@@ALIPIANIST right, because why put a simple spoiler blocker that does the job perfectly well when you can just shut down all constructive discussion and discourse.
Excellent, thank you! I love the suspense of not knowing who wins and I love how you build it up and eventually reveal it towards the end. Getting a spoiler when watching on mobile is a huge turnoff. So much obliged!
Ding is doing the famous lettuce handshake, where you try to destabilize your opponent with a very unsettling soft grip. It's like holding a snail. Nasty stuff.
Can I just say, thank you very much for not ever giving your videos spammy, clickbait titles. I think your channel is by far the best chess channel there is. Keep being awesome.
I noticed that in most of the videos, not only from the FIDE Chess Championship, at some point the clocks disappear by the end of the video .... me personally I would like to see them until the game finishes :) In this video they disappear at 9:16, with the moves A3 and F5
@@stevendaly4640 Gukesh is pushing too hard , he is even pushing when he shouldn't. Check out Magnus's , Hikaru's or live commentators' opinions regarding this.
He had said in the post game interview he just wants to play good chess . But of the two if Gukesh sees an opportunity to go for a win he will go for it unlike Ding who is content for a draw
@@michaelmassaro4375 Gukesh had many chances of winning, but he doesn't seem to find the best move when it mattered and that's why Ding has always survived in most of their encounters.
Imagine if they draw the classical from here and then Ding wins the rapid section only with black = a world champion is crowned never having won with white
Is this your first time watching pro chess? If you’re just used to games highlighted in this channel I understand the disappointment. But what they’re doing is underestimated. Even if Gukesh and Ding played exclusively defensive chess which isn’t the case, the path to calculating their way to safety is still fascinating.
If chess was more exciting at the time it was because players were in general, worse than today, partly on account of their agressiveness. Not saying it was necessarily the case with those two all time greats but certainly with many contemporaries.
@@badlula17 These games are being watched world wide, and the players should realize that these boring draws only hurt the interest of young players or beginners.
These players play without errors or inaccuracies, but without taking any risks. Only I (Stockfish) can play with 100% accuracy, even while taking risks.
@Stockfish-u3g what are you talking about? Stockfish is the strongest so its taken as the best move. Stockfish 17 will beat stockfish 16 even though both are stockfish.
@@ItsShahed17This explanation demonstrates that the "objective truths" of Stockfish are temporary ones. Stockfish isn't the end, but a passage to another level.
Handshake analysis: Ding claims the high ground by offering (or accepting) the handshake from a standing position, Gukesh from a seated position. Perhaps to compensate, or maybe nervous tension, or maybe even politeness, Gukesh puts more energy into the handshake, not only curling his fingers around the bottom of Ding's hand, but also applying slight pressure both at the tips of the fingers and at his wrist, which is under tension. Ding, meanwhile, has put no effort into the handshake - his fingers are more or less straight, returning none of Gukesh's pressure, like he's merely put his hand out for Gukesh to do all the work. Is this a sign of Ding's relaxation? Him barely tolerating the formality of a handshake? A disdain of his opponent? Because the photo was taken before / after Ding did a proper handshake (which would suggest Gukesh really prolongs his handshakes)? Another thing to note is Gukesh's suits. Still only 18, and very slightly built, his suits throughout this tournament have featured large shoulder pads; this handshake-photo seems to suggest he has padding at the cuffs, too, and there are photos of Gukesh leaning across the board with strange, sharp lines parallel to his spine, almost like his entire back is cushioned, or he has wires running down. This concludes my PhD thesis on the Gukesh / Ding handshake.
😂😂😂😂 by the way, in India, handshake between mens must be little tight. This is culture here in our country. It only means I am giving you importance/respect. While a soft handshake means you are not so important. Being Chinese, Dings knows it about Indians and he may be using this as a tactic against Gukesh. Chinese are brilliant at mind game. Anyway, let's see who wins. I wanted Magnus vs Gukesh or Magnus vs Ding or Magnus vs Fabi In short, I wanted to see Magnus in one of the seat.
@@theman7955 It's my considered opinion after 25 visits to India that Indian men are generally happier holding hands than shaking them. And I mean no offence by that, its just an observation.
