"There is one game where this move was played, but it was between 2 players rated around 2000, so nothing of high caliber" Me, an 1100: EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!
I know what you mean. Agad says, "Let me give you a few seconds to find the winning move" and ten minutes later, I'm like "There are no winning moves!"
Lol I’m 1600 and I burst out laughing when he said that. Sacrificing your bishop in a fairly dry position at the start of the game is considered “nothing special”
Daring the opponent to take the free piece is normally how I'd play it... But the doubled pawn is just the root of the problem for Ding, if he didn't have the doubled pawn, I'm pretty sure he'd win!
it s actually the less excintg if u know what chess is about! Carlsen would have seen nepo s blunders from miles away. Those were easy wins. Ding under pressure can t play chess
@@TheSpecter92 I wouldn't say he cant XDD 😅 Ding has been in many tournaments before, it is his first wcc and the pressure can be staggering (or have we forgotten even Nepo melted down after game 6 the last time) It's a whole different type of pressure even experienced players have to learn how to deal with.
@@xekind 'Boring as hell' and yet he has won every last one 😂. To borrow an old Tigran Petrosian quote: "They say my games should be more 'interesting'. I could be more 'interesting' - and also lose." And on another note I don't believe chess should cater to the masses for reason of accessibility or entertainment. If chess is by chance amazing to watch than so be it but the foremost goal should be winning. Everything else comes secondary.
Poor Ding. He is so honest and likable person. And such a strong chess player, but he visibly collapses. Almost like Nepo in his match against Carlsen, after game 6.
Qh4 might be the greatest bluff in (recent) chess history. The line was so insane and Nepo sold it so well that Ding was almost forced to buy it. Remember Ding didn't have engine, so he could only know that Kd1 would lead to an equal position if he saw the Knight sac on d4 (he missed a similar idea later on in the game). Maybe Ding thought Kd1 was a safer, more practical way to play for the win. Though ofc w/o last game perhaps he would've taken 10mins to double check everything and go for the winning line
Well, after Kd1 the position was still winning even if Nepo improved a lot black position. The final mistake has been Bf3, till that moment white was in much better position.
I don't think it was a bluff. Nepo said in the interview that he genuinely thought it was a great move until he played it and then realized it wouldn't have done anything. He got lucky that Ding also thought it was a legit move.
Press conference after: Agad: “Nepo-was it bluff?” Nepo: “hrm, hrmmm, there was no perpetual.” (Translation: YES.) Ding: Laughs out loud. (Silently: “DAMMIT!!!”)
Once again would like to say many of us really like your rapid fire analysis of other possible lines. please don't let criticism impede your presentation style.
I find that sometimes the real beauty in a chess game is not only the moves that are played, but also the threat of the moves that aren't played. Love the way you explore different lines in a position.
Nice Game by Ian as well Ding the aggressor but Nepo held his own very nicely against some Great offensive moves by Ding I have a Feeling Ding will even improve more before it’s said and done but I haven’t watched as many Nepo Games to think I’m even knowledgeable I’m playing catch up with a lot of the GM content but Enjoying it all and especially this channel # 1 our Dude Antonio 🤩♟️💯
@@Valmar123123 It's somewhere in the comments here. Nepo was like "hmm, hmm, there was no perpetual" (so it was a bluff!), and Ding started laughing after that, kinda funny
Seeing this, Who needs Carlsen now with his boring positional chess! Great games and a smart trick of Nepo! Ding doesn't give up and can turn the tide. Absolute entertainment of a match! Thanks erveryone who provide these beauty, you too Agad!
In the last 2 games Ding has been taking the initiative even though he blundered or did not manage his clock well. If he does not lose his confidence and keep playing and calculating well, he has a chance to comeback.
@@mralireza931 Nope, it is the other way around. He spend time to calculate because he is good at it more than a lot of Super GMs. He will burn time for sure but that's how he became a 2800 player, 2nd in the world and unbeaten for 100 classical games in a row. Nepo is just complicated for him because Nepo likes to complicates as well and Ding calculations may become too much.
