Shadowing Practice: DID WE JUST BEAT MAGNUS CARLSEN? 😱 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAGNUS!
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His transposition to...
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MAGNUS!
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MAGNUS!
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MAGNUS!
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MAGNUS!
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MAGNUS!
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AHHHHH!
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I break my scars on...
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I can't bleed!
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Oh my god, thank god almighty.
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If I take, if I take, if I take.
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I'm playing madness.
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Oh my god almighty.
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What should I play?
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I should take.
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So I got a home prep I'm getting home prepped by the world champion By world number one
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I'm going to beat Magnus, I'm going to beat Magnus,
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I'm going to beat Magnus, I'm going I've got a lot of issues.
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I'm gonna beat Magnus with Ghost Grace.
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I'm gonna beat Magnus.
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I'm gonna beat Magnus.
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I'm losing, I'm losing, no, the five, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no,
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Thank you.
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Bro he's so good!
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He's so good!
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He's so good!
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I don't know what I'm saying.
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I don't know what I'm saying.
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I don't know what I'm saying.
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I don't know what I'm saying.
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BIT LAGNAS!!!
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BIT LAGNAS!!!
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AAAAAH!
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AAAAAH!
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AAAAAH!
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AAAAAH!
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AAAAAH!
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AAAAAH!
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AAAAAH!
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Ah!
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I don't know what he's doing but he's a very excited that he's a Oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh God!
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Help me, Charles!
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No!
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No!
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I'm dreaming!
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Wake me up!
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Wake me up!
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I'm dreaming!
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God Almighty!
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God Almighty, wake me up!
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Charles!
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We beat Magnus!
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We beat Magnus!
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God Almighty!
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God Almighty, wake me up!
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Oh, God I love you, we beat Magnus, we beat Magnus, we beat, no, I'm dreaming,
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wake me up, where's the day on my hands, we beat, God Almighty, wake me up, chat, thousand rings in the chat, thanks so much for the super chat,
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wake me up, I can't, God Almighty we beat Magnus, God Almighty we beat Magnus.
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we beat the king we beat the god god almighty i love you oh my i can't believe i can't believe
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we beat madness we beat madness we beat madness we beat madness for 10 years Congratulations Sam!
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Charles, I want you!
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Four years!
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You've lost again and again!
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The lights are turned off!
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But we did impossible!
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We've learned that we can do extraordinary things!
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God Almighty!
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I can't!
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We beat Magnus!
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We beat Magnus!
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What happened God Almighty?
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What happened God Almighty?
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What happened?
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Why did you bless me like that?
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Why did you bless me, God Almighty?
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I love you.
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Thank you, Lord, for the peace.
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I just love you.
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Oh, boy.
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God Almighty, I can't believe I'm dreaming.
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Why, God Almighty?
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Why?
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I don't deserve this.
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I don't deserve this.
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I love you, God Almighty.
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For years, I lost again and again.
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The rights that turns off.
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You will not give up.
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I love you.
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I'll show continuation I love you Oh god almighty I'll beat Magnus
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God almighty I'll beat Magnus God almighty Why do you play so Nobody like me
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Why god almighty Why I'll show the game Just let me play My heart is beating so fast
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I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't I can't Let me chill,
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let me chill, I love you,
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4 years chat, thanks for the peace, we beat Manus chat, we beat Magnus, oh god almighty, oh god,
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oh god almighty, I'm your servant I'm so excited.
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I'm so excited.
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I'm sorry.
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I'll show you the game.
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I'll show you the game.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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I can't believe I'm dreaming,
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I'm dreaming chat, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, wake me up when September ends,
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wake me up when September ends go on my,
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I'm dreaming, I'm nobody Okay Chad, I'll show the game.
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I'll show the game.
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I'll show the game.
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I'll show the game.
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Chad, I was in fear in this.
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Chad, I love you.
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I was in fear in this.
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My heart.
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My heart is gonna poo, poo, poo, poo, poo, poo.
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I can't believe I'm dreaming, I'm not dreaming, go away, I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming, I love you chat,
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I love you so much, what are you going to chat, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you,
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I love you, I love you,
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So this was the game, Chad.
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I won, and yet he still plays with more accuracy than me.
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Imagine how good he is.
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Chad, I won, and he still has more accuracy than me.
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Can you imagine?
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E4, E5, he plays Vienna.
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When I saw this move, I said I'm lost.
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E4 plays point X3, I play elephant gambit, and here I know a lot of lines, I might have had some chances.
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But after here, I said I'm lost.
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I wanted to play real gambit, but I said, okay, not against Magnus.
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So I played point E6 here, and then I was already on home prep, I had no, it's like, one of the first time I faced this move, because after Vienna I usually played E5 here,
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so after here, here we go D4 here, and they go E5, let me show you the bar, my morning stars, wait a second, let me show, okay, you can see the end generation,
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then I can take the point of course, so they take, I go point E6, they go here, and now, distance position to center game, my morning stars, dispute transposition to this, here, here, here, here, and here,
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dispute transposition to center game.
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So it started with the Vienna, but it responds to the center game.
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So here, here, here, and now queen f4.
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Usually the main move is queen jitter here, my brain sisters.
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And after take, take, take, take, take, and there is a3, and why has a lot of attack happening on the king side?
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But we are a pounder.
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Thank you, Angel.
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I'm going to bless you.
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I've played last before only in bulletin.
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I lost three times.
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So we go here, here, and here I'm in the fat of bulletin, my brain sisters.
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Mouse Cloud was home prepping me.
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I've spent two minutes on the clock.
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Mousekara has spent 11 seconds my brainisters
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And I had to find lucky seven here But even if I find this move Mousekara is still home prep Take, take and take And this is actually a playable position But there is like this,
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this It's very dangerous for black And if I go here, here, here This is like This is like dangerous,
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dangerous zone And if I don't take Then I'm just a pound down Okay, actually this is kind of playable But yeah So I made a blunder hit point in C3 Because I saw only this,
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this And then this And I'm okay And I'm much better here.
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This is what I saw.
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This is what I saw on my brain instead. But, he has Bf7.
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And after here, here.
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And I have daddy issues.
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If I go p2, there's a pony.
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If I take the rookie, daddy issues.
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I get a checkmate. So, I'm already losing.
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Not losing, but I had to play p2 too. But I felt like...
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And then p3, but I felt like this is okay for white. And I...
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now what is just tempo up
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so i say okay i'm not gonna take on a2
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so i have to start to take take it's my move rather than um it's uh his move
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so i said it's just one pound let's get some tempi
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uh let's get something my brain sisters then i saw this
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this i found it very dangerous i go here take a point you want to go point a tree
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and even this is already my brain instead which is crazy He's only like 0 -0, because I lack development.
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Let's explain how he lost, chat can please verify if that's true, I doubt it, he's playing.
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And I'm completely lost here chat.
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I'm a change down, I lack development, and the E5 is open, just completely lost.
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My only counter play is against the king, because this power switch is very bad, but I'm completely lost.
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I absolutely lost my brain sisters.
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It was opening disaster, I'm completely lost, I got outplayed, I have 1 min on the clock,
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mouse castle has four minutes but he's playing against an alien the inventor of alien gambit
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if i get to his king i won't i won't give him any mercy no mercy
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so he goes to get g8 i go queen g8 attacking
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the a2 palm i have some i just need to get his king otherwise i'm completely lost
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if you've been saying it's my brother he goes rookie seven of course
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if i take it is like um that's completely lost
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so i go php6 finally i managed to protect the background with the rookie
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and then rook g7 like everything wins you know b8 now
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i have to be far queen dc7 php2 now everything wins
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just rook d6 now rook g7 is a big time trade
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if he plays rook g7 now which looks smart thank you
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so much sketch robux for the super channel i bless you thank you thank you thanks
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so much for super time brother we beat magnus with god almighty grace yes
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We only get smart as my brothers and sisters.
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uh thank you so much for super chat uh then we have rook b1 here
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and then we have rook d1 here
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and then certainly uh we have a lap is up
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so maskaris could obey r7 right now
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and he goes rook e1 as a blender she wants to take r7
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or even queen b8 because i'm afraid it's just queen b8
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here and then dial issues
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but she missed queen d5 she saw rook b1 he said king d2 and after take He just takes and that's it.
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GG.
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But he missed Qd5.
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So, ladies and gentlemen, I did not outplay Marlos Karrosan.
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I got absolutely outplayed from the opening, middle game, but he just blended Qd5. And he's lost.
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Best must resign.
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I did not outplay him.
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I was not the better player at this game, child.
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I was just so freaking lucky that he missed Qd5.
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That is the story of this game.
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I was lost the whole freaking game, child.
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Bad opening, bad middle I mean, the middle game was not bad, it's just that the opening was already lost.
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Now if he goes Kg2, then we have this amazing move, Bc4, you shall not pass in Gandalf's voice.
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Kg3, you go Rxc1, Kf4, then we just go Qd2, Kg3, then we go Qg5, Kf3, then we just checkmate,
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and Kh3, then we just take on e7, here's no doubt issues, then we just rook you up.
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I want you to ask her yes yes yes or no no no Should I frame this in my room?
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Should I frame this in my room?
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Yes yes yes or no no no?
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Should I frame this in my room?
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Yes yes yes or no no no?
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Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I love
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you my friends I will frame this in my room angels And I'll hate this till the day I die.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “DID WE JUST BEAT MAGNUS CARLSEN? 😱”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: beat, magnus, almighty, dreaming, chat. This video has 245 sentences and 2039 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:40. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
almighty adjective/ɔːlˈmaɪti/Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
madness noun/ˈmæd.nəs/The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
outplay verb/aʊtˈpleɪ/To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
bless verb/blɛs/To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
gambit noun/ˈɡæmbɪt/An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
preposition noun/ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense…
transposition nounThe act or process of transposing or interchanging.
rookie noun/ˈɹʊki/An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
checkmate/ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
lagna nounIn Vedic astrology, the degree of the sign that is rising on the eastern horizon at the time of a person's birth.
playable adjective/ˈpleɪəbəl/Able to be played.
tempo noun/ˈtɛm.poʊ/A frequency or rate.
bulletin noun/ˈbʊl.ə.tən/A short report, especially one released through official channels to be immediately broadcast or publicized.
prep noun/pɹɛp/Preparation.
chill verb/tʃɪl/To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
turn off verbTo power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
give up verbTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
go away verbTo depart or leave a place.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • What should I play?
  • I don't know what I'm saying.
  • You've lost again and again!
  • Why did you bless me like that?
  • Should I frame this in my room?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowYou've lost · We've learned · I've played
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itare turned · was lost · was already lost
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good ideashould I play · should take · Should I frame
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two thingsmore accuracy than

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 97 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, continuation /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Long words — get the stress right: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, accuracy /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/, continuation /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like almighty, madness, outplay.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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