Chess Grandmasters Solve Insanely Hard Puzzles At MIND-BLOWING Speed

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  • čas přidán 8. 06. 2023
  • The Grandmasters are back and ready to solve some more INCREDIBLE DIFFICULT Chess puzzles from our team at Chess.com! How quickly can Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, and Le Quang Liem solve these puzzles?
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  • @LordTreyHowdy
    @LordTreyHowdy Před 10 měsíci +2821

    Fabi solves puzzles like he's mad at them, Levon solves them like a kid in a candy store.

    • @neon1899
      @neon1899 Před 10 měsíci +204

      That's Fabi's secret. He's always angry

    • @sieger358
      @sieger358 Před 10 měsíci +17

      ​@@neon1899underrated comment:)

    • @donquixote8462
      @donquixote8462 Před 10 měsíci +19

      I identify with Fabi

    • @melverys
      @melverys Před 10 měsíci +24

      @@donquixote8462I identify as Fabi

    • @gabrielmoreno9455
      @gabrielmoreno9455 Před 9 měsíci +7

      I don't think he is mad, he is just shy, which is alright too

  • @ArashFallah
    @ArashFallah Před 11 měsíci +4276

    Levon seems like someone who you could just hangout and chill.

  • @maxfrobin8930
    @maxfrobin8930 Před 11 měsíci +2358

    Levon is like that one crazy uncle who just knows about the weirdest, most obscure information but somehow manages to make it relevant to the conversation at hand.

  • @chhaikleanbay6093
    @chhaikleanbay6093 Před 11 měsíci +3425

    Levon is simply amazing!

  • @whenthingsfly4283
    @whenthingsfly4283 Před 11 měsíci +1563

    With the rook endgame I think Fabiano being able to calculate Black's responses as well was definitely noteworthy. But yeah Levon was a machine this round

    • @AserehtGracilla
      @AserehtGracilla Před 11 měsíci +27

      Fabiano is good at complex positions give him a complex position and he will be able to solve it quickly

    • @Z3nt4
      @Z3nt4 Před 11 měsíci +36

      That's what they all did though. One of the best and quickest ways to improve is to make an active effort to see the game from both sides so you can understand what your opponent wants to do and stop them. At that level they calculate everything from both ends, and often when they struggle it has more to do with them trying to figure out the response to their moves rather than the moves themselves.

    • @hansg9826
      @hansg9826 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@Z3nt4 well the video specifically showed Liem saying "I don't know black's response"

    • @whenthingsfly4283
      @whenthingsfly4283 Před 10 měsíci +17

      @@Z3nt4 sort of yes, sort of no. Whilst Chirilla was saying White's responses for Levon and Qiem and then the GMs responded with Black's best move afterwards, Fabiano was saying Black's responses as well. He just got a little stuck at the end.

    • @kidchess888
      @kidchess888 Před 10 měsíci +1

      How uncle Roger will say "Fuiyoh!" 😂

  • @garthowen8292
    @garthowen8292 Před 11 měsíci +881

    Lev is insane at blind calculation, but i must admit, Fabim being able to sit there for 20s and figure out what he missed shows real mental

  • @heffum5107
    @heffum5107 Před 11 měsíci +357

    I paused the video for each, finally got the last one right and Fabi asks if it's even a puzzle 💀💀💀

    • @Silent_wraith441
      @Silent_wraith441 Před 11 měsíci +73

      Emotional damage

    • @fabiocosta7952
      @fabiocosta7952 Před 10 měsíci +9

      That's because every move is forced and the sequence is short, if you keep doing puzzles, learning patterns and improving your calculation you'll be able to solve puzzles like this instantly

    • @felpin5511
      @felpin5511 Před měsícem

      Lol

  • @authority1883
    @authority1883 Před 11 měsíci +1296

    Reminder of how strong Levon is

    • @Heddomasuta
      @Heddomasuta Před 11 měsíci +93

      one of the best to ever play

    • @Wyvernnnn
      @Wyvernnnn Před 11 měsíci +36

      He's the best tactical player with grischuk but they're both imbalanced

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca Před 11 měsíci +82

      2013-2016 Magnus was like clearly Top 1 and Levon clearly Top 2, many people including me were anxious to a possible WCC match between them, unfortunately Levon did'nt manage to pull of his best at the candidates

    • @buni3629
      @buni3629 Před 11 měsíci +9

      As someone who plays the Vienna I was stunned at him pulling it out at the Poland tournament. He won too, what a player, especially at that age, he's aged pretty well i would say.

    • @michagosawski1490
      @michagosawski1490 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Kramnik was (still) at least as strong as Levon back then. The 2013 London Candidates (as well as as that year’s World Cup) proved Carlsen-Kramnik would be THE ideal WCC match.

