Ya know, on paper, sure...5 draws looks boring. But if you're watching the live streams, Jerry has been making each game feel like playoff football. His analysis and genuine excitement create a suspenseful tension worthy of Hollywood. Seriously, if you're not on twitch watching, you're missing out!
Some of us dont have the time to watch a live stream. But if Jerry decides to put up his streams on here I am more than happy to find the time to go and watch all of it.
But, when it comes down to it 5 draws is the worst among: (4 draws, 1 decisive), (3 draws, 2 decisive), (2 draws, 3 decisive), (1 draw, 4 decisive) and (5 decisive). No escaping the nagging reality.
To answer some questions here You can watch on Twitch www.twitch.tv/chessnetwork for jerry and www.twitch.tv/chessnetwork/videos/all will bring you to the page where all the live streams are kept. There is a Twitch app for Android and Apple if you want to watch on phone or tablet, just search ChessNetwork to get the channel
2 weeks ago, one of your videos was on my recommended feed (randomly). I watched it, and because of that video, have rekindled my love for chess. I haven’t played since the 4th grade! Thank you!
No point in gunning for a win if there's no win. These guys are playing to win, not to "please the fans of decisive games," and when that's denied, they play to not-lose. Just because an attack was successfully defended doesn't mean you throw the game away. I think these draws are still super exciting, and this one was the sharpest game yet.
These videos help me appreciate so much more about these games than I would be able to on my own, or even from the videos of other commentators. Thanks so much for all the effort you put into analyzing the games, and for presenting everything so clearly!
If one of them wins one game, things are going to heat up since the player behind will be pressured to play for the win, taking more risks and going for more imbalances.
It always amazes me to see the graph at the end of these world championship games. Playing such tough positions, where it's so incredibly easy to go wrong, and still it's near perfection (assuming perfect is 0 average centipawn loss) throughout. I've saved quite a few of my own "perfect" games (arbitrarily defined by me as games with no inaccuracies, mistakes, or blunders), and found that it's significantly easier to have a "perfect game" against weaker opponents. You play like 15 moves and they blunder and resign. What I've always been hoping for is a game of six zeroes, because that, to me, is truly a testament of skill. That both players can choose top, or nearly top engine moves for the entirety of the game, despite playing an opponent capable of that as well, is more impressive to me than a decisive victory.
Very enjoyable and instructive analysis, as usual. But this was an extra +1 in effectiveness. You make these videos as precise as those guys play chess.
What a beautiful sharp game! Crazy gambit, insane king walk and fantastic accuracy by both players! Thanks for this upload, Jerry! Interesting commentary, as usual!
New to chess - why is at 21:23 the e2 square not safe for the black king? I don't see any pieces for white that could move there or insert a check afterwards aside from the rook, but then the black king could just move back to d3. Edit: nevermind its explained a few seconds later that he just missed it
Love the vid. I always wonder about the inaccurasies bc you dont point them out. So it would just be interesting to go back and see what the engine is referring to. And thanks, keep it up. :)
New to chess, I'm really enjoying this coverage. Thank you. I hope you can respond or someone can comment on potential move 31. In the video at 24:29, much had been said about cutting off Carlsen's king retreat with white pawn to g4, this leaving the white knight exposed to capture. I wonder how it would play out with a Kf2 move protecting the knight or somehow repositioning the white rook to a6 (2 move) to cut the black retreat off further from f6. I know a lot can happen in two moves...
at 22:02 after the king move, i'd move the white knight to D2, then the black king is almost perfectly fixed, if you then move your rook to the A or B and go down in ranks you put the king in a very very tough position, it'll be checks one after the other and hinestly hard to defend.. can you explore this idea? i think a skilled player could pull out a mate
Hey Jerry thanks for the video. I think after king to B4 that I liked your bishop to D2 hypothetical since if the king doesn't move, knight to D5 is a nice double check. But yeah anyways fun to watch your video
I'd really appreciate a response to this question: I may be missing something important, but was there some consideration for Rook to D8 on turn 20 by Carlsen? That pawn is undefended, and the rook isn't busy guarding anything.
This championship has been so exciting so far. Yes drawn games are indeed exciting. A draw is just an end result, it is actually the gameplay that you should be excited about. TBH a drawn game usually means none of the players made any mistake - which is the exciting part. Watching someone blunder is no fun. Thank you Jerry for another great commentary.
The draws will provide more benefit than we realize for the players. They are learning each others play style more and more. I honestly feel like Carlson will get the overall win as he does have brilliant tactics, but hasn't shown anything out of this world yet.
