In fairness, Nepo's body language resigned even if he played on a few more moves. Edit: Realized I should of course add, "It was in this position that Nepo's body language resigned the game..."
You can’t be rooting for Ding if you feel bad about this loss for Nepo Ding needed this and Got it I thought his play was Fantastic yes Nepo blundered but that’s what happens when the Game is intense and your opponent is bringing some heat
@@michaelmassaro4375 This is not a championship level blunder though. He can absolutely feel bad for Nepo about this loss and still be rooting for Ding lol.
@@michaelmassaro4375 I agree that Ding made the position so complex that Ian blundered. Credits to Ding. But still the horror that Ian would have felt after playing f5 sends chills.
@@p75517 c4 if you play against magnus it is instant loss, nepo just went into dreams. Magnus knows so well about nepo quick moves bad moves in candidates 2022 he mentioned clearly about that. Ding is going to win championship surely as nepo is in tilt.
If you don't know about Dimash (the guy who made first move) he's a crazy singer. He sang some french songs (im belgian) with amazing style, really emotional ones, for a show "the voice like". Even though he probably never spoke french in his life, he did amazing ! Also sang Show Must Go On with huge talent !
What a game. 3 key takeaways for Game 12: 1. Ding's opening choices are quite bizzare but it is working. h3 QGD and the Colle System are both "passive openings" or openings that your waiting for your opponent to create the initiative. That is why you need people like Jorden Van Forrest and Richard Rapport on your team that creates such opening surprises. 2. The rollercoaster of emotions and chess mistakes of this match is absolutely unbelievable. This is the positive effect of Magnus reliving the title because a battle of two evenly match players will produce this absolute nail-bitters. 3. The look of dismay on Nepo's face really humanizes this Top players. At the end of the day, they are all human beings and they can make mistakes and feel such sadness.
We asked for Fireworks🥳🥳, We absolutely got them. Now hold on to your hats folks, as we get ready to ride the rollercoaster with DING and NEPO. Also, REMOVE CHESS PRESS CONFERENCE....
Despite those hard-to-watch minutes of Nepo suffering, it's nice that we're still seeing real people play here. I mean we're all tensely sitting in front of our screens with our engines telling us what the best moves are. Imagine you are sitting there and "only" have your own wetware available. That must be massive pressure. People make mistakes, that's what makes it exciting again. Even the greatest chess players of all time have sometimes made blunders. The rest is history...
i know he makes blundet but ding isnt taking his chance .so from now i want nepo to win .alrhough i dont care who becomes champion .that will not change my life
Honestly, when Ding was on the edge I was so so close to switching it off, even thinking about not watching tomorrow. But I stuck with it and was rewarded with a truly wild finish. It's been a privilege to watch this championship live. One to remember for decades to come.
When Fabi suggested that a6 as a reply to Ding's a4, I turned off the stream. Thought white had no counter play watsoever. I got back to work, then decided to take a glance at the live board at the exact moment Ian played Bc8 and the bar went wild. Had to open the stream immediately 😂
That's how he gets his videos out quickly, after the pawn blunder game was done if you're watching with an engine etc, funny enough Hikaru saw the final few moves and uploaded first.
Dimash is considered by many as the world's best technical singer in the world and he is 1 of the 2 singers in the entire world that has a 6 octave range. That is wild that he is at the world chess championship lol
He is at a world championship because its in Astana, Kazakhstan, and he is Kazakh and lives there. Technical means that his technique is considered the best in the world
@@DrinkWater713 Every good singer is technically good, it's just that right now he is considered to be at the top. 'Technical' is mostly a reference by the 'insiders' of those who work in music. I guess you can think about 'technical' as a deeper understanding/conscious control of the skill. You can find the same reference in other areas of expertise. There are good boxers, but then there are those are extremely good at technique.
It is all coming back to him. Just like his blunder against Magnus with the trapped bishop. It seems Ian can compete with Magnus when it comes to calculating or outcompete Ding, but his blunders just ruin it for him...
People criticizing Nepo have no clue about how it feels to play a strategic game at a high competitive level, furthermore under cameras. He's emotional, that's a fact, and gets weaker in stressful moments. It showed on 2021 when he chained blunders against Carlsen. But 14 high stakes extreme level matches in three weeks PLUS press conference is exhausting. Thinking demands energy, and it's fair that in complicated position you might have some moment of absence. This is an unique structure of tournament after all, people are understimating the pressure that comes when you know all the chess world is watching your moves. Okay, most people could see that this was a blunder, but most people couldn't have played the 12 games as well as he did, because you haven't even tried to put yourself in his shoes. If you think the level is dissapointing, please go become a world champion, qualify for candidates and win the whole thing. The only ones allowed to fairly criticize Nepo are the world champions. Magnus is better than Nepo, that's a fact, but he chose not to compete this time, move on and accept it.
