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Judit Polgár also missed c6, but Giri saw it immediately and said it was a blunder. And when Nepo played it, he couldn't believe it. It's remarkable how Carlsen plays these winning positions (see also the previous game). There are several winning moves, but he plays with machine precision. Not rushing in a winning position and keeping his head cool are really characteristics of a world champion.
"Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind" - Bobby Fischer was absolutely spot on. I sympathise with Ian after the devastating loss in Game 6.
Daniel, thank you so much for these recaps. They are great. On every match day I try my hardest to avoid spoilers so I get to experience the game and outcome through your videos. Thanks again.
All i want for Christmas is a good game from Nepo, like we saw he can come up with. Ideally, a brilliant one - his very own Lee Sedol Game 4 - to wipe away the last couple of days.
The expression on Carlsen's face returning to the board after C5 was amazing. Pure confusion.. Trying to calculate if it is some super-preparation move where the Bishop is sacrificed for winning advantage which he just can't see... 🤔 ... No... c6
Thanks Daniel, enjoyed your analysis which I must say is a lot more pleasant to listen to than Judit and Anish constantly sniping and bickering with each other. Cheers
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This match, in some ways, remember me the candidate match Fischer-Petrosian, 1971. Until game 5 Petrosian was playing better than Fischer, but after he lost game six, a very long and exhausting battle conducted by Fischer with surgical precision, his nerves cracked and he lost again three games in a row. Moreover, the blunders of Nepo also resemble the ones of other Fischer opponents: Taimanov, Larsen and finally Spassky. I also feel sorry for Nepo, it is a very strong player and a very likeable person. But Carlsen is an extraterrestrial.
Fantastic analysis! Great to see your analysis published by chess24 too, hope that gives your channel even more exposure! This match has turned into the one we all feared, a match which has been marred by 'tilt'. I remember when Ian won his first three matches in Croatia in 2019 and it was the same "but can he last?" questions being asked - to which Ian lost a game in an English against Ding where he was slowly outplayed and then proceeded to really go off the boil in that tournament from a position of such strength. It's really sad to see because when Ian is on it, he's an absolute wonderful player to watch and I was delighted that he got his chance this time round... it just doesn't seem to be working out for him. I think people will have a newfound respect for Fabiano once this tournament is over. Goes to show just how well he did to hold Magnus to all those draws (albeit, Magnus wasn't in as good a form then as he is now).
I was rooting for Magnus all the way. The result will be what it always was going to be, however as a chess player one has to share some of Nepos pain. There was much less jubilation than usual in the Norwegian tv chat forum. He is a better player than this. A fine analysis thanks Daniel and keep up the good work.
Anish Giri said it the other day in conversation with Judit, during commentary for game 8, that beating Jan is a terrible experience for his fellow GMs, making playing him a painful experience, because he is error prone when he loses (the "low floor" that Magnus is honing in on with these easy wins) but also terrifying when he is in form. He swings between extremes, this is well known, but now he has shown it to be extremely the case due to Magnus pressuring his weakness. Like a skilled boxer Magnus jabbed till Nepo was weakened and now lands upper cuts to put Nepo on the floor. Instead of feeling sorry for Nepo - he doesn't need our sympathy - I rather marvel at the ruthlessness of the world champion, playing with supreme accuracy ang outplaying his opponent in every department.
@@oboyoh3960 Although I like your comparison and think that it fits Carlsens first win, I think its not accurate for the last two wins of Carlsen. It was really not Carlsen who was the stronger player with the better position on board, but Nepo just making some awful, awful blunders, especially today. I think the last blunder that big in a World Championship was Anand vs. Gelfand 2012, game 8.
@@maxschmidt666 That's a fair comment, but perhaps it was Carlsen's grinding win in Game 6 that knocked some of the stamina and concentration out of Ian. I have an enormous amount of sympathy for Nepo, but you have to marvel at Magnus' ability to just hone in on a weakness. Kasparov once described Carlsen's style as a combination of Fischer's mental attitude and ability to psychologically dominate his opponents, and Karpov's ability to get the most out of his pieces in any given position. That's a lethal combination, and Magnus also works very hard as well......
@@oboyoh3960 Indeed in the Norwegian interview Magnus who is a friend of Nepo when asked if he felt sorry for Nepo replied of course not. Great skill from Magnus. But Nepo showed his pain and as a chess player who has blundered away many a win I share some of that pain.
Judit actually suggested c4-c5 in the commentary, and I was also chessblind enough not to see ...c6, which is quite antipositional though it happens to win. Magnus not seeing Qe3-e1 was a similar blindness but luckily Ng4 was not trapped. Btw, the engine had a good line there with ...Rd3! instead of ...h5 with some nice tricks like ...Rxb3 in some lines. But maybe both players are actually just getting tired now. It's a pity Nepo didn't try 1.c4 from the beginning, at some points it looked much more promising than all the earlier Ruys. I suppose there are now only three games left at most, since Carlsen only need 1.5 points to reach 7.5 and it's hard to imagine Magnus losing a game, even if it may be hard to stay focused when you know you only need to go through the motions...