  • @BostonRubyEric
    @BostonRubyEric Před 11 měsíci +487

    Theres a reason Magnus said Levon was his fave opponent

    • @megselv6633
      @megselv6633 Před 11 měsíci +156

      Levon is the only player who would frequently outplay Magnus in the middle game in magnus' peak years,

    • @williamrobert9898
      @williamrobert9898 Před 10 měsíci +61

      @@megselv6633 He is also the top player who won the most amount of games in Classical against Magnus alongside Vishy, both tied at 8 wins each

    • @veselinjokanovic3032
      @veselinjokanovic3032 Před 3 měsíci +18

      Also Hikaru said Levon is the best player to never play a World Championship match.

  • @anmol.1338
    @anmol.1338 Před 11 měsíci +431

    Levon seems such a fun person to be around, not judging based off just this one interview!

  • @notoverlyacerbic9574
    @notoverlyacerbic9574 Před 11 měsíci +362

    I can watch Levon all day..
    he is such a pleasant individual..

  • @jayasinghrathod8683
    @jayasinghrathod8683 Před 10 měsíci +147

    Levon is such a genius. Absolutely loved some of his games over the years. Guy is definitely underrated.

    • @radscorpion8
      @radscorpion8 Před 8 měsíci +2

      exactly, they just happen to be overshadowed by magnus who is a super genius :P

  • @trevorsmith8950
    @trevorsmith8950 Před 11 měsíci +158

    Watching Le struggle at 5:35 and then Levon almost instantly grasp the Ke5! idea is incredible. Levon is a freak, my favorite player no doubt.

    • @nicolagemusa
      @nicolagemusa Před 8 měsíci

      That's the difference between a gm and a super gm

    • @Julie-xz3jb
      @Julie-xz3jb Před 5 měsíci +13

      ​​@@nicolagemusaThey are both super GMs

    • @aries2764
      @aries2764 Před 4 měsíci +6

      ⁠@@nicolagemusaAs of now, Le is higher on the fide list than Levon. Next time do your homework 😉

    • @shashishekhar----
      @shashishekhar---- Před 4 měsíci +4

      ​​@@aries2764Levon is the 4th highest rated in history, forms and everything is temporary, next time you do your homework 👍

    • @aries2764
      @aries2764 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@shashishekhar---- so what? both are super gms anyway, you and the other dude can't read or what?

  • @vishrutkrishna8469
    @vishrutkrishna8469 Před 11 měsíci +85

    12:02 Fabi is confused like why did they give such a simple puzzle suddenly

    • @KarlMarxBR700
      @KarlMarxBR700 Před 11 měsíci +16

      He was actually trying to be funny but he is socially awkward lol

    • @vishrutkrishna8469
      @vishrutkrishna8469 Před 11 měsíci +6

      @@KarlMarxBR700 I found it funny

    • @jordanvespa720
      @jordanvespa720 Před 11 měsíci +10

      ​@@KarlMarxBR700 I wouldn't say Fabi is socially awkward, but he did seem off this video, not like his usual self

    • @silverfullbuster9177
      @silverfullbuster9177 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@jordanvespa720 yh I agree. In plenty of other videos he seems like a chill guy but I could tell right away in this video that he wasnt himself

    • @elonif4125
      @elonif4125 Před 3 měsíci

      @@jordanvespa720Yeah, probably just a bad day.

  • @Longbajubi
    @Longbajubi Před 11 měsíci +74

    Levon is that dad who always win in a certain thing and laugh exactly like him.

  • @garry3465
    @garry3465 Před 11 měsíci +114

    As Garry chess once said "The chess world is a better place when Aronian is playing well"

  • @bhamdeezy4654
    @bhamdeezy4654 Před 11 měsíci +81

    Two things..
    Levon is an absolute BEAST. & #2, yall should post more of these. It was really fun to work through together! Great video!

  • @Kindred1a1
    @Kindred1a1 Před 11 měsíci +202

    From a neuropsychologist/chess beginner point of view this is amazing. Specifically, how the language of chess (Nf6, Qxg6, etc) combined with the mental representation of the board is so automatized in their brain that it's almost like they are bilingual (or trilingual, English + native language + chess lol). Really cool to see.
    EDIT: Im calling it the "language of chess", but I realize it's not a language in and of itself. I meant that it reminds me of language because of how automatic it is for them. They use it so efficiently that a line sounds like a full sentence :D

    • @colorsofsound4782
      @colorsofsound4782 Před 11 měsíci +31

      Yes, but what is even more fascinating is that the area of the brain which is utilised a lot in chess positions is the same area that is used for facial recognition and not language.

    • @offensivebias8761
      @offensivebias8761 Před 11 měsíci +27

      ​@@colorsofsound4782 patterns

    • @guillaumecouture8729
      @guillaumecouture8729 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@colorsofsound really interesting. Where did you hear this? Studying those brains must be fascinating

    • @omerzalman-fe2fr
      @omerzalman-fe2fr Před 11 měsíci +1

      From a human perspective I think the game is very good

    • @hidude1354
      @hidude1354 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I'm not sure it's the language itself that's really that exciting; it's essentially jargon just like how engineers or doctors talk with those in their similar profression because in chess, that is the traditional way of speaking. The mental representation part is really cool though, especially with the ability of not only remembering a position but being able to make a move on a position you have memorized

  • @joaoguimaro6116
    @joaoguimaro6116 Před 11 měsíci +107

    GM Aronian was on fire 🔥

  • @axelgilbert7220
    @axelgilbert7220 Před 10 měsíci +18

    For the record, here are the composers of the studies :
    2 Kasparyan (after fifth move!)
    3 Szaja Kozlowski
    4 Alexei Troitsky
    5 Herbstmann and Kubbel (after first move)
    Composers' names should always be mentioned.

  • @ButlersTraining
    @ButlersTraining Před 11 měsíci +154

    fabiano actually saying "whats the puzzle" at the last one caught me off guard

    • @posadist681
      @posadist681 Před 11 měsíci +12

      that made me fall out my chair 💀

    • @Tsuyuri193
      @Tsuyuri193 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Well if you play chess long enough then puzzles stop being puzzles on chess because you have seen it all

    • @thechesslobster2768
      @thechesslobster2768 Před 10 měsíci +3

      A mate in 4 being so simple it's laughable, lol.

  • @bryantcullen1377
    @bryantcullen1377 Před 10 měsíci +37

    I can't even imagine what their regular lives are like with such amazing memories. These people are truly special.

  • @TheArizus
    @TheArizus Před 11 měsíci +58

    A video with fabiano, levon and Le quang liem. Perfect combination of friendly personalities

  • @KironKabir
    @KironKabir Před 11 měsíci +31

    Lev has a wealth of chess knowledge. His Armenian GM colleagues always speak highly of him

  • @TheChessGenie
    @TheChessGenie Před 11 měsíci +78

    Levon is so wholesome!

  • @calob3927
    @calob3927 Před 11 měsíci +42

    Levon is like the skate boarder who is also an enigmatic genius 😂

  • @TrickyDickyGaming
    @TrickyDickyGaming Před 11 měsíci +41

    Love how levon just laughs his way to the answer like it’s the easiest thing in the world. Effortless

  • @mattkim96
    @mattkim96 Před 11 měsíci +46

    Aronian! Seems like such a pleasant person to sit across. So long as it’s not over a chess board.

  • @wonkywonky6307
    @wonkywonky6307 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Levon was crazy! Fantastic puzzle-solving from him, and he clearly demonstrated great knowledge regarding these studies, most of them him having seen before.

  • @benjaminlarson8791
    @benjaminlarson8791 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Levon's having a great time and I can't help but smile watching him.

  • @abhijitsarkar7257
    @abhijitsarkar7257 Před 10 měsíci +7

    levon has incredible mental toughness,his wife died in 2020 but he is still a top player after such devastating personal loss,as someone said the reason they are top player because they are mentally tough

  • @bulelanibotman
    @bulelanibotman Před 11 měsíci +32

    Levon is such a puzzle king

  • @kianushmaleki
    @kianushmaleki Před 10 měsíci +3

    I love to see how Levon gets excited. I love him. Go Levon

  • @travissorenson9554
    @travissorenson9554 Před 11 měsíci +5

    “What did you think I didn’t solve it?” Is kind of a badass thing to say after going perfect

  • @theunknown21329
    @theunknown21329 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Levon is simply amazing to watch. Cheerful, fun guy who also happens to be a legend!

  • @RossPacino
    @RossPacino Před 11 měsíci +10

    Grandmaster Aronian seems like a pretty chill dude

  • @vickmackey24
    @vickmackey24 Před 11 měsíci +60

    Levon must be a beast at puzzle rush.

    • @SweetDream2346
      @SweetDream2346 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Levon vs Hikaru puzzle rush?

