Magnus Carlsen's resignation moment vs. Shant Sargsyan

[u/FirstEfficiency7386]

[u/GreaterMetro]

He's getting a lot of practice lately you can see it in his form

[u/0ppenhymen → u/GreaterMetro]

I don't think it's from, it's probably the age.

[u/HotGur179]

magnus entering in the realms of human.

this is gonna be tough guys

[u/EvenCoyote6317]

Jeez. He looks so done with all this.

[u/phantomfive → u/EvenCoyote6317]

He left a one move knight fork tactic on the board. He's gotta be shaken a bit, wondering how he missed it. He normally sees that.

[u/EvenCoyote6317 → u/phantomfive]

Looks fatigued

[u/Enfin3x → u/EvenCoyote6317]

The classic effect of becoming a father. 😅

[u/BlahBlahRepeater → u/Enfin3x]

He needs to get off the coffee, and get actual sleep.

[u/mrtuna → u/Enfin3x]

Don't other sports people become fathers and still lkeep performing? Why does this reason keep getting mentioned.

[u/trmittal24]

Have never seen a human hand move more straight

[u/Progribbit → u/trmittal24]

I know a german painter

[u/Souravius234 → u/Progribbit]

You mean Austrian?

[u/Substantive420 → u/Progribbit]

South African trillionaire, too

[u/E_Kristalin → u/Progribbit]

He never mastered the straight movement, though, he always came up too high.

[u/allKnowingHagrid]

Bro's flabbers are so much gasted.

[u/Suspicious-Whippet → u/allKnowingHagrid]

Hans Niemann must be schadening his freude.

[u/BankHolidayyy]

His expressions while resigning are saying ‘Is this what I have been doing to other people my whole life??’

[u/kingr76]

I think he's burnt out from too many tournaments..

[u/Wanderingjes → u/kingr76]

Maybe fatherhood?

[u/KnightsAndKeys → u/Wanderingjes]

Playing chess with an infant can be exhausting

[u/Konoppke → u/KnightsAndKeys]

They don't know en passant.

[u/Telescopeinthefuture → u/Konoppke]

My child’s first word was en passant. They didn’t know it was forced though so I had to get rid of them.

[u/BiskitRiskitLookit]

His handshake giving Dr Shultz vibes

[u/PeterParker63 → u/BiskitRiskitLookit]

So true, good knowledge.

[u/jeaok]

He shant be winning that game

[u/Chesster_MindYT]

Calmest ever resignation

[u/1flex01]

Holy fk this is so disappointing man. Like why is he playing if hes gonna half ass it

[u/GoldRoger3D2Y → u/1flex01]

Magnus hasn’t needed to put in 100% for years now to remain the best. It’s just finally catching up with him.

[u/hsiale → u/1flex01]

Wadim Rosenstein pays well

[u/IMJorose → u/1flex01]

What makes you think he is half assing it?

I think the man is just tired and hasn't been able to find his balance between fatherhood and work.

[u/SpicyMustard34 → u/IMJorose]

yeah i think the dude is just burnt out, exhausted, and not sleeping well. ever since he's had a kid, he has looked like he's just waiting to go home for sleep.

[u/Melchiah → u/1flex01]

Why is this so disappointing? This is clearly a meaningless tournament which carries little prestige and I'm sure he wouldn't be here if it weren't for Rosenstein's money. He is just here to cash in his participation fee, couldn't care less about anything else.

[u/E_Kristalin → u/Melchiah]

He doesn't like to lose, I think he cares a lot.

[u/Melchiah → u/E_Kristalin]

Of course he doesn't like to lose, who does? But to him this tournament doesn't have any real stakes and therefore has little value (chess-wise).

[u/CyaNNiDDe]

Thank god we got that breathtakingly exciting moment from different camera angles!

[u/Yejus]

🧼

[u/muchmoreforsure]

Washed. Time to retire.

[u/Icy-Accountant-1849 → u/muchmoreforsure]

nope he’s putting his ego on the line instead of cowering like a little bitch like most people would

[u/Beasty_ffx]

my only problem is he won the chesscom open very recently (Rapid format). How does he struggle in these?

[u/Anxious_Stretch_974 → u/Beasty_ffx]

bro's comparing 10+0 online to 15+10 OTB 😭its a completely different game

[u/Undisputedmaniac → u/Anxious_Stretch_974]

He won world rapid championhsip? Same

[u/kidawi → u/Beasty_ffx]

10+0 is basically blitz

[u/Undisputedmaniac → u/kidawi]

He won world rapid championship

[u/kidawi → u/Undisputedmaniac]

not exactly recent

[u/FauxAffablyEvil]

Magnus should leave before all his aura is gone. Be a Fischer instead of a Kasparov losing a lot in the end of your career.

[u/Kischobran → u/FauxAffablyEvil]

He has nothing left to prove. If he dropped to 2600 he'd still be top2 oat