I think Black just wanted to get his rook active? And don't mind the ruined pawn structure. Even the commentators didn't think Black has any issues there
He wants to have a rook in the open D file. Plus ruining pawn structure when Queens are off the board isn't a big difference (but who am I to know I'm only 1500 elo lol)
Can one of you explain why queen trade wasnt dine with bishop. Wh did black captured with rook instead.of bishop He just weekend the king sise pawn structure
8:41 Why Rxd8 and not Bxd8 followed by white Bxd8 Rxd8 and now the pawn structure is fine? Is it because white isn't forced to take and black would get two bishops on the 8th rank?
I think the problem with the Championship format is that if one player (Magnus, or Gukesh) knows the other player (Caruana, or Ding) is weak at Rapid/Blitz, then they can turn every game into a draw, and just have the world classical champion decided by a blitz or rapid game.
If the match finishes even, instead of tie break in a shorter format, it would be better to make game 13 and 14 Fischer random. If we want to decide the world classical champion, surely random chess 960 is closer than the shorter formats, and those likely games would more exciting and without engine preparation and there would a worthy winner.
@@romalmohamednazir8448 well the problem with that idea will be - soon the top players will memorize those positions too, placing further burden on anyone who wants to be a champion. Beat our new preparation too.
@UnknownUser-j3n There are 960 different starting positions, and traditional chess is only one starting position, so to even , it will need someone with a brain 960 times bigger or 960 times more memory capacity to remember. It is not possible.
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I feel like black’s white square bishop as well :))) “no one really cares about you, only allowed to play when the game is already over!” Hahaha
My biggest hope is to have him show up in a 5000$ suit. Custom boots and a very very rare watch. This would be psychological warfare on the highest level.
I think the problem with the Championship format is that if one player (Magnus, or Gukesh) knows the other player (Caruana, or Ding) is weak at Rapid/Blitz, then they can turn every game into a draw, and just have the world classical champion decided by a blitz or rapid game.
This was an interesting game with some cool alternative lines...Gukesh might well be playing for the rapid section so Ding might have to try some more dynamic lines.
1.) The most outragous thing about Rapport's outfit are the socks he chose to go with those shorts. A bold and daring choice. 2.) Ding is a worthy placeholder for the world title. He's a brilliant player and won't be beaten by anyone who's second-best, but Magnus is still the real champion.
The most boring world chess championship. Ding is defensive, and wants to have a go at rapid since he is clearly better than Gukesh. Gukesh seems unprepared for the world chess championship.
Will be an interesting match overall if the one decisive games were 1 and 3 and then rest are draws. Like a boxing match where both opponents land strong early blows but then play it safe and clinch a lot for the rest of the match.
What types of championship matches are going on, that here world champion wants a easy draw with his white pieces & FIDE is going to decide new world champion in rapid format😅. people are saying chess is too much developed than before🤦♂ OLD is GOLD.
Can we a get the Gukesh vs Hikaru tata steel chess india 2022 blitz game? Gukesh wins against Nakamura with seconds on clock, naka was disgusted at the end, maybe on the next rest day? #suggestion
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Ding is just trying to draw until they get to shorter time controls which is a good strategy because he is better than Gukesh in shorter time controls!! It’s a great strategy and you can’t hate on it, you can hate on the rules though.
Well i expect better from my champions. High expectations may be but i have grown up watching the likes of Federer, Tendulkar, etc, who were always so performance oriented rather than result oriented. I mean come on you are the world champion, do your thing, show us what makes you the best.
could we agree with some sort of signal to let us know when the game was an uneventful draw? I understand that it being the WCC, it might be necessary to cover every game, but I'd much rather not sit through a match where nothing happened, the players shuffled the pieces around and at the end of the day the only thing that advanced was the number of games played
@@joshcarey4187 well, we had four videos with at least 20min and even reaching 30min at some point and they all fizzled in uninteresting draws, so the issue is not this video alone, if you weren't able to tell
Its not a matter of opinion... ding is 100 points more in rapid that gukesh... SO.. Ding clearly is good with this result... maybe gukesh make a great preparation for this scenario... but with the evidence available Ding is favourite in rapid by a good margin
im getting so bored waiting everyday to see each game to be excited just to see both players playing super safe as pose to more magnus risk the biscuit style 😢
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SPOILER BLOCK!
Just disable commenting
No! Anyway thats a brillant block !! Chekmate the whole chat section love it
no
@@ALIPIANIST right, because why put a simple spoiler blocker that does the job perfectly well when you can just shut down all constructive discussion and discourse.
