That first game is literally the widest gap between ratings of players facing off over the board in history.

Teaching the London System before "how to move a bishop" is one way to do it

Having Magnus teach someone who has never played is hilarious

“Actually that’s just checkmate I think”

Proceeds to play the game by himself for the next dozen moves to prove it.

The 850 gentleman is definitely an active listener.

Arteezy is like: if you play e3 before f4 your carry bishop has no space to farm and will flame the supports for the rest of the game.

That 850 ELO bro was having the moment of his life!

Imagine booting up an online game, playing the London and losing your queen on Move 8, then your opponent writes in the chat: "yeah, Magnus taught me that line."

I wish Hikaru was one of the people he had to teach

I mean this in the kindest way possible, when Magnus says he's not a chess teacher, it clearly shows. He doesn't check the guys knowledge of basic chess moves and his explanation of the concept is very much all over the place because he just doesn't know where to start. As the video progresses, he gets more and more comfortable and does way better with the Master player as this is what he is used to deal with. This isn't by any means a critique of his ability, it's obviously superb, but rather an appreciation of teachers and the skillset it takes to teach. It shows that being a master of your craft doesn't make you a great educator. Much love to all the teachers out there who dedicate their life to other peoples progress! Great video Team Liquid!

After the four beginners, Magnus then asked the film crew when they were moving on to the next level.

Carlsen explaining the whole basics of London system just for the guy to ask if this is what you call an opening is hilarious

This is a 10/10 format. I hope it gets the views it deserves to encourage more of these

Now do Uno reverse:
- Hello, I'm Starcraft 2 world champion.
- Hello, I'm Magnus, I've never played Starcraft.

What a time we're living in where you can watch the best player in the world sharing his thought process with the general public on camera very casually

I really enjoyed the master section. You could tell the guy already had a good setup for the london and Magnus only had to provide insights on how to proceed with it and what to be careful of. Would love to see more masters in these videos.

The rtz magnus combo I never knew I needed. We teaching magnus how to play sf mid next?

That 850 guy really knows his squares. When I was that Elo I didnt knew squares had names lol

rtz in front of a chess board against magnus is something that happens when a time traveller moves a stone

Magnus saying he is not a chess teacher is the truest thing he ever said.  Being a newbie, I've found that the professional higher ranked chess players have a difficult time teaching because in order to become what they are, they've learned to think faster than normal and react faster than normal. That's means it's difficult for them to slow down enough to really explain what's is going on to newbies.  Often on YouTube channels, I see high level players put up one board and draw a lot of confusing lines on it while taking a mile a minute.  Shelby Lyman in his genius coverage of the Fisher- Spassky games on Iceland for PBS had two boards. One for the current state of the game that was periodically updated, and another for going into what the ramifications where for moves.  On the second board he would go over the theoreticals, leaving the first board alone. I remember him not overdoing the theoreticals.  That man turned the World Chess Championship into a spectator sport. (I'm angry that that piece of cultural history was never preserved as it should have been).  The other problem with high level's teaching is when they try to slow it down and they over explain everything in infinite detail.   There's a trick to giving just the right amount of information at the right time.  Actual performance does not guarantee this.

2:30 Supernova vs dying pawn