Great job as always Jerry! I really appreciate your way to explain the ideas behind every move. You have been very helpful for me. Thanks for your videos :)
The follow up if black incorrectly plays h6 is just stunning... What a trap it would be for anyone less than a top grandmaster I could not have imagined... Amazing game! And also wonderful analysis!
Jerry you truly have a genuine teaching gift and simply do an outstanding job with your chess videos. I am fortunate I decided to watch the championship through your ChessNetwork and Twitch.tv. Thanks a million and keep up the great work!!
Calculates how many hundredths of a pawn each of your moves loses in comparison to the best move the engine could find, then gives the average of that value across all your moves for the game
I look at the move at lichess and all I can say it's complicated, but it seems that if the king on C7 means a knight can take the bishop on e6 witch CHECK which has a slight impact on some lines so the move kinda loses time, maybe you could say it loses a quarter tempo, and well the king is a bit safer on C8 than c7 because that check is not there anymore also. But the lines are similar and seems to be a draw either way and well in a real match to do a move like c8=Q is a bit annoying to do if it gets taken next move for pretty much nothing, and well if you look at it with a computer and look at some a few moves you can start seeing the slight difference, and see why Bc3 is a better choice.
Amazing game. Carlsen is on whole another level. You'd think that with a gambit thrown at carlsen, he would play safe but instead he took a walk with his king to the center of the board and drew. Amazing stuff. I dread the day I watch any world championship wihtout carlsen in it. I mean we all remember Vishy vs Gelfand, a total snooze fest. Gelfand ended up trapping his queen ón this top level chess, yuckkk... This championship rocks.And with jerry, love it. Draws? I dont care so long the positions are sharp and players are playing to win.
Seriously, Caruana is better prepared it seems, but then Carlsen plays one top engine move after the other. One game where Caruana isn't as well prepared will be enough, at least if Carlsen does not throw away the advantage like in game one.
Magnus is trying to get to the tiebreaker because he plays irrefutably better than Fabiano at fast games. Tiebreaker is rapid or lower (in time), right?
@@quazzydiscman Cut the base time in half to 50m +1m/move: 90m by turn 40, instead of 130m. Players would be far less inclined to take 30 minute-long "thinks."
@@CrashNBurn71, yeah Caruana even said he spent a lot of time during his first big think if the game calculating stuff he knew didn't work just because it was fun line (I'm paraphrasing another TH-camr who saw the interviews so don't quote me on that lol). But, yeah, shorter matches would cut down on that type of stuff. Purists I'm sure would argue that you wouldn't get the best chess with shorter time controls; but I mean you're not getting the "best" chess anyway. Everyone would perform better with infinite time. The game of chess in its entirety would benefit from shorter championship matches.
Caruana's an outstanding player, but I foresee Carlsen retaining the belt... Caruana will crack first and Carlsen will be all over him. Carlsen already knows what's inside the box and is always looking outside the box, even over the board, just too dynamic for anyone short of a Fischer or Kasparov in their primes. (And i'm not sure either one of them would win.)
Yeah my thoughts exactly mr cook I keep saying that on twitch idk why people need a win. Every one of these games has been a knife edge dynamic thriller.
Even the game where carlsen extended the game added to the drama minus the end that game was extremely exciting and imo the end was interesting because you could feel the humanity of the carlsen with his frustration over losing the advantage.
Ya know, on paper, sure...5 draws looks boring. But if you're watching the live streams, Jerry has been making each game feel like playoff football. His analysis and genuine excitement create a suspenseful tension worthy of Hollywood. Seriously, if you're not on twitch watching, you're missing out!
I have been watching Finegold and you say I have been missing out, I don't think that's possible, but I will try Jerry next match.
Some of us dont have the time to watch a live stream. But if Jerry decides to put up his streams on here I am more than happy to find the time to go and watch all of it.
But, when it comes down to it 5 draws is the worst among:
(4 draws, 1 decisive), (3 draws, 2 decisive), (2 draws, 3 decisive), (1 draw, 4 decisive) and (5 decisive).
No escaping the nagging reality.
do you know where and when can I watch the games live?
To answer some questions here You can watch on Twitch www.twitch.tv/chessnetwork for jerry and www.twitch.tv/chessnetwork/videos/all will bring you to the page where all the live streams are kept. There is a Twitch app for Android and Apple if you want to watch on phone or tablet, just search ChessNetwork to get the channel
2 weeks ago, one of your videos was on my recommended feed (randomly). I watched it, and because of that video, have rekindled my love for chess. I haven’t played since the 4th grade! Thank you!
