Nepo’s mind went elsewhere once he assumed it would be a draw, once Ding played the rook Nepo had to bring himself back mentally and that is incredibly difficult to do.
Probably this is same reason why he lost to Magnus. Just remind me one time some reporter asked Magnus question why he keep playing in draw-ish positions ? And this game one of example why, you try some different move to see if your opponent will make mistake or not. Once they make mistake you can took that as your advantage.
@@tannhaeuserx464 i truly believe he was a better player for this match, probably due to his experience with magnus. seeing his reaction at the end is heartbreaking. it also just feels a bit weird that a classical world champion was decided by rapid games. that being said ding is incredibly deserving and such and im a big fan of him too, they r probably my two favorites in terms of current top chess players.
I'm glad Ding's risk paid off; especially when Ian had more time left than Ding. You can tell that Ian was not ready for Ding to go in for the win instead of going in for a draw. And ultimately, that risk paid off so well for Ding. Well played.
He may not be the absolute best, he may not even win another title, but for this move alone Ding deserves the championship because that took so much guts
That was so fun. The comentators did not even know what was happening. The computer kept moving back and forth for white and black. I feel sory for Nepo and happy for Ding.
@@hotlemongingerhoney "If no one made an inaccurate move, the game will end in a draw" That is not the point, the point is how Ding managed to figure out that Rg6 is not a losing move and actually has winning chances using the passed pawn
Indian here. Came here after WCC 2024. So glad Gukesh won but at the same time, I'm gonna put some respect on Ding's name. No matter what anyone said, he was a REAL world champion.
Chess look so calm but in fact some defeats can get totaly brutal. You're playing for multiple days, most games last hours, you're always focused, you've spent months with your team setting up tactics, openings etc... and then... all goes down the drain in a heartbeat.
There have been single games which left me devastated for days. I cannot even imagine what it must mean to lost the world championship title to such a finish...
In motorsport their is saying, 'if you no longer go for a gap that exist, then no longer are a racing driver. Ding kept on playing for the win, that seperated him from nepo in that game. And that's why magnus has dominated world chess for so long, he is known for squeezing wins out of driest of draw positions
yeah and that citation alone has caused drivers go for tonns of controversial and dangerous moves where drivers go for a gap that's not there and be dicks about it. Very nice. Ding just went for a win because he tried, risked and maybe felt Nepo can blunder, not because he was disrespecting his opponent like Senna usually did.
@@PromixDelPiero can never be a champion in motorsport with that attitude, you can be all gentlemanly and respectful in driving and no one will ever remember your name. You might dislike Senna but you still know his name.
Aaaaand I'm back. I can't stop watching. In sport, in life, everyone says you have to take the chances that come your way. And here it is, for real, by Ding under the utmost pressure. It maybe that Ding is going to be criticized for not playing enough chess after this, but I for one will always defend him. Just because of this. Such bravery. Such stones. Bravo Ding. This will always be legendary.
My memory was that Ian did the first handshake to resign the game and the second to congratulate Ding on winning the match. However, I see now that Ding (cautiously) initiated the second handshake.
Nepo did not initiate the second handshake, but Ding thought he was extending his hand, so he shook Nepo’s hand. It was not planned and essentially an accident.
Ding, an always shy and introverted man, took the courage of his life. and took a risk at the defining world champion match last game... he played a move, that looked losing. and shocked everyone. literally no one expected that move from him. and that was the moment of his life ladies and gentlemen. he taught everyone better. he stood his fckn ground and proved that he can fight on a chess board! not only fight, his brilliance was greater than his opponents! To be ready to lose it all to win it all... as an introvert, shy person...i cant express enough how amazing this is to me.
He still is in my opinion a Guy who is forced by time to Play good Games but to shy too defeat anyone i guess He looked Up to Carlsen and Said yeah maybe Im AS great as he is but was too scared to find Out. This is truly legendary.
@@aa-fi9ks Well, Gukesh was the protagonist after game 11. So it's probably gonna be quite exciting from here on out. It sucks that there is a rest day, otherwise they would be starting game 13 in a few hours.
