I feel so bad for Ian. The after match press conference is just torture for him. But he's still smiling and answering, one of the best sportsmanship I've seen
I wouldn't feel too bad, he gets the better part of a million dollars even if he loses. Like damn, I lose chess for FREE all the time and this guy gets close to set for life for taking a few hits on the board.
@@PerfectSense77 Well yeah, but at that level you dont play chess for the money anymore. You play chess to prove that you are the best and then losing sucks
@@PerfectSense77 these are athletes you nugget, i could explain to you what this championship actually means for them but you wouldnt understand. Only money money money, must be funny
@@PerfectSense77 you wearing funnels over your eyes? because dang your view is narrow, yes nepotchivihchi is losing this game but he didn't get to this point for free, he had to win a lot of tough matches to get this far
Carlsen - proving legends still exist Ian - proving even in defeat you can be graceful and admit mistakes Levy - proving community makes everything better
Ian was ahead there , Magnus saw it as a drawn position but Ian had every advantage in the position there was to have , even after the blunder he had the outside pawn push, but the position was just lost by then
I play the english and while watching live I had no idea what Magnus was up to. That's the sort of development I expect from players at my level who have nothing in particular prepared for the english and are just winging it. Come to find out what he played appears to be completely sound. It's impressive.
@@yayangayu3393 I recommend learning English, instead of coming to English speaking channel with mostly Russian and English comments, expecting that someone understands you and sending wierd trash with sex proposition. This kind of comments are ugly. If you want to use comment bots, learn English or use Google translator or if only thing you send are sex offers, better don't send any comments at all, it would be better for everyone
yeah it was amazing summons images of people playing wild chess openings in the mean cyberpunk streets of Oslo. A British tourist walks up to there, his stockfish android walking with him, holding his hand and blushing as it sees the openings being played...
He actually posted before the Game finished. Video takes an hour to upload. So he just knew how they were going to finish the games. His level at chess is almost as High as his level at RUclips 😮
I don't really feel bad for him. He leaves the board, comes back after 5 minutes and makes a move in 1 minute. He's up half an hour- an hour and just doesn't calculate. I get that he is devastated, but it's all on his own. He could at least try and use the time.
The crazy screaming person on the train and the pawn centipede had me in tears. Levy has the best chess humor. And I love that you clarified the unintentional clickbait. You are the best!
lol yesss, those two jokes are the ones that did me in. I was in tears too, and had to stop the vid twice to comment about each. I think it's not specific to chess. The guy has humor, and he sometimes makes me think he could be a professional comedian. He's great and his jokes aren't polarizing at all. Total goofball, crazy imagination.
Love how Levi gets into the mind of Nepo before the blunder. So respectful and understanding, not going the easy way of destroying him, like almost all the other people in the web.
21:55 Magnus actually said in the press conference that he didn't see that Nepo could play Qe1 to basically force trading queens. Then the knight would've been trapped after f3 so he had to protect it but it also meant that he would lose the b7 pawn.
You got to admit the sportsmanship of Nepo. He had a smile on his face when he resigned. If i was on Nepo's place, probably might have left the room and took flight as Gotham said. We need to learn from our mistakes and move ahead. GG
I think in the press conference Carlsen confirmed he was still "in prep" while using all that time, but he'd forgotten exactly how some of the line went and so was having to reconfirm everything. So everyone was kind of right, kind of wrong on that.
Polgar once said playing Magnus feels like drowning. Magnus plays an obscure line to get to a middle game the computers can't figure out and Nepo cracks again with what looks like an unforced error. In Nepo's defense, when you are trying desperately to stay afloat the pressure Magnus applies forces you to lose your grip. Too bad. Great recap again!!
If playing Magnus feels like drowning, I'd imagine playing Stockfish would be like walking to the electric chair and Alphazero to be like a public execution.
Magnus really took his time to calculate everything when he had a winning position. Meanwhile, Nepo blitzed out moves in critical moments. Before c5, there was the option to play b4 instead of bxa3, but Nepo just instantly grabbed the pawn. He played c5 with some 50 mins on the clock vs 15 for Magnus!
easy for you to say after after losing 2 games in a row in a world championship in front of millions of people it would have been mentally devastating for him Edit:wrong reply
@Christopher Bradley he lost one time in the candidates (2nd time was the last game where he already was decided winner). I think it's different in WCC because of frustration of having to defend for 6 hours and lose. Nepo is very impulsive and plays impulsive chess, however this match he tried entirely different approach. The best scenario for him was winning before Magnus, this way he wouldn't tilt. But unfortunately he lost and isn't able to keep his cool, I hope this WCC will teach him to improve his psychology, because before 6th game he played almost perfect chess and after 6th game he isn't himself.