"Judit actually suggested c4-c5 in the commentary, and I was also chessblind enough not to see ...c6, which is quite antipositional though it happens to win." Same with Fabi. You are in good company. :)
@@synchronium24 The thing is, many people are using those two commentary moments to defend Nepo playing the move. Neither Judit or Fabi would have actually played that move in a game situation, especially not with 55 minutes on the clock.
I just hope Nepo recovers from that. He is way better as he could show today. Such a unfortunate move... I admire that he played on and even discussed with Magnus at the board a bit after the game. It's what they do usually but he must have felt terrible. Lots of sympathy for this guy
You definitely Rock’n’Roll Daniel! Thanks for the great videos! Very interesting world championship… I think computers will not bring us to dead-draw games. In my opinion a future champion would be someone with a great memory and a very stable psychology.
Well: calculations, endgames, tactics - you can learn all of them from the computer - but not how to deal with psychology. Magnus is mastering all of them, that’s why he deserves to be the champion. I’m thinking of the future of chess - and as long as there is a part computers cannot deal with, there is hope that chess will last forever
The worst kind of double blunder: the opponent blunders, you notice, but you follow up with an unrelated blunder which is even worse. It's a lot better when both the opponent and you miss the same tactic, as the game then generally keeps going as if nothing happened. Not in cases like this one, though: the 2nd blunder is the one that gets punished and loses the game. So, if Carlsen collects 1½ more points in the next 5 games he's the confirmed champion, correct? Thanks for your videos!
Hi Dan, thanks for great commentary as always! What an absolutely shocking game... an otherwise really well-played opening and middlegame from Ian, torched by a moment of madness. I couldn't believe it when I saw c5, poor Nepo. The commentary team of David, Jovanka and Kaia were debating whether this might be the greatest blunder ever played in a World Championship match - what do you think Dan, can you recall anything that rivals this? We may have just witnessed a moment in chess history, and what a horrible moment for Ian it was.
Its a shame because with the exception of 2 moves Nepo has played excellent chess. Unfortunately those two blunder losses will end up costing him the championship. Magnus is a tough opponent, he has only lost 2 classical games in 4 (and now 5) world championship matches. That is a pretty stellar record.
"would end up costing him the championsp"? You are talking as if Nepo were the current champ and Magnus the contender... Nepo mistakes are a result of a devastating victory of Magnus in game 6. Such a game put Nepo in a psychological K.0.
It's a shame that Nepo has fallen apart like this. I understand the crushing weight of game 6, but he still has time to recover, just not sure if his mind can though. I love Magnus, but it would have been nice to see him really tested. Maybe we get lucky and Nepo finds his way out of the mess he has gotten himself into.
You mentioned his collapse. I've been watching him during press conferences, and he seems to have no interest in introspection regarding why he's having so much difficulty. He's brushing it off, just waving his hand and saying "It's just one game, just one mistake." when it's clear that it's a series of decisions that lead him to both blunders. In both cases those decisions had to do with playing quickly, and spending less time at the board. Things are affecting him more than he's letting on, even to himself( methinks). I hope he gets past his denial tonight, as there currently is very little chance he comes back to win at this moment, but if tomorrow is even a draw the door will be firmly, nearly irrevocably shut.
I don’t think we should read too much into the press conferences. They’re just a formality, especially for the loser. I wouldn’t expect any player to go deep in explaining their mental state and poor decision making publicly immediately after such painful defeats.
Carlsen remembers the games he played because they are part of a story. Games are not some abstract placement of pieces. Every GM remembers positions from games they played years ago, and every GM forgets opening lines they memorized last week. Once you become a GM, it will happen to you too.
It is becoming to be interesting. We now have some wins and losses.. This is great chess!! Magnus seems to be slowly discovering weaknesses, or shall we say the game repertoire, of his opponent.
Some chess games from this championship were unexciting; one or two were brilliant. Game 9, though, was _just fucking sad_ - not even Magnus enjoyed this win.
It was a pretty interesting game. The mistakes only add to the excitement. "Flawless" chess is about as boring as it gets. Otherwise, we´d all be watching Stockfish versus AlpharaZero instead. Which in my case, will never happen.
@Jason Doe this was an entertaining game! Don't be taken in by Nepo's cute seal cub eyes. We want to see Magnus finish him. The lifetime score is now tied. Five games to go but it might only be two.
GM King, after Be8, what do you think of 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. g4 Nd7 23. Nxf7!? ... ? My computer gives +0.00 after this sacrifice (and it would not take the piece).
Ouch. Beautiful analysis... Another reminder that chess at it's highest level is utterly ruthless. Rough days for the challenger, but Carlsen is champion for good reason. Several have tried to dethrone him, all have failed (thus far).
