Hey Agad, now that you are nearing 1M I just wanted to remind you of what you said long back that when you hit 1M we would ask FIDE to make Rashid Nezhmetdinov an honorary GM. Thank you very much for your amazing work at promoting, teaching and bringing chess to everyone no matter their skill. And congratulations in advance for hitting 1M subscribers!!!
It wasn't a missed win, Agad said that one variation of the line Giri could have played is winning, nothing guarantees Alireza would have went for that variation.
@@walterkovacs7365 Only one line for Giri, if he takes that line every line for Alireza allows winning moves for Giri. Of course this only becomes clear by using a chess engine so Giri has many points to miss winning lines and after he does Alireza has plenty of opportunities to miss drawing lines
Because giri always played the wrong moves at critical times. You could see how many times agadmator was stressing white as winning but giri always took decisions against it.
@@justinbrockhaus4389 alireza will never be a world champion. Magnus is dominant and they are far too close in age for alireza to catch up. I know that probably hurts to hear but it is the reality
Anything can happen still, I'd say Giri has a good chance to win but that chance is still below 50%. He has 3 strong players trailing 0.5 pt behind him, and none of them will play against each other. That means if any one of them gets a win then Giri cannot go for a draw. So statistically, it's more likely one of those 3 will take a win, than the chance of Giri winning (not drawing or losing) the last game.
@@shivasurya7008 This is copy paste from the official tata steel website: "Tiebreak Rules - Tata Steel Masters In case two players share first place (if more players share first place, the first two players will be selected, according to criteria listed below), they will play a tiebreak. This consists of two blitz games, possibly followed by an Armageddon game. The time control for two Blitz games is 5 min + 3 sec. An Armageddon game will consist of 5 minutes for white and 4 minutes for black, with a 3 second increment after the 60th move. . Tiebreak criteria for a play-off in case more than two players share first place: the mutual result; the Sonneborn-Berger score; the player with more number of games with black; drawing of lots."
Alireza’s desire to compete is second to none, ANY other GM would have resigned at some point, he simply doesn’t care about what others should do and strictly grinds out his game, nothing short of admirable, what a performance
@@casual35thedon10 misplayed ? No Giri played logical moves and probably the second engine recommendation, but that's not enough if you are replied with the absolute best moves ..
@@casual35thedon10 Yeah, man. It's not like he's world num 13 in classical live ranking at the age of 17. Oh wait! He is Then, it's not like he beated Carlsen in the final of the Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup (8.5 - 7.5). Oh wait! He did Then, it's not like he finished runner up in the World Rapid Chess Championship in 2019 at the age of 16. OH WAIT!
I can't believe Alireza drew the endgame after Giri sac'd the bishop. Four passed pawns vs a knight is definitely an endgame that you feel like is lost lol.
The commentary about the C4 pawn play was great. The engine suggested and both commentators started analyzing . They said they would be mind blown if he saw that line
i started watching agadmator when his subscribers were just 100k and now those numbers are about to be 1 million so congrats to agad for this achievement
Thank you to Agad for the amazing, in-depth commentary. Question: At 22:22, why not just play Ng6 instead of Nf7. Wouldn't Ng6 cover the h8 queening square and also block the g pawn's advance?
I've seen this live with an engine (I know, there's a big difference). And seeing the analysis bar go from +10 for White to 0.0 was PAINFUL. Anish giri REALLY managed to draw a completely won position
@@the_nephandi4551 There were multiple completely winning lines for White until Anish pushed a6, disconnecting the Queen side panws. That was the blunder. After that, the game was drawn as soon as Alireza found the only good move in the position with the Knight. Edit: This said, the only ones able to win such a complicated endgame are probably Magnus, Caruana and Ding
No one except for engines with crazy depths found that move xD. I've been playing chess for a while now so if Anish Giri played that move honestly I'd be super confused at first but be crazy amazed afterwards.
@@lluism200 giri can win a position like that. im sure if you give him this position 20 times, he will find the win (of course hed remember, but you get what I mean) for some reason everyone thinks magnus is like some untouchable ascended being, he is the best, but others are close.