@Christopher Bradley the more time he spends thinking, the longer magnus has to calculate a winning position … plus they’d get time soon if they kept going so lol it really is easy for an uneducated person to say
I think Nepo has given up already. When I get frustrated at chess or feel helpless I just play moves that I feel is right, and don't think too much about is so I don't get emotionally invested This reminds me of that.
Didn't see this game before hand, as soon as I saw C5 I got really concerned over the bishop getting trapped (it's happened to me one too many times!). I figured Levy would explain the GM level crazy maneuvers that got black out of it, but I was blindsided by the reveal that it's losing! Was really reminded of when Fischer took a pawn and blundered his bishop. Thanks for the great content!
I come to your channel not only for your enjoyable recaps / good humor, but also because you have a salty respect & appreciation for the incredible lines the likes of SF can come up with. Even super GMs can benefit from insights produced with the recent incorporation of a neural net in SF's eval. Those engine developers rarely (if at all) get mention or credit, but yet they push frontier forward for everyone.
For those of us that are not all about that "Chess Life" and need simple recaps of what we were confused about when watching live, your recaps are invaluable.
21:50 Magnus said in the interview with Tania Sachdev that it actually wasn't his intention to "blunder a pawn in such a ridiculous manner". He just missed the move Qe1 by Ian, which practically led to that.
This mini series has honestly been the highlight of my day for these past 9 games, I find myself at work counting down the time till I can get home and see what happened. Thank you as always for making such entertaining and enjoyable content Levy
I feel what Magnus did dragging Nepo into the depths of hell in that game 6 classic where he slowly tortured him to death really psychologically broke Nepo even though he maybe thought he could shrug it off. He was playing so accurately before this and since then despite still playing fast a lot of his speedy aggression since then has felt like a bit of a bluff, then the blunders on top of this.. just brutal.
@@henrycastle-owen3666 I hate this argument so much. If you know where on the screen the top comment will appear and know damn well it could be a spoiler, just... don't look at it.
Levy: “White can’t play e4 because white would just hang the knight” Me: Yeah impossible nobody would just hang a piece at this level Me literally 10 moves later: 👁👄👁 On a serious note I hope nepo can get a win. He played so so well for the first 6 games he definitely doesn’t deserve to lose like this
In competitive stage, there is no "doesnt deserve to lose" unless due to some circumstancial thing regarding fairness. Everything is fair and square, nepo deserve to lose because he is simply not stronger than Magnus not because he is a bad chess player
@@ss2smallhours stop arguing semantics and get your head out of your ass. This isn't a discussion on competitive integrity, and they obviously meant they felt he played extremely well aside from the blunder
Nepos been such a trooper during the press conferences and stuff. I can’t imagine having to answer for my blunders on a global stage. I’m blundering queens and he’s missing tactics/positional endgames but still
I watch the game live, listen to all the commentary, and the multiple recaps. So I can attest Levy gives the best summation. He has the right balance of deep line analysis compiled from the many sources I spend hours listening to, delivered in an energetic, entertaining teaching manner catering to the 1200 level (which is most of us); even his off tangents comments are perfectly balanced with pedagogical effect, (his fast talking allows the quick interjections that don't distract from the main teaching material). As a former teacher myself, I give Levy an A+ both for content and, of course, who gives better effort than Levy? We certainly can count on him. I jumped in his live this morning before he did this recap, admitting to us that he didn't do it yet. But I knew with high confidence that it would be here, as sure as the sun is expected to rise in the morning! With much gratitude, I salute you! Belated happy birthday. May you live long and prosper.
Thank you for your honesty and pulling your self up from the dirt after the video yesterday. I didn't see it until it had a younger looking magnus thumbnail and the 2013 in the title, and even though I'd watched you recap the game before, now seemed like exactly the right time to look back at the perfect storm in 2013 that has gotten us where we are today. I loved the video yesterday. Thank you for fixing the fixable errors (youtube please let creators upload corrections to their videos without penalizing the creators with weird watchtime things and double notifications for viewers!) and talking about it in todays recap. Be well Levy. Thank you for keeping engaging chess content a major part of my daily life for the past... what is it? few years now? It has been an unspeakable joy.
I thought the video yesterday was great! Yeah, you already covered it in your video about Magnus' road to world champion, but that included lots of different games, was nice to see a full recap of that situation in the candidates tournament alone. Understandable that some people would feel clickbaited, but if they watch your recent videos to keep up with the world championship, they would know yesterday was a break day. I just thought it was incredible how you didn't take a day off like the world championship, and instead made even more content for us!
@Christopher Bradley I disagree, Alireza is good and could beat Magnus in bullet. But in classical chess Magnus crush him, this includes all the top 10 players.
He really is. He's on another dimension! What's awesome is that you can literally go back and watch analysis on and endless amount of brilliant games by Magnus.
I love your recaps. Because of time zones I can’t watch more than the first 4 moves until I go to school. I watch your videos first thing when I get home for the perfect length recap and amazing explanations.