    • @Da_roook
      @Da_roook Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@SweetDream2346that would be dun to watch

  • @laubchess07
    @laubchess07 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Brilliant Video, would love to see more of this

  • @anuragparasharsarmah1045
    @anuragparasharsarmah1045 Před 11 měsíci +22

    Damn levon came prepared for puzzle rush

  • @seya_2
    @seya_2 Před 11 měsíci +21

    Liem Le is a blitz beast

  • @mathwizard296
    @mathwizard296 Před 9 měsíci +5

    12:40 SUPER GM LEVON WITH THE REVERSE UNO OF TRICKING HIM INTO THINKING HE DIDNT SOLVE IT THEN SOLVED IT IMMEDIATELY HAHA

  • @kafkaesquee521
    @kafkaesquee521 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Fabi found the last one so easy he had to pause and confirm what the goal was lol.

  • @generalfishcake
    @generalfishcake Před 9 dny +1

    Levon is an absolute beast. A smiling beast

  • @wdiddy1
    @wdiddy1 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Watching super GMs show why they're super is so cool, the things their minds recall and can store is amazing.

  • @Diegogomez-df4wj
    @Diegogomez-df4wj Před 8 měsíci +1

    What a chill guy is levy

  • @aimarwadjo
    @aimarwadjo Před 11 měsíci +13

    Levon is a brilliant puzzle solver 🤯

  • @fencserx9423
    @fencserx9423 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I love Fabi being so concerned on the last one. The danger sense of “Oh sht am I dumb? What am I missing”

  • @tmsztrsz
    @tmsztrsz Před 11 měsíci +7

    Levon solves the position before I even realize where are the pieces

  • @carlosfnicolau
    @carlosfnicolau Před 11 měsíci +1

    Great video! Bring more please!

  • @TheRealMissingLink
    @TheRealMissingLink Před 10 měsíci

    It's just insane how they can do that.. incredible. Love these vids too!!!

  • @bencaruso1346
    @bencaruso1346 Před 9 měsíci +10

    Congrats Levon! How do they calculate so deep so fast like that?!?

  • @wearytrader535
    @wearytrader535 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Thanks for the video, helped me realize I'm slow at puzzles because I concentrate too much on one line at a time instead of scanning for good candidate moves. Once I found Qg7 for the final puzzle it was easy! But I thought too long about the lines that quickly went wrong

    • @AlexWyattDrums
      @AlexWyattDrums Před 10 měsíci +3

      Yeah, it seems guys on that level find the first move instantly bc their intuition and experience is on such a high level, then it’s matter of technique to calculate the rest without even looking. Mind blowing.

  • @alexds8389
    @alexds8389 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Amazing. I didn t know Levon and I will follow him, his mind speed is insane.

  • @chanky1000
    @chanky1000 Před 11 měsíci +5

    That Kasparyan study with Qa3 Rd2 Rb2 was so DISGUSTING, I went and took a shower

  • @jameschiu4162
    @jameschiu4162 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I need more videos like these! That was a blast to watch.

  • @kayblis
    @kayblis Před 11 měsíci +14

    I wish this was an hour longer.

  • @bannedfromtv2102
    @bannedfromtv2102 Před 11 měsíci +9

    Levon is just nuts

  • @mrbeastfan9579
    @mrbeastfan9579 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Levon is easily the most chill guy

  • @TheReddaredevil223
    @TheReddaredevil223 Před 11 měsíci +3

    From the very first puzzle Levon is blowing my mind

  • @FaqUrNwoBS
    @FaqUrNwoBS Před 11 měsíci +1

    kind of incredible that they recognize puzzles out of thousands if not tens of thousands of puzzles

  • @sharanteja9486
    @sharanteja9486 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Levon is simply amazing man .. such a joy to watch him solve .. :)

    • @Notorious224
      @Notorious224 Před 10 měsíci

      Hikaru is better

    • @ergwer45624
      @ergwer45624 Před 10 měsíci

      @@Notorious224 don't think so, Hikaru is better under 5 minutes though

  • @teejayB21
    @teejayB21 Před 2 měsíci

    fabi thinking outside the box thats why he take time..true genius

  • @patricio1163
    @patricio1163 Před 10 měsíci +23

    Levon no tan solo es el más rápido e inteligente sino el más simpático, termina de resolver un problema y se mata de risa con el entrevistador 😂

    • @daffkuh621
      @daffkuh621 Před 10 měsíci

      none of them have a tan bro

  • @chugg159
    @chugg159 Před 11 měsíci +4

    The strongest player to never win the world championship is often said to be Levon Aronian.

  • @gigas81
    @gigas81 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Levon Aronian had a string of games long ago where he was destroying opponents in a tournament with the black pieces so badly it made you think twice if white going first had any advantage :P

  • @temhirtleague-chess
    @temhirtleague-chess Před 10 měsíci +2

    Levon is just a bright light of Chess.