Excellent, thank you! I love the suspense of not knowing who wins and I love how you build it up and eventually reveal it towards the end. Getting a spoiler when watching on mobile is a huge turnoff. So much obliged!
Forget the handshake-photo, I want a day-by-day update on Rapports style in clothing
Ding's handshake is weak sauce
Ding is doing the famous lettuce handshake, where you try to destabilize your opponent with a very unsettling soft grip. It's like holding a snail. Nasty stuff.
I've noticed all chess players have very weak handshakes😂😂 so limp
i laughed out loud reading this
Wet napkin handshake 😂😂
Lmaooo wild comment 😂😂
The _lettuce draw_ handshake, you mean.
Ding gukesh repeat the position once.
Agadmator - hello everyone
Is it only me calculating if it’s a draw based on the length of the video ?
I'm calculating if it's a draw based on the post time.
@ you trust agad way too much on that..
😂😂😂
Ikr
Nope.
No lol
Can I just say, thank you very much for not ever giving your videos spammy, clickbait titles. I think your channel is by far the best chess channel there is. Keep being awesome.
@@chrisdavidson8525 i agree, i hate those weird faces some people make for thumbnails or use click bait headlines. Its so cheap.
Rapport's shorts are psychological warfare
WMD
It was in this position that the entire fashion industry resigned because there is nothing more to be done
Socks are
@@aMartianSpy no budgies were harmed in the making of this fashion statement.
Autism supreme, what do you expect?
Have to go watch some Tal vs Fischer to feel alive after Ding and Gukesh's games.
omg facts
I need to go and watch some Magnus games where he wins these drawn positions and makes his opponents look like IMs
Thanks!
I noticed that in most of the videos, not only from the FIDE Chess Championship, at some point the clocks disappear by the end of the video .... me personally I would like to see them until the game finishes :) In this video they disappear at 9:16, with the moves A3 and F5
Once it becomes irrelevant to the game, I no longer use it. But sure, I can keep it for the entire game
It doesn't really matter as it was a draw
@lothor69 for you it doesn't matter. Also, I'm talking about all videos, not only this one. Not all videos are draws ;)
@@alextintea78 fair enough if it happens on other videos as well where there's a win
@@agadmatorNo point in taking it away once you’ve put it in, mate. Just leave them there for the whole game.
2 years ago everyone was complaining about drawish games with the Berlin, now it's the same with another European capifal
This feels longer than 2 years ago
If only we could see the Budapest gambit.
@@larspenneman7309 I think it was more than 2 years ago
Wait till we get round to the Leningrad Dutch
Maybe we need new capitals for these countries.
Looks like Ding is trying to take this match into Tie Breaks , i.e. , faster time controls.
When do they start playing rapid? Once the 14 games are over?
Gukesh is hardly pushing for wins when he has white either. To be fair, Ding did something of a novelty in the London but Gukesh handled it.
@@stevendaly4640 he does push but Ding is just superior in defence.
@@stevendaly4640 Gukesh is pushing too hard , he is even pushing when he shouldn't. Check out Magnus's , Hikaru's or live commentators' opinions regarding this.
"Everything is a draw. It's only a matter of how annoying you can be."
so true.
Stockfish would win that "drawn" position against gukesh or Ding 4/5 games lets be honest here
Gukesh should go all out soon.
The difference in their rapid ratings is well over 100 points.
He had said in the post game interview he just wants to play good chess . But of the two if Gukesh sees an opportunity to go for a win he will go for it unlike Ding who is content for a draw
Maybe a player with that kind of weak rapid rating , shouldn't be the world chess champion.
@@michaelmassaro4375 Gukesh had many chances of winning, but he doesn't seem to find the best move when it mattered and that's why Ding has always survived in most of their encounters.
Imagine if they draw the classical from here and then Ding wins the rapid section only with black = a world champion is crowned never having won with white
@@straightfacts5352 same is true if Gukesh wins rapid section only with black!
i've noticed with the handshakes, Gukesh's hand is always holding Ding's. Ding usually doesn't or cannot get his fingers around.
Impressive!
@@agadmatorSome kinda "SECRET" hand shake! 😮😮
That's pretty much expected, given his timid nature.
That's not Dings hand is a prosthetic made of silicone to look like the real thing but both his hands in his pocket 😊
Napkin handshake
Judging from this game you might think the object of chess was to trade all the pieces as quickly as possible.
You know this game is disappointing when the video is 13 min 30 long and the game only takes 7 minutes of it.
Watch out for Medo’s paw to b4! Tricky little fellow 🐶😄
the game is a bloody offense for everybody who loves chess
🤡🤡🤡
agreed.
True man!
This was disappointing to watch, like they are not even putting tactics in their games anymore.
Ding has his strategy sorted. He wants to draw all the games and play the shorter format.
yes - just swapping pieces off for the sake of it -
so boring and neither player is really trying to win.
It’s like someone put the same engine in two people and they’re playing each other with a couple of tweaks!
That's modern chess for you.
Is this your first time watching pro chess? If you’re just used to games highlighted in this channel I understand the disappointment. But what they’re doing is underestimated. Even if Gukesh and Ding played exclusively defensive chess which isn’t the case, the path to calculating their way to safety is still fascinating.
@@badlula17 I watched pro chess with Fischer and Tal, and it was NOTHING like this.
If chess was more exciting at the time it was because players were in general, worse than today, partly on account of their agressiveness. Not saying it was necessarily the case with those two all time greats but certainly with many contemporaries.
@@badlula17 These games are being watched world wide, and the players should realize that these boring draws only hurt the interest of young players or beginners.
These players play without errors or inaccuracies, but without taking any risks. Only I (Stockfish) can play with 100% accuracy, even while taking risks.
You can, but its kind of ironic that you (stockfish) is the one that decides if something is an inaccuracy
@@GeHeum It’s not ironic. Objective truths exist, therefore, in chess, objective truths also exist. The correct and incorrect moves.
@Stockfish-u3g what are you talking about? Stockfish is the strongest so its taken as the best move. Stockfish 17 will beat stockfish 16 even though both are stockfish.
@@ItsShahed17This explanation demonstrates that the "objective truths" of Stockfish are temporary ones. Stockfish isn't the end, but a passage to another level.
@@ItsShahed17 But that doesn't contradict anything I had written.
Handshake analysis:
Ding claims the high ground by offering (or accepting) the handshake from a standing position, Gukesh from a seated position.
Perhaps to compensate, or maybe nervous tension, or maybe even politeness, Gukesh puts more energy into the handshake, not only curling his fingers around the bottom of Ding's hand, but also applying slight pressure both at the tips of the fingers and at his wrist, which is under tension. Ding, meanwhile, has put no effort into the handshake - his fingers are more or less straight, returning none of Gukesh's pressure, like he's merely put his hand out for Gukesh to do all the work. Is this a sign of Ding's relaxation? Him barely tolerating the formality of a handshake? A disdain of his opponent? Because the photo was taken before / after Ding did a proper handshake (which would suggest Gukesh really prolongs his handshakes)?
Another thing to note is Gukesh's suits. Still only 18, and very slightly built, his suits throughout this tournament have featured large shoulder pads; this handshake-photo seems to suggest he has padding at the cuffs, too, and there are photos of Gukesh leaning across the board with strange, sharp lines parallel to his spine, almost like his entire back is cushioned, or he has wires running down.
This concludes my PhD thesis on the Gukesh / Ding handshake.
😂😂😂😂 by the way, in India, handshake between mens must be little tight.
This is culture here in our country. It only means I am giving you importance/respect.
While a soft handshake means you are not so important. Being Chinese, Dings knows it about Indians and he may be using this as a tactic against Gukesh.
Chinese are brilliant at mind game.
Anyway, let's see who wins. I wanted Magnus vs Gukesh or Magnus vs Ding or Magnus vs Fabi
In short, I wanted to see Magnus in one of the seat.
@@theman7955 It's my considered opinion after 25 visits to India that Indian men are generally happier holding hands than shaking them. And I mean no offence by that, its just an observation.
Here's your Nobel price 🏅👏🏻 😅
@@abdullahsaidgul8005✌️was right there!
8:41
Why not bishop captures queen instead of rook.
Black's pawn structure would not ruin
Because of the Pin
I think Black just wanted to get his rook active? And don't mind the ruined pawn structure. Even the commentators didn't think Black has any issues there
still drawissh position
He wants to have a rook in the open D file. Plus ruining pawn structure when Queens are off the board isn't a big difference (but who am I to know I'm only 1500 elo lol)
in rapid format, Gukesh has a rating of 2654 and a world ranking of 45 while Ding, at 2776, is ranked no 2 in the world
The only people who are happy after this game are the cameramen, interviewers and FIDE team coz they can all take an early off today LOL! 😂
omg so fast! they're still doing interviews 🤣🤣🤣
It was a snoozer.
Thankfully Rapport's photo saved the day.
Can one of you explain why queen trade wasnt dine with bishop.
Wh did black captured with rook instead.of bishop
He just weekend the king sise pawn structure
Wow, Agad being faster than Barry Allen 😮
8:41 Why Rxd8 and not Bxd8 followed by white Bxd8 Rxd8 and now the pawn structure is fine? Is it because white isn't forced to take and black would get two bishops on the 8th rank?
They should be playing with coloured pencils rather than chess pieces, because all they can do is DRAW.
I think the problem with the Championship format is that if one player (Magnus, or Gukesh) knows the other player (Caruana, or Ding) is weak at Rapid/Blitz, then they can turn every game into a draw, and just have the world classical champion decided by a blitz or rapid game.
@@stevenxu5747 in case of Ding and Gukesh, Ding knows he's better in blitz/rapid
If the match finishes even, instead of tie break in a shorter format, it would be better to make game 13 and 14 Fischer random. If we want to decide the world classical champion, surely random chess 960 is closer than the shorter formats, and those likely games would more exciting and without engine preparation and there would a worthy winner.
Just another draws
Great idea
Dont agree
@@romalmohamednazir8448 well the problem with that idea will be - soon the top players will memorize those positions too, placing further burden on anyone who wants to be a champion. Beat our new preparation too.
@UnknownUser-j3n
There are 960 different starting positions, and traditional chess is only one starting position, so to even , it will need someone with a brain 960 times bigger or 960 times more memory capacity to remember. It is not possible.
I feel like black’s white square bishop as well :))) “no one really cares about you, only allowed to play when the game is already over!” Hahaha
Does anyone know more about the Tshirt from Rapport ? Wanna buy it, but cant it :(
What if they continue to play draws? How will the result come? Who will be crowned the World champion?
If they continue with Draws they’ll play faster time format games I believe Blitz I’m not sure of the specifics I think best of three Blitz games
Ding is fighting Gukesh and Rapport is fighting his closet
My biggest hope is to have him show up in a 5000$ suit. Custom boots and a very very rare watch. This would be psychological warfare on the highest level.
Please, show the score so far before this match. Like you did in the upper left corner of your video on game 9.
10:09 me too, blacks light square bishop, me too.
Feel personally attacked
Why the clocks disappear midway through the video? Last time as well
What a snoozer. One of these chaps is gonna have to man-up and try to win this thing.
Would a classical 9LX Armageddon with auction game ever be a snoozer?
Any chance of checking what’s up with the clock that disappears after a certain amount of moves? Thanks :)
I think the problem with the Championship format is that if one player (Magnus, or Gukesh) knows the other player (Caruana, or Ding) is weak at Rapid/Blitz, then they can turn every game into a draw, and just have the world classical champion decided by a blitz or rapid game.
8:42 Why not take back with the bishop and preserve the pawn structure in front of the king?
It is a bit unfortunate that the most interesting aspect of the game was Rapport's random outfit.
#Suggestion
Prag vs Svane in the Bundesliga
So many nice lines and tactics
They can't find Tal's "deep dark forest."
What were the standings before this game?
This was an interesting game with some cool alternative lines...Gukesh might well be playing for the rapid section so Ding might have to try some more dynamic lines.
Rapport's shorts were the most interesting -Ding- thing in this video
The intro music is so loud it is tearing up my speakers 🤣
1.) The most outragous thing about Rapport's outfit are the socks he chose to go with those shorts. A bold and daring choice.
2.) Ding is a worthy placeholder for the world title. He's a brilliant player and won't be beaten by anyone who's second-best, but Magnus is still the real champion.
Idk if Ding is faster or not but... We're here to find out!! Thank you for Covering this Event!!
The most boring world chess championship.
Ding is defensive, and wants to have a go at rapid since he is clearly better than Gukesh.
Gukesh seems unprepared for the world chess championship.
i wouldn't go that far. this game was a tad dull... but earlier games were ridiculously complex.
Will be an interesting match overall if the one decisive games were 1 and 3 and then rest are draws. Like a boxing match where both opponents land strong early blows but then play it safe and clinch a lot for the rest of the match.