"It will completely change your day, your week, your month... It will be a life changing experience." - Agadmator, April 26, 2023 (Edit) Also: "... and a multi-instrumentalist, whatever that is. I guess he can handle multiple instruments at once, or maybe not at once but okay..." Agadmator in mood today 😆
Yeah that line about multi instrumentalist had me cracking up. There are some situations where you could play some instruments simultaneously like a piano + harmonica or something, but you couldn't play like guitar and piano at the same time unless it was one of those guitars with piano keys on it.
Well, I can't, but some people certainly can. Check out for example David MeShow - Sky Is The Limit... he plays piano with one hand, guitar with the other, bass with his feet and sings
14:30 "this game stopped being about material long, long time ago" 10 seconds later: "you just trade because you are already up material... and white is up too much material"
Thanks for the amazing analysis Antonio, as always. This time I could really feel the excitement in your voice when you were explaining the game and the utter sadness for Nepo's "blunder". Cheers from Italy, you're awesome Antonio!
This WCC has proved that classical chess is not dead because deep depth computer evaluations are not really important for humans playing highly complicated positions.
You really start to appreciate Magnus vs Caruana after this. This two held it together very well and played an immaculate set of games. HOWEVER... this match is so much fun!!!
Thank you agadmator sir for always posting the PGN of the game when you have it quickly available to you. That is one reason (not the only one though obviously) that you have 1.3 million followers! And congratulations on that! I don't know why the other streamers covering this match can't take two minutes to post the PGN too.
Interesting fact Agadmator. Rey Enigma plays the Colle system as, for his character, he needed to come up with one system that he felt comfortable with while not revealing too much the identity behind the mask in the Spanish chess circles by playing what his real persona usually plays. He even played it on his game against Karpov on Got Talent Spain's final.
@@phil4863 that has been overdone already. Even Spanish GMs like Pepe Cuenca and Miguel Santos have been joking about which one of them it was during the Spanish commentary of this WCC :D. It is in the best interest for everyone that he remains anonymous anyway, guy is doing a good job promoting the game.
I think many people thought because Magnus was not playing that the world Championship match would not interesting or good. However these two players have put on a great and exciting performance. I think most fans would agree that this has been a great match.
The gentleman that made the first move, Dimash, is actually one of the most amazing singers in the world - seriously. I have never heard such a vocal range before. Check out his song "S.O.S." and hear for yourself.
Watched the game during the day , with commentary from (amongst others) Fabio , but I still HAD TO watch this. So curious about the "pause the video" moments. 😀
7:16 that mix up of the words Ding and King made me remember when you used to mix up Fischer and Bishop. Some chess players have names too much alike chess pieces
To Nepo's excuse, the commentators Sachdev, Caruana and Hess were agreeing that it was a reeeaaally complicated position. Fabi did find the idea that Nepo might have had playing f5, but of course, Nepo overlooked the most obvious answer. That's really a shame for him. Hope he will come back to play the last games in a strong style so that we will have a great and entertaining match right until the end - although I am favouring Ding, because of his gentle character.
This game and the previous showed the difference between super GMs and engines. In these positions where everything is attacking/denfending everything, discoveries everywhere, both kings behind open files/diagonals, engines would just say "it's fine it's a draw". Humans would calculate under pressure and self doubt. In forcing lines super GMs play perfect games but in this scenario even Magnus would probably only do 5% better than everybody else.
wow what a game! it seems that the more computers/engine provide insight into STRONG moves, the use of the KNIGHT during the game often plays a crucial role in high level games.
If Ding goes to win world championship it would be spectacular. Player who wasn’t originally in candidates tournament and was invited after another player got banned because tweet about war in Ukraine. Went to be second in that tournament. World champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to defend his title so as second get to play for world champion title. Now if he goes all the way and becomes new world champion it would be just unbelievable!!!! Never happened before, as much as I know and probably will never happen again.
An amazing game, so very complex with so many possible lines, it made my head hurt to try to follow the implications of their moves. I’m not sure how many times I will have to watch it - with Agad’s excellent commentary - to begin to see the changing strategies, but I shall enjoy it each time !! Thks Agadmator.