@@pranavxd3852 I know,but we talk about recent form not the past especially Candidates 2018, caruana are monster that day he push prime magnus to the tiebreaker and loses there because Fabi was bad at rapid lol
@@noideawhateverwtf are u talking about? Everyone on the broadcast thought it was a losing move. She was the only to even mention it as a possibility. Hess and Fabi thought there was no way Ding would play it
I know very little about Ding and yet hes still one of my favorite people in the world. I'm what people describe as an empath and watching Ding play in these games with so much tension and emotion involved I would bet anything he is an empath as well. I guarantee in this moment he's barely even enjoying the fact that he won. He had to sit there and watch Nepo try to handle all the emotions and pain of realizing he wasnt going to win and that 100% greatly effected him. He didn't want to react or do anything that could Nepo feel worse so he just put his head down and covered his face. I love seeing people like Ding do great things. He deserves it
11:38 this might be one the most heartbreaking moments in history of all sports. Grabs the pieces with shaking hands, probably had a 200+ heartbeat s per minute. Very sad moment for Ian. But also good sportsmanship from him to congratulate Ding with the 2nd handshake 🤝❤
@DB-COOPER A great strength of chess players is being able to forget past games, tournaments and bad moves, instead focusing on the position on the board, which is true among professionals of other disciplines too. Nepo will be back.
Ding did the same thing Fischer made against Spassky and, coincidently, not only that game is my all times' favorite but I also have been thinking Ding's style remember Fischer for a long time now: Spectacular. 🤣 And game 6 was another gem as well.
@edntzyou can see it as being smug, but the reality is that this match would have been a draw if Ian didn’t fumble his queen for no reason, instead he should have just taken the pawn. Literally no one would have expected this outcome.
@edntz sure but that doesn’t take away the fact that his response to the rook was an utterly useless and game losing move. If he simply moved his queen towards the c pawn and look for a trade there, it’s a draw. But he got greedy with the pin on the rook and misjudged the advancing c pawn. Every gm chess player that analyzed this board up to the pin said it was still going to be a draw. But again Ian messed up and that’s the “human error” that prevented the draw.
Nobody is doubting him after Game 12. 99% accuracy after 4 hours is a statement. And Gukesh had an impressive victory yesterday, this can go either way.
@@bryancastillo9840 It's never wise to doubt a defending champion. Because they have already proven that they have what it takes. And just like his mother said, he can do it again.
Sometimes there are those sparks of romantic chess in Ding's game --he plays courageous moves under difficult situations. He was willing to take risks, and he was rewarded for that. He is not the strongest chess player ever, but he for sure has the heart of a champion.
ians reaction after he realized hes lost is heartbreaking. this whole match was so intense and emotional and both players were amazing. best championship match ever.
looking back i think Ding deserved this championship more than most people give him credit. At the end of the day he and nepo outplayed everyone else at candidates, and he outplayed nepo in the big one. It's def a winner's move to do something that nobody expected and looks like a big risk
Rg6 summed up how Ding played the whole match, bravely. He still had a draw in that line if black had played the correct more h5, but black was very short of time and so it was a great move that gave him winning chances. Qf5 was the losing move.
I freaking LOVE when announcers get cocky and think they know how a game is going to play out. All these commentators are better at chess than I’ll ever be at anything, but I would never assume the game is over until it is. It shows exactly why Ding is playing for a title and Tania is watching. What a ballsy calculation. Freaking brilliant.
I feel so bad for both of these players. More so for Ian, however, the way ding hung his head and covered his face. Then walked off shaking his head like he had a bad day at the office sends shivers down my spine. Good luck to both men.
When 3 GMs are absolutely stunned of Rg6. It only means one thing... That it was a winning move. A brilliant move. Rg6 will go down in chess history as the move that made the Chinese world chess champion. They should name that defensive move the Liren defense.
Fabi lost to Magnus in tiebreaks after drawing all 12 Classical matches against him so it's not really comparable to Ding defeating Nepo to win the title.