@RandAlThor lmao, in all seriousness, ding is like a awkward nerdy guy... can't manage the clock at all, scared all the time, can't speak properly... serious confidence issues
One can imagine Ding's reaction in the post-mortem. He's not out of this match because Ding demostrates he can attack strongly, but we are seeing how much better Nepo is at handling pressure. Ding again allowed to much time to drain away and put pressure on himself and lost his winning advantage.
Just dont see how Ding ever becomes world champion without greatly improving his time situations, good on Nepo surviving this one, that was world class defending, especially that jedi mind trick move lol
I play a lot of these opening but a lot of beauty.all the pieces is wonderful and the pawn power in chess is show up the f3 pawn .thank you agamator.Tirso expert master
Nepo is literally taking Ding by the hand into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5 and the path leading out is only wide enough for Nepo. #MikhailTalReborn.
I'm not good at calculating, but I do feel there is a time in Chess when you need to be bold, as well as times when you need to not be too greedy and in both cases you just need to hold your nerve and do what you feel is the principled move
My theory: There is no preparation leak. Those were actually games played by alt account of Nepo and Ding, training, because the entire championship is scripted. And thats why they were played online. Thats why we are getting so unreal funny, interesting games :)
I like to see Ding playing like Ding though, very cunning and forcing with clever moves. As though he does not measure the positions by giving points to the pieces. Just moving them with the purpose of having a dominating position.
Funny, how everybody is bashing Ding for not winning this, when even Nepo - maybe the second best player in the world - did not see that Qh4 does not work. Always easy to judge with the rating bar of a strong engine.
Is it me, or is the chess becoming otherworldly? Like leaps and bounds ahead of itself, from just last year. I used to be able to follow along, but this year, I think my head's going to explode. I still love it, though.
If those lichess accounts do belong to Ding and Rapport, that's a surprising lapse in security. At this level, I would expect these players to have private servers/software that allow them to play intra-team prep games over the internet without the moves becoming part of a public database. Even if the capability doesn't already exist within the tools used by the top pros (I have no idea), I'd expect the Chinese government to have set Ding up with something like that. It would take hardly any time/money to develop.
It is enough to make games unrated and they won't show up in the database ;p You don't even have to mess around with shared ip. Rookie mistake from Ding and Richie. Odds that somebody will scan lichess ghost sccount without any rated game and than connect it in the future while watching WCH are astronomically low. And yes these are theirs ghost accounts ;p
Wonderful game by Ding! Even though I wish the title bit more to Nepo, in this game I'm bit sad, Ding did not win. Thank you, Magnus, you decided not to play and we can have this absolutely amazing WCC.
What I love about this match is both of them actually played like how human will play since they know that their opponent will make human move as well. In that case Nepo's bluffing with Qh4 is actually a beautiful human move, and ding just fell for it. I imagine, if Nepo played Magnus or even Fabi who both played like machine in their respective WCC match, he wouldn't even dare to play Qh4.
If Magnus had to play both of these two in a Simul, 14 game match for the World Championship, he would win. Both players have made so many errors that Magnus would capitalize on. It is clear that the winner will be WC, but Magnus is still, by far, the better player. He's a machine...
No we do not just want the moves. The reason your channel got so great is for your commentary and analysis which add great value to your content. I would suggest you do not just give the moves in the end, just provide them in a description. If anyone wants the moves, they can just find them, no reason to just announce them at the end of the video. Not because it will be 1 minute longer, but because it seems a bit weird and serves no purpose. Keep it up man.
Damn, poor Ding. Even I saw that taking the bishop was bad because it took the rook off the past pawn. Prior he let Nepos bluff fool him. This poor kid has so little confidence I just want to hear Rapport giving him the pep talk of the century.
Think this is a pattern of chess player development. Young and rising players are bold, challenging. When they reach their maximum competitive level, they discover that method is not working so well, they can be out-complicated, so they start looking for more standard positions from which to exercise their creativity. They work more systematically, learn to expect the unexpected, and credit their opponents with smarts corresponding to their elo. In so doing, they can lose their self-confidence and become overly defensive, not so interesting.