Muscles ache when the're tired, but brains shut down some circuits without telling you. The match is much more work than just the games, and Nepo a rest week. It's gruesome to watch, although somehow compelling. The point in boxing when the referee would stop the fight. (Like in Karpov-Kasparov!)
I just hope people won't focus on Nepo's blunders in assessments of this match. Carlsen produced an amazing victory in game 6; likely a psychological turning point. He should get credit for that at least!
On the question of luck in chess, which has arisen after game 9, I take this: ‘He that invented chess play made a model and brief map of the art of war, representing in it all the passages and speculations of war and, as in this game fortune has nought to do, nor may the winner be entitled happy nor the loser infortunate, so the general that vanquishes may well be termed wise and the vanquished party unadvised, but neither the one fortunate nor the other unlucky.’ John Florio ‘First Fruites’ 1578
Thank you again Gentleman Dan. I am really sorry for Ian, he plays too quickly. And pays cash his mental weaknesses . Congrats to Magnus for the impeccable wins
Agreed about war. Is not sport or at least doesnt look like since the moment you see the "shakehands" in any Chess Tourment. Never ever see a look at eyes between or a minimum rictus of a smile, and that must or should change...or not.
I was going to blame this loss on Nepo's style, the sometimes careless quick moves with lots of time on his clock. After watching this video, I'm thinking this one is more a creation of "over confidence". After Qe1, he feels like he has something and it blinds him to an obvious(at their level) tactic. I hate stereotypes, but when I listen to Russian Grandmasters you get this feeling that they take it personally if you dare play something they feel is unsound against them. Carlsen plays a "non-conservative" English line and the "over confidence/bravado" trait gets triggered. And then it's like it kicks in to high gear after the perceived mistake of Qe1. We all fall prey to this issue, but I think it affects some more than others. Carlsen's biggest trump appears to be his ability to objectively evaluate a position and not get swayed or blinded by emotion. At times you can see him get nervous, but it doesn't fog his mind like it does others.
In their respective commentaries, Caruana, Polgar and Svidler all suggested c6 before the error was immediately pointed out. I doubt suppose any of them would have actually played the move in a real game but it’s funny that they all fell for it.
Ian Nepomniachtchi is trying to do the right things after the break, refreshing himself personally and taking a new tack in the opening. But even if Ian Nepomniachtchi tells himself, "the past is in the past and I'm starting fresh," he is still tired. I don't see how else to explain his mistake. This is fatigue. The match is proceeding as M.M. Botvinnik might have predicted it. Physical condition counts.
In chess, one does not win simply because the opponent is a piece down. One needs to know how to use it. Carlsen, unfortunately for Nepo who played brilliantly before and after the blunder, knew.
it's ironic that the challenger which is Nepo doesn't play like a challenger and instead it's Carlsen who deviates from main lines to force his opponent to make moves over the board and not from memory of home prep. Should have been the other way around, but Nepo is not up to the task. Maybe Giri would have posed a better challenge to Carlsen.
@DanielKing Bravo, I really enjoy your videos more and more, from the last tournament to this one, I eould say you had a great developement in fine tuning your overall presentation, not be changing technical stuff of the video, but your identification(not with chess), but with the job you do as "You Tuber", just givkng your best whibes to your audience by putting your prestine happyness about commenting this chess game, gives me as audience very positive feelings to watch thr game along snd dive into your explainstions on every single move. You changed within 12 months from a nice chess channel owner(having a 5 out of ten), to an very good chess channel owner that found a great way of technical but really feelingful way to "sell" chess on his unique way, giving you now a 9 of 10.(nobody reached 10 till now, in my own valustion of ca. 20-30 different YT chess channels. I can't wait for the next one. Cheers Daniel King and keep it up.
Love your commentary. Something makes a repeated and distracting sound.Your table? a glass? Sorry to mention something insignificant . Don't like the sound detracting from your excellent reportage.looking forward to tomorrow.
What could have been Nepo's best game so far turned into his biggest disaster so far. Now the match is over. There were contenders coming back from a 0-3 disadvantage (e.g. Korchnoi vs Karpov 1978) but that was a different playing mode (no fixed number of games, first to reach 6 won games wins).
I’ve never felt sorry for myself when I blundered in chess, so why on earth should I feel sorry for the Russian? Come on, it sports! Nobody should ever feel sorry for the loser, unless he’s physically injured. We cheer for the winner, and nobody is hurt in the process. Recovering from defeats is a necessary skill to succeed in any sport. If Nepo can’t strike back, then he’s just not good enough. And most importantly: Pity isn’t going to help him! Did you ever want pity after a defeat? I know I didn’t.