@@64MilestotheGallon It's not comparable bcz their opponents Magnus and Nepo aren't on the same level. Magnus is arguably the best player of all time, Nepo is just top-5 player of his generation. And if you watched Nepo-Ding match you'd know that Ding totally collapsed multiple times during Classical games, it's just that Nepo also followed suit but Magnus won't give you such chances as seen in Carlsen-Nepo World Championship match, after Nepo lost game 6 there was no coming back against Carlsen who wiped the floor with him. So the comparison between Fabi and Ding is deeply flawed to begin with bcz the opponents they faced are on two completely different levels.
Ding might be declining today, but it's unfair to say he's a fake champ. He's resilient as a warrior pushing a win that is obviously a draw to everyone. Respect!
Ding ran down his clock to get Ian deep into a mindset of a draw so when Ding played rg6 Ian blundered and played qf5. All the commentators said Ian done a mistake which is uncharacteristic but credit to Ding for tricking him
Ding playing so well here is almost heartbreaking considering what happened afterwards. If he manages to reach this level of play again it will be a small miracle.
0:54 That’s probably why Fabi isn’t a world champion. Fabi would’ve been happy with the draw if he had been in Ding’s place. But that’s the difference in their mentality. Ding saw the opportunity and seized it with Rg6. And those who seize their moments are the true champions. Love Fabi but just pointing out Ding’s mental resilience.❤
Yes they all thought it was a draw...but Ding plays Rf2! But this time it wasn't in his favour 😢...Ding was the nicest world champion with absolutely no haters ❤
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How Nepo should have reacted to Rg6
Instead of playing Qf5, h4 works better. Queen on e4 was enough to stop pawn at c5 from going to c4 (attacked by white queen and rook).
Nepo’s mind went elsewhere once he assumed it would be a draw, once Ding played the rook Nepo had to bring himself back mentally and that is incredibly difficult to do.
Probably this is same reason why he lost to Magnus. Just remind me one time some reporter asked Magnus question why he keep playing in draw-ish positions ? And this game one of example why, you try some different move to see if your opponent will make mistake or not. Once they make mistake you can took that as your advantage.
Yeah, that was Nepo's problem. He is probably a better chess player, but his temperament is the problem.
You could see he was all happy with himself, until rg6. The look on his face got a lot worse with every move.
@@tannhaeuserx464 i truly believe he was a better player for this match, probably due to his experience with magnus. seeing his reaction at the end is heartbreaking. it also just feels a bit weird that a classical world champion was decided by rapid games.
that being said ding is incredibly deserving and such and im a big fan of him too, they r probably my two favorites in terms of current top chess players.
@@lythd At least, it is not decided by blitz. I also like them both, but Caruana is my fav.
When Nepo looked right then knocked over the pieces, that might be one of the most emotional things I have seen in chess
agreed
@@lane9234did bro reply do his own comment
did bro just agree with himself
@@realtoal😂😂
@@realtoal i made a valid point
Ian: "let me draw this and get the match to blitz"
Ding: "buddy, let's blitz RIGHT NOW"
Fuck it. We ball.
COWABUNGA IT IS
best fuckin comment lol
@@Mr.Admin_03 why do you live in comments section of internet, just get a life
@@jackybogues2495he literarily has one comment chill man
I'm glad Ding's risk paid off; especially when Ian had more time left than Ding. You can tell that Ian was not ready for Ding to go in for the win instead of going in for a draw. And ultimately, that risk paid off so well for Ding. Well played.
@@n3h3m 200 iq move
They all thought it was draw , but ding plays Rf2 - 2024
he didnt care
Came here to look for this comment
Chilling to zero
Ding chilled way too much lol
He became world champion by a great rook move..he lost it with a terrible rook move blunder now
He may not be the absolute best, he may not even win another title, but for this move alone Ding deserves the championship because that took so much guts
He's the deserving world champion
True...
And people just end up calling him "lucky "
@@Rohannn0007 Not for long, but yeah, for once he is
@@PrakharKumar-zy1bx don't underestimate ding he still has chances holding the wc title against gukesh
@@PrakharKumar-zy1bx fun fact Gukesh was the only top player Ding was able to win against in Wijk aan Zee
I keep coming back to this match, it is for the emotions, the value this moment holds for the players that chess for me really shines.
yeah exactly , I keep coming back to it as well
same
Same same, Rg8 is legendary. Ding said fk it, we'll finish it now even if I lose.