21:43 Correction here: Magnus has to play h5 so that th night can go back to h6 after f3, otherwise the night will be trapped, so h5 is pretty much forced. He said after the match that he missed Qe1 by Nepo as it blunders the b7 pawn.
Regarding yesterday's video, I just wanted to say that I actually enjoyed that video a lot. The way you presented the situation on both boards and in the tournament overall was pretty exciting and despite the fact that I usually watch your videos just for the exciting delivery of the result, I am certain that from the Magnus Disaster video I'll remember a lot for a long time. Regardless of some mistakes you've made there with title etc. it was still a VERY good video. No need to apologise. Keep up the great work. We appreciate you.
Time flies with your commentary, Levy! Saw the blunder moment live, and what a dramatic moment -- I was watching all the streams for the commentators' reactions. I think Nepo was still on tilt after the first loss, playing so fast. I don't know how well prepared is his team with the psychological aspect of the game, but this is a hard lesson learned. From the Philippines, keep up the excellent work, Levy! :)
Shout out to Levy for owning up to a mistake he made. I don't personally see it as *that* big of a deal, but takes a lot of self discipline to publicly admit fault when you feel it necessary. Love the vids man
Start of with complimenting the new haircut of Ian. 23 minutes later complimenting Ian for his sportsmanship and hoping journalists gives him a break. Meanwhile in the press conference journalists are asking if the new haircut is a clever reference to how Samurai would cut their hair as a sign of shame after their losses.
"Magnus allows the capture on b7 and going down a pawn... Only Magnus can.." He said at the press conference that he missed queen e1 with this idea of winning a pawn:)
Magnus’ play reminded me of the opening dialogue from John Steakley’s Armor: “You are what you do when it counts.” Aptly, the main character calls his alter ego “The Engine.” Congrats to Magnus and thanks GC for the commentary.
To quote Magnus, "Absurd." *E* Actually, I really love the explanation of C5. Can't defend the pawn, can't threaten something bigger than a pawn, so just push? But it loses. Makes me think C5 is a move I might have played.
Was watching the press conference and a reporter asked him "That some warrior used to shave their head in shame after defeat, was his haircut an allegory to it."
I always watch your videos from start to finish because you are the most interesting chess commentator on RUclips. Thank you Levy for helping me rediscover my love of playing chess! I hope you achieve your goal of becoming a GM so please don't give up tournament play.
One good thing, Ian Nepomniachtchi doesn't need to worry about results anymore. He can go all in and maybe get a brilliant victory later at the cost of losing more games
I think he was already in that state , I think that's what underlied this blunder , he's taken pressure off of himself to the degree of not spending time analysing positions, maybe he could pull off such a win still though
13:00 Nepo never did these calculations Levy's talking about. He moved too fast, there's no way he spent enough time on that move, to look at all these tactics after b4. He just lazily took on a3, even though he had all the time in the world to analyze his options. He's not trying anymore. Magnus is the only one playing chess, at this point. [edit] Never mind, Levy pointed out the same thing 3 minutes later:)
It's very hard to compare players like Capablanca and Fischer with Magnus because they were in different eras. He's the undisputed Goat in this era at least.
For what it’s worth I really did enjoy the recap of Magnus’ old game. I thought it was very smartly done showing it alongside a simultaneously playing game.
I remember an interview of Magnus after the candidates, he said that Nepo can be stronger than him but he’ s just very inconsistent , depending on his humor, well... he called that
Love how rb1 has been reduced over the months to a quick harmonic tone without breaking the cadence of the sentence, rather than fully breaking out into song every time.
dude, you won't believe how glad I am you addressed that. I was watching that repeat video yesterday while tripping hard and just couldn't reconcile what I was seeing. thanks for making my night. twice.
What are we even doing here? Is this kindergarten? Why do I have to respond to such an insulting move? Or is it just a present presented out of fear and respect? Why would he come up with such an odd present? What will I do with his bishop? He could have just forfeited the game instead of making that stupid move....
Gotham, You have helped me get my boss into chess. We have been watching your videos to help keep track of the world championship and helping us learn the game. Appreciate you!
Amazing content. I am glad you are so balanced in your recap and not just attacking the players for their blunders. Thank you for the research you do and all the time you put into these videos. There is a reason why you have 400k+ views after only 16 hours of being posted. You do a great job.
Imagine putting 9 ads on a video for reading lines given by an engine and thinking you deserve it
pin of shame
how the fuck did you even manage to get 9 ads? that's straight up impressive
I'd love to see your analysis on it.
Oh yeah, it's pin of shame hours
Imagine getting ads on RUclips
I feel so bad for Ian. The after match press conference is just torture for him. But he's still smiling and answering, one of the best sportsmanship I've seen
I wouldn't feel too bad, he gets the better part of a million dollars even if he loses. Like damn, I lose chess for FREE all the time and this guy gets close to set for life for taking a few hits on the board.
@@PerfectSense77 Well yeah, but at that level you dont play chess for the money anymore. You play chess to prove that you are the best and then losing sucks
@@PerfectSense77 these are athletes you nugget, i could explain to you what this championship actually means for them but you wouldnt understand.
Only money money money, must be funny
@@PerfectSense77 you wearing funnels over your eyes? because dang your view is narrow, yes nepotchivihchi is losing this game but he didn't get to this point for free, he had to win a lot of tough matches to get this far
@@DeepfriedBeans4492 Who??
must have been super tough for nepo
after that blunder
He left for a good 20-30 minutes.
Chess is so unforgiving.
What move?
@@exion7458 c5
He left for 12-13 minutes
pinahirapan pa si magnus after non
Unless you are rated below 1600, then it is VERY forgiving.
Carlsen - proving legends still exist
Ian - proving even in defeat you can be graceful and admit mistakes
Levy - proving community makes everything better
And me - The side character with one line in the episode :D
Word
Me - Proving you can hang a piece on move 6
@@dav1sworth Me: Not liking it
Thought this was gonna end with a joke but it was just wholesome. Nice
Now we realise that Fabi was on perfection when he could draw 12 times in a row fighting Magnus on classical…
Yeah, lmao
"It's not necessarily bad, it's just rare."
This sums up so many Eric Rosen gambits.
They are not rare but they are bad.
They're bad at a high level, and at the low level everything's good.
in chess somethings only good or bad if the opponent knows how to play it.
@@Writeous0ne that is so true haha
@@oscaro3977 qq
You can clearly tell how quickly Nepo's mental quickly deteriorated after a single loss. That's how rough these championship games are
Game 6 loss was just too devastating for him.
It would be devastating for anyone tbh
@@GameOver-mu2sh except apparently for Magnus because he came back from a one game deficit in 2016
He also didn't need to win until he lost so that changes everything
@@askill8695 That's why he's the goat
That "c5 loses" line was crazy at 22:53, the whole game I thought Levy's commentary was leading towards Ian but then that line hit like a bomb
Actually though. Adding the look of disappointment on Levy's face as he says it really just makes it hurt that much more.
Ik that was so good
Ian was ahead there , Magnus saw it as a drawn position but Ian had every advantage in the position there was to have , even after the blunder he had the outside pawn push, but the position was just lost by then
@@Marcusjnmc Magnus had the advantage .. wdym?
@@jullianmolina8842 in the position before the blunder ?
"Magnus Carlsen has some secret back-alley Norwegian set-ups against everything!" lmao
Magnus loves the back alley
I play the english and while watching live I had no idea what Magnus was up to. That's the sort of development I expect from players at my level who have nothing in particular prepared for the english and are just winging it. Come to find out what he played appears to be completely sound. It's impressive.
@@yayangayu3393 I recommend learning English, instead of coming to English speaking channel with mostly Russian and English comments, expecting that someone understands you and sending wierd trash with sex proposition. This kind of comments are ugly. If you want to use comment bots, learn English or use Google translator or if only thing you send are sex offers, better don't send any comments at all, it would be better for everyone
@@yesyes300 you delivered a monologue to a bot
@@yayangayu3393 شش
I like "Magnus has some secret back alley Norwegian setups for everything!"
I just saw the comment as Levy was saying it. Coincidence
@@chichaaa7 same xdd
yeah it was amazing
summons images of people playing wild chess openings in the mean cyberpunk streets of Oslo. A British tourist walks up to there, his stockfish android walking with him, holding his hand and blushing as it sees the openings being played...
@@chichaaa7 WTF SAME LMFAO
👏
Levy was so sad by Ian's performance, he didn't even say "Get outta here" at the end... 🙁☹
Well spotted
That’s when you know the feels is reals
Man's got perfect timing, the press conference ends and he instantly posts
He’s just good at RUclips
@@Al-hb6uj youtube GM
@Newcious what video is about this??
He actually posted before the Game finished. Video takes an hour to upload. So he just knew how they were going to finish the games.
His level at chess is almost as High as his level at RUclips 😮
Agadmator covered it better though.
Poor Nepo. I feel so bad for him... I feel like mentally he is devastaded after the previous match.
We support you my man, Nepo!!
I don’t wanna make any wild assumptions, but I get the vibe he never quite recovered from game 6. That was a harsh loss to take …
same man. Im still team carlsen but i hope he wins at least 1 game so he can gain some pride back
I don't really feel bad for him. He leaves the board, comes back after 5 minutes and makes a move in 1 minute. He's up half an hour- an hour and just doesn't calculate. I get that he is devastated, but it's all on his own. He could at least try and use the time.