Both the Players are still quite Young and comparatively much better than their Peers... They will probably play one more WC as well.. And Ding will benefit a lot from these chess games.. The First WC always hits the nerves.
Nepo is like the quarterback that does great and you just know is going to screw up somehow. After watching his blunders with Magnus im not convinced the rook was a bluff. I think hes a space cadet.
You didn't mention that you managed to ask Nepo a question directly (well, sort of, it was read during the conference as one of the questions from Twitter) and that he sort-of confirmed it was a bluff - he said that at first he thought it was a brilliant move, but after further calculation he realised that the king can escape perpetual check and his position is ugly, but that it turned out to be a good practical move.
Although the game ended in a draw, it really felt like a Ding loss rather than a Nepo win. If I’ve not miscalculated, Nepo now only needs to draw the remaining games to win the match and the championship, which seems like a lot of pressure is now on Ding’s shoulders - and with the black pieces - to try and salvage his position. Maybe this is where Ian’s previous experiences will work in his favour, but I would not want to write off any player with Ding’s god-tier ability to calculate such sharp lines. It’s not over yet, but I do slightly favour the candidate for FIDE!
I’ve got a medical condition called dyscalculia, which affects my ability to do basic mental arithmetic, so yes, I *do* need to calculate. With an actual calculator or by using my fingers as it happens - and, yes, it does affect my ability to play chess. But I still enjoy the game even with this limitation. Either way, you’ve both been oh-so-clever and completely missed the main point of my comment: all the pressure is on Ding to win tomorrow, and with the black pieces, because of today’s blunderfest and draw. By rights, Ding should have won today, which could have taken this match to the wire, but now that all Nepo needs are draws to win, Ding has unnecessarily made his task just that bit harder. Clever play by Nepo to basically bluff his way to a result from a position he had no right to escape in the first place. This is what makes human-human play OTB so much more interesting, in my view, than engine vs engine perfection: the contest of human ego and the psychological fragility (or otherwise) of the individual players makes for such unique contests.
@feliscorax4508 my brother-in-law has dyscalculia and my wife has dyslexia. I'm sorry if I've offended you, but there's nothing to "calculate." You don't need to sum any of the outcomes. If any player has a lead, then logically, all draws will retain that lead. No math involved here. That's what I'm pointing out.
I think it’s cool you do a section of just the moves. Your commentary is great, but I do get lost on the past few moves more often than I’m gonna admit.
Open fight. Both boxers refuse to play in defense and prefer punching each other aggressively. After 3-4 such rounds, next rounds will proliferate with inaccuracies and empty swings compared with the defensive match, but will be more entertaining to watch.
Qh4 was bluff - Ding was low on time - and the time to calculate that it is not a perpetual is long - and Ding may hve been traumatised by his time problems. As a matter of fact, he played his move 40 with 4 seconds left. Nepo playsed a mind game, as Agadmator mentions.
I don't think that was impossible to calculate. I was watching the event live and Giri once Nepo played that queen move, spotted immediately it was a bluff and blitzed out the moves without the use of the engine. And Giri in the number 6 in the world, not even preparing for the world title, so I think as Giri said too, that the previous game put ghosts on Ding who was putting all the attention on the clock because he missed something like 5 moves to win the game on the spot.
a. Giri is also one of the strangest player in the circuit as on date. b. Giri is not under pressure. The pressure of a real world championship match is insane.
Everyone is acting like this game was devastating for Ding, but I think it would be way worse if he never had any winning chances. He had Nepo on the ropes twice, so he clearly will have plenty more opportunities in the next six games. This isn't the chess era of a couple decades ago where everything was a draw and wins were so rare that a single decisive game early on determined the match. Ding historically tends to get stronger deeper into the match as well, so we still have a long way to go.
“This is not the rook you are looking for” - Obi Ian Kenobi
"Not the rook your looking for, this is" - Yoda
Best comment in a while!
