So guys, you must have seen many games where
Magnus Carlsen is playing like the great ‘Magnus Carlsen’. He plays the perfect moves & slowly
destroys his opponents. But in today’s video, I’ll show you 2 wild Magnus games, where he is
not playing those engine-like moves, but he is going for strange openings & even blundering
at times. Let’s see if he can still beat top-level grandmasters by playing this way. Before
starting off, I would like to thank BetterHelp for sponsoring this video. Alright, so in the first
game, Carlsen is playing as white & he starts with c3. This is a blitz tournament, Magnus is in a fun
mood & he has been playing a very weird opening bringing out his queen this way & then just
shuffling his king & queen. That’s all he does in his first 4-5 moves against grandmasters – its
just ridiculous. Anyway, his opponent had probably anticipated this & so he straightaway played b5.
And this is how Magnus reacts. Wow, Wow, Naughty! So Magnus says, ‘You don’t allow me to play queen a4, no worries,
I’ll bring out my king right in front of you, stop me if you can. King e3, king d3, king c2,
the queen makes way for the boss & ultimately, king d1 & Magnus achieves his goal. That is insane
level of confidence against a 2700 rated player. At this point, Magnus Carlsen has literally done
nothing, whereas his opponent is already advancing with all his pieces in the center. Let’s see what
happens. We have queen c7, eyeing down the h pawn. But Magnus doesn’t care one bit. Black picks up
a free pawn & finally Magnus gets something in the center. Black attacks the queen, so he moves
it forward. Again, he threatens the queen. Magnus could’ve exchanged, but I guess he doesn’t want
to open up the king especially since he is behind in development. Therefore, he goes for queen g5,
threatening this pawn on g7. Black invites him to take hoping that he could activate & attack with
his rook. But guess what, Magnus doesn’t take, instead he cuts off the queen from its defense
& the bishop seems trapped. He tries moving in, but then the knight attacks with tempo. Now
he has no option but to offer an exchange, Magnus accepts the trade & eventually he slides
his queen back to g3. Black is still trying to break open the center. Takes, takes & still
Magnus doesn’t capture because it makes the king vulnerable to all these different attacks.
And remember, he cannot castle because he has already moved his king in the opening.
Therefore, he continues to develop. We’re seeing some tension building around these pawns.
And then Magnus decides to attack on the kingside, Black pushes on the queenside. He could’ve
probably tried knight a4, but that didn’t happen. Anyway, Magnus closes down the center. Again black
wants to open up the center, but Magnus doesn’t exchange, he again locks down the position. Rook
d4 - the pressure is building on this pawn so, bishop g2 comes to defend. Now Black tries to get
in from here. But again, Magnus defends with the rook. Black is closing in, Magnus tries to push
him back. Magnus realises that his king is soon going to come under fire, so he starts running
away. Now the other knight jumps into action, the rook also joins in. And just look at this
position. It seems as if black is all set to barge into white’s army, but there’s actually
no way. White is just holding up everything so beautifully - these pawns are well-defended,
the rook can’t move, the bishop can’t enter in. I guess black could think of sacrificing his
knight to just break open the game. But no, he’s frustrated and plays h6 – and that’s a
mistake! Magnus finds a way to enter black’s weak side! He obviously can’t take this because
he loses the rook. And if he takes this pawn, white is dominating & this passed pawn becomes
very dangerous. Therefore, black tries to close the position, but Magnus is on the attack. This
pawn is now ready to march ahead. The queen is coming to defend. Now suddenly, all the focus has
shifted to the kingside & black is clearly on the backfoot. The king steps down, the knight jumps
in. The queen has to move. If he goes up to stop this pawn, then Magnus can also attack with his
queen. So, black decides to come down. Even if there’s a check now, he can atleast block with the
pawn. Anyway, Magnus advances his pawn forward, he’s just 1 step away from getting another queen.
The rook comes to defend. You can’t promote here because after takes, takes, black captures the
knight & he has adequate compensation & some deadly attacks on the king. Therefore, Magnus
avoids promoting immediately & moves his knight back. This was probably a good opportunity
for black to completely close out this pawn from promoting, but he missed it & went for the
aggressive option to attack the queen. But Magnus doesn’t care, he just promotes & after takes,
takes, the bishop is gone. Black has only 20 seconds left on the clock, he plays king f8. Then
the knight jumps in. The queen is attacked, we also have a checkmate threat. So, black is forced
to give up his rook for the knight. Magnus is up a full piece now. The lonely king tries to save
himself. But Magnus is going all in, the rook is ready to attack. Black should not let him through,
but he does. Now the rook is unstoppable. We have a checkmate coming, so black decides to exchange
queens. But Magnus says ‘No, I’m not giving up my queen.’ Its almost over now for black. Still
he is fighting, some more knight moves & we have a check, but unfortunately, there is no way to
proceed. Magnus sacrifices the bishop. And now its impossible to stop Magnus from here, I mean
the king is completely helpless. So after a few more moves, black tries to delay the inevitable.