That was so fun. The comentators did not even know what was happening. The computer kept moving back and forth for white and black. I feel sory for Nepo and happy for Ding.
the way he looked at the trohpy and grabbed those pieces was heartbreaking
Yes, raw anguish. Chess is cruel.
Yeah, it was hilarious. Like an anime.
The trophy was on the opposite side
@@SonicMegaKing no this is real world
@@SonicMegaKing "like an anime"
That is the cringiest comment I've heard
Watching this live was a rollercoaster of emotions
that Rg6 move was just amazing, with that he so deserved to win the championship
I agree.
No. if Ian moved his pawn to h5 h6 instead of his Queen, the game will have different ending. Analyze it.
@@hotlemongingerhoney Of course it would. But it doesn't make Rg6 any less amazing.
@@hotlemongingerhoney "If no one made an inaccurate move, the game will end in a draw"
That is not the point, the point is how Ding managed to figure out that Rg6 is not a losing move and actually has winning chances using the passed pawn
@@hotlemongingerhoney It was a blitz and you are not an AI. LOL
Ding displayed tenacity here, a trait that a world champion must have.
Indian here. Came here after WCC 2024. So glad Gukesh won but at the same time, I'm gonna put some respect on Ding's name. No matter what anyone said, he was a REAL world champion.
It's amazing how the world turns... everyone thought it was going to be a draw once again. Congratulations Gukesh!!
Incredible..
Yeah and both times it was black winning a drawn endgame
Stunned into silence. I remember this game vividly and it brings my hairs up thinking about it
Chess look so calm but in fact some defeats can get totaly brutal. You're playing for multiple days, most games last hours, you're always focused, you've spent months with your team setting up tactics, openings etc... and then... all goes down the drain in a heartbeat.
just like real life
There have been single games which left me devastated for days. I cannot even imagine what it must mean to lost the world championship title to such a finish...
A good example is Karpov vs Kasparov in 1984 where they fought for 5 months and the match was cancelled due to their health
Well, people don't compare it to war for nothing. That's what it was always supposed to simulate.
In motorsport their is saying, 'if you no longer go for a gap that exist, then no longer are a racing driver. Ding kept on playing for the win, that seperated him from nepo in that game. And that's why magnus has dominated world chess for so long, he is known for squeezing wins out of driest of draw positions
Senna
"If you no longer go for a gap that exist, you are no longer a racing driver" - Ayrton Senna, 1960-1994.
Senna
yeah and that citation alone has caused drivers go for tonns of controversial and dangerous moves where drivers go for a gap that's not there and be dicks about it. Very nice. Ding just went for a win because he tried, risked and maybe felt Nepo can blunder, not because he was disrespecting his opponent like Senna usually did.
@@PromixDelPiero can never be a champion in motorsport with that attitude, you can be all gentlemanly and respectful in driving and no one will ever remember your name. You might dislike Senna but you still know his name.
Aaaaand I'm back. I can't stop watching. In sport, in life, everyone says you have to take the chances that come your way. And here it is, for real, by Ding under the utmost pressure.
It maybe that Ding is going to be criticized for not playing enough chess after this, but I for one will always defend him. Just because of this.
Such bravery. Such stones. Bravo Ding. This will always be legendary.
11:57 The second handshake is the best thing I've seen in chess ❤❤
My memory was that Ian did the first handshake to resign the game and the second to congratulate Ding on winning the match. However, I see now that Ding (cautiously) initiated the second handshake.
It's looks like he was checking if Ian is okay with that handshake.
Yep handshake the shake hand😂
It's like they're both trying to say "I totally respect you, brother.". You can almost touch the feels.
Nepo did not initiate the second handshake, but Ding thought he was extending his hand, so he shook Nepo’s hand. It was not planned and essentially an accident.
Rg6 was such a great moment and I am so lucky I got to see it live, that was epic!
No
im just seeing now a month later how different is that?
Ding, an always shy and introverted man, took the courage of his life. and took a risk at the defining world champion match last game... he played a move, that looked losing. and shocked everyone. literally no one expected that move from him. and that was the moment of his life ladies and gentlemen. he taught everyone better. he stood his fckn ground and proved that he can fight on a chess board! not only fight, his brilliance was greater than his opponents! To be ready to lose it all to win it all... as an introvert, shy person...i cant express enough how amazing this is to me.