Hi @agadmator - Normally do we see so many openings in world chess championship? Please let us know your thoughts.
my friend, I think the animation with the music should go first second, and then u start "hello everyone"
This should be renamed to - How to Draw Matches Championship 🏆
Most thought the Match would be Gukesh at +3 by now. Ding is putting him to sleep till the last game when he will smash him. Or not??
More game 7 type draws, please...
Great one Todd
Seems like Ding has prepared a nice draw with white
I've generated so many AI images that my first instinct with that handshake photo was to count all the fingers.
😅
🎉 Playing the game vs analysing the game..😊
10 to 15 minutes is perfect duration for video. 😊
Depends on how many moves the games last. Time of video isn't important . If it's 100 move game, it's gonna be a long video. As it should
$200,000 bonus paid to the winner of a game and we still get draws LOL
What types of championship matches are going on, that here world champion wants a easy draw with his white pieces & FIDE is going to decide new world champion in rapid format😅. people are saying chess is too much developed than before🤦♂
OLD is GOLD.
So basically there is no difference between my life and Black's light square bishop..
Rapport looks like he's in a MGMT video.
Why are you so obsessed with the handshake???
No eye contact drama 🎭 continues 😅🤣😂😁
Rapport just a very cool dude
Game suggestion: Wu Shaobin-Nadanian, 2006, where black plays the Budapest Gambit
The saga of the eye contact has been gripping.
And it was in this position, upon wearing psychedelic shorts, that Richard Rapport became the talk of town, as there is nothing better to be worn.
Can we a get the Gukesh vs Hikaru tata steel chess india 2022 blitz game? Gukesh wins against Nakamura with seconds on clock, naka was disgusted at the end, maybe on the next rest day? #suggestion
#suggestion Erigaisi vs Murtas Kazhgaleyev, just a few days ago. Great offensive idea, worthy of Tal himself.
I am gathering that Ding is the stronger player. He has had multiple occasions to push solid advantage yet simply didn’t
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Μan I like Ding, but I hate it when people don’t grip firmly during a handshake.
I'm picturing Black's light-square bishop showing up all pumped at the party only to find everyone gone except one guy sweeping the floors.
You forgot to put the score interface!
text of moves for game 6 still missing
Rapport is like a metal head singer , somehow time travelled to 2024 🎸
Ding is just trying to draw until they get to shorter time controls which is a good strategy because he is better than Gukesh in shorter time controls!! It’s a great strategy and you can’t hate on it, you can hate on the rules though.
Well i expect better from my champions. High expectations may be but i have grown up watching the likes of Federer, Tendulkar, etc, who were always so performance oriented rather than result oriented. I mean come on you are the world champion, do your thing, show us what makes you the best.
could we agree with some sort of signal to let us know when the game was an uneventful draw? I understand that it being the WCC, it might be necessary to cover every game, but I'd much rather not sit through a match where nothing happened, the players shuffled the pieces around and at the end of the day the only thing that advanced was the number of games played
His video was only 13 minutes. There's your signal.
Somewhat agree. Even world championship games may be skippable. I think there have been such games in every championship match ever held in history
@@joshcarey4187 well, we had four videos with at least 20min and even reaching 30min at some point and they all fizzled in uninteresting draws, so the issue is not this video alone, if you weren't able to tell
Medo ❤👼🐶
why did both players start with a few secs less than 2h on the clock?
I think Fischer Random should be applied in the World Championship because it most likely is unpredictable and Pure chess will be seen.
20 games, if draw, then current champion retains his title. That should be the format.
Its not a matter of opinion... ding is 100 points more in rapid that gukesh... SO.. Ding clearly is good with this result... maybe gukesh make a great preparation for this scenario... but with the evidence available Ding is favourite in rapid by a good margin
Legendary handshake commentary.
From the handshake photo, we can see that Ding has much nicer nails.
Is that Nokia logo? Bcos im certainly sure chess nowadays is "connecting people"
That handshake: Ding has fish hand, he just lets Gukesh grab it
Well done Gukesh 🔥
im getting so bored waiting everyday to see each game to be excited just to see both players playing super safe as pose to more magnus risk the biscuit style 😢
This was such a snoozefest even the pieces were sleeping.
But as always, agadmator's coverage is professional.
The see you soon at the ending xD !!!
Liren with the dead fish handshake.
Gukesh said he will want Fischer as his second.
I bet Fischer would have slapped both of them after seeing their games😂😂😂😂
Your username checks out.
Sure buddy. Let's completely ignore the fact that ding is the one who is going for draws despite being a world champion.