I relate to Nepo as a player much more than any other player in the world! Not because I'm some sort of a GM or something but because of my ability to blunder winning or even easily draw-ish positions. Where I know a few moves back that there is nothing more to be done in the game for my opponent to win. Not saying just because of this game but Nepo's last championship game as well. And thoroughly enjoyed your covering Agad! No spoilers. I was so tensed in the end and it turned out completely opposite of what I was expecting of the position. Brilliant!
Thanks for the videos and the great work. I would suggest you add the evaluation bar on the side. I believe it would give us a better understanding of what is actually happening. Best
#suggestion Include the time left for each player after each move in a small graphic so you dont have to explain it (even though you do a great storytellers job of this)
It was visible on Agadmator´s face that Ding had won. It is as one is watching a football (soccer, yes) game, and is not rooting for any team but wants equalizing just as to get extra times and penalty rullet.
@@Caleb-zl4wk No, I agree. His style in this game was what I have sometimes witnessed in club players with a complicated game and always wondered why they did not pause to understand the position better. If I was active I guess my fide would be about 2550.
There is only one person in the world qualified to ask, or answer, that question. After all, the next best two players in the world were involved in this game! Unless you are Magnus in disguise, which you are not, this game clearly went straight over your head.
I’m 2400, had absolutely no idea why the some moves were winning and others losing. There were no clear lines. Position very open you won’t find 95+ acc in games like there. Can’t compare it to a closed position with lots of forced lines.
I was following the match and waiting to see Ding's defensive capabilites and of a sudden a platter in a gold dish by Nepo for Ding ... everyone is human but to see these kind of errors (even last year Nepo got his bishop trapped against Magnus) ... stress had the last laugh !
This game was extremely complicated (except for the final blunder, which can be explained be quoting Magnus from another game "Nepo playing poor moves quickly ") At one time Fabiano was suggesting moves on the live stream and they would always be blunders, even the evaluation bar would keep dancing for a few seconds after each critical move while the commentators tried to make head or tails out of it with no avail
thats an interesting comment because I guess Korchnoi Karpov in 1974 was supposed to be a run up to the WC and the follow up match in '77 was also pretty crazy with that insane K march by Karpov before the time control and Korch missed the mate.
High drama. The match remains in the balance. Worthy of the great Kasparov v Anand disaster and reaction. However, I think we can say it was an astonishingly original game, with a fierce attack finally held in check, leading to some subtle manoeuvres around the periphery of a complex and dead locked structure. An unfortunate result for Nepo, who as usual handled the loss like a pro, but certainly a memorable game for fans and chess in general that energised the match. A series of quiet and technical draws would have been an anticlimax, while this ensures the players achieved an historic match whoever wins.👏
I don't mind a WCC that is decided in Tie-breaks when the matches have been back and forth. Its less fun when it has been a bunch of drawn games in classic time-format
Do you have more videos you could add to this playlist titled Colle System? I like the Colle System and was happy it appeared in a World Championship game. I first learned about it from Chernev's Logical Chess Move By Move. I later learned there is a line Colle Zuckertort as well.
I was rooting for Ding up until now. I woke up this morning as usual to some blitz games, went on a 5 game losing streak. I lost 70% of my games throughout the day to increasingly weaker opponents. I don't know wtf. Today I'm with Nepo, I am him, he is I. Hope he can recover and that both of these gentlemen give their best for the rest of the tournament. The winner will have earned and will deserve the title.
I hope this doesn't seem uncharitable to the two contestants, but this feels like the first championship in a very long while that Capablanca could take his quiet, classical moves, and body either one of them.
The question is... Whoever wins, would he really be considered the chess world champ? Wonderful championship but... A blunder is not a wonderful game, it's just an emotional match
Yes. Why they won the chess world championship match. Why wouldn't they? Who should be considered the world chess champion then? Magnus who refused to play? Best chess player and classical world chess championship match winner are two different things. Magnus lost his right to be classical world champ when he refused to defend his title.
The game actually continued 3 more moves: 35.Rxe6 Rxh5 36.gxh5 Qxh5 37.d5+ Kg8 38.d6 My bad :)
In fairness, Nepo's body language resigned even if he played on a few more moves.
Edit: Realized I should of course add, "It was in this position that Nepo's body language resigned the game..."
Yes😅
You should wait a little bit before making a video😅
@@ashutoshsahu9499 hahhahaha
Stick this
"Feel free to pause the video and blunder the game for Nepo while I give you a couple of seconds."