@Manufactured Reality 1. e6
Nimzowitsch would be proud.
Awesome! Welcome back aboard! 😎
@@ChessNetwork got em! *fishing pole*
Same thing happened to me... Randomly saw a chess video on my feed out of nowhere. Now im playing chess and watching videos on the daily.
Carlsen went crazy with his king this game :O
No point in gunning for a win if there's no win. These guys are playing to win, not to "please the fans of decisive games," and when that's denied, they play to not-lose. Just because an attack was successfully defended doesn't mean you throw the game away.
I think these draws are still super exciting, and this one was the sharpest game yet.
When you’re the world champion but king of the hill is life..
Henceforth known as the Caruana Gambit
YRUThinkn I wish !!!
These videos help me appreciate so much more about these games than I would be able to on my own, or even from the videos of other commentators. Thanks so much for all the effort you put into analyzing the games, and for presenting everything so clearly!
If one of them wins one game, things are going to heat up since the player behind will be pressured to play for the win, taking more risks and going for more imbalances.
Is that the same Anton who got you with the Scholars mate?
It always amazes me to see the graph at the end of these world championship games. Playing such tough positions, where it's so incredibly easy to go wrong, and still it's near perfection (assuming perfect is 0 average centipawn loss) throughout. I've saved quite a few of my own "perfect" games (arbitrarily defined by me as games with no inaccuracies, mistakes, or blunders), and found that it's significantly easier to have a "perfect game" against weaker opponents. You play like 15 moves and they blunder and resign. What I've always been hoping for is a game of six zeroes, because that, to me, is truly a testament of skill. That both players can choose top, or nearly top engine moves for the entirety of the game, despite playing an opponent capable of that as well, is more impressive to me than a decisive victory.
I've seen many a chess teacher but your videos are so refreshing in how they are instructed. I love them all.
Very enjoyable and instructive analysis, as usual. But this was an extra +1 in effectiveness. You make these videos as precise as those guys play chess.
Nice Video again. It is interesting to watch top games 😀
What a beautiful sharp game! Crazy gambit, insane king walk and fantastic accuracy by both players! Thanks for this upload, Jerry! Interesting commentary, as usual!
Amazing game, really fun to watch, and amazing comentary as always
Awesome commentary Jerry! :) Thanks so much
New to chess - why is at 21:23 the e2 square not safe for the black king? I don't see any pieces for white that could move there or insert a check afterwards aside from the rook, but then the black king could just move back to d3.
Edit: nevermind its explained a few seconds later that he just missed it
at 3:11, couldn't you leave the pawn, and stop it by Queen A5???
Love the vid.
I always wonder about the inaccurasies bc you dont point them out. So it would just be interesting to go back and see what the engine is referring to. And thanks, keep it up. :)
what inaccuracies, lol
I was thinking c8# was the better move
@@szhzs6121 the one made by fabiano caruana
Gosh Jerry your voice is beautiful.
Another great video. Thanks Jerry!
damn this was one of the most exciting draws ive watched in a long time..
Thanks Jerry, I took a thing away from this. Thanks for explaining the h5 move.
Appreciate it Jerry! Liked how Carlsen pressed forward with the King.
Excellent analysis. Thank you.
New to chess, I'm really enjoying this coverage. Thank you. I hope you can respond or someone can comment on potential move 31. In the video at 24:29, much had been said about cutting off Carlsen's king retreat with white pawn to g4, this leaving the white knight exposed to capture. I wonder how it would play out with a Kf2 move protecting the knight or somehow repositioning the white rook to a6 (2 move) to cut the black retreat off further from f6. I know a lot can happen in two moves...
That carlsen gif lol
I have a question. 15:48 why not pawn move to d4. Provide more presure to make double atack on D5?
Finally an interesting game again, thank God
at 22:02 after the king move, i'd move the white knight to D2, then the black king is almost perfectly fixed, if you then move your rook to the A or B and go down in ranks you put the king in a very very tough position, it'll be checks one after the other and hinestly hard to defend.. can you explore this idea? i think a skilled player could pull out a mate
Hey Jerry thanks for the video. I think after king to B4 that I liked your bishop to D2 hypothetical since if the king doesn't move, knight to D5 is a nice double check. But yeah anyways fun to watch your video
Beautiful analysis Jerry!!
@ minute 15 can somebody tell me why white night at f3 to g5 is not a good move, i mean it looks cool to me
Had to playback at 1.25x speed because it felt like you were talking in slow motion lol. Great cover of the game, as always :D
Thanks Jerry.
