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An utterly impossible task. This video is of no chess interest. The guy lost a piece immediately. I read some of his blog about this. He originally meant to pla
by yesenadam 9y ago
An utterly impossible task. This video is of no chess interest. The guy lost a piece immediately. I read some of his blog about this. He originally meant to play the "Play Magnus" app, where you can play a simulation of Magnus at various ages, not his fault the real Magnus agreed to play. But it was just a waste of Magnus' time, not showing due respect. The guy's preparation was pretty embarrassing to read. Asking someone who had some idea about chess for advice would have been a good idea. It seems he tried to memorise the openings Magnus had played. Good luck with that, Magnus plays more different openings then anyone. And you will blunder as soon as your memorized lines run out, which is what happened. Just doing tactics training would have been more useful. Reading about some of his other challenges was interesting, but in this one he had no idea, no respect and no chance.