Nepo seems apathetic not sure if he’s trying to hide his emotions or simply knows he cannot beat Magnus
He must feel very miserable to be pitied by you guys. Ridiculous
Nepo played whole game like Magnus carlsen and then blundered like Carlos magnusson . GTE vibes
lol
I DIED OKAY? 😂
The crazy screaming person on the train and the pawn centipede had me in tears. Levy has the best chess humor. And I love that you clarified the unintentional clickbait. You are the best!
lol yesss, those two jokes are the ones that did me in. I was in tears too, and had to stop the vid twice to comment about each. I think it's not specific to chess. The guy has humor, and he sometimes makes me think he could be a professional comedian. He's great and his jokes aren't polarizing at all. Total goofball, crazy imagination.
Just imagine Levy's reaction to c5 if this had been a Guess the Elo.
Such a hilarious blunder. You will never believe that this has been played by a 2780+ player.
@@u.v.s.5583 The pressure got him. Playing against the champion with so many people watching is real tough and nerve-wracking.
Love how Levi gets into the mind of Nepo before the blunder. So respectful and understanding, not going the easy way of destroying him, like almost all the other people in the web.
Just Danny and fabi
Respect for Nepo though for being so patient and answering every interview and being calm. Support to him. ❤️
100%, The press has been terrible, all of them.
@@yayangayu3393 i cant understand korean
@@playerhs7572 that's not Korean lmao
Just watched the game live and still clicked instantly
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Almost everyone did, nothing special
Ian might lose the match but he earned everyone respect for great gentleman he is
Brilliant content Levi
You spelled Levy wrong.
bien
Magnus is just an absolute monster. He's not giving up that title willingly.
Alireza will become world champion eventually. In the meantime Fabi could beat Magnus in classical games.
@@rabailey10 shut up. Y'all hyping Alrieza too much. Alireza has to win Candidates first, not steal from 2650 rated players.
@@komaddog Alireza is the youngest ever to reach 2800. Alireza at age 16 was defeating Magnus in bullet games. He’s already a super GM
@@komaddog he beat mamedyarov to reach 2800 not sure you can consider that a 2650
@Forest brothers That’s not a good way to promote yourself.
21:55 Magnus actually said in the press conference that he didn't see that Nepo could play Qe1 to basically force trading queens. Then the knight would've been trapped after f3 so he had to protect it but it also meant that he would lose the b7 pawn.
Very good point! The commentary says Magus is ALLOWING Bxb7 but he HAD to play h5 or lose his Knight.
No, no, Magnus was just kidding because "He saw Ra4 and he really liked it" remember? (I think Levi knows)
You got to admit the sportsmanship of Nepo. He had a smile on his face when he resigned. If i was on Nepo's place, probably might have left the room and took flight as Gotham said. We need to learn from our mistakes and move ahead. GG
I think in the press conference Carlsen confirmed he was still "in prep" while using all that time, but he'd forgotten exactly how some of the line went and so was having to reconfirm everything. So everyone was kind of right, kind of wrong on that.
Polgar once said playing Magnus feels like drowning. Magnus plays an obscure line to get to a middle game the computers can't figure out and Nepo cracks again with what looks like an unforced error. In Nepo's defense, when you are trying desperately to stay afloat the pressure Magnus applies forces you to lose your grip. Too bad. Great recap again!!
If playing Magnus feels like drowning, I'd imagine playing Stockfish would be like walking to the electric chair and Alphazero to be like a public execution.
@@Urza26 At bedtime, Stockfish looks under the bed to see if Magnus is there.....
Magnus really took his time to calculate everything when he had a winning position. Meanwhile, Nepo blitzed out moves in critical moments. Before c5, there was the option to play b4 instead of bxa3, but Nepo just instantly grabbed the pawn. He played c5 with some 50 mins on the clock vs 15 for Magnus!
easy for you to say after after losing 2 games in a row in a world championship in front of millions of people it would have been mentally devastating for him
Edit:wrong reply
@Christopher Bradley he lost one time in the candidates (2nd time was the last game where he already was decided winner). I think it's different in WCC because of frustration of having to defend for 6 hours and lose. Nepo is very impulsive and plays impulsive chess, however this match he tried entirely different approach. The best scenario for him was winning before Magnus, this way he wouldn't tilt. But unfortunately he lost and isn't able to keep his cool, I hope this WCC will teach him to improve his psychology, because before 6th game he played almost perfect chess and after 6th game he isn't himself.
@Christopher Bradley the more time he spends thinking, the longer magnus has to calculate a winning position … plus they’d get time soon if they kept going so lol it really is easy for an uneducated person to say
@@jullianmolina8842 that makes no sense. I wonder about this lack of education you refer to.
I think Nepo has given up already. When I get frustrated at chess or feel helpless I just play moves that I feel is right, and don't think too much about is so I don't get emotionally invested This reminds me of that.
