Magnus Carlsen Queen Sacrifice against Anish Giri | Meltwater CCT Finals (2021)

imagine showing this game with all its piece coordination to a romantic era champion like Morphy or Anderssen, and then letting them know it was played at blitz controls. Magnus gives a masterclass at impossible speed

That game shows again... Magnus is not just a player. He's an artist. Beautiful game

The fact that he built a fortress around his king in which he can coordinate his attacks with ease just leaves me stunned. Definitely one of my most favorite games out there.

In this beautiful game we can use the quote: “A good defense is also a way to attack” , this man is out of this world.

Magnus is unreal at chess. The way he coordinates attacks/defense is out of this world.

This game was so phenomenal the Queen's value got nerfed from 9 to 8.

What an amazing endgame, not a single misstep. Magnus makes it look effortless and inevitable, the unstoppable force of chess.

I never thought from the opening that I would watch one of the most one sided games I've ever seen. This is absurd.

There's a GM, there's a super GM And there's magnus carlsen

11:50 -- once Magnus gets into his ideal formation, the game is usually his. That defensive fortress was one of the most impressive I've ever seen.

I love how Magnus knew Anish was fully prepared for this opening so he just decided: "fuck this, let's do the crazy stuff that's objectively worse, because if go into his preparation i know nothing about i just lose anyway" ... true champ

It seemed to me at the end that Magnus defensive moves also attacked and his attacking moves also defended. How did he do that? Way above my pay grade.

I come back to watch this game periodically. Imo its the most beautiful game I've ever seen. Breaks nearly every rule that I am aware of in chess and still wins.

This might be my favorite game ever. The way he DID coordinate his three pieces after losing the queen and DOMINATED poor Anish...amazing.

That fortress Magnus makes around his king to handle the end game against Queen & Rook is stunning. Magnus is in a league of his own.

YT: How many times would u like to watch the match? Me: YES!!!!!

One of the things that's so striking about Magnus on defense is how willing he is to play ugly moves when necessary to hold his position together, and somehow untangle later . For a short while it seemed like Giri was piling on the pressure and forcing some concessions and it was hard to see how Magnus would get coordinated. Yet a few moves later Giri's initiative had completely evaporated and his heavy pieces were unable to make a credible threat. And of course that's the quintessential Magnus style, but to see him pull it off against a 2700 in Blitz time control is something else.

I have watched this game LIVE, the analysis twice from different channels, and the 4th time I watched this I still get goosebumps and immense excitement and pressure even though I'm not the player. Just shows how phenomenal this game truly is

6:22 That's an original chess puzzle right there. After so many years of documented chess, knowing that pro players can still ignore theory and just go for artistic chess, it's the reason why we are still here watching.

This is my favorite chess match I've ever seen, what an unbelievably artistic and creative mid game from Magnus.