I wont make fun of Anish giri Its not easy to convert these kind of positions Those who are making fun of Giri know deep inside that Giri can beat them blindfold being a piece down
Agad. So glad you started this journey and thank you for working to share it with all of us. Like so man others, congratulation on your way to 1M subscribers..
just great to see a game played in 6h 23m in just 28mins what a review and what an insane game, thank you to u agadmator for making chess a truly great "sport"
Your chess insight and knowledge is very admiral and refreshing 😀congratulations on your channel and the imminent 1 million subscribers well deserved young man 👍
Move 12: everyone: "everyone probably castles here, I'll move the queen rook" Giri: "seems safe to do what everyone does right now so I'll just castle" agadmator: "and it is as of move 12 that we have a completely new game on our hands"
One of the best games of the decade! One of Alirezas's favorite games ever! & "A spectacular attack inspired by the great Kasparov himself", says Alireza. What else would you wish for?!
I want people to spare a thought for Anish. How tormented the guy must be and the shudder and pressure he must have felt when he realised the game will be a draw. Alireza played really well. But i genuinely think it’s the ‘draw jokes’ that defeated him. Still hats off to Anish to still come for the interview with a smile on his face, despite all the draw videos incoming from chess content creators over the next 24 hrs. Hope he wins with black pieces tomorrow.
Some people love to hear Agadmator's "captures." Others love the "sorry about that." Yet others are happy simply hearing "Hello everyone!" But me? I live for when Agadmator says, "fianchetto(s) his/her/the light square bishop."
06:41 First time in my life, found THE BEST move within the stipulated time. So I have become "The master of the end game" based on Agadmator's Inference.
#suggestion I remember once or twice you told us, that when you will hit 1 million subscribers, you will reveal what agadmator stands for. Now you're almost there. Still have this thought? ;)
While I am studying...I set a big target and the reward for completing it is watching your video....its crazy but it works for me as it boosts me up in studying coz just I love watching your chess stuff💙
Mohammadreza (Alireza's brother) said that Giri will never have a better chance of beating Alireza than he did today. He also promised to eat an onion if they drew when Giri was +4.
What u expect from someone so bias like him? Remember when Alireza missed a winning move against Magnus and Magnus won? Alireza's brother called Magnus 'lucky' because Alireza missed the winning move Yet when Giri missed the winning move=Alireza's brother praised him
For the guys with draw jokes- finding ‘one’ move that actually wins isn’t easy to find after grinding for 6+ hours. Moreover, one mistake by giri would have cost him a loss so a draw is a good result.
Hey agad, actually if you see closely. The move Ka4 is also a draw. The computer says that it is winning and shows the same line but after few more moves, it starts to repeat because there is a blockade of sorts using the knight and rook of black. You can correct that
On the winning idea at 21:09 why is it that after the white king moves up to A4, black doesn't play king to b6? Would that not allow knight to move to h5 (if white doesn't play pawn to G4 before knight gets to h5 - which)?
This is the format: 100 Minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move. So each player gets 150 minutes after the time control plus bonus minutes after they meet their requirements. 6 hours has 360 minutes. So imagine two players with their individual time of 150+ minutes taking their time calculating their plays, thats the reason why you see 6 hours for 1 game.
19:27 why not take the knight first? If you are thinking that then black will push his pawn to e2, white can play Re3 with check and pick up the pawn. So what am I missing?
again at 20:08 Giri could have played Rg4, gave his rook for the knight and I guess king and pawn endgame with 4 pawns would be definitely winning for white.
Hey Agad, now that you are nearing 1M I just wanted to remind you of what you said long back that when you hit 1M we would ask FIDE to make Rashid Nezhmetdinov an honorary GM. Thank you very much for your amazing work at promoting, teaching and bringing chess to everyone no matter their skill. And congratulations in advance for hitting 1M subscribers!!!
Plot twist: his Channel stagnates at 999,999 and your thanks in advance becomes invalid
#suggestion 😘
@@julian73de do #suggestion
Well he also said he will reveal from where the name agadmator has come so I am also excited for that, but yeah asking FIDE would be much better :D
#suggestion
Giri: Misses win
Agadmator: "Giri decides against it"
he wanted the draw
Meanwhile,
Fabi: *spends 50 mins* every fibre in my body wanted to play Nxg2
Agadmator: Fabi misses this
Giri decides for a draw, in great Giri style.