Seriously man I hope you’re joking
Your writing skills are good
"Rg6 is ...more a losing move than a winning attempt" famous last words
I will always remember myself crying in the train watching this live... just magically
"And this, kids, concludes our history lesson on how Ding became a legend"
He still is in my opinion a Guy who is forced by time to Play good Games but to shy too defeat anyone i guess He looked Up to Carlsen and Said yeah maybe Im AS great as he is but was too scared to find Out. This is truly legendary.
@@enemyspotted1536 Not sure if this is before or after current wc game 12, but boy that game was nut. Ding is literally the protagonist at this point.
@@aa-fi9ks Well, Gukesh was the protagonist after game 11. So it's probably gonna be quite exciting from here on out. It sucks that there is a rest day, otherwise they would be starting game 13 in a few hours.
This got recommended to me after Ding played a rook move in the endgame that everyone thought was a draw. Perfect timing youtube!
Even Hikaru went from total draw, to intense calculations, to holy shit ding is gonna win
And unlike Fabi and the other commentators here, instantly saw c3 and Qd3 as the line that wins
@@Shadowboost fabi is still better at classical
@@Skeiejsnah Hikaru is candidates silver medalist he is clearly better
@@faisaladzikri4870 Fabi made it to the world championship final match lmao
@@pranavxd3852 I know,but we talk about recent form not the past especially Candidates 2018, caruana are monster that day he push prime magnus to the tiebreaker and loses there because Fabi was bad at rapid lol
Ding after this match was like
"Dammnit i won"
My heart was beating so fast after Rg6
“Rg6 looks more like a losing move” and the foot goes INTO the mouth 😂😂😜
Yum
She's just an IM, her commentary to a super GM game is nonsense
@@noideawhatever she know it, that's why in the last few minutes she lets the GM do commentary and analysis
@@noideawhateverwtf are u talking about? Everyone on the broadcast thought it was a losing move. She was the only to even mention it as a possibility. Hess and Fabi thought there was no way Ding would play it
In the words of one of the greatest if not the Greatest chess player of all time, "Self-pinning for immortality"
-Magnus Carlsen
Greatest quote of all time by the goat🥺
I know very little about Ding and yet hes still one of my favorite people in the world. I'm what people describe as an empath and watching Ding play in these games with so much tension and emotion involved I would bet anything he is an empath as well. I guarantee in this moment he's barely even enjoying the fact that he won. He had to sit there and watch Nepo try to handle all the emotions and pain of realizing he wasnt going to win and that 100% greatly effected him. He didn't want to react or do anything that could Nepo feel worse so he just put his head down and covered his face. I love seeing people like Ding do great things. He deserves it
Watching this for the 6th time, still bring a tear of happiness to my face
This will never get old.
11:38 this might be one the most heartbreaking moments in history of all sports. Grabs the pieces with shaking hands, probably had a 200+ heartbeat s per minute. Very sad moment for Ian. But also good sportsmanship from him to congratulate Ding with the 2nd handshake 🤝❤
Tania was right after all. The blitz was coming up after Rg6. 😂
I feel happy for them both. Ding has had great success. Nepo has gone through a challenge that gives him the opportunity to come back stronger.
@DB-COOPER A great strength of chess players is being able to forget past games, tournaments and bad moves, instead focusing on the position on the board, which is true among professionals of other disciplines too. Nepo will be back.
@DB-COOPER it's not the first time he's lost. Nepo is gonna keep fighting to become the World Champion.
@@J.J.J.J.J.J.J he don't.
For anyone thinking it's over for Nepo, he is already playing again and winning against high calibre players.
He will never come back from 2 lost world championship finals.
Ding did the same thing Fischer made against Spassky and, coincidently, not only that game is my all times' favorite but I also have been thinking Ding's style remember Fischer for a long time now: Spectacular. 🤣 And game 6 was another gem as well.
The fact that she announces so confidently that its going to be a draw just makes this so epic.
Everybody was saying it too for a couple of minutes before the start of the video
I like that you single her out for some reason when literally everyone was expecting a draw.
