Levon Aronian beats Magnus Carlsen in Game 1 of the Final and is one draw away from winning $200,000! ✨
  • 141 points lonelysocial

    When Levon does well, it's a good day

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    7 points Living_Book_3973

    iirc he had also beaten magnus (with commentary from Hans) before also where he went on to win the whole tournament this year only

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    4 points daynighttrade

    Yes, Hans went crazy after that and was on cloud 9, as if he had become the 1st American World Chess Champion

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  • 60 points baronreymondo

    That stare and shake from Magnus means respect

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    1 points Plenty-Distance9991

    They are good friends off the board

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    1 points baronreymondo

    Of course, but this was respect for the game, Magnus rarely gets outplayed like this from start to finish

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  • 16 points PizzaBuffalo

    It's a shame Levon didn't qualify for the Candidates this cycle. He seems to be in excellent form.

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    2 points Zeek0_245

    Excellent form only in freestyle, rapid, and blitz chess. He hasn’t done great in classical chess this year except for the World Cup. He has lost around 20 rating points this year in classical.

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  • 59 points Asperverse

    When he's playing youngsters, his heart rate is higher when he's in a bad position. You can tell he really cares about putting the young generation in his place.

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    -12 points [deleted]

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    28 points cursed-blessing

    I'm pretty sure the comment you responded to didn't mean to say Magnus is in the young generation, but the opposite

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    2 points cursed-blessing

    Class reddit, downvoting someone just for making an interpretation mistake. Since no one answered you, I do believe the heart rate monitors is just a gimmick to make it more exciting

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  • 9 points AmbassadorAlarmed999

    Magnus with the tribute to "my boy" Alireza with that time management.

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  • 7 points ocashmanbrown

    Will they switch shirt for the next game?

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  • 39 points PeeOnYoFace007

    We all know how this ends. Magnus is going to take his opponent to tie breaks and win at the end.

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    15 points CicatriceDeFeu

    Didn’t Levon win the last freestyle event?

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    3 points Fruloops

    He did win Vegas but not sure if there was any in-between then and now

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    11 points thunder1207

    Hahaha do we?

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    5 points PeeOnYoFace007

    happy to be proved wrong

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    8 points Undisputedmaniac

    It depends on the opening. Some openings are so good for white and some are easier to play w black

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  • 5 points Lonely-Ad5742

    He did it, he beat Magnus after 2 games and became the champ

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  • 5 points GuyThatWorksatWendys

    I just saw the Grand Slam tour finals list. How is Esipenko number 10? I’ve didn’t see him in Germany, Las Vegas, or Paris? Where did his points come from and if he had those many points, why wasn’t he invited to a live event?

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    9 points Much_Ad_9218

    He shared third place with Svane at the Grenke Freestyle Open and got 15 points for that.

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    3 points GuyThatWorksatWendys

    I see. Thank you. It would have been nice to see him and Svane in Vegas

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  • 1 points Da_Bird8282

    r/unexpectedfactorial

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  • 1 points hsholmes0

    Levon AURAnian 🔥🔥🔥

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  • -13 points Frosty-Foundation-95

    Hans is probably the happiest person on earth right now 😂

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    20 points Undisputedmaniac

    No hes not lmao, Magnus beat hans in RR Hans got smoked and currently playing as to be 8th or 7th ( in a 8 person event) He can not even smile to this

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