It wasn't a missed win, Agad said that one variation of the line Giri could have played is winning, nothing guarantees Alireza would have went for that variation.
@@walterkovacs7365 Only one line for Giri, if he takes that line every line for Alireza allows winning moves for Giri. Of course this only becomes clear by using a chess engine so Giri has many points to miss winning lines and after he does Alireza has plenty of opportunities to miss drawing lines
“Once you see it, of course, you immediately believe it”
*moves the king up a square*
Bruh💀
ikr so anticlimactic
Always play king to A4 -Eric Rosen probably
Bruuuuh.. so anti-climatic
Lmao
"You're a true master of the endgame" wait it's only 7 mins in and 21 to go...
0:00 Hello everyone
0:24 Without further ado
1:20 All very standard stuff
1:46 Completely new game
3:29 3:59 5:19 8:11 8:44 9:36 22:16 Captures captures
6:27 Where the fun starts
6:41 21:04 Give you a couple of seconds
6:53 21:20 Enjoy the show
11:49 Extremely low on time
19:09 agadamator rap
19:12 19:53 Completely winning
20:30 Double attack
23:44 It was in this position
24:25 27:15 27:33 So yeah
25:42 Standings
26:34 Final round pairings
Thanks!
brilliant
19:45 'Giri parted with his rook..., uh, he parted with the knight.'
But in fact he parted with the bishop 😉
I usually just part with my comb.
I blame it on the anesthesia
@@ASHISHKUMARDPSG Anishthesia
A case of double blindness 😂😂
I get it
Agad is dangerously close to 1 million! Congrats.
That's the good stuff
I'm curious what Agadmatorino will do for 1 million
@@ВикторФирсов-е9ф Tal Game
We'll get to know the secret behind his name. 'agadmator' at 1 mil
@@vandanpasad2052 yup he promised
How on earth alireza manages to draw this game ?what a match,i really looking forward tommarow,as magnus once said he is devilishly tricky
Because giri always played the wrong moves at critical times. You could see how many times agadmator was stressing white as winning but giri always took decisions against it.
You should better ask how GIRI managed to draw 😁
Engines said white winning since the first second of the endgame , its just a several blunders anish did not really a trick , even firoujza said that
@@philippetarnier9026 Stop it. Thats not funny anymore, anish is leading this tournament
@@user-zu1um6yb2e what firouja said? Didn't understood.
Firouzia’s endgame was brilliant. His use of the Knight is a lesson in itself. Enjoyable game to watch
And once again Giri snatches a draw out of the jaws of victory.
Almost everyday, Alireza is one of the last to finish his match 😂
He look like a careful student work to do the best while he sitting for exam
One day it will make him a world champion. He never accepts early draws, always grinds for a win.
@@kalodont1916 I couldn’t think of a more worthy successor to magnus than alireza
@@justinbrockhaus4389 alireza will never be a world champion. Magnus is dominant and they are far too close in age for alireza to catch up. I know that probably hurts to hear but it is the reality
@@saxboss1 magnus is 30. Alireza is 17. I don’t know what you’re talking about
Firouzja is a beast. Kudos to him for being fearless playing the absolute top. But it seems Giri is going to win the tournament.
He is now my favorite player. He had the most exciting games by far
Anything can happen still, I'd say Giri has a good chance to win but that chance is still below 50%. He has 3 strong players trailing 0.5 pt behind him, and none of them will play against each other. That means if any one of them gets a win then Giri cannot go for a draw. So statistically, it's more likely one of those 3 will take a win, than the chance of Giri winning (not drawing or losing) the last game.
@@FourOneNineOneFourOne But Giri has higher SB so doesn't isn't draw enough to secure first place?
@@shivasurya7008 This is copy paste from the official tata steel website:
"Tiebreak Rules - Tata Steel Masters
In case two players share first place (if more players share first place, the first two players will be selected, according to criteria listed below), they will play a tiebreak. This consists of two blitz games, possibly followed by an Armageddon game. The time control for two Blitz games is 5 min + 3 sec. An Armageddon game will consist of 5 minutes for white and 4 minutes for black, with a 3 second increment after the 60th move.