Shut your face. She was by far the most adamant about it. You are the knight in shining armor no one needs.
@edntzyou can see it as being smug, but the reality is that this match would have been a draw if Ian didn’t fumble his queen for no reason, instead he should have just taken the pawn. Literally no one would have expected this outcome.
@edntz sure but that doesn’t take away the fact that his response to the rook was an utterly useless and game losing move. If he simply moved his queen towards the c pawn and look for a trade there, it’s a draw. But he got greedy with the pin on the rook and misjudged the advancing c pawn. Every gm chess player that analyzed this board up to the pin said it was still going to be a draw. But again Ian messed up and that’s the “human error” that prevented the draw.
Watching this again. Ding Liren, you will always be a legend!
The Ding Chilling Gambit: Play to Win Variation
Learnt it from John Cena
This moment defines Ding's legacy! What a player, absolutely clutch!
They doubted ding in 2023, they are doubting him now. GO DING LIREN!
And Ding won the first game.
Ding chilling....
Nobody is doubting him after Game 12. 99% accuracy after 4 hours is a statement. And Gukesh had an impressive victory yesterday, this can go either way.
@@Sandlund93 dude i posted this two weeks ago…. EVERYONE WAS DOUBTING DING
@@bryancastillo9840 It's never wise to doubt a defending champion. Because they have already proven that they have what it takes. And just like his mother said, he can do it again.
Sometimes there are those sparks of romantic chess in Ding's game --he plays courageous moves under difficult situations. He was willing to take risks, and he was rewarded for that.
He is not the strongest chess player ever, but he for sure has the heart of a champion.
Are talking about djokovic
Ding is not the strongest, but he is surely one of the strongest.
Ian was planning for a draw
Rg6 burst all of his plan
He didn't think of any plan if the enemy is playing for a win
He could of forced a draw earlier, he also wanted a win which backfires
Everybody expecting to settle for a draw is the exact reason Magnus didn't show up.
ians reaction after he realized hes lost is heartbreaking. this whole match was so intense and emotional and both players were amazing. best championship match ever.
Ding beat 4 people with that move.
Amazing!
dat funny commentary around G6 move will be remembered forever
How times have changed, back then Ding used to refuse draws.
looking back i think Ding deserved this championship more than most people give him credit. At the end of the day he and nepo outplayed everyone else at candidates, and he outplayed nepo in the big one. It's def a winner's move to do something that nobody expected and looks like a big risk
This was amazing, the calculations are supercool!
Rg6 summed up how Ding played the whole match, bravely. He still had a draw in that line if black had played the correct more h5, but black was very short of time and so it was a great move that gave him winning chances. Qf5 was the losing move.
Nepo: lets draw and play blitz
Ding: lets play blitz RIGHT NOW
A rook move won him the last championship, and a rook move this time lost him against Gukesh!
Rooooooook the King maker
So happy for Ding man, he did so good
Hilarious how Tania confidently rules out Rg6 and predicts a draw only for Ding to play Rg6 and prove her dead wrong.
A brave move that will be enshrined in chess history.
What I find fascinating is that Ding had a better understanding of his position than 3 chess commentators with a chess engine aiding them.
Who is here afrer gukesh become the 18th world champion 🎉
Such a brave move a minute on the clock
I freaking LOVE when announcers get cocky and think they know how a game is going to play out. All these commentators are better at chess than I’ll ever be at anything, but I would never assume the game is over until it is. It shows exactly why Ding is playing for a title and Tania is watching. What a ballsy calculation. Freaking brilliant.
lmao no, everyone tought it would be a draw, even hikaru
@@kendricco-pu3gw WRONG. 0:33 - 0:50. Your argument is invalid.
All I want is a clean clip of Fabi saying "oh my god" to use as my phone notification sound.
He is the world JUST champion!
😂taniyas accent
I feel so bad for both of these players. More so for Ian, however, the way ding hung his head and covered his face. Then walked off shaking his head like he had a bad day at the office sends shivers down my spine. Good luck to both men.
at 11:46 his years of dedication got destroyed in seconds ...which one sees on nepos face
From Rg6 to Rf2😢,i feel so sad for him
2:03 Ding (plays Rg6): I ain't Anish, y'all.