Amazing comment
"I can't understand how we got past that idea of taking the rook"
Actually laughed out loud thanks! Hopes Agad puts the quote in the next vid
"There is one game where this move was played, but it was between 2 players rated around 2000, so nothing of high caliber"
Me, an 1100: EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!
I know what you mean. Agad says, "Let me give you a few seconds to find the winning move" and ten minutes later, I'm like "There are no winning moves!"
Lolololol
@@crispinfornoff206 I don't even want it anymore after this!!
@@davidoconnor1773 Yeah, it's not really worth it. Competitive games ruin your life.
Lol I’m 1600 and I burst out laughing when he said that. Sacrificing your bishop in a fairly dry position at the start of the game is considered “nothing special”
Nepo has the dubious distinction of playing the "MOST" accurate(against carlsen) and the "LEAST" accurate game in world chess championship.
I see
Wait only one reply. 👍
Yea, that sounds like Nepo. Very fitting.
what do you mean? Nepo lost terribly against Carlsen because he could not play accurately.
@@troymarwick6016 in the WCC nepo made alot of mistake, In a normal tournament he can actually compete like tata steel
i don't think i'll ever get used to seeing agadmator from this angle
We'll never see the dog again !!.... either it's 90 degrees in there or he needs to check his temperature.....He seems uncomfortably sweating'
@@jefsch7 i also like the old angle and audio quality. im happy the content remains the same though!
Push (the camera up)😂
I liked the other angle better, too
I vote for old angle
Ding is bringing us some really great games by taking risk playing some line which leads to those beautiful positions
The influence of Richard Rapport on this choice cannot be understated. I am ecstatic that they are working together!!
Daring the opponent to take the free piece is normally how I'd play it... But the doubled pawn is just the root of the problem for Ding, if he didn't have the doubled pawn, I'm pretty sure he'd win!
Even the draws are unbelievably wild, most exciting WCC in a long time!
Agreed. I'm so glad Magnus realized he's boring as hell at long formats and decided to become a streamer.
it s actually the less excintg if u know what chess is about! Carlsen would have seen nepo s blunders from miles away. Those were easy wins. Ding under pressure can t play chess
@@TheSpecter92 I wouldn't say he cant XDD 😅 Ding has been in many tournaments before, it is his first wcc and the pressure can be staggering (or have we forgotten even Nepo melted down after game 6 the last time) It's a whole different type of pressure even experienced players have to learn how to deal with.
@@xekind 'Boring as hell' and yet he has won every last one 😂. To borrow an old Tigran Petrosian quote: "They say my games should be more 'interesting'. I could be more 'interesting' - and also lose."
And on another note I don't believe chess should cater to the masses for reason of accessibility or entertainment. If chess is by chance amazing to watch than so be it but the foremost goal should be winning. Everything else comes secondary.
@@anthonyschlott916 Nepo Collapsed on game six, but before that he was absolutely holding his own..
Have been watching ur channel for a couple years now, love the way you break down the games.
Poor Ding. He is so honest and likable person. And such a strong chess player, but he visibly collapses. Almost like Nepo in his match against Carlsen, after game 6.
Looks like Agad utilized the rest day! Refreshed and better than ever!!
Was watching this game live and it was absolutely insane! Feel bad for Ding missing such challenging move with Rd3
Game would’ve been dings immortal rook lifts if he played it
Qh4 might be the greatest bluff in (recent) chess history. The line was so insane and Nepo sold it so well that Ding was almost forced to buy it. Remember Ding didn't have engine, so he could only know that Kd1 would lead to an equal position if he saw the Knight sac on d4 (he missed a similar idea later on in the game). Maybe Ding thought Kd1 was a safer, more practical way to play for the win. Though ofc w/o last game perhaps he would've taken 10mins to double check everything and go for the winning line
Ding couldn't take the pressure. The match was over two games ago.
Well, after Kd1 the position was still winning even if Nepo improved a lot black position. The final mistake has been Bf3, till that moment white was in much better position.
I don't think it was a bluff. Nepo said in the interview that he genuinely thought it was a great move until he played it and then realized it wouldn't have done anything. He got lucky that Ding also thought it was a legit move.
@@fractured_soul_ you won't hesitate with bluffing if you don't know that you're bluffing in the first place.
@@fractured_soul_ it's the so called "fishing in the mud" ..
Press conference after:
Agad: “Nepo-was it bluff?”
Nepo: “hrm, hrmmm, there was no perpetual.” (Translation: YES.)
Ding: Laughs out loud. (Silently: “DAMMIT!!!”)
Did this really happen?
@@jeronimopereyra6222 Yes. In the press conference they asked a couple of questions from Twitter, and Agad's question was asked.
Once again would like to say many of us really like your rapid fire analysis of other possible lines.
please don't let criticism impede your presentation style.
this game reflect the chess itself, tactic, strategy, emotion, and psychologhy
I watched a lot of the livestream but I still watched this video because your style is so fun to watch!
Yeah, me too
Qh4 should earn Nepo the title of bluffmaster
Training his bluffing skills so that he can play poker with magnus. Hahaha
@@justinmarcouxdominguez8596 🤣🤣
@@justinmarcouxdominguez8596 Magnus: “I’ve got a royal flush.”
Ian: “That’s great, but if only you had this card here you could have had SABACC.”
Coming from the legendary Itachi, this is truly a compliment of the highest order for Nepo
Or Ian-Skywalker :)
0:54 Agadmator casually roasting World Chess Championship sponsor with the same laid-back voice he describes the game in 😆
I like the short version at the end! Like a brief summary after a great lesson.
I find that sometimes the real beauty in a chess game is not only the moves that are played, but also the threat of the moves that aren't played. Love the way you explore different lines in a position.
Thank you so much- your analysis deep, clear and makes it very exciting!!
17:00 After seeing DL fail to win being so close, I lean towards Nepo winning this match. This was a perfect chance to tie lost.
Understandable. Ding broke after game 7. He has shown that he hasnt got the nerve to be a world Chess Champion.
@Berek71182 that's what everyone said about nepo last year
@@BREAKocean Well, its not over yet, but the longer Nepo holds his lead, the harder it is for Ding to come back.
@@BREAKocean because that's how it was. But now, this is a very different Ian
Nice Game by Ian as well Ding the aggressor but Nepo held his own very nicely against some Great offensive moves by Ding I have a Feeling Ding will even improve more before it’s said and done but I haven’t watched as many Nepo Games to think I’m even knowledgeable I’m playing catch up with a lot of the GM content but Enjoying it all and especially this channel # 1 our Dude Antonio 🤩♟️💯
Thank you for adding a summary at the end of these WCC games because these videos cover a lot of stuff, so a summary at the end really helps.
Agadmator: I don't want just the moves. I want you to go as deep into every line you can.
Funny to hear your question being asked during the after game press conference. 😁
which question was?
@@Valmar123123 If queen H4 was a bluff or not
@@Bladieblah Lol so hilarious thx! What was his answer?
@@Valmar123123 It's somewhere in the comments here. Nepo was like "hmm, hmm, there was no perpetual" (so it was a bluff!), and Ding started laughing after that, kinda funny
I love how he listened to his viewers as just the moves, but kept the normal format for everyone else.
Seeing this, Who needs Carlsen now with his boring positional chess! Great games and a smart trick of Nepo! Ding doesn't give up and can turn the tide. Absolute entertainment of a match! Thanks erveryone who provide these beauty, you too Agad!
In the last 2 games Ding has been taking the initiative even though he blundered or did not manage his clock well. If he does not lose his confidence and keep playing and calculating well, he has a chance to comeback.
He calculates well because he burns so much time. As soon as he started playing fast today he made three big mistakes.