This game will be immortalized as the Haircut Gambit
No
Who Magnus playing? Oh, haircut
OOF
Man, I almost can't believe how enjoyable and instructive these recaps are, thanks so much for them!
Didn't see this game before hand, as soon as I saw C5 I got really concerned over the bishop getting trapped (it's happened to me one too many times!). I figured Levy would explain the GM level crazy maneuvers that got black out of it, but I was blindsided by the reveal that it's losing! Was really reminded of when Fischer took a pawn and blundered his bishop. Thanks for the great content!
I come to your channel not only for your enjoyable recaps / good humor, but also because you have a salty respect & appreciation for the incredible lines the likes of SF can come up with. Even super GMs can benefit from insights produced with the recent incorporation of a neural net in SF's eval. Those engine developers rarely (if at all) get mention or credit, but yet they push frontier forward for everyone.
I haven’t watched the game yet but I think the “nepo!!” Means either two things:
1-the “!!” Means brilliant
2-Nepo blundered again:(
It means both, it was a brilliant blunder
:(
the blunder gives off fischer vibes, maybe that’s the brilliant part
Damn, Now Nepo name is not without "Blunder".
:(
I could seriously cry for Nepo. Making a blunder like that with the whole world watching :(.
He will never live that down. He might even go mad like Bobby Fischer after getting his bishop trapped in the match of the century against Spassky
Do you maybe have the time stamp?
@@PatsliTV 23:10
For those of us that are not all about that "Chess Life" and need simple recaps of what we were confused about when watching live, your recaps are invaluable.
@@yayangayu3393 Sponsored by Levy?
21:50 Magnus said in the interview with Tania Sachdev that it actually wasn't his intention to "blunder a pawn in such a ridiculous manner". He just missed the move Qe1 by Ian, which practically led to that.
21:24 Is the funniest thing ever when Levy realised “Magnus has that” and he won 🤣😂
The after match press conference is just torture for Nepo.
I do feel bad for Nepo, even though I want Magnus to win.
Great to see Ian retain the positive mood at postgame interviews. Hopefully we can see him come back in the following games!
“He saw rook a4, and he did like it”
Simply the best sentence ever...
This mini series has honestly been the highlight of my day for these past 9 games, I find myself at work counting down the time till I can get home and see what happened. Thank you as always for making such entertaining and enjoyable content Levy
I feel what Magnus did dragging Nepo into the depths of hell in that game 6 classic where he slowly tortured him to death really psychologically broke Nepo even though he maybe thought he could shrug it off. He was playing so accurately before this and since then despite still playing fast a lot of his speedy aggression since then has felt like a bit of a bluff, then the blunders on top of this.. just brutal.
I feel so bad for nepo but congrats to magnus
Spoilers!
@@Woodshadow why are you in the comments if you don't know the result yet!!
@@AK_. it's the top comment so u can see it without going in comments
@@henrycastle-owen3666 I hate this argument so much. If you know where on the screen the top comment will appear and know damn well it could be a spoiler, just... don't look at it.
@@chuck3463 fr
Levy: “White can’t play e4 because white would just hang the knight”
Me: Yeah impossible nobody would just hang a piece at this level
Me literally 10 moves later: 👁👄👁
On a serious note I hope nepo can get a win. He played so so well for the first 6 games he definitely doesn’t deserve to lose like this
Its my understanding that your moves determine what you deserve. Oh! Youre one of those who people who believe in take backs after you blunder!
@@daleleisenring4275 Why are you being passive aggressive?
In competitive stage, there is no "doesnt deserve to lose" unless due to some circumstancial thing regarding fairness.
Everything is fair and square, nepo deserve to lose because he is simply not stronger than Magnus not because he is a bad chess player
@@daleleisenring4275 wtf are you talking about lmao
@@ss2smallhours stop arguing semantics and get your head out of your ass. This isn't a discussion on competitive integrity, and they obviously meant they felt he played extremely well aside from the blunder
Nepos been such a trooper during the press conferences and stuff. I can’t imagine having to answer for my blunders on a global stage. I’m blundering queens and he’s missing tactics/positional endgames but still
I watch the game live, listen to all the commentary, and the multiple recaps. So I can attest Levy gives the best summation. He has the right balance of deep line analysis compiled from the many sources I spend hours listening to, delivered in an energetic, entertaining teaching manner catering to the 1200 level (which is most of us); even his off tangents comments are perfectly balanced with pedagogical effect, (his fast talking allows the quick interjections that don't distract from the main teaching material).
As a former teacher myself, I give Levy an A+ both for content and, of course, who gives better effort than Levy? We certainly can count on him. I jumped in his live this morning before he did this recap, admitting to us that he didn't do it yet. But I knew with high confidence that it would be here, as sure as the sun is expected to rise in the morning! With much gratitude, I salute you! Belated happy birthday. May you live long and prosper.
