Magnus Carlsen Plays Bongcloud Opening Against Hikaru Nakamura and They Laugh While They Are Playing

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Other GMs: actually try to play well
Magnus: Bongcloud
Hikaru: Agreed

Tournament organisers always salivate over the most exciting games they can get to draw in viewers and raise money... Then they structure the tournaments in a way where the best chance of winning sometimes involves playing for draws rather than wins... Then they put Magnus and Hikaru, two notorious memers and proponents of the bong cloud together and expect some high level play. The organisers were high if they thought this was a smart idea. XD

Best chess game in modern history, for sure.

Chess history... Just chess history...

Hikaru was so excited by magnus’s blunder that he blundered as well

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Magnus' mischief smirk right from the start😂

Spoiler: after doing bong cloud, both players had enough time to premove the entire game

looks like we got a new evergreen game

leko and sugar like a brother 😅

Most wholesome moment in competitive chess

The pawns signed a peace treaty and the kings started partying

Make love, not war :)

The legendary Double Bongcloud!
Truly, an unforgettable moment.

Draw by repitition!

The part I find especially interesting here is that the players couldn't claim a draw by 3-fold repetition after 5...Ke8. This is actually correct - while the placement of the pieces is the same, the moves available to each player are not. The difference is that the castling moves are available on move 2, but not on moves 4 and 6, hence this is not a 3-fold repetition. They couldn't legitimately claim a repetition until 6...Ke7 had been played. I'm just amazed that whoever programned the software actually thought of this!

For those who dont know, this was a "dead rubber" prelim match. No matter who won or lost, both of them were gonna go on into the actual tournament. So they decided to repetition draw as a means of just "lets have some fun between two friends."

And they created the Bongcloud Opening, Hotbox Variation.

Bongcloud opening: Bongcloud defense

Kids, don’t try this at home. :)

Epic
I can't stop laughing after watching it a thousand times since this game was played

2 years wow, a perfect game is a draw

That's how two AI would play against each other😂

Forced draw.

I need to study this line for easy draw against higher rated opponents.

Fruack it. For the memes

this is a game between 2 professionals

Mangoose with a Kinky 2

I love how he says don’t try this at home

This is so wholesome. :)

chess played best ends in a draw

"hes probably cheating on me"
meanwhile what im actually doing with the boys:

when chess is played perfectly, it results in a draw

this game will still be studied 500,000 years from now

The pawns met in the middle to sign a peace treaty
Then the two kings dances for the celebration
What a game

“It was something like bongcloud business” 💀

Reminds me of the EVO Bayonetta VS Bayonetta game where they just sat and charged their projectiles

At the start of the match:😐💧


At the continuings if the match:🤣

Chess, when played perfectly, results in a draw.

If you can't beat it do it lol

On the other hand, there is the Grob, or "Spike", which does command a very small amount of serious attention. Very small amount. Also the Hillbilly, of course.

The Bongcloud Opening LOL. NOT recommended LOL LOL

bongcloud attack + bongcloud defense.
legendary.

The Shikamaru vs. Temari of chess.

I need all of the Magnus and Hikaru moments together in one video

The "WHAT?!" from the commentator makes it all the better.

So Hikaru's second move was Bongcloud accepted?

Opening bongclown

Gary Kasparov could never