@@mralireza931 Nope, it is the other way around. He spend time to calculate because he is good at it more than a lot of Super GMs. He will burn time for sure but that's how he became a 2800 player, 2nd in the world and unbeaten for 100 classical games in a row. Nepo is just complicated for him because Nepo likes to complicates as well and Ding calculations may become too much.
@@cheya111 ding "small pp energy" liren
@@PeskyWabbit. 12 year olds back with the fire comments🔥
@RandAlThor lmao, in all seriousness, ding is like a awkward nerdy guy... can't manage the clock at all, scared all the time, can't speak properly... serious confidence issues
One can imagine Ding's reaction in the post-mortem. He's not out of this match because Ding demostrates he can attack strongly, but we are seeing how much better Nepo is at handling pressure. Ding again allowed to much time to drain away and put pressure on himself and lost his winning advantage.
Just dont see how Ding ever becomes world champion without greatly improving his time situations, good on Nepo surviving this one, that was world class defending, especially that jedi mind trick move lol
0:00 And it was in this position we have a completely new shirt 😂
I play a lot of these opening but a lot of beauty.all the pieces is wonderful and the pawn power in chess is show up the f3 pawn .thank you agamator.Tirso expert master
Nezhmedinov's queen sac in the shirt ❤
thanks Antonio. Enjoyed the long and short versions.. Great to see yoy better
"looks like a Bond villain". I am dying.
Wow, what a game... Thanks to Ding for forcing such interesting lines. And thanks to Nepo for being himself, and not playing boring chess.
Nepo is literally taking Ding by the hand into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5 and the path leading out is only wide enough for Nepo. #MikhailTalReborn.
I'm not good at calculating, but I do feel there is a time in Chess when you need to be bold, as well as times when you need to not be too greedy and in both cases you just need to hold your nerve and do what you feel is the principled move
That rook to d3 move is so pretty because it makes it possible to go to h3 AND have your bishop covering h3 when you slide over to attack the queen
Game 7 still haunt Ding, if only he calculated further he would know Nepo bluff
Finally, an exciting world championship match!! Gooo Nepooo!!
Loving the short version at the end, really helps seeing the bigger picture
My theory: There is no preparation leak.
Those were actually games played by alt account of Nepo and Ding, training, because the entire championship is scripted. And thats why they were played online.
Thats why we are getting so unreal funny, interesting games :)
This game is WILD. These unusual lines are so exciting.
I like to see Ding playing like Ding though, very cunning and forcing with clever moves. As though he does not measure the positions by giving points to the pieces. Just moving them with the purpose of having a dominating position.
You're wise
You're wise
@@emmanuelojiakor4319 Thank you. You too for seeing this.
I never thought I would see such a blunder fest at the top level. No wonder Magnus doesn't want to play against these clowns.
Show some respect: these two players are still far superior to just about any other player out there. Including yourself. Only human and all that.
Difference between a blunder and a missed best move. There were for sure no blunders im this game
I am so invested in this years wc..
Which i never thought would happen
Ding deserved to win. He creates magic on the board. Hope this will continue
Wow what a game from ding and defence from nepo...
Ding achieve such amazing positions but his clock is taking the hit
Nice recovery. Glad to see you in top form. B form was still good too.
Funny, how everybody is bashing Ding for not winning this, when even Nepo - maybe the second best player in the world - did not see that Qh4 does not work. Always easy to judge with the rating bar of a strong engine.
Damn, they are really making this championship interesting!!
Is it me, or is the chess becoming otherworldly? Like leaps and bounds ahead of itself, from just last year. I used to be able to follow along, but this year, I think my head's going to explode. I still love it, though.
Ding the self destroyer ....and please reply me dear amda..lots of love from India
If those lichess accounts do belong to Ding and Rapport, that's a surprising lapse in security. At this level, I would expect these players to have private servers/software that allow them to play intra-team prep games over the internet without the moves becoming part of a public database. Even if the capability doesn't already exist within the tools used by the top pros (I have no idea), I'd expect the Chinese government to have set Ding up with something like that. It would take hardly any time/money to develop.