  • @filipkazacu9260
    @filipkazacu9260 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Levon passed the vibe check 😂

  • @adityachatterjee079
    @adityachatterjee079 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Levon seems to have fun solving these puzzles

  • @cunningham4500
    @cunningham4500 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Levon is a monster.

  • @jaekn
    @jaekn Před 10 měsíci +2

    Guys with names like Levon are great at chess and arm wrestling.

  • @bigjooh7339
    @bigjooh7339 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Aronian- Ahhhhh!!
    Opponent- Resign

  • @Ddxcv98
    @Ddxcv98 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Levon pretending to struggle with the last one 😆

  • @gymmistskes_9803
    @gymmistskes_9803 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Levon solves them like 1+1=2

  • @koalalala3939
    @koalalala3939 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Fabi looks like somebody forced him to go to this event 😅

  • @xxFortunadoxx
    @xxFortunadoxx Před 4 měsíci +1

    Holy shit. I cannot get enough of Levon. He's so awesome.

  • @zmattchiasson
    @zmattchiasson Před 10 měsíci

    Love these, keep it up

  • @stoutlager6325
    @stoutlager6325 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Man, Lev is a monster at these.

  • @sniffableandirresistble
    @sniffableandirresistble Před 10 měsíci +1

    That's so super human to do that with nothing more than a glance ❤

  • @seinfan9
    @seinfan9 Před 10 měsíci

    Even when they're incorrect, they're doing some amazing analysis by memory.

  • @justsomeboyprobablydressed9579

    Just incredible. Well done, gentlemen.

  • @Eagleeye3200
    @Eagleeye3200 Před 9 dny +1

    Levon is Amazing

  • @youuuuuuuuuuutube
    @youuuuuuuuuuutube Před 10 měsíci +1

    Fabiano on the last one "What's the puzzle?" :D Because it was so easy, he was wondering if that was the puzzle at all.

  • @yasseindahshan3556
    @yasseindahshan3556 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Levon is a Legend.

  • @JPCPSeto
    @JPCPSeto Před 8 měsíci

    They're all great but Levon is just from another planet

  • @hkalkiki9148
    @hkalkiki9148 Před 11 měsíci

    In love with this kind of content

  • @PartidasInmortalesdeAjedrez
    @PartidasInmortalesdeAjedrez Před 11 měsíci +6

    These guys are ridiculously good!

  • @Philson
    @Philson Před 11 měsíci +2

    Levon is everyone's best friend

  • @santiagomosquera563
    @santiagomosquera563 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Levon is a vibe hahah

  • @some1koko903
    @some1koko903 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Levon is a genius

  • @hashcr2
    @hashcr2 Před 11 dny +1

    Levon is a beast..

  • @supar6142
    @supar6142 Před 10 měsíci

    Levon is a beast and Joy to watch

  • @johnbowman3630
    @johnbowman3630 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The 2nd one (Kasparyan study) is rather lame because you don't have to play ...Rxa3, black can be stubborn, refuse to take the queen and play ...b2+ and prolong the game for like another 25 moves to force a king and rook mate.
    Thought I was crazy/couldn't believe they didn't point this out, but I checked it with the fish.

  • @commanderdj
    @commanderdj Před 10 měsíci +1

    For puzzle 2 stockfish says you can play b2 after Rd2 instead of Rxa3

  • @gspaulsson
    @gspaulsson Před 10 měsíci

    In the first one, I got as far as Qxg6+,fxg; Nf6 dbl check, Kh8 (forced), but I got stuck on the idea of Bf8+, when Bh5 blocks, and didn't think of Bg7, the sacrificial double check. KxB forced, Rh7+ (N on f6 covering). Then Kf8 or f6, Rf7#. It's actually fairly obvious when you know it's a composition, not from a game -- then you don't calculate, just look for what's beautiful. The nagging loose end: what if he doesn't take the Queen? then Kh8; Qh7#, all tied up with a bow. Lovely.

  • @Chess4EveryoneFun
    @Chess4EveryoneFun Před 11 měsíci +12

    Le quang liem!!!

  • @belhaddim5116
    @belhaddim5116 Před 10 měsíci

    More of these!

  • @zakirsaid2398
    @zakirsaid2398 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Simply Amazing!!👍👍

  • @emiliano_sw
    @emiliano_sw Před 12 dny +1

    Levon genius and nice person

  • @OagengKhuduge
    @OagengKhuduge Před 10 měsíci +1

    “we saved the easiest for last” 💀me going zero out of 6.

  • @teejayB21
    @teejayB21 Před 2 měsíci

    true genius here is fabi..levon already seen the puzzle