Magnus Carlsen faced Alireza Firouzja in the Speed Chess Championship Final Live in Paris on 8 September 2024. The experts gave him a 65% chance of victory, especially considering Alireza had a dominating performance earlier this year in the Chessable Masters, and he had just beaten Hikaru Nakamura in the semis. But the kind of Magnus that showed up to that match was different that day. It wasn't even close.

00:00 - The King vs the Prince
01:00 - Game 1: Danya prophesizes brilliancy. A casual 98.5% performance.
03:11 - Game 2: The Battle of Q Queens
04:10 - Game 3: Magnus makes SuperGMs play like mere mortals
04:51 - Game 4: Vintage Magnus sacs a knight
05:45 - Game 5: Smothered in the middle of the board
07:09 - Game 6: Commentator's curse strikes again!
08:17 - Very controversial predictions by SmarterChess
08:53 - Final Thoughts, and Ali being a good sport

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