It is enough to make games unrated and they won't show up in the database ;p You don't even have to mess around with shared ip. Rookie mistake from Ding and Richie. Odds that somebody will scan lichess ghost sccount without any rated game and than connect it in the future while watching WCH are astronomically low. And yes these are theirs ghost accounts ;p
Wonderful game by Ding! Even though I wish the title bit more to Nepo, in this game I'm bit sad, Ding did not win.
Thank you, Magnus, you decided not to play and we can have this absolutely amazing WCC.
*World #3 chess player Super GM Ding Liren doesn't find winning move in minutes*
Agad: *expects us to find the winning move in a few seconds*
Hello agadmator please release video about hans Niemann vs yuri solodovnichenko
Really good summary in the Just the Moves section!
Compare this world championship to the last. Incredible stuff. Rivetting
“Its Nepo, the knight is not going back” 💀💀
What I love about this match is both of them actually played like how human will play since they know that their opponent will make human move as well. In that case Nepo's bluffing with Qh4 is actually a beautiful human move, and ding just fell for it. I imagine, if Nepo played Magnus or even Fabi who both played like machine in their respective WCC match, he wouldn't even dare to play Qh4.
I really enjoyed this one! The video is absolutely not too long.
If Magnus had to play both of these two in a Simul, 14 game match for the World Championship, he would win. Both players have made so many errors that Magnus would capitalize on. It is clear that the winner will be WC, but Magnus is still, by far, the better player. He's a machine...
No we do not just want the moves. The reason your channel got so great is for your commentary and analysis which add great value to your content. I would suggest you do not just give the moves in the end, just provide them in a description. If anyone wants the moves, they can just find them, no reason to just announce them at the end of the video. Not because it will be 1 minute longer, but because it seems a bit weird and serves no purpose. Keep it up man.
Great video; Fascinating on many levels.
Damn, poor Ding. Even I saw that taking the bishop was bad because it took the rook off the past pawn.
Prior he let Nepos bluff fool him. This poor kid has so little confidence I just want to hear Rapport giving him the pep talk of the century.
Think this is a pattern of chess player development. Young and rising players are bold, challenging. When they reach their maximum competitive level, they discover that method is not working so well, they can be out-complicated, so they start looking for more standard positions from which to exercise their creativity. They work more systematically, learn to expect the unexpected, and credit their opponents with smarts corresponding to their elo. In so doing, they can lose their self-confidence and become overly defensive, not so interesting.
Or else you go into fashion design.
I love how agad stopped a second after saying "Hello everyone welcome to an incredible"......Game?! 😂😂
Both the Players are still quite Young and comparatively much better than their Peers...
They will probably play one more WC as well.. And Ding will benefit a lot from these chess games..
The First WC always hits the nerves.
Nepo is like the quarterback that does great and you just know is going to screw up somehow. After watching his blunders with Magnus im not convinced the rook was a bluff. I think hes a space cadet.
Nepo-Wan Kenobi showed us why you should believe in the force.
You didn't mention that you managed to ask Nepo a question directly (well, sort of, it was read during the conference as one of the questions from Twitter) and that he sort-of confirmed it was a bluff - he said that at first he thought it was a brilliant move, but after further calculation he realised that the king can escape perpetual check and his position is ugly, but that it turned out to be a good practical move.
That gentel man should have played the first move of an armagedon
Although the game ended in a draw, it really felt like a Ding loss rather than a Nepo win. If I’ve not miscalculated, Nepo now only needs to draw the remaining games to win the match and the championship, which seems like a lot of pressure is now on Ding’s shoulders - and with the black pieces - to try and salvage his position. Maybe this is where Ian’s previous experiences will work in his favour, but I would not want to write off any player with Ding’s god-tier ability to calculate such sharp lines. It’s not over yet, but I do slightly favour the candidate for FIDE!
No offense, but you shouldn’t need to calculate that the player ahead only needs draws to win the match lol
Nepo is ahead in the match. What's there to calculate?