@ChessNetwork what if the 20th move by Carlsen was Ra2 ?
I'd really appreciate a response to this question: I may be missing something important, but was there some consideration for Rook to D8 on turn 20 by Carlsen? That pawn is undefended, and the rook isn't busy guarding anything.
Time in video is ~ 15:48
Another great video. A question - why isnt their live rating changing?
This championship has been so exciting so far. Yes drawn games are indeed exciting. A draw is just an end result, it is actually the gameplay that you should be excited about. TBH a drawn game usually means none of the players made any mistake - which is the exciting part. Watching someone blunder is no fun. Thank you Jerry for another great commentary.
Can somebody tell me why white night at f3 to g5 is not a good move, i mean it looks cool to me
I went to this game live, it was incredible watching them, especially after b4! Shame it ended in a draw but exciting none the less.
Best game so far.
Blacks King march was beautiful. Don't think many would have found that resource.
Wasn't the last move of the game g4+?
13:22 why not b4 to b5?
I wonder this too. Seems to give the black squared bishop for white something to do (either to take the knight or the pawn)
my favorite chess channel
Hey. You missed out 34. g4+ in the PGN, by the way.
No checks in the first 21 moves, and suddenly 5 checks in the next 7. These kiddies know how to do perpetuals.
The draws will provide more benefit than we realize for the players. They are learning each others play style more and more. I honestly feel like Carlson will get the overall win as he does have brilliant tactics, but hasn't shown anything out of this world yet.
Great job as always Jerry! I really appreciate your way to explain the ideas behind every move. You have been very helpful for me. Thanks for your videos :)
Really nice that the first comment reveals the result of this game 5, no chance of have a little suspense about the result!
Consider looking at comments after the video.
Jerry You are the best !
A firework of a draw
why is Ng5 never played?
The follow up if black incorrectly plays h6 is just stunning... What a trap it would be for anyone less than a top grandmaster I could not have imagined... Amazing game! And also wonderful analysis!
Is Caruana as good as Carlsen?
When is game 6?
Jerry you truly have a genuine teaching gift and simply do an outstanding job with your chess videos. I am fortunate I decided to watch the championship through your ChessNetwork and Twitch.tv. Thanks a million and keep up the great work!!
Does anyone get the feeling ... one tiny slip and it will be all over ?
Yes! If it does happen before rapids/blitz, then it will.
Mark Edwards It‘s definetely possible to come back after just one loss, Carlsen did it against Karjakin.
@@olivers.3144 True. It's just very unlikely considering how they keep playing.
The 2 strongest players of all time duking it out
It's Jerry.
So I don't skip the Ad
What does stockfish say about and after move 6?
That was such an explosive game. Surprised it ended in a draw still.
6 hour game burned Jerry out I wish we had game 6 before I have to go to sleep. Well worth the wait tho game 6 was amazing.
I WANNA SEEE BLOOOD
Throw your self @ them.... Whole room will be in "blood"
Have you donated blood recently?
Game 7 for sure
Hi Jerry, thanks for that.
jerry, you're the best!
Jerry you're amazing. Tell me , what does "Average Centipawn Loss" mean??
Calculates how many hundredths of a pawn each of your moves loses in comparison to the best move the engine could find, then gives the average of that value across all your moves for the game
At 21:29 - why can’t the king go to e2?
Ah! You corrected yourself. 🙂 thought I was going bonkers.
Is it just me or does carlsen wait longer or decline castling more than other gms
Castling is for noobs.
@@shivammaheshwari6388 lol I wouldn't go that far.
alekhine used to do that as well
15:00, why not play c8=Q, promoting with check on move 19 to force the king back a rank or the rook off of the a-file?
I look at the move at lichess and all I can say it's complicated, but it seems that if the king on C7 means a knight can take the bishop on e6 witch CHECK which has a slight impact on some lines so the move kinda loses time, maybe you could say it loses a quarter tempo, and well the king is a bit safer on C8 than c7 because that check is not there anymore also. But the lines are similar and seems to be a draw either way and well in a real match to do a move like c8=Q is a bit annoying to do if it gets taken next move for pretty much nothing, and well if you look at it with a computer and look at some a few moves you can start seeing the slight difference, and see why Bc3 is a better choice.
C8=Q# was my first thought as well to gain a half tempo
These Pop quizzes remind me of good detective film - all necessary information has been mentioned at an earlier point in the video
Jerry are u on twitch TV for live stream ?