Anybody after Game 12 after the 2024 wc? ❤
Just thought of coming here again in 2024 as Ding defends his title against Gukesh, just to remind myself who Ding truly was, a beast!
Rg6, one of the most historic move in chess.
Ding Liren may not be the chess king like Magnus but Rg6 is a move only a chess king would make. Well done Ding!!
Nepo had relaxed thinking that the game was about to be drawn and could not fight after that as was thinking of the next game!
Self pinning of immortality
You'll know its a high level analysis when the IM shuts up.
you're 800 elo max pipe down
Ding looks like the type of guy who sleeps through class and still manages to get the scholarship.
I never get tired of this.
When 3 GMs are absolutely stunned of Rg6. It only means one thing... That it was a winning move. A brilliant move. Rg6 will go down in chess history as the move that made the Chinese world chess champion. They should name that defensive move the Liren defense.
They all thought it was a draw, but then ding plays Qc8!!
Well, nobody thought it was a draw. But I like your joke.
This is a perfect example of why Fabi lost WCC. Ding played to win instead of playing not to lose.
Fabi lost to Magnus in tiebreaks after drawing all 12 Classical matches against him so it's not really comparable to Ding defeating Nepo to win the title.
@@shubomb How's it not comparable? They just gave the comparison
@@64MilestotheGallon It's not comparable bcz their opponents Magnus and Nepo aren't on the same level. Magnus is arguably the best player of all time, Nepo is just top-5 player of his generation.
And if you watched Nepo-Ding match you'd know that Ding totally collapsed multiple times during Classical games, it's just that Nepo also followed suit but Magnus won't give you such chances as seen in Carlsen-Nepo World Championship match, after Nepo lost game 6 there was no coming back against Carlsen who wiped the floor with him. So the comparison between Fabi and Ding is deeply flawed to begin with bcz the opponents they faced are on two completely different levels.
Ding might be declining today, but it's unfair to say he's a fake champ. He's resilient as a warrior pushing a win that is obviously a draw to everyone. Respect!
Ian cried a warrior's tear. That match was beautiful
Ding ran down his clock to get Ian deep into a mindset of a draw so when Ding played rg6 Ian blundered and played qf5. All the commentators said Ian done a mistake which is uncharacteristic but credit to Ding for tricking him
This is why Ding is world champion and all these guys/girls are watching from home.
The first chinese man to become world champion. This game has been around for centuries. That is a huge moment!
THEY ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A DRAW BUT DING PLAYED ROOK F2
This game proves Magnus' point that the World Championship would be a lot more interesting with shorter time formats
Or just Magnus not playing it 😂 he’s too good
@@DeerjasonExactly
Maaaaan, it was such a blast watching this live then. Super exciting!
Ding was chilling 😎
Watched it live, crazy game.
Ding playing so well here is almost heartbreaking considering what happened afterwards. If he manages to reach this level of play again it will be a small miracle.
8:32 why not pawn on h5?
Hess does an excellent job as anchor. A great commentary team! What a game!
0:54 That’s probably why Fabi isn’t a world champion. Fabi would’ve been happy with the draw if he had been in Ding’s place. But that’s the difference in their mentality. Ding saw the opportunity and seized it with Rg6. And those who seize their moments are the true champions. Love Fabi but just pointing out Ding’s mental resilience.❤
Yeah, but Fabi played against the GOAT. And Din - just against Nepo. Nepo is known for being kinda mentally weak, you know
0:20 why can't Nepo go Qa8? The commentator suggested that it is useless
He could, it would lead to the same checks that happened in the match
Such a brutal match for both players it feels. I can’t help but feel such sympathy for Nepo.
Yes they all thought it was a draw...but Ding plays Rf2!
But this time it wasn't in his favour 😢...Ding was the nicest world champion with absolutely no haters ❤
We just want ding❤️ to bring back his monstrous form..
Gukesh watch out watch out😂 Ding with adrenaline is lethal
I just love Dings timing here:
"Rook to g6 is a move you don't consider here..."
BOOM - Rook to g6 in the very next second 😂