But its just a formality & ultimately he resigns because of all these different checkmates.
What a game, what a player! And for Magnus, you should definitely hit the like button below
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Alright, here’s another outrageous game where Magnus Carlsen is playing as black. After
knight f6 & d5, we have the Chigorin variation on the board. White brings out his bishop & Magnus
attacks the center. White defends & eventually, the pawns are exchanged. Bishop g4, bishop e2 &
we have another exchange. White castles, we have a few more development moves & finally Magnus
also castles on the kingside. The bishops are exchanged & white makes way for his pawns to push
on the queenside. Magnus doesn’t hold back & he advances as well. White offers a queen exchange,
but Magnus strangely doesn’t take. And guess what, Magnus blunders his queen. Rook attacks
& the queen runs back. As per the engine, Magnus is completely losing this, but can he fight
back? Let’s see! White is just looking to exchange because he is well ahead in material. He wants
to exchange the rooks as well, but Magnus denies that. Both players have less than 40 seconds on
the clock. That’s where white blunders. He loses his rook to a knight. But still white is ahead.
Magnus senses the nerves, the pressure is building around this e6 pawn. So Magnus blocks this line
and attacks the queen, he moves to f3. Then white makes an exchange sacrifice to break open the
center – takes, takes. Now Magnus adds some more defense around this pawn. White realises that
its going to be very difficult to breakthrough from here so he moves his queen to a more active
square. King h8 & the knight moves out of the way. Magnus again moves the king & white manuevers his
knight. Magnus goes after this pawn, but white is pushing on the kingside. The pawn is lost & white
continues to advance. Magnus doubles up his rooks, so the king looks for shelter. Eventhough Magnus
is down in material, he has slowly but surely started attacking with his limited pieces. The
rooks are jumping in, white tries to block, but now we have a fork. White tries to retaliate, he’s
looking to go after the king. Magnus eliminates the dangerous bishop. White saves the knight &
closes down the position to eliminate any further attacks. Now black is going after this pawn. White
tries to fork, but Magnus defends it smartly. The knight moves & Magnus grabs another pawn. He saves
the rook & defends this as well. White is running short of time, so he goes for the attack, but
the king can be tucked in safely. He tries to get closer, and Magnus moves his rook to a much more
active square, the knight keeps running & the rook keeps following it. Eventually, Magnus decides to
trade off his rook for the knight. He is banking on his pawn advantage to win him the game. The
queen is attacked & now Magnus pushes & defends this pawn. He is slowly marching forward with his
entire army. White pins the pawn & Magnus unpins it. Now for some reason, white decided to trade
off the pawns, but Magnus didn’t take & gifted it away for free. The time pressure is clearly
showing on both the players. Now to defend this pawn, he could’ve given a check like this, but he
went for rook f4, completely missing this queen e6 capture. I believe it would have been game
over had he taken it because its just all about giving checks & ultimately, the rook is lost.
But all that didn’t happen. In this position, he just went back. That’s what happens
when time pressure gets to you. Anyway, Magnus moves forward, and after queen e4, king f6,
white had another opportunity to attack, but again he missed it. Instead he played g4, allowing this
pawn to be captured en passant. We’re down to 2 pawns versus 1, and white still has the queen. At
this moment, both players are just making premoves anticipating what their opponent might play. And
look at this (smiling…), white blunders his queen, and he doesn’t even take back the rook. Magnus
gives him one more chance, and finally white takes it. But still Magnus manages to hold onto a
pawn advantage. And after a few more king moves, white runs out of time & Magnus wins the
game. I’m sure you all could relate to this, I mean making blunders under time
pressure, this happens with everyone, even the best. Let me know in the comments some
of the biggest blunders you’ve made in your games that you still can’t forget. Alright, so it’s
puzzle time. In this position, it is white’s turn & you need to find the best move for white.
Share your answers in the comments, let’s see how many of you get this right. Guys, do Subscribe
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