"In the end, you always get what you deserve." - Magnus

Carlsen's rating is so high because of the amount of times he beat nakamura lol Ironic.

Magnus, "I have a lot to learn." That's the difference. I'm rated 1600 and think I know it all already.

Can't help admiring Magnus. He seems to have such a level-headed view of what's happening. No doubt, he is a super genius among geniuses. I wish him the greatest success.

Magnus talks alot about chess and is very social which is great for chess worldwide. Nice to see someone so open to the world about the game and his skill.

The music is far too intense for the content of this video.

Hikaru nodding his head at 1:23... priceless :)

magnus walks like he is about to break in hundreds of pieces

he looks like a Justin bieber mixed with matt Damon in the Bourne identity lol

What an incredible accomplishment at age 22! I hope Magnus will get a shot at and win the WCC to cement his name right alongside the great legends--such as Fischer, Kasparov, and other world champs.

By his affect,and for other reasons,I believe that Magnus is fully invested in his chess career. The fact that he does many other activities does not mean he is not deeply given to the game.I feel Magnus is deeply competing with himself even more than the people he plays.And because the "voice" of THAT competitor is so unrelenting,I believe Magnus's"gentle"demeanor is merely a cloak that hides a ferocious chess lion.What a privilege to watch the seasons of this living legend.God bless you,MC !

This guy looks like Todd from Breaking Bad.

'They learn but they cannot improve'. That is the truest thing about chess I've heard anyone say for a long time. Knowing the difference will help a lot.

And I'm struggling to keep a 1000 score

Ego problem? He's awesome for knowing he can still learn a lot. Thats what I love about chess, you can never stop learning.

Rightly deserved. If anyone follows Magnus' games, his moves (when he's playing well of course, everyone has some goof ups sometimes) are so accurate. Move by move, you can feel his position improving until he has won. This year in particular has been great. Take a look at the tata steel tournament, near flawless (and that's the elite division).

I think its pretty clear from their records that Fischer, Karpov, and Kasparov are all on a whole different level than "ordinary" GMs. It looks like Carlsen has joined them too.

This music sucks. Who thinks it's a good idea to riddle an otherwise interesting interview with what sounds like the soundtrack to an MTV-addled heist film from the nineties?

There weren't as many top tier players 20 years ago. The amount of great players now is crazy. You'd have to be a machine to create a significant gap in your rating, or the greatest chess player of all time.

Wow, I've never seen Carlsen look so confident before. I hope this confidence follows him into Wijk an Zee and the candidate's.

4:47 Anand looking at Magnus like 'omg I'm in trouble'. 😅

Something to keep in mind: there is a huge inflation in the rating system. When I started to follow chess (1990). The very best players in the world were under 2700, with the exception of Karpov and Kasparov. Even a great player as Gurevich never broke the 2700 ceiling. Today even relatively unknown people (like Koborov was before the World Cup) are rated over 2700.

A very modest and realistic guy. I like him.

After 11 years, he is still number one

Anybody who can say "I have a lot to learn yet," and is sincere about it...is still on their way to getting better!! Magnus will almost certainly be the next to become truly the "best ever."

Wow! A blast from the past! Good recommendation!

Capablanca perhaps. He was very strong in ending positions and combined a solid positional style with tactics. Paul Morphy is another contender. He was strong in open positions, tactically sharp and he knew how to defend. Really it's difficult to decide; I find some players easier to watch than others and games between players of conflicting styles are one of the best things about chess. I'd give Dvoretsky an honourable mention: he set down modern ending theory in clear terms .. a good teacher.

"Man, I really hate that Nakamura guy..." *1. h4*

Carlsen is a man that knows how to present himself! A good role model for anyone.

OMG the song from 0:10 to 0:42 is the hybrid librarian theme song!!

Look up move 1 of the Anand - Kasparov wch match, the move played for Anand was 1. c4 but he wanted e4 and was allowed to take the move back

Magnus is young and he can still achieve a lot in the future,

as of oct, magnus has beaten anand twice according to nyt - One of Carlsen’s three victories in Bilbao was against Viswanathan Anand, the world champion - just his second in his career against Anand under regulation time controls. It was Anand’s only loss of the tournament, but he also won no games.

Carlsen, at 13, played an active Kasparov, and Drew against him - a Draw that was the result of time issues, as his Position was winning; of course, time is a major factor in Tournament Chess, though I still believe Carlsen showed wonderful intuition.

Great, Magnus, you did it! Please stay - as you alwais did - by yourself and keep on smiling, playing the great game of Chess. All the best, a fan-family (42, 37, 9, 7, 4) from Switzerland.

He should break 2900, I can't imagine him not going on a big run somewhere in his career which culminates with a 2900 rating. He's only 39 points to that target. Incredible for his age.

This is the power of new mediums for communication. More accessible and larger databases, but not necessarily better than books, depends on how much and how quickly you can learn/remember.

Magnus "yeah i always win when it counts" gg sir..... gg.

How do they give the points for the ranking?

Chessvibes are the best videos out there. Only one out there TRYING to put some style to our game. Not too over the top, but style!

What's the title of the music this video contains?

He will become the first 2900 rated player within a year, it's looking like Fischer style dominance..go Magnus!

What's name of the background music ?

Hi from 2022, all these comments aged beautifuly, he's now solified himself as the best to ever do it

thanks for the insight. I definitely heard about Capablanca. i'm a bit surprised b/c I thought you were going to inch towards Kasparov. being born in the states, of course fischer always comes to mind.

agreed.. I havent looked much into Fischer's case but the little I saw is that of a recluse but which isn't mad.

Great video.

Actually he participated in the Candidate matches but withdrew shortly thereafter because he felt the current World Champion had an unfair advantage of watching all of his potential future challengers tire themselves out while playing each other, and being able to see their strengths/weaknesses and play styles.

which song is it?

*Sigh* They still have WC Championship, this it will be between the current champion(Anand), and Carlsen, who qualified for it in April. Ratings isn't anything new, either. And they are actually quite fair, I think it gives a very realistic view of how well contemporary players perform over time. Carlsen himself said to a newpaper that one cannot compare a rating/score directly over a span of time, and said that ~2950 would be more accurate for descibing what Kasparovs peak would be like today

Ok, thank you for the clarification.

By the way, just for some of the watchers' information, ELO points most likely tend to inflate. A 2785 ELO of 1972 (Robert James Fischer's peak) is possibly not the same as 2015's 2785, research indicate. This is common sense when thought carefully though, for example Anis Giri has an ELO of 2798. Not to personally degrade him (I'm nowhere close to that anyway, haha) but I don't think he is anyway near Fischer's strength. This is just like GM title being hard to achieve back then. Many renowned players were IMs. For example Fischer was only an IM, or a new GM but I think he possibly was an IM, when he scored 11/11 in US Championships. Many players were later "gifted" the GM title years after by FIDE. To summarize, comparing players of different eras using ELO is not a totally healthy way. But I think, logically, we can most likely say that a 2785 player from 1972 was better than a 2785 player from 2015. But even this is not reliable at all. Comparing 2850 with 2812 of 2000's is not at all either, as you could have guessed. Again, just because Carlsen has surpassed every player doesn't mean he could have beaten a 1990 Kasparov, 1971 Fischer, 1961 Tal, 1975 Karpov, 2000 Kramnik, 1918 Capablanca, 1930 Aljehin.

I would love to see him improve even further. It would be wonderful to watch the greatest player for a few more years and hopefully watch some new masterpieces.

He seemed humble enough to me.

GOD OF CHESS : MAGNUS CARLSEN

1:22 Hikarus thinking "sweet, might get a kings gambit out of the deal" hahah i don't think he would play gambit against Carlsen but its fun to imagine.

with that music i feel like watching bourne movie

Well said..I had to upvote all yr comments..Id give you a proper response but I think I gave it all I had @this hour just now to our Kasparov fan. Yr name looks familiar..I think Ive seen you on the "My dream dont exist" vid..cheers!!

why do they write after every move? im a new player, curious

i dont understand? what are they writing down?

this guy will be legend

How did you do that?

Kasparov's brashness and charisma is what made chess sexy. Kasparov is the greatest ambassador to chess since Bobby Fischer. Carlsen is obviously a different personality, but he also refused to challenge for the world championship on frivolous grounds, so he ain't no angel either.