How can King one single loss (6th) have such an effect on an so experienced competitive player and world list #4? They call it "devastating" etc. But to me it looked just another loss. Sure it was hard work, many hours and MC played excellently. But nothing more. There was time when Russian school paid great attention to psychological preparation. But either Nepomniashi himself cares as much as some Spasski, or Russians trainers failed and badly. One should not make disclaimers, so I make only one. I read again about Huebner, who likewise was super-talented, and at best #3. But what was here in the 6th game so special? Nepo can't be any perfectionist with his playing style.
Nepo is down 3 points with 5 games left to play. Magnus has the white pieces in 3 of those 5 games, and he only needs 3 draws to retain the crown. Magnus will not lose three games, and Nepo is not Bobby Fischer.
I hate to say this ian is not that good lacks creativity and magic, whats missing? The fanatical desire to win against magnus and he is distracted by himself
Thanks for your interesting analysis but I missed at least a little remark about Magnus touch of the knight and then playing a pawn when Nepo is not there..... And the world was watching.
He adjusted a piece. If Ian had been there he could have said 'adjust'. Since he wasn't he just adjusted it's location to the center of the square for clarity.
In a way I feel really sorry for Nepo to suffer on the big stage like this. The match score by no means represents how good he actually is. However it is shocking how exactly Ian messed up the last two games. We can claim it's all a slow downward spiral ever since his loss in game 6, but both losses in games 8 and 9 were - once again - because he played a quick move even though he had a lot of time to reconsider. And it weren't even bad moves because of some hidden deep idea that was hard to see in advance, they were just 1-move blunders. Such a shame he couldn't get rid of this nasty habit.
This is going to sound really harsh. Nepo has ruined this World Championship. The last two blunders are unforgivable for the 4th highest ranked player in the world. He has so much time available. Instead he just rushes out a move and runs into his little cave. Sit you ass down at the table, and focus! Prediction, Nepo will lose one more match. And Saturday is the last day of the Championship.
I don´t see anything ruined. I have enjoyed this championship more than the last two. Mistakes are part of the game. It´s a good thing that in the end the human aspect of the struggle prevailed against the equalizing tendencies of computer preparation.
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Judit Polgár also missed c6, but Giri saw it immediately and said it was a blunder. And when Nepo played it, he couldn't believe it.
It's remarkable how Carlsen plays these winning positions (see also the previous game). There are several winning moves, but he plays with machine precision. Not rushing in a winning position and keeping his head cool are really characteristics of a world champion.
Yes, Carlsen plays so maturely in winning positions.
"Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind" - Bobby Fischer was absolutely spot on. I sympathise with Ian after the devastating loss in Game 6.
its a battle not a war
Daniel, thank you so much for these recaps. They are great. On every match day I try my hardest to avoid spoilers so I get to experience the game and outcome through your videos. Thanks again.
Thank you!
The most outrageous and shocking aspect of Ian's blunder is that in the press conference he said he didn't see c6 until *after* Magnus played it.
This proves that Magnus' idea of trying to prolong game 6 to drain out Ian's energy worked perfectly. What a monster.
All i want for Christmas is a good game from Nepo, like we saw he can come up with. Ideally, a brilliant one - his very own Lee Sedol Game 4 - to wipe away the last couple of days.
Thank you for your always spot-on commentary. Makes chess easier to understand for me.
Excellent analysis at the right speed for me. Thank you.
The expression on Carlsen's face returning to the board after C5 was amazing. Pure confusion..
Trying to calculate if it is some super-preparation move where the Bishop is sacrificed for winning advantage which he just can't see... 🤔
... No... c6
14:07 "he could've resigned straight away, instead he plays f3" lmaoooo
Thanks Daniel, enjoyed your analysis which I must say is a lot more pleasant to listen to than Judit and Anish constantly sniping and bickering with each other. Cheers
Great recap, as usual! You really looked sad for Nepo 😕
This whole 'contest' is like watching in slow motion a steamroller crushing a baby bird
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This match, in some ways, remember me the candidate match Fischer-Petrosian, 1971. Until game 5 Petrosian was playing better than Fischer, but after he lost game six, a very long and exhausting battle conducted by Fischer with surgical precision, his nerves cracked and he lost again three games in a row.
Moreover, the blunders of Nepo also resemble the ones of other Fischer opponents: Taimanov, Larsen and finally Spassky.
I also feel sorry for Nepo, it is a very strong player and a very likeable person. But Carlsen is an extraterrestrial.
Fantastic analysis! Great to see your analysis published by chess24 too, hope that gives your channel even more exposure!
This match has turned into the one we all feared, a match which has been marred by 'tilt'. I remember when Ian won his first three matches in Croatia in 2019 and it was the same "but can he last?" questions being asked - to which Ian lost a game in an English against Ding where he was slowly outplayed and then proceeded to really go off the boil in that tournament from a position of such strength. It's really sad to see because when Ian is on it, he's an absolute wonderful player to watch and I was delighted that he got his chance this time round... it just doesn't seem to be working out for him.
I think people will have a newfound respect for Fabiano once this tournament is over. Goes to show just how well he did to hold Magnus to all those draws (albeit, Magnus wasn't in as good a form then as he is now).