.
Tiebreak criteria for a play-off in case more than two players share first place:
the mutual result;
the Sonneborn-Berger score;
the player with more number of games with black;
drawing of lots."
Junk
Alireza is the crown Prince of chess. You can tell he already possesses the key element of every World champion = exceptional endgame skills
Kss
He was very good here that's for sure -- vs 2 sets of connected passed pawns and only 1 piece up in exchange! Thx.
Garbage
Unfortunately he is often too slow. Luckily no one had the balls to punish him so far.
Before he played a6, Giri's endgame was totally winning.
19:50 The bishop that was the rook of yesterday is the knight of today.
lol
I cant understand for the life of me why there is 124 downvotes. This is great commentary with great personality. Nothing to dislike here
Props for doing this whole video in one take :) That's pretty awesome once you think about it
Seriously , became fan of Alireza!!
What a fighter he is !!!!!!!!!!
Isn't he the crybaby who accused Magnus of cheating after losing on time?
@@BernardoBlue he's very young and extremely strong... He has the attitude to be a WC. If he's a cry baby what are you? Who knows you? Gtfo
@@BernardoBlue he is still a kid. So these things r expected from kids.
If he developed his end game strategy im sure he will be the next world chess champion. But let see
The legend is You!
@Alexander Hall so what? Your still a legend. Thats the main point!;)
I was hoping this would be today. I caught the end so wanted to see how they got there. Too bad for Giri, but great hold by Firouzja.
Alireza’s desire to compete is second to none, ANY other GM would have resigned at some point, he simply doesn’t care about what others should do and strictly grinds out his game, nothing short of admirable, what a performance
Draw of the century! Featuring Giri of course...
😂😂😂😂
there was one winning move. Good luck finding it without pc
@@shifzzzs6441 we watched it live so sorry about that.
Spoiler alert
@@10k-e8g how is it spoiler if the comment is talking about the game showed in the video?
"After the game,, The Great Alireza has 2 magic shows, and he'll need a volunteer."
The great Alireza draw just because Anish misplayed the end game, not because he played well,soo, stfu
@@casual35thedon10 Are you serious? LOL
@@casual35thedon10 misplayed ? No Giri played logical moves and probably the second engine recommendation, but that's not enough if you are replied with the absolute best moves ..
@@casual35thedon10 I guess you only win when your opponent misplays then?
@@casual35thedon10 Yeah, man. It's not like he's world num 13 in classical live ranking at the age of 17. Oh wait! He is
Then, it's not like he beated Carlsen in the final of the Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup (8.5 - 7.5). Oh wait! He did
Then, it's not like he finished runner up in the World Rapid Chess Championship in 2019 at the age of 16. OH WAIT!
Congratulations for 1 Million Subscribers in advance, Agad! Love your work and thank you for making chess so much more enjoyable!
10:36 "Any pawn push that isn't winning might be losing" - Agad 2021
Antonio is the Yogi Berra of Chess.
hahaha epic, I didn' notice this 😁
This quote is very funny
"Giri got greedy."
-Leko 😀😀
A real brain burner of a game. I can't imagine how my head would feel after 6+ hours of such intense chess. Wow.
I can't believe Alireza drew the endgame after Giri sac'd the bishop. Four passed pawns vs a knight is definitely an endgame that you feel like is lost lol.
It was Anish who blundered a won endgame.
Giri is a true artist at drawing chess games.
@@Thaumazo83 firouzja gets credit for even bothering to play it out.
The commentary about the C4 pawn play was great. The engine suggested and both commentators started analyzing . They said they would be mind blown if he saw that line
It was a live 'pause the video and find the move'!
Thank you for the hard work Mr. Agad. It is impressive how you go straight to the point even in the thunderous and dusty positions of the game👌
i started watching agadmator when his subscribers were just 100k and now those numbers are about to be 1 million so congrats to agad for this achievement
Thank you to Agad for the amazing, in-depth commentary. Question: At 22:22, why not just play Ng6 instead of Nf7. Wouldn't Ng6 cover the h8 queening square and also block the g pawn's advance?