Well thought out speculation.

my question is, who do you think is the best chess player of all time and why?

Wonderfull play

lol at 3:29 he gives the good old "i can't believe you played that dumb move against me" look

The highest, albeit a short time, Fisher was rated... was 2893 in Nov 71'. So is the graph on this video an average? I'm a noob, so don't flame me.. just asking!

Resurrect Deep Blue against this guy! Qualifier: Do not change the program. Leave it as-is since it was designed to beat Kasparov. Should be interesting.

White did a pawnstorm for 24-32 moves straight and black repeats knight to c6, knight to b8 ad infinitum.

can somebody tell me what they write down after every move

So from that video I got that Magnus considers playing under 2800 a "bad" performance? This guys is on another level :)

How might Mr. Carlsen do against the best computer program (whatever/wherever that might be) in the world? Anybody care to speculate?

What did he say to make you think that?

Can someone please explain to me what are players constantly writing on paper during games ?

When I worked in Moscow (in the early 90's, I visited the Central Club of the Socialist Soviet Republic in Gogolinski Boulevard and the main display case under numerous portraits of Russian World Champions, was a tribute to Bobby Fischer. I don't really understand Kasparov's style it relies on complicated tactics and I base my play on counter-attacking. I think Tony Miles has/had a style I like and understand (a fair bit of). I enjoy watching Nakamura's games, but I don't play chess like that.

a contract in blood saying it is so! Also i saw a news interview somewhere, where he went through his daily routine :)

You don't need to be able to change a light bulb, you just need to be able to have someone change the bulb whenever you want it changed.

help me out here, who's the world chess champion, vishy anand? how is he rated below magnus, and why is nakamura not listed on the top rated graph? why magnus plays nakamura to get highest rating, why magnus and vishy anand not make constant matches for the world championship like kasparov and karpov matches anyway magnus is confidence boost nice to see him that smiling alot, and he has lot to learn on chess that's nice too

actually Fischer said something like that first i believe

very confident, as he should be

"its the biggest ashamement of my carreer"

carlsen in the thumbnail like -" chill bitches"

he looks alittle like Federer.

Fischer had a coterie comprised of intellectuals who supported him in every imaginable way. Also, if Fischer was prepping during the time in-between 1972 and 1975, then I find it hard to believe he would have had much trouble against Karpov, a player for whom I've a great level of respect, enough so to be objective concerning his chances. (Given Karpov's performance against Korchnoi, another player who I hold in high-esteem, seems further proof in favor of Fischer's retention of the title.)

he's quite modest

3:56 Magnus #1

Hail to the King

Also, Nakamura is rated 4th in the world, so a draw against him or Kramnik or Anand would have given him the Rating jump he needed - I recall in the Summer when Carlsen was Drawing Games with Aronian (who, incidentally, is not too far from an accomplishment comparable to that of Carlsen's) and thinking that he was bound to top the Rating record on that basis alone. Also, Anand is a top Tactical Player who - if he actually played in more than The World Championship Cycle (literally the only

i can guarantee you that he puts an enormous amount of time and effort into the game so in that respect he has sweat as much blood as any great. He does have a awe inspiring calmness about him though!

Magnus does play football (soccer) although I don't have any reason/evidence to believe he is the next David Beckham. I think CBS 60 minutes did a segment on Magnus where they mention he played football in his spare time.

@whiteshadow59 It's like asking whether Usain Bolt is good at anything else than running. Well, I don't know. But the important thing is that as long as they manage to breathe on their own, they don't have to be good at anything else.

congrats!

Magnus Carlsen breaks record; "Nah I think it's pretty cool."

IDOL >,

I agree with you; there does seem to be slight inflation in the rating system. It also is a different game now with: huge databases; computer analysis and regular closed tournaments. Not much between Anand and Carlsen in this upcoming World title decider; I think it could be a great advert for the game of chess.

They annotate the move itself.

Magnus Carlsen reminds me in this video of Rafael Nadal in the way he speaks english. Especially in the very beginning.

Yes!

Nakamura acknowledged The kid!