Thank you for your honesty and pulling your self up from the dirt after the video yesterday. I didn't see it until it had a younger looking magnus thumbnail and the 2013 in the title, and even though I'd watched you recap the game before, now seemed like exactly the right time to look back at the perfect storm in 2013 that has gotten us where we are today. I loved the video yesterday.
Thank you for fixing the fixable errors (youtube please let creators upload corrections to their videos without penalizing the creators with weird watchtime things and double notifications for viewers!) and talking about it in todays recap. Be well Levy. Thank you for keeping engaging chess content a major part of my daily life for the past... what is it? few years now? It has been an unspeakable joy.
I've been going through some hard times rn, but your chess recaps have always made my day just that bit better!
On days like this, it's a comfort to think "At least I'm not Nepo right now" lol.
Hope you’re okay man
Stick in there buddy it’s always darkest before the dawn
I thought the video yesterday was great! Yeah, you already covered it in your video about Magnus' road to world champion, but that included lots of different games, was nice to see a full recap of that situation in the candidates tournament alone. Understandable that some people would feel clickbaited, but if they watch your recent videos to keep up with the world championship, they would know yesterday was a break day. I just thought it was incredible how you didn't take a day off like the world championship, and instead made even more content for us!
I’ve never watched chess before this week and now I’m obsessed. Magnus is incredible
@Christopher Bradley why do I get the feeling that is the same thing as saying Mahomes is coming for Brady? LMAO 🤣
@Christopher Bradley I disagree, Alireza is good and could beat Magnus in bullet. But in classical chess Magnus crush him, this includes all the top 10 players.
He really is. He's on another dimension! What's awesome is that you can literally go back and watch analysis on and endless amount of brilliant games by Magnus.
I often can’t watch the streams due to work, and no joke, levy’s recap is always the thing I’m looking forward to in the evenings
I love your recaps. Because of time zones I can’t watch more than the first 4 moves until I go to school. I watch your videos first thing when I get home for the perfect length recap and amazing explanations.
21:43 Correction here: Magnus has to play h5 so that th night can go back to h6 after f3, otherwise the night will be trapped, so h5 is pretty much forced. He said after the match that he missed Qe1 by Nepo as it blunders the b7 pawn.
14:15 b4 was literally the first option by Vladimir Kramnik that he proposed 3 second in. That's just shows the class of the man.
True.
also suggested by vishy anand and anna muzychuck
Imagine waiting after watching the full game live for your recap... That's me.
Regarding yesterday's video, I just wanted to say that I actually enjoyed that video a lot. The way you presented the situation on both boards and in the tournament overall was pretty exciting and despite the fact that I usually watch your videos just for the exciting delivery of the result, I am certain that from the Magnus Disaster video I'll remember a lot for a long time. Regardless of some mistakes you've made there with title etc. it was still a VERY good video. No need to apologise. Keep up the great work. We appreciate you.
Time flies with your commentary, Levy! Saw the blunder moment live, and what a dramatic moment -- I was watching all the streams for the commentators' reactions. I think Nepo was still on tilt after the first loss, playing so fast. I don't know how well prepared is his team with the psychological aspect of the game, but this is a hard lesson learned. From the Philippines, keep up the excellent work, Levy! :)
The press conference literally just ended and this is already posted… wow.
That's why i love this guy
Shout out to Levy for owning up to a mistake he made. I don't personally see it as *that* big of a deal, but takes a lot of self discipline to publicly admit fault when you feel it necessary. Love the vids man
The questions in the post game press conference were brutal, it looked like Ian wanted to disappear.
This game really shows that everyone is human. Even an amazing super gm like Ian can still miss a one mover.
Start of with complimenting the new haircut of Ian.
23 minutes later complimenting Ian for his sportsmanship and hoping journalists gives him a break.
Meanwhile in the press conference journalists are asking if the new haircut is a clever reference to how Samurai would cut their hair as a sign of shame after their losses.
In the live stream, I could clearly see pain in Nepo's eyes... Chess is Brutal
This content is unbelievably good so quickly after the game. You're really out doing yourself, Levy. Mad props!
6:18 I guess I wouldn't recognize Levy is I meet him face to face without him wearing the glasses
"Magnus allows the capture on b7 and going down a pawn... Only Magnus can.." He said at the press conference that he missed queen e1 with this idea of winning a pawn:)
Magnus’ play reminded me of the opening dialogue from John Steakley’s Armor: “You are what you do when it counts.” Aptly, the main character calls his alter ego “The Engine.” Congrats to Magnus and thanks GC for the commentary.
To quote Magnus, "Absurd."
*E* Actually, I really love the explanation of C5. Can't defend the pawn, can't threaten something bigger than a pawn, so just push? But it loses. Makes me think C5 is a move I might have played.