Indeed, I was thinking the same an scroll comments to confirm
It doesn't work, because white king will go to eliminate knight & if black king protect it then b pawn will be queening...
6:21 a truly godlike capture 👀👀👀
TheAKgaming GD a New York hustlers type of capture.
Haven’t watched yet, but you know the game is really going to be something when only covering the important parts still takes 28+ minutes.
I've seen this live with an engine (I know, there's a big difference). And seeing the analysis bar go from +10 for White to 0.0 was PAINFUL. Anish giri REALLY managed to draw a completely won position
+10.0 with only one winning move each move for 10 or 15 turns... Alireza was really making it difficult to him, must admit
@@the_nephandi4551 There were multiple completely winning lines for White until Anish pushed a6, disconnecting the Queen side panws. That was the blunder. After that, the game was drawn as soon as Alireza found the only good move in the position with the Knight.
Edit: This said, the only ones able to win such a complicated endgame are probably Magnus, Caruana and Ding
@@lluism200 If we're comparing Caruana and Magnus then look at their standings, Magnus made many mistakes this tournament.
No one except for engines with crazy depths found that move xD. I've been playing chess for a while now so if Anish Giri played that move honestly I'd be super confused at first but be crazy amazed afterwards.
@@lluism200 giri can win a position like that. im sure if you give him this position 20 times, he will find the win (of course hed remember, but you get what I mean) for some reason everyone thinks magnus is like some untouchable ascended being, he is the best, but others are close.
I wont make fun of Anish giri
Its not easy to convert these kind of positions
Those who are making fun of Giri know deep inside that Giri can beat them blindfold being a piece down
Yeah man that joke isnt even funny anymore
Being a Queen down
Nearly 1million subs🥳🥳🥳 congrats man, great channel
i was listening to the live commentary and they were saying firouzja should resign and there is no any chance for him. but he ended it up with draw
Agad. So glad you started this journey and thank you for working to share it with all of us. Like so man others, congratulation on your way to 1M subscribers..
just great to see a game played in 6h 23m in just 28mins
what a review and what an insane game, thank you to u agadmator for making chess a truly great "sport"
Haha. Simp.
I’m here so early Agad hasn’t even said “sorry about that” yet
Even though kept calling the bishop a rook or a knight but never a bishop
I watched the endgame live and oh my god.
Anish basically dropped the trophy with this game!!
The best defense I’ve ever seen. This is really insane.
There's no defense at all,it's Anish who managed to fucked up a winning position.
@@casual35thedon10 that's what i think too
@@casual35thedon10 I'd say a little bit of both..
@@casual35thedon10 And by the way, Giri didn't Fuck up, he decided against it.. 🤣
@@dawn21stcentury LoL 🤣🤣
Your chess insight and knowledge is very admiral and refreshing 😀congratulations on your channel and the imminent 1 million subscribers well deserved young man 👍
Super game, with ups and downs for all. Firouzja is the revelation in chess.
*revolution
I thought Ali reza would have resigned ... but he proved that he is a machine ... well done!
12:55 "rook captures" - agad 2021
Move 12:
everyone: "everyone probably castles here, I'll move the queen rook"
Giri: "seems safe to do what everyone does right now so I'll just castle"
agadmator: "and it is as of move 12 that we have a completely new game on our hands"
#suggestion, Alireza Firouzja vs Mila Zarkovic: Sharjah Masters 2019
One of the best games of the decade! One of Alirezas's favorite games ever! & "A spectacular attack inspired by the great Kasparov himself", says Alireza. What else would you wish for?!
Yeah we should see this match.
#suggestion This is an excellent game. Tata Steel RUclips channel did a wonderful review of the game. Would love to see Antonio's video on it.
If agad said so then it's going in my good stuff playlist
Excellent and instructive endgame (and midgame as well). The best game of the tournament so far with a Lasker style escape for black.
