Magnus Carlsen Takes the 100 Endgames Test!

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Publicado 2020-02-03
On Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, I had the incredible opportunity to film with World Champion Magnus Carlsen in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands! I recently completed a nearly 20 hour video course for GM Jesus de la Villa's 100 Endgames You Must Know, and Magnus agreed to take the 26-question Basic Test in the course. It was a pleasure to sit and chat with the World Champion as he explained his thought process on these endgames problems, described his approach to endgame study, and shared his tremendous insight into the game in general. Enjoy!

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @prashants5071
    "100 end games you MUST know" The world champion: I don't know them.
  • @KlineStife
    carlsen: "rook b6 e6 loses obviously" me, sipping on my bottled water: "obviously."
  • Magnus: “This was an unnecessary complicated solution” John: “I agree”
  • @sheenlantern9195
    It makes me feel better about myself that even the best player ever needs to think about which direction pawns are moving before starting a puzzle.
  • @WorkDayPegasus
    This was the "100 Endgame Test" taking the Magnus test.
  • @hockeyxgamer
    Magnus is the guy in math class who will find this really easy way to do a math problem and still get yelled at by the teacher after getting it right.
  • @THEKITPLUG
    As someone who's only a 1300... this blows my mind. The amount of obsession it would take to get to that level is hard to comprehend.
  • @Gadzinisko
    Me studying "100 Endgames..." is like someone learning a language and all these tiny different rules that language has. Magnus is like a native speaker who can't recite any of the rules from memory, but speaks the language perfectly.
  • @jakebishop7822
    "it's very easy to calculate these things" -The best chess player ever.
  • @HatchBackLove27
    When you are so good at chess, you are correcting the puzzles mistakes.
  • @Den241191
    Magnus running into a million alternatives rather than the moves that are "intended" by the test, because he actually knows and understands these positions rather than memorizing them from a book or course.
  • @RrockCj
    Guys, pause the video for a second and think about this: some 30 years ago people would only hear about the best chess players and whatnot, and nowadays we are a couple of clicks away from watching a quality video with a world champion casually talking about chess and answering questions you would only dream about hearing answers to some 30 years ago. Isn't that incredible! We gotta really appreciate the times we live in!
  • @dakotadenney8147
    Carlsen: Makes correct move that looks confusing.Also Carlsen: "That wins because, well honestly I don't know."
  • @adamleckius2253
    I am just baffled about the memory of old games these guys have. "That rook ending in 2006 against Aronian", and he immediately has the position in his head. It's so amazing.
  • @jasasul8164
    Magnus: "so I remember this game when I had my pawn queening on g1 and I went with my king to f3" me: "did I won my last game?"
  • Well that's the difference between a master and a champion. The master knows 100 endgames, the champion figures them out on the spot. He basically just winged it.
  • @satchury722
    takes him longer to find out which way the pawns are moving than finding the solution
  • @NikF92
    9:56 Carlsen: "Ahh, pawns move that way". Me: relieved that I'm not the only one.