Well said about Fabiano.
I was rooting for Magnus all the way. The result will be what it always was going to be, however as a chess player one has to share some of Nepos pain. There was much less jubilation than usual in the Norwegian tv chat forum. He is a better player than this. A fine analysis thanks Daniel and keep up the good work.
Anish Giri said it the other day in conversation with Judit, during commentary for game 8, that beating Jan is a terrible experience for his fellow GMs, making playing him a painful experience, because he is error prone when he loses (the "low floor" that Magnus is honing in on with these easy wins) but also terrifying when he is in form. He swings between extremes, this is well known, but now he has shown it to be extremely the case due to Magnus pressuring his weakness. Like a skilled boxer Magnus jabbed till Nepo was weakened and now lands upper cuts to put Nepo on the floor. Instead of feeling sorry for Nepo - he doesn't need our sympathy - I rather marvel at the ruthlessness of the world champion, playing with supreme accuracy ang outplaying his opponent in every department.
@@oboyoh3960 Although I like your comparison and think that it fits Carlsens first win, I think its not accurate for the last two wins of Carlsen.
It was really not Carlsen who was the stronger player with the better position on board, but Nepo just making some awful, awful blunders, especially today.
I think the last blunder that big in a World Championship was Anand vs. Gelfand 2012, game 8.
@@maxschmidt666 That's a fair comment, but perhaps it was Carlsen's grinding win in Game 6 that knocked some of the stamina and concentration out of Ian. I have an enormous amount of sympathy for Nepo, but you have to marvel at Magnus' ability to just hone in on a weakness.
Kasparov once described Carlsen's style as a combination of Fischer's mental attitude and ability to psychologically dominate his opponents, and Karpov's ability to get the most out of his pieces in any given position. That's a lethal combination, and Magnus also works very hard as well......
@@maxschmidt666 na Carlsen's Kd2 in 2014 game 6 was terrible too
@@oboyoh3960 Indeed in the Norwegian interview Magnus who is a friend of Nepo when asked if he felt sorry for Nepo replied of course not. Great skill from Magnus. But Nepo showed his pain and as a chess player who has blundered away many a win I share some of that pain.
excellent channel, top analyst and great insight. Very well done GM Daniel King.
Judit actually suggested c4-c5 in the commentary, and I was also chessblind enough not to see ...c6, which is quite antipositional though it happens to win. Magnus not seeing Qe3-e1 was a similar blindness but luckily Ng4 was not trapped. Btw, the engine had a good line there with ...Rd3! instead of ...h5 with some nice tricks like ...Rxb3 in some lines.
But maybe both players are actually just getting tired now.
It's a pity Nepo didn't try 1.c4 from the beginning, at some points it looked much more promising than all the earlier Ruys.
I suppose there are now only three games left at most, since Carlsen only need 1.5 points to reach 7.5 and it's hard to imagine Magnus losing a game, even if it may be hard to stay focused when you know you only need to go through the motions...
"Judit actually suggested c4-c5 in the commentary, and I was also chessblind enough not to see ...c6, which is quite antipositional though it happens to win."
Same with Fabi. You are in good company. :)
Yeah I think it’s easy to forget about that unusually placed bishop on e8 guarding the c6 square
@@synchronium24 The thing is, many people are using those two commentary moments to defend Nepo playing the move.
Neither Judit or Fabi would have actually played that move in a game situation, especially not with 55 minutes on the clock.
@@sportsjefe Svidler fell for it too in his respective commentary though he also wouldn't have actually played it with time on the clock.
@@sportsjefe I agree Fabi and Judit would have been more thorough if they were actually at the board.
"What the bishop is doing is coming out."
I'm afraid the Church won't be pleased.
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😆 the person/entity also walks only diagonally (LOL)
I just hope Nepo recovers from that. He is way better as he could show today. Such a unfortunate move... I admire that he played on and even discussed with Magnus at the board a bit after the game. It's what they do usually but he must have felt terrible. Lots of sympathy for this guy
Great coverage and unfortunate for Nepo!
great vidoe, thx Dan !!!!
You definitely Rock’n’Roll Daniel! Thanks for the great videos! Very interesting world championship… I think computers will not bring us to dead-draw games. In my opinion a future champion would be someone with a great memory and a very stable psychology.
add to that a few more skills like calculation, endgame technique, tactical vision oh wait we're describing Magnus Carlsen here
Well: calculations, endgames, tactics - you can learn all of them from the computer - but not how to deal with psychology. Magnus is mastering all of them, that’s why he deserves to be the champion. I’m thinking of the future of chess - and as long as there is a part computers cannot deal with, there is hope that chess will last forever
Well, Nepo played some rock in the beginning but then rolled down after c5. Guess the game 6 had a bigger influence on him then he expected.
play some rock
The worst kind of double blunder:
the opponent blunders, you notice, but you follow up with an unrelated blunder which is even worse.
It's a lot better when both the opponent and you miss the same tactic, as the game then generally keeps going as if nothing happened. Not in cases like this one, though: the 2nd blunder is the one that gets punished and loses the game.
So, if Carlsen collects 1½ more points in the next 5 games he's the confirmed champion, correct?
Thanks for your videos!
Thank u for nice vid🌹
Totally love Ians solutions
Thanks once again 👍
Hi Dan, thanks for great commentary as always!
What an absolutely shocking game... an otherwise really well-played opening and middlegame from Ian, torched by a moment of madness. I couldn't believe it when I saw c5, poor Nepo.
The commentary team of David, Jovanka and Kaia were debating whether this might be the greatest blunder ever played in a World Championship match - what do you think Dan, can you recall anything that rivals this? We may have just witnessed a moment in chess history, and what a horrible moment for Ian it was.
Thank you. I can recall quite a few blunders in world championship matches that rival this. The pressure at the highest level is enormous.
Its a shame because with the exception of 2 moves Nepo has played excellent chess. Unfortunately those two blunder losses will end up costing him the championship. Magnus is a tough opponent, he has only lost 2 classical games in 4 (and now 5) world championship matches. That is a pretty stellar record.
"would end up costing him the championsp"? You are talking as if Nepo were the current champ and Magnus the contender... Nepo mistakes are a result of a devastating victory of Magnus in game 6. Such a game put Nepo in a psychological K.0.
"psychological KO" indeed, one that might just transform Nepomniachtchi's career. the haircut today was another sigh of submission from Ian
@@oboyoh3960 Cutting off your man bun is a sign of maturity and sophistication, not sumbission.
Let's not forget the (infamous) match from Baguio 78, Korchnoi was losing 5 1 and menaged to bring the score to 5-5 :-)
Nepo has blown up big time. I know he is a brilliant player, but he never recovered from the loss in game 6.
"c5" Single most memorable losing move - perhaps of the whole match 😒
It's a shame that Nepo has fallen apart like this. I understand the crushing weight of game 6, but he still has time to recover, just not sure if his mind can though. I love Magnus, but it would have been nice to see him really tested. Maybe we get lucky and Nepo finds his way out of the mess he has gotten himself into.
You mentioned his collapse. I've been watching him during press conferences, and he seems to have no interest in introspection regarding why he's having so much difficulty. He's brushing it off, just waving his hand and saying "It's just one game, just one mistake." when it's clear that it's a series of decisions that lead him to both blunders.
In both cases those decisions had to do with playing quickly, and spending less time at the board.
Things are affecting him more than he's letting on, even to himself( methinks). I hope he gets past his denial tonight, as there currently is very little chance he comes back to win at this moment, but if tomorrow is even a draw the door will be firmly, nearly irrevocably shut.
I don’t think we should read too much into the press conferences. They’re just a formality, especially for the loser. I wouldn’t expect any player to go deep in explaining their mental state and poor decision making publicly immediately after such painful defeats.
legend has it Nepo’s 27.c5 made Michael Botvinnik (a founder of Soviet chess school) spin in his grave with helicopter blades velocity
Nxg3 was unbelievably cold blooded. He has ba..s!😱
Also a computer move.
@@marzi_kat So it was REALLY cold blooded.
"Simply couldn't remember." But he remembers positions he (or others) played years ago.
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.
Carlsen remembers the games he played because they are part of a story. Games are not some abstract placement of pieces. Every GM remembers positions from games they played years ago, and every GM forgets opening lines they memorized last week. Once you become a GM, it will happen to you too.
It is becoming to be interesting. We now have some wins and losses.. This is great chess!! Magnus seems to be slowly discovering weaknesses, or shall we say the game repertoire, of his opponent.
I like the fact this isn't all about something beginning with "B". Plenty of drama there. Nice one.
Some chess games from this championship were unexciting; one or two were brilliant.
Game 9, though, was _just fucking sad_ - not even Magnus enjoyed this win.
It was a pretty interesting game. The mistakes only add to the excitement. "Flawless" chess is about as boring as it gets. Otherwise, we´d all be watching Stockfish versus AlpharaZero instead. Which in my case, will never happen.
@Jason Doe this was an entertaining game! Don't be taken in by Nepo's cute seal cub eyes. We want to see Magnus finish him. The lifetime score is now tied. Five games to go but it might only be two.
@@fundhund62 An astute and thoughtful observation.
GM King, after Be8, what do you think of 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. g4 Nd7 23. Nxf7!? ... ? My computer gives +0.00 after this sacrifice (and it would not take the piece).
No mention of the j'adoubegate?
Ouch. Beautiful analysis... Another reminder that chess at it's highest level is utterly ruthless. Rough days for the challenger, but Carlsen is champion for good reason. Several have tried to dethrone him, all have failed (thus far).
*its... I hate typing posting on the move!
Muscles ache when the're tired, but brains shut down some circuits without telling you. The match is much more work than just the games, and Nepo a rest week. It's gruesome to watch, although somehow compelling. The point in boxing when the referee would stop the fight. (Like in Karpov-Kasparov!)
we still have five games to go but game 14 can't come fast enough for Nepo, he's already checked out mentally
It´s rather unlikely it will go to 14 games.
What a game!
I just hope people won't focus on Nepo's blunders in assessments of this match. Carlsen produced an amazing victory in game 6; likely a psychological turning point. He should get credit for that at least!
I agree. Nepo is notorious for making fast-move blunders. Why should this match be any different?
this game is begging to be remembered as the haircut gambit
On the question of luck in chess, which has arisen after game 9, I take this:
‘He that invented chess play made a model and brief map of the art of war, representing in it all the passages and speculations of war and, as in this game fortune has nought to do, nor may the winner be entitled happy nor the loser infortunate, so the general that vanquishes may well be termed wise and the vanquished party unadvised, but neither the one fortunate nor the other unlucky.’ John Florio ‘First Fruites’ 1578
10:00 Judit Polgar suggested Bxc6 with the idea to push g4 and attack kingside
When watching this live after c5 i saw c6 trapping the Bishop.
It's not a blunder, it's called middlegame resignation.
magnus is awesome.
Was hoping you’d have a new haircut for this video lol
You are fantastic
Thank you again Gentleman Dan.
I am really sorry for Ian, he plays too quickly. And pays cash his mental weaknesses .
Congrats to Magnus for the impeccable wins
Agreed about war. Is not sport or at least doesnt look like since the moment you see the "shakehands" in any Chess Tourment. Never ever see a look at eyes between or a minimum rictus of a smile, and that must or should change...or not.
I was going to blame this loss on Nepo's style, the sometimes careless quick moves with lots of time on his clock. After watching this video, I'm thinking this one is more a creation of "over confidence". After Qe1, he feels like he has something and it blinds him to an obvious(at their level) tactic. I hate stereotypes, but when I listen to Russian Grandmasters you get this feeling that they take it personally if you dare play something they feel is unsound against them. Carlsen plays a "non-conservative" English line and the "over confidence/bravado" trait gets triggered. And then it's like it kicks in to high gear after the perceived mistake of Qe1. We all fall prey to this issue, but I think it affects some more than others. Carlsen's biggest trump appears to be his ability to objectively evaluate a position and not get swayed or blinded by emotion. At times you can see him get nervous, but it doesn't fog his mind like it does others.
In their respective commentaries, Caruana, Polgar and Svidler all suggested c6 before the error was immediately pointed out. I doubt suppose any of them would have actually played the move in a real game but it’s funny that they all fell for it.
Very sad to see this happen to Nepo. No-one wants to see World Chess Championship history being made in this kind of fashion.
10:37 why can't ...qxc4?
Tough loss. must be disheartening. I hope Nepo can find a way to win at least one more before it's over.
after all, hope is a thing with feathers
He would need first to win one before he could win one more.
Ian Nepomniachtchi is trying to do the right things after the break, refreshing himself personally and taking a new tack in the opening.
But even if Ian Nepomniachtchi tells himself, "the past is in the past and I'm starting fresh," he is still tired. I don't see how else to explain his mistake. This is fatigue.
The match is proceeding as M.M. Botvinnik might have predicted it. Physical condition counts.
Would this be comparable to scoring two own goals in the World Cup final?
That was a cool defense from Magnus against the english. Looks hard to play though, for the average player.
How soon after c5 did nepo realize the mistake?
I’m a pressed he said he didn’t until he saw Magnus played c6
In chess, one does not win simply because the opponent is a piece down. One needs to know how to use it. Carlsen, unfortunately for Nepo who played brilliantly before and after the blunder, knew.
it's ironic that the challenger which is Nepo doesn't play like a challenger and instead it's Carlsen who deviates from main lines to force his opponent to make moves over the board and not from memory of home prep. Should have been the other way around, but Nepo is not up to the task. Maybe Giri would have posed a better challenge to Carlsen.
Nepo has done better than a certain cricket team....
@DanielKing Bravo, I really enjoy your videos more and more, from the last tournament to this one, I eould say you had a great developement in fine tuning your overall presentation, not be changing technical stuff of the video, but your identification(not with chess), but with the job you do as "You Tuber", just givkng your best whibes to your audience by putting your prestine happyness about commenting this chess game, gives me as audience very positive feelings to watch thr game along snd dive into your explainstions on every single move. You changed within 12 months from a nice chess channel owner(having a 5 out of ten), to an very good chess channel owner that found a great way of technical but really feelingful way to "sell" chess on his unique way, giving you now a 9 of 10.(nobody reached 10 till now, in my own valustion of ca. 20-30 different YT chess channels. I can't wait for the next one. Cheers Daniel King and keep it up.
this has always been a stellar channel tho
Love your commentary. Something makes a repeated and distracting sound.Your table? a glass? Sorry to mention something insignificant . Don't like the sound detracting from your excellent reportage.looking forward to tomorrow.
What could have been Nepo's best game so far turned into his biggest disaster so far. Now the match is over. There were contenders coming back from a 0-3 disadvantage (e.g. Korchnoi vs Karpov 1978) but that was a different playing mode (no fixed number of games, first to reach 6 won games wins).
Please. No human that has ever lived could take 4 games from Carlsen in any format that has ever been played.
I’ve never felt sorry for myself when I blundered in chess, so why on earth should I feel sorry for the Russian? Come on, it sports! Nobody should ever feel sorry for the loser, unless he’s physically injured. We cheer for the winner, and nobody is hurt in the process. Recovering from defeats is a necessary skill to succeed in any sport. If Nepo can’t strike back, then he’s just not good enough. And most importantly: Pity isn’t going to help him! Did you ever want pity after a defeat? I know I didn’t.
How can King one single loss (6th) have such an effect on an so experienced competitive player and world list #4? They call it "devastating" etc. But to me it looked just another loss. Sure it was hard work, many hours and MC played excellently. But nothing more. There was time when Russian school paid great attention to psychological preparation. But either Nepomniashi himself cares as much as some Spasski, or Russians trainers failed and badly.
One should not make disclaimers, so I make only one. I read again about Huebner, who likewise was super-talented, and at best #3. But what was here in the 6th game so special? Nepo can't be any perfectionist with his playing style.
bishop trapped like Bobby Fischer game 1
👍👌👏👏👏
how on earth bxa3 can be considered a practical move?
Because it is easier to calculate than b4 which can send the game very different directions and results in non-standard positions.
People saying Nepo don’t crack under pressure. Yeahh right?
painful how carlsen rolls over nepo. after this loss, i won't watch any more of these games; no point.
In chess there is Carlsen and the rest are so far apart. He’s too good to lose to anyone in this format. In one game, maybe.
a predicted 4-2 before the match... but Nepo wont win a single game if i wanna be honest
Wouldn't B4 just be taken en passent and the white loses his A pawn to the rook too?
nope, look up the rule for en passant.
@@ccc7534 Oh I get it now, it wouldn't have been taken it it moved one so wouldn't be applicable.
Nepo did rock and roll indeed. He broke his guitar during the performance and then thrashed the stage. Bad performance.
Nepo is not at that level to challenge Carlsen yet and he will never be either.
Thanks for the positivity!
no one is at the level to challenge Carlsen in a match
Tilted Nepo
Unfortunately, game 6 was a soul cr
Will the collapse continue tomorrow?
Noti gang
ayyyy!
Give Magnus the crown now,it’s over.But it was over from the start never really got going did nepo…
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So fabi was right. Ian playing like a 2300
Nepo is down 3 points with 5 games left to play. Magnus has the white pieces in 3 of those 5 games, and he only needs 3 draws to retain the crown. Magnus will not lose three games, and Nepo is not Bobby Fischer.
13:50 Why could Nepo not put his rook on the b file and then move the knight once the bishop was attacked?
Wouldn't it still be the same problem though? Carlsen would just attack nepo's bishop in the same way - Rb8, Ra7
@@HunterBelkiran ye I commented this before he pointed out the double attack
I hate to say this ian is not that good lacks creativity and magic, whats missing? The fanatical desire to win against magnus and he is distracted by himself
shameful blunder by nepo...can't do it against Magnus..!
Thanks for your interesting analysis but I missed at least a little remark about Magnus touch of the knight and then playing a pawn when Nepo is not there..... And the world was watching.
He adjusted a piece. If Ian had been there he could have said 'adjust'. Since he wasn't he just adjusted it's location to the center of the square for clarity.
In a way I feel really sorry for Nepo to suffer on the big stage like this. The match score by no means represents how good he actually is.
However it is shocking how exactly Ian messed up the last two games. We can claim it's all a slow downward spiral ever since his loss in game 6, but both losses in games 8 and 9 were - once again - because he played a quick move even though he had a lot of time to reconsider. And it weren't even bad moves because of some hidden deep idea that was hard to see in advance, they were just 1-move blunders. Such a shame he couldn't get rid of this nasty habit.
This is going to sound really harsh.
Nepo has ruined this World Championship.
The last two blunders are unforgivable for the 4th highest ranked player in the world.
He has so much time available. Instead he just rushes out a move and runs into his little cave.
Sit you ass down at the table, and focus!
Prediction, Nepo will lose one more match. And Saturday is the last day of the Championship.
I don´t see anything ruined. I have enjoyed this championship more than the last two. Mistakes are part of the game. It´s a good thing that in the end the human aspect of the struggle prevailed against the equalizing tendencies of computer preparation.
Nepo should stop playing and go home. disgrace
Nepo cant play better he will lose the championship😷