I want people to spare a thought for Anish. How tormented the guy must be and the shudder and pressure he must have felt when he realised the game will be a draw. Alireza played really well. But i genuinely think it’s the ‘draw jokes’ that defeated him. Still hats off to Anish to still come for the interview with a smile on his face, despite all the draw videos incoming from chess content creators over the next 24 hrs. Hope he wins with black pieces tomorrow.
I'm a simple man, I see agadmator from my notifications and I click 😃
Simple man stuff always's gets a like from me.
Some people love to hear Agadmator's "captures." Others love the "sorry about that." Yet others are happy simply hearing "Hello everyone!"
But me? I live for when Agadmator says, "fianchetto(s) his/her/the light square bishop."
My favorite is, "So what's the idea here?"I've found myself using that line in some of my lectures.
06:41 First time in my life, found THE BEST move within the stipulated time. So I have become "The master of the end game" based on Agadmator's Inference.
#suggestion I remember once or twice you told us, that when you will hit 1 million subscribers, you will reveal what agadmator stands for. Now you're almost there. Still have this thought? ;)
Amazing things in chess. 6 hours of play and you don't quit at all. They both should have an award in their names, both made the game possible.
1:34 Bishop promoted to Queen 👑
While I am studying...I set a big target and the reward for completing it is watching your video....its crazy but it works for me as it boosts me up in studying coz just I love watching your chess stuff💙
Draws are boring but Alireza's draws are exceptions.
Mohammadreza (Alireza's brother) said that Giri will never have a better chance of beating Alireza than he did today. He also promised to eat an onion if they drew when Giri was +4.
Lol
Carried away by his chauvinism i guess, cos Giri is world top 10... and in good form...
What u expect from someone so bias like him?
Remember when Alireza missed a winning move against Magnus and Magnus won?
Alireza's brother called Magnus 'lucky' because Alireza missed the winning move
Yet when Giri missed the winning move=Alireza's brother praised him
This video is just a reminder on how hard chess is.
Fantastic game absolutely wonderful thanks for sharing with us.
Cheering Alireza , hopefully he wins the title tomorrow
Amazingly instructive endgame. One of Agadmator's best videos
Very cool to see that Alireza chose a line that I like to play a lot myself! Allowing the e5 push to get that c5 in later
Anish Giri is just awesome ❤️
19:48 quite a holy Knight
As a 900 player trying to get good at the french defense I couldn't be happier that I get to study a game with it used between the two sick players!
I haven’t yet watched the whole vid, but i can say It's gonna be amazing 😁😁
Awesome stuff as always Agad!
For the guys with draw jokes- finding ‘one’ move that actually wins isn’t easy to find after grinding for 6+ hours. Moreover, one mistake by giri would have cost him a loss so a draw is a good result.
Giri was dominating at a point and what a comeback
22:23 - you could go Knight g6 instead of d7 to block the b pawn
Beautiful game by Persian gulf's son Alireza. Thanks...
Hey agad, actually if you see closely. The move Ka4 is also a draw. The computer says that it is winning and shows the same line but after few more moves, it starts to repeat because there is a blockade of sorts using the knight and rook of black. You can correct that
Also giri mentioned in after match interview that Ka4 might as well lead to a draw
A brilliant game by Alireza 👋👋
11:43 newbie here. Could you play rook to c8?
Draw "Immortal" by Giri.
When Giri moves his bishop to d3, what is stopping Alireza from capturing the knight on c3? Just trying to see what they see that stops them
Bishop h7 check, mainly. The move that wins black's queen.
Yeah this is the type of endgame where there would be like 6 red blunder bars on both sides in any game I am likely to ever play
Alireza and Dubov are by far the most exciting chess prodigies. Creative and passionate about the game
#suggest can you analyze a game from star treks 4d chess :)
14:00 giri knows his plan so he doesn’t need to relax.
At 22:23, why not Ng6 instead of Nf7? Then the g pawn can't attack the knight
Great game. From Angola, I don't miss a video! Such a competitive tournament!
Except 2 or 3 move which were fine moves they both played the best move which is insane
Giri: *parts with Bishop*
Agad: "Giri Parted with the Rook, uhhh with the Knight.."
I really like the tempo of agadmator's commentary.... Moves really well & an excellent acumen of the hypothