of the fun. every single year magnus makes a total mess with the board, it's a tradition...

[NotThat3]

Give the man a proper board.

[kikook222]

@NotThat3 You can't host a seminar with a real chess board, nobody could clearly see it even if it was on a TV moniter.

[PeterRoeder31]

The end position is very nice.

[AdiOnlySports]

@NotThat3 hahaha! You´re right! He´s the number one!!!!

[BobfromSydney]

All they reallly needed to do was just leave a table or stand for him to put the pieces on next to the board. I'm surprised no one thought of it.

I loved his explanation. It was really clear and opened up the game for me. I feel I learned a lot about the Najdorf just watching this video. That said he's a stronger player and you certainly have a think for yourself at some points but he never loses you. A natural teacher as well as a champion player. I look forward to reading his books one day.

[xBorg6of9x]

@BobfromSydney I also would buy his book but i doubt it will happen, not Calsen's style.

[skinnyjohnsen]

Amazing how they can still use these low tech display in our days!

Magnus' Qd2 move against Giri was just shockingly bad! The desperate Kn g5 was terrible, but to me it seemed everything was losing.

Anyway; This was a truly beautiful end game at a perfect time. 5 rounds to go. He may still win the tourney, but Anand seems to be really strong these days, and he has som "pushovers" for opponents next. And we should always look out for Aronian ;-)

[shiryu008]

problems with the pieces magnus??

[heltok]

always a pleasure to watch