If I've not miscalculated 🤓😭🤣
I’ve got a medical condition called dyscalculia, which affects my ability to do basic mental arithmetic, so yes, I *do* need to calculate. With an actual calculator or by using my fingers as it happens - and, yes, it does affect my ability to play chess. But I still enjoy the game even with this limitation.
Either way, you’ve both been oh-so-clever and completely missed the main point of my comment: all the pressure is on Ding to win tomorrow, and with the black pieces, because of today’s blunderfest and draw. By rights, Ding should have won today, which could have taken this match to the wire, but now that all Nepo needs are draws to win, Ding has unnecessarily made his task just that bit harder. Clever play by Nepo to basically bluff his way to a result from a position he had no right to escape in the first place.
This is what makes human-human play OTB so much more interesting, in my view, than engine vs engine perfection: the contest of human ego and the psychological fragility (or otherwise) of the individual players makes for such unique contests.
@feliscorax4508 my brother-in-law has dyscalculia and my wife has dyslexia.
I'm sorry if I've offended you, but there's nothing to "calculate." You don't need to sum any of the outcomes.
If any player has a lead, then logically, all draws will retain that lead. No math involved here. That's what I'm pointing out.
"It's either bad or it works." Very appropriate for Nepo's jedi mind trick
I was SHOCKED when Ding didn’t take the Rook. But, it’s all good at least he didn’t get flagged again.
Hey! Heard your question about the bluff at the press conference! Nice one.
Best part of the day, here we go
You should do live telecast too.
Omg i'm literally at the edge of my seat about to fall off! What a game!
Such a mind bending game! I love all the sidelines.
I think it’s cool you do a section of just the moves. Your commentary is great, but I do get lost on the past few moves more often than I’m gonna admit.
That was such a bold queen move wth! Ian def has some big balls to make it.
You should also add a bar showing which colour is better at the moment so the new players can understand the game better
All I can say is that I agree- absolute madness
Watched the whole Live. Nepo never flinched.😅
The quote sums it all up perfectly.
Open fight. Both boxers refuse to play in defense and prefer punching each other aggressively. After 3-4 such rounds, next rounds will proliferate with inaccuracies and empty swings compared with the defensive match, but will be more entertaining to watch.
Qh4 is the Tal bite ur cigar and light it and blow smoke into opponents face uber bluff move. Wow just wow. Luv u agad
0:44 whoa! Mining and processing plant 😂
Agadmator adds so much to some of the most exciting World Chess Championship games - Thanx
I really like the move summary!
Qh4 was bluff - Ding was low on time - and the time to calculate that it is not a perpetual is long - and Ding may hve been traumatised by his time problems. As a matter of fact, he played his move 40 with 4 seconds left. Nepo playsed a mind game, as Agadmator mentions.
I don't think that was impossible to calculate. I was watching the event live and Giri once Nepo played that queen move, spotted immediately it was a bluff and blitzed out the moves without the use of the engine. And Giri in the number 6 in the world, not even preparing for the world title, so I think as Giri said too, that the previous game put ghosts on Ding who was putting all the attention on the clock because he missed something like 5 moves to win the game on the spot.
a. Giri is also one of the strangest player in the circuit as on date.
b. Giri is not under pressure. The pressure of a real world championship match is insane.
Everyone is acting like this game was devastating for Ding, but I think it would be way worse if he never had any winning chances. He had Nepo on the ropes twice, so he clearly will have plenty more opportunities in the next six games.
This isn't the chess era of a couple decades ago where everything was a draw and wins were so rare that a single decisive game early on determined the match. Ding historically tends to get stronger deeper into the match as well, so we still have a long way to go.
I see most major chess games for the first time through your videos.
Thanks for showing moves only becoz i m not interested in understanding other lines. Thanks for providing this option to us so that we save our time.
We need to have semi hidden accounts for GM's that hold their games between each other from release for a year or so to allow for better preparation.
THIS IS DING's master Plan to confuse IAN , by playing 4-5 games exactly like Lichess then surprise with something else
Get well soon! Thanks for another enjoyable an insightful video.