Entire Chess World In Meltdown Over Bizarre New Opening

“Mom and dad completely ashamed. Get back out there, you loser of a pony.”🤣 That was hilarious.

Magnus went 7 wins 3 draws with this opening for those interested lol.

Magnus was angry that someone else had tried a stupid line, he had to show who was boss. thanks James

I think this is why Magnus is pushing for more Fischer/960/Freestyle chess. You have to think on your feet and there's no one better at that. He just starts with any old opening moves and if he digs himself into a hole, then the fun comes for him in figuring out how to get out of that hole.

It is not a new opening. It is a way of Magnus giving an opponent a head start to make the game more interesting. Anyone else would have gotten crushed.

Magnus deliberately played this opening to exonerate Jacobsen. Nobody is banning Magnus for a4.

The amount of disrespect shown here by giving all his opponents the exchange, he's on a different level to all

Lol, excellent trolling by Magnus. If I didn't know better, I'd say playing this is a hint that he thinks that player was unfairly banned.

Classy protesting by Magnus here.

13:01 "hang on, I just lost the game... What did I do?" Story of my life

I don't think GM Jacobson cheated. I think he got very proficient with an unusual opening and its development and caught very strong GM's like Daniel by surprise.

"mom & dad absolutely ashamed" 😭😂😂

Was like a football commentator, very entertaining.

I think that Jacobson should be exonerated

Spotting grandmasters the exchange in the first few moves of the game with ZERO compensation and then going on to win is a remarkable achievement.

I have an idea for a chess tournament. Have 10 chess games prearranged, played 10 moves in. Each player, without seeing the game in advance, picks up from there. For the first game, each player has a 50-50 chance of inheriting black or white. Each time a player loses, they get THEIR CHOICE of black or white position for the next game. If they win, THEIR OPPONENT gets to choose which side they inherit for the next game. But after 3 losses, you get eliminated. Does that sound interesting? Maybe? I call it the "Totally F-ed Up Cup". It will be awesome!

I think we begin to need TWO eval bars. One for: If the best moves WOULD be played. The other considering the propability to find them, in the availble time given.

Reminds me of the bongcloud incident. Hikaru played the bongcloud in a serious tournament and everybody was going to get bonkers how disrespectful that is. But Magnus happened to be a co-commentator and he played along, coughing up explanations why this is playable and so on. I mean, it's Magnus Carlson, if he says so nobody can prove him wrong. The confused faces of the other commentators was gold.

Of course magnus is playing this 😂

"It's absolute garbage but so fun to watch" There you go people find happiness in the small things in life