96th day of translating Levy's titles into Neapolitan: "Nepo! A non partit ro mondial e scacc"
@@asdgujgimacanyan8250 you're welcome
Was watching the press conference and a reporter asked him "That some warrior used to shave their head in shame after defeat, was his haircut an allegory to it."
my guy looked like he was about to get snapped by thanos
LMFAOOO WHAT
around 12:00 b4 is brilliant combination. Only the best intuition and Calc takes a human there.
I always watch your videos from start to finish because you are the most interesting chess commentator on RUclips. Thank you Levy for helping me rediscover my love of playing chess! I hope you achieve your goal of becoming a GM so please don't give up tournament play.
One good thing, Ian Nepomniachtchi doesn't need to worry about results anymore. He can go all in and maybe get a brilliant victory later at the cost of losing more games
I think he was already in that state , I think that's what underlied this blunder , he's taken pressure off of himself to the degree of not spending time analysing positions, maybe he could pull off such a win still though
It won’t happen, sadly. Magnus is keen for a clean sweep. Nepo is only gonna hurt himself more.
As soon as these games end I keep my sub box refreshing because I know you'll deliver. Mad respec my man.
I love how you utilize the engine. So forget the haters. Keep it up man. Love the recaps.
This has Fishrer Spasky vibes on when he trapped his bishop, White pushed g3, bishop got trapped and White King walked towards the bishop
at this point im just skipping the match live just to watch Levi fresh and unspoiled lol
The end of this video is exactly why I enjoy watching GothamChess. Levy always keeps it real.
13:00 Nepo never did these calculations Levy's talking about. He moved too fast, there's no way he spent enough time on that move, to look at all these tactics after b4. He just lazily took on a3, even though he had all the time in the world to analyze his options.
He's not trying anymore. Magnus is the only one playing chess, at this point.
[edit] Never mind, Levy pointed out the same thing 3 minutes later:)
21:59 he saw rook a4 and he really liked it. You are not a psychic, you’re Magnus sidekick
Ian breaking away from the Ruy, taking chances, playing an interesting game... and then dropping a piece in an even position broke my heart.
I appreciate when you can't tell how the game went, not even little hints, keeps the mystery. Thanks! No spoilers is best!
Nepo won our hearts, but Magnus is the GOAT
Literally
Like, out of all the people called GOAT, .... it's actually literally true with Magnus.
Nepo didn’t win heart
It's very hard to compare players like Capablanca and Fischer with Magnus because they were in different eras. He's the undisputed Goat in this era at least.
For what it’s worth I really did enjoy the recap of Magnus’ old game. I thought it was very smartly done showing it alongside a simultaneously playing game.
I remember an interview of Magnus after the candidates, he said that Nepo can be stronger than him but he’ s just very inconsistent , depending on his humor, well... he called that
Levy is the best teacher. He doesn't just read lines given by a computer, he makes it entertaining and informative. Great videos
Love how rb1 has been reduced over the months to a quick harmonic tone without breaking the cadence of the sentence, rather than fully breaking out into song every time.
When he said “play a4 preventing a4” I felt that
Carlsen is incredibly strong, what a chess player, for me the best one who ever lived.
Can we please not skip over the fact that Levy saw a guy with Gangrene on his foot on the NY subway???
Man is trending, congrats. We made it
dude, you won't believe how glad I am you addressed that. I was watching that repeat video yesterday while tripping hard and just couldn't reconcile what I was seeing. thanks for making my night. twice.
Magnus' face after c5 really told the whole story.
What are we even doing here? Is this kindergarten? Why do I have to respond to such an insulting move? Or is it just a present presented out of fear and respect? Why would he come up with such an odd present? What will I do with his bishop? He could have just forfeited the game instead of making that stupid move....
Gotham,
You have helped me get my boss into chess. We have been watching your videos to help keep track of the world championship and helping us learn the game. Appreciate you!
It is actually so awesome that a thirty minute breakdown of a chess game can get on trending
Amazing content. I am glad you are so balanced in your recap and not just attacking the players for their blunders. Thank you for the research you do and all the time you put into these videos. There is a reason why you have 400k+ views after only 16 hours of being posted. You do a great job.
I'm glad to see Gotham be humble about shit when he makes mistakes. Good on him
6:08 It blows my mind how different a person can look without glasses, Levy's KILLIN it
He looks pretty similiar
Magnus and Ian both saw b4 and Magnus even stated, that the best reply after Nx Rb1 would be b6. I think this was after the game or in the PC.
Let’s go this game was crazyyyyy
Not really I mean. Nepo just blundered a bishop, that's it I guess.
You see that guy(nepo) , totally bullshit
The position was good the game was intense Magnus played strongly the Commentators said it was up to Nepo and he had lost all by himself
@@sarthak9645 you go beat magnus
@@g1ug45 okay
after i watch ding vs nepo, im back for this one even im late 1 year😭