Yes
Amazing game. Carlsen is on whole another level. You'd think that with a gambit thrown at carlsen, he would play safe but instead he took a walk with his king to the center of the board and drew. Amazing stuff. I dread the day I watch any world championship wihtout carlsen in it. I mean we all remember Vishy vs Gelfand, a total snooze fest. Gelfand ended up trapping his queen ón this top level chess, yuckkk... This championship rocks.And with jerry, love it. Draws? I dont care so long the positions are sharp and players are playing to win.
Yet another game with just a single registered inaccuracy. I mean we were expecting the standard to be sky high, but this is pushing new boundaries
wow that king move that Magnus Carlsen played
Anton squared me haha, thats the guy who used scholars mate against you in a video once 😂😂
So, what happens if all the games end up as draws? Do they just keep playing until someone wins?
Then 4 rapid games will be played just like 2016 wcc where it was 6-6 with Karjakin.
Great video! But what was that 1 inaccuracy that Caruana had (shown at the end)?
17. c3 it looks like.
finally game 5
Yep, g4+ was the last move Jerry
Whats sources are showing g4 as last move? The 4/5 I've seen say it's Bf6.
@@ChessNetwork were you able to confirm it Jerry?
@@ChessNetwork at least fix the video description lol
Jerry I love it!
This is chess there will be and should be draws at top level play. My entertainment comes second in my opinion. I want accuracy and deep thinking.
draw, but I still found it to be an instructional game. nice video jerry :)
Magnus channeling his inner Lelouch
you don't have tp moce the pawn to G4.. just move your knigth and the king is trapped
I was looking at c8=Q#
Fabiano cracks next game.
Sure hope so
Naw you trippin
Seriously, Caruana is better prepared it seems, but then Carlsen plays one top engine move after the other. One game where Caruana isn't as well prepared will be enough, at least if Carlsen does not throw away the advantage like in game one.
just imagine - what if carlsen had won game one, and then that was basically the world championship
First blood is game 7. Believe me
*how’d I get here?*
Magnus is trying to get to the tiebreaker because he plays irrefutably better than Fabiano at fast games. Tiebreaker is rapid or lower (in time), right?
Will all future world champ matches be just a bunch of draws, and then a rapid match?
I actually think the game would benefit from using faster time controls...
@@quazzydiscman Cut the base time in half to 50m +1m/move: 90m by turn 40, instead of 130m. Players would be far less inclined to take 30 minute-long "thinks."
@@CrashNBurn71, yeah Caruana even said he spent a lot of time during his first big think if the game calculating stuff he knew didn't work just because it was fun line (I'm paraphrasing another TH-camr who saw the interviews so don't quote me on that lol). But, yeah, shorter matches would cut down on that type of stuff. Purists I'm sure would argue that you wouldn't get the best chess with shorter time controls; but I mean you're not getting the "best" chess anyway. Everyone would perform better with infinite time. The game of chess in its entirety would benefit from shorter championship matches.
@@quazzydiscman good call, I agree. If these are the supposed best players, then a little pressure would benefit Chess.
Chris Pfeiffer no keep it how it is. Our viewership is less important that qaulity thought out chess. You made it there you deserve your time.
1 centipawn away from tying the 2016's most accurate games, 4 centipawn loss
So far, this title match has been basically Anish Giri playing himself.
1st game : draw
2nd game : draw
3rd game : draw
120 grandchildren later : draw
Whay happens if nobody wins any game? Magnus remains champion?
Caruana's an outstanding player, but I foresee Carlsen retaining the belt... Caruana will crack first and Carlsen will be all over him. Carlsen already knows what's inside the box and is always looking outside the box, even over the board, just too dynamic for anyone short of a Fischer or Kasparov in their primes. (And i'm not sure either one of them would win.)
6:13 If only the Knights could castle ahahahah
Not everyday does one get their chess fix with a draw.
These guys are pretty good at chess.
If it wasn’t for jerry this championship would be a total snooze fest
I disagree though I totally agree that jerry makes it so much more fun. The games have all been interesting.
Watching Grischuk and Svidler's commentary was also super fun. I think there have just genuinely been really interesting games.
don't get me wrong I love Jerry but all draws doesn't mean boring.
Yeah my thoughts exactly mr cook I keep saying that on twitch idk why people need a win. Every one of these games has been a knife edge dynamic thriller.
Even the game where carlsen extended the game added to the drama minus the end that game was extremely exciting and imo the end was interesting because you could feel the humanity of the carlsen with his frustration over losing the advantage.