Ian went from going crazy to literally going crazy after hanging that e6 pawn.
It reminded me he tiltied against magnus
curious to see his mental balance on the last matches
@@GabrielSilva-mv4fm It probably isn't tilt this time though. He was leading the match, and coming off a string of draws.
My only explanation is that he forgot that his knight was on g6. He likely thought the pawn is still protected by Rook on h6 as it was in other lines
Yeah. There’s a difference between going crazy and going nuts. He went nuts.
Finally a game I can say “I play just like that”
Summary of Game -12 : Nepo didn't pause and find the winning move. !
So he just want to enjoy the show?
True lol
Nah, he did better, he found a losing one.
He just screwed himself
@@user-dw4dq1if1m 😂😂
Ding not moving his piece for over 10 minutes in game 7 was the most painful moment of the Chess World Championship this year in my opinion.
Like a oh no moment 😢
Correct, Ding was literally winning and it was a simple move to make and win the game
@@cmc2110 simple, well that’s easier said than done. ANY move would have been better than no move. Paralysis by analysis
@@cmc2110 He wasnt winning, it was drawn position
Yeah because he literally just froze and it had nothing to do with the position. It his own mental demons. Sad to see. Great to see him bounce back
I was looking for this after Ding came back in game 12 of the 2024 WCC!
Watching chess with engine beside the board makes people think the quality of play is bad but the position was very tricky for both
"And it was in this position that Ian Nepomniachtchi lost his mind."
Poor Nepo. He must get in shape. All those toxins don't help with stamina and focus.
Chess is so brutal. Rooting for Ding but still in pain after Nepo's loss.
You can’t be rooting for Ding if you feel bad about this loss for Nepo Ding needed this and Got it I thought his play was Fantastic yes Nepo blundered but that’s what happens when the Game is intense and your opponent is bringing some heat
@@michaelmassaro4375 This is not a championship level blunder though. He can absolutely feel bad for Nepo about this loss and still be rooting for Ding lol.
@@michaelmassaro4375 I agree that Ding made the position so complex that Ian blundered. Credits to Ding. But still the horror that Ian would have felt after playing f5 sends chills.
@@p75517 c4 if you play against magnus it is instant loss, nepo just went into dreams. Magnus knows so well about nepo quick moves bad moves in candidates 2022 he mentioned clearly about that. Ding is going to win championship surely as nepo is in tilt.
It's such a psychological advantage in the last 2 games for Ding to have Nepo sitting there thinking "I blew my lead THREE times."
One of the most entertaining World Chess Championships I can remember.
Hey Agad, Nepo actually didn't resign in the position you showed but rather captured the knight on h5. Just a small annotation :)
I googled to find out when he actually resigned it was told he resigned three moves later
He started recording the video before the game finished
Yes I have seen rook takes Knight.
If you don't know about Dimash (the guy who made first move) he's a crazy singer. He sang some french songs (im belgian) with amazing style, really emotional ones, for a show "the voice like". Even though he probably never spoke french in his life, he did amazing ! Also sang Show Must Go On with huge talent !
What a game. 3 key takeaways for Game 12:
1. Ding's opening choices are quite bizzare but it is working. h3 QGD and the Colle System are both "passive openings" or openings that your waiting for your opponent to create the initiative. That is why you need people like Jorden Van Forrest and Richard Rapport on your team that creates such opening surprises.
2. The rollercoaster of emotions and chess mistakes of this match is absolutely unbelievable. This is the positive effect of Magnus reliving the title because a battle of two evenly match players will produce this absolute nail-bitters.
3. The look of dismay on Nepo's face really humanizes this Top players. At the end of the day, they are all human beings and they can make mistakes and feel such sadness.
We asked for Fireworks🥳🥳, We absolutely got them. Now hold on to your hats folks, as we get ready to ride the rollercoaster with DING and NEPO.
Also, REMOVE CHESS PRESS CONFERENCE....
Why not Qxf2 after the Rook takes? Does that give any saving chances?
Magnus destroys all these openings
Thanks!
Agad's analysis of multi instrumentalist is the reason I keep coming back to this channel
Agad: Multi-instrumentalist = 1 man band.
Such a rollercoaster of a game, even crazier live!
19:18"Probably preparing for press conference"
Agad is just roasting Ian as always😂😂
Savage
Despite those hard-to-watch minutes of Nepo suffering, it's nice that we're still seeing real people play here. I mean we're all tensely sitting in front of our screens with our engines telling us what the best moves are. Imagine you are sitting there and "only" have your own wetware available. That must be massive pressure. People make mistakes, that's what makes it exciting again. Even the greatest chess players of all time have sometimes made blunders. The rest is history...
wetware? for real? haha. such a tecnocratic term
@@juankplaysmusic He probably likes sci-fi books, movies, or TV shows. You hear that term a lot there. I mostly read it.
Dude I'm with you 100%. Also was thinking the same. With Magnus it is the most boring event ever. But here we see two actual humans
Fischer completely choked his first match against Spassky. Even the best players blunder
It was painful watching Ian at the end. Felt really bad for him when he spotted his blunder
Yes i was watching live and felt bad for him too seeing him struggling
He didnt spot it, it was presented to him!
It was funny. Me and my friends were laughing our asses off at his reaction lol
Which one? He made like 4 blunders
i know he makes blundet but ding isnt taking his chance .so from now i want nepo to win .alrhough i dont care who becomes champion .that will not change my life
Honestly, when Ding was on the edge I was so so close to switching it off, even thinking about not watching tomorrow. But I stuck with it and was rewarded with a truly wild finish. It's been a privilege to watch this championship live. One to remember for decades to come.
When Fabi suggested that a6 as a reply to Ding's a4, I turned off the stream. Thought white had no counter play watsoever. I got back to work, then decided to take a glance at the live board at the exact moment Ian played Bc8 and the bar went wild. Had to open the stream immediately 😂
Ian did not resign on move 35, he played Rxh5 and it ended 2 or 3 moves later - but as always, great summary and analysis!
That's how he gets his videos out quickly, after the pawn blunder game was done if you're watching with an engine etc, funny enough Hikaru saw the final few moves and uploaded first.
Yes Google said he resigned three moves later
1:39 In the commentary Fabiano described the opening position as very quiet but with a long term poison.
That’s what makes magnus so good in classical. “The grind” lol his mind and patience is insane.
Dimash is considered by many as the world's best technical singer in the world and he is 1 of the 2 singers in the entire world that has a 6 octave range. That is wild that he is at the world chess championship lol
Он герой Казахстана. Удивительный певец
What is a "techinical singer"?
He is at a world championship because its in Astana, Kazakhstan, and he is Kazakh and lives there.
Technical means that his technique is considered the best in the world
@@lightworktrading I don't get it. So there is only one "technical singer" in the world (himself)?
@@DrinkWater713 Every good singer is technically good, it's just that right now he is considered to be at the top. 'Technical' is mostly a reference by the 'insiders' of those who work in music. I guess you can think about 'technical' as a deeper understanding/conscious control of the skill. You can find the same reference in other areas of expertise. There are good boxers, but then there are those are extremely good at technique.
It is all coming back to him. Just like his blunder against Magnus with the trapped bishop. It seems Ian can compete with Magnus when it comes to calculating or outcompete Ding, but his blunders just ruin it for him...
is he a bit like Paul Keres?
Thanks for including just the moves at the end! Hope you keep this in your next videos
People criticizing Nepo have no clue about how it feels to play a strategic game at a high competitive level, furthermore under cameras.
He's emotional, that's a fact, and gets weaker in stressful moments. It showed on 2021 when he chained blunders against Carlsen. But 14 high stakes extreme level matches in three weeks PLUS press conference is exhausting. Thinking demands energy, and it's fair that in complicated position you might have some moment of absence. This is an unique structure of tournament after all, people are understimating the pressure that comes when you know all the chess world is watching your moves.
Okay, most people could see that this was a blunder, but most people couldn't have played the 12 games as well as he did, because you haven't even tried to put yourself in his shoes.
If you think the level is dissapointing, please go become a world champion, qualify for candidates and win the whole thing. The only ones allowed to fairly criticize Nepo are the world champions. Magnus is better than Nepo, that's a fact, but he chose not to compete this time, move on and accept it.
Exactly. Well said.
14:29 : this game is not about material
14:46 : you are down material
Classic agadmator 😅
"It will completely change your day, your week, your month... It will be a life changing experience."
- Agadmator, April 26, 2023
(Edit)
Also: "... and a multi-instrumentalist, whatever that is. I guess he can handle multiple instruments at once, or maybe not at once but okay..."
Agadmator in mood today 😆
Your day, your week, your month.. or even your yeeeaaar. But, I'll be there for yoouuuu......
@@FriedSpamAndChips THANK YOU
Yeah that line about multi instrumentalist had me cracking up. There are some situations where you could play some instruments simultaneously like a piano + harmonica or something, but you couldn't play like guitar and piano at the same time unless it was one of those guitars with piano keys on it.
Well, I can't, but some people certainly can. Check out for example David MeShow - Sky Is The Limit... he plays piano with one hand, guitar with the other, bass with his feet and sings
@@valentinpinsello :)
14:30 "this game stopped being about material long, long time ago"
10 seconds later: "you just trade because you are already up material... and white is up too much material"
Nepo and Ding played 2-3 more moves after Rxe6. He did not resign soon after that.
3 moves later he resigned after the pawn push Google
Thanks for the amazing analysis Antonio, as always. This time I could really feel the excitement in your voice when you were explaining the game and the utter sadness for Nepo's "blunder". Cheers from Italy, you're awesome Antonio!
I enjoy seeing all the detailed lines, it is a great learning experience, i dont know why people don't. Keep it up :)
This WCC has proved that classical chess is not dead because deep depth computer evaluations are not really important for humans playing highly complicated positions.
You really start to appreciate Magnus vs Caruana after this.
This two held it together very well and played an immaculate set of games.
HOWEVER... this match is so much fun!!!
Speaking as someone who blunders away winning positions like it's my job, this is the hardest I've ever related to a GM. Poor Nepo.
Agad is so fast he uploaded this video even before all the moves were completed.
Thank you agadmator sir for always posting the PGN of the game when you have it quickly available to you. That is one reason (not the only one though obviously) that you have 1.3 million followers! And congratulations on that! I don't know why the other streamers covering this match can't take two minutes to post the PGN too.
Interesting fact Agadmator. Rey Enigma plays the Colle system as, for his character, he needed to come up with one system that he felt comfortable with while not revealing too much the identity behind the mask in the Spanish chess circles by playing what his real persona usually plays. He even played it on his game against Karpov on Got Talent Spain's final.
Agad showed that game I believe
@@qasimzulfikar8749 Yes he did, if I remember correctly.
Just look up Spanish GMs and IMs. You'll find a link eventually 😏
@@phil4863 that has been overdone already. Even Spanish GMs like Pepe Cuenca and Miguel Santos have been joking about which one of them it was during the Spanish commentary of this WCC :D. It is in the best interest for everyone that he remains anonymous anyway, guy is doing a good job promoting the game.
I think many people thought because Magnus was not playing that the world Championship match would not interesting or good. However these two players have put on a great and exciting performance. I think most fans would agree that this has been a great match.
Uuuu its a long video so probably not a boring draw😏.
Thanks for great covering Agad! You are really good at this!🇭🇷
The GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
@@camilohiche4475 he is! A genuine nice person that we all love
The gentleman that made the first move, Dimash, is actually one of the most amazing singers in the world - seriously. I have never heard such a vocal range before. Check out his song "S.O.S." and hear for yourself.
Impeccable timing as always Agad!
Watched the game during the day , with commentary from (amongst others) Fabio , but I still HAD TO watch this.
So curious about the "pause the video" moments. 😀
Nepo: "Yep, it is in this position that I resign, as there is nothing more to be done here."
Ding: "Ok. Let's shake ha-
Agadmator: HELLO EVERYONE
IT'S EXACTLY IN THIS MANNER THAT THE EVENTS TRANSPIRED
Alright, Ding! Wayta go
7:16 that mix up of the words Ding and King made me remember when you used to mix up Fischer and Bishop. Some chess players have names too much alike chess pieces
Bishop's Fischer :)
To Nepo's excuse, the commentators Sachdev, Caruana and Hess were agreeing that it was a reeeaaally complicated position. Fabi did find the idea that Nepo might have had playing f5, but of course, Nepo overlooked the most obvious answer. That's really a shame for him. Hope he will come back to play the last games in a strong style so that we will have a great and entertaining match right until the end - although I am favouring Ding, because of his gentle character.
This game and the previous showed the difference between super GMs and engines. In these positions where everything is attacking/denfending everything, discoveries everywhere, both kings behind open files/diagonals, engines would just say "it's fine it's a draw". Humans would calculate under pressure and self doubt. In forcing lines super GMs play perfect games but in this scenario even Magnus would probably only do 5% better than everybody else.
wow what a game! it seems that the more computers/engine provide insight into STRONG moves, the use of the KNIGHT during the game often plays a crucial role in high level games.
If Ding goes to win world championship it would be spectacular. Player who wasn’t originally in candidates tournament and was invited after another player got banned because tweet about war in Ukraine. Went to be second in that tournament. World champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to defend his title so as second get to play for world champion title. Now if he goes all the way and becomes new world champion it would be just unbelievable!!!! Never happened before, as much as I know and probably will never happen again.
Interesting take!! Never thought about it this way lol!
Who got banned?
Karjakin. Because he said some pro Russian stuff about Ukraine war.
Now it's happened!!!
“It will be life-changing” lol he had me on the floor with that shit 🤣🤣🤣
Shows how good magnus is
yes we get it lol.....
Magnus will be yesterday's man by the end of next week. He should have defended the title rather than "putting up the white flag".
In those positions, he would play inaccurate like these 2, but he rarely coms under those, prefer avoiding too much complications
An amazing game, so very complex with so many possible lines, it made my head hurt to try to follow the implications of their moves. I’m not sure how many times I will have to watch it - with Agad’s excellent commentary - to begin to see the changing strategies, but I shall enjoy it each time !! Thks Agadmator.
I relate to Nepo as a player much more than any other player in the world! Not because I'm some sort of a GM or something but because of my ability to blunder winning or even easily draw-ish positions.
Where I know a few moves back that there is nothing more to be done in the game for my opponent to win. Not saying just because of this game but Nepo's last championship game as well.
And thoroughly enjoyed your covering Agad! No spoilers. I was so tensed in the end and it turned out completely opposite of what I was expecting of the position. Brilliant!
This is precisely how I play chess. Except for the brilliant moves.
"Pure pain, this is pure pain" -Agad
From my perspective, this is typically Nepo’s blunder move. 😅 Not the first, neither the last one. Many players did similar to Nepo.
Both Ding and Nepo seem less than thrilled about today's ceremonial opening move!
Chess takes up a lot of energy man!
Thanks for the videos and the great work. I would suggest you add the evaluation bar on the side. I believe it would give us a better understanding of what is actually happening. Best
I mean I am happy for ding and actually want him to win this championship but man! that blunder was just sad life for Nepo..... I truly feel for him
What a Championship this has been!! I love this so much.
The f5 move was impossible to commit in a WCC match. Amazing.
Although I think Nepo continued with Rxh5 gxh5 Qxh5 d5+ Kg8 d6, only then he resigned
ding is still turning up and giving his best. hats off to him
#suggestion Include the time left for each player after each move in a small graphic so you dont have to explain it (even though you do a great storytellers job of this)
It was visible on Agadmator´s face that Ding had won. It is as one is watching a football (soccer, yes) game, and is not rooting for any team but wants equalizing just as to get extra times and penalty rullet.
Nepo was blitzing out moves without calculating at critical moments. He played like a 1500 player not a Super GM and 2 time Candidates winner.
dam das crazy. What’s your fide rating tho
@@Caleb-zl4wk No, I agree. His style in this game was what I have sometimes witnessed in club players with a complicated game and always wondered why they did not pause to understand the position better. If I was active I guess my fide would be about 2550.
Was constantly checking the feed for this video..finally
as entertaining as this match is, one does have to ask if it's the up to the standard we should expect in a World Championship
It objectively isn’t up to standard because the best player in the world isn’t playing in it.
There is only one person in the world qualified to ask, or answer, that question. After all, the next best two players in the world were involved in this game!
Unless you are Magnus in disguise, which you are not, this game clearly went straight over your head.
@@rorykeegan1895 eh? what nonsense you speak
I’m 2400, had absolutely no idea why the some moves were winning and others losing. There were no clear lines. Position very open you won’t find 95+ acc in games like there. Can’t compare it to a closed position with lots of forced lines.
Ouch! But what a match!
I was following the match and waiting to see Ding's defensive capabilites and of a sudden a platter in a gold dish by Nepo for Ding ... everyone is human but to see these kind of errors (even last year Nepo got his bishop trapped against Magnus) ... stress had the last laugh !
I always find that Dimash sneaks into every hobby or anything that I’m interested in 😂 He’s everywhere and I’m here for it. What an insane game tho 😳
The accuracy of both Ding and Nepo was less than 90% . Ding at around 88 and Nepo around 81 . Nerves are starting to show . 😊
Eh just more complicated positions
This game was extremely complicated (except for the final blunder, which can be explained be quoting Magnus from another game "Nepo playing poor moves quickly ")
At one time Fabiano was suggesting moves on the live stream and they would always be blunders, even the evaluation bar would keep dancing for a few seconds after each critical move while the commentators tried to make head or tails out of it with no avail
@@ahmad_alhallak You're right but not playing a6 and playing b4 is still baffling.
u mean, matchfixing.
The position was difficult enough that even the commentators like Fabi were mocked by the engine.
You were born to do this Antonio. Your success is well deserved. Thank you for bringing me back to chess
I was rooting for ding the whole and this blunder actually put a smile on me.
since both of them are challengers this world championship was bound to be weird
thats an interesting comment because I guess Korchnoi Karpov in 1974 was supposed to be a run up to the WC and the follow up match in '77 was also pretty crazy with that insane K march by Karpov before the time control and Korch missed the mate.
Absolutely -- on every point! What a match and game here too!
DING CHILLING
🥶🍦
High drama. The match remains in the balance. Worthy of the great Kasparov v Anand disaster and reaction.
However, I think we can say it was an astonishingly original game, with a fierce attack finally held in check, leading to some subtle manoeuvres around the periphery of a complex and dead locked structure. An unfortunate result for Nepo, who as usual handled the loss like a pro, but certainly a memorable game for fans and chess in general that energised the match.
A series of quiet and technical draws would have been an anticlimax, while this ensures the players achieved an historic match whoever wins.👏
It would be walk for Magnus to defend WC title against any of these two.
Damned right!
This is like the World Championship of Imaginary Lines and I cant wait for two more; Thanks Ag
Who said GMs aren't creative!?
Wonderful to see such a wonderful chess game and Dimash Kudaibergen, the best singer in the world, in one video clip. ❤
Rashid Nezhmetdinov was born in the same city as Dimash, in 1912. There is lots of talent in Kazakhstan
Thank you so much for the coverage of the world chess championship.
Both really nice guys. Like them both and both great players. Sad to see Nepo so broken.
I don't mind a WCC that is decided in Tie-breaks when the matches have been back and forth. Its less fun when it has been a bunch of drawn games in classic time-format
I would really like to see Magnus' reaction to this game and the match so far to be honest
Wouldn't we all!
Him not playing WCC speaks for itself.
He don't care
On the train from Brussels to Luxembourg and I watched this game what an absolute treat
A multiinstrumentalist ist a someone who knows how to play both London System AND Spanish…
Nah I’m happy I saw it live! It was wild
This match is crazy
Ding led nepo into a deep dark forest
Nepo's pawn push opened his path into Ding's deep dark 🌳♟️🌳
Nepo accidentally tripped by a tree root inside the deep dark forest 💀
Actually, Ian lead Nepo into a deep dark forest. Think bout that now
@@amoldivo lmaoooooo
@@Ash-rx5wl the forest led Nepo into Ian 😂
Do you have more videos you could add to this playlist titled Colle System?
I like the Colle System and was happy it appeared in a World Championship game. I first learned about it from Chernev's Logical Chess Move By Move. I later learned there is a line Colle Zuckertort as well.
So what do you want to become growing up?
Child Ding: I dream to become a professional chess pl-
Agad: HELLO EVERYONE
😂😂😂
Just look at that position after Rxe6. Look at it! It just looks insane.
I was rooting for Ding up until now. I woke up this morning as usual to some blitz games, went on a 5 game losing streak. I lost 70% of my games throughout the day to increasingly weaker opponents. I don't know wtf. Today I'm with Nepo, I am him, he is I. Hope he can recover and that both of these gentlemen give their best for the rest of the tournament. The winner will have earned and will deserve the title.
We love all of the interesting lines, Agad. Thanks for all the work man
Hey Agad, Ian did not resign at Rxe6 but continued for some moves before resigning.
I hope this doesn't seem uncharitable to the two contestants, but this feels like the first championship in a very long while that Capablanca could take his quiet, classical moves, and body either one of them.
The question is... Whoever wins, would he really be considered the chess world champ? Wonderful championship but... A blunder is not a wonderful game, it's just an emotional match
Yes. Why they won the chess world championship match. Why wouldn't they? Who should be considered the world chess champion then? Magnus who refused to play?
Best chess player and classical world chess championship match winner are two different things. Magnus lost his right to be classical world champ when he refused to defend his title.
Please don't Apologize for showing all these wonderful lines... They are very interesting 🙏🏾👍🏾
I really wanted Ding to bounce back but not in this way, feel so bad fo nepo.
After this game i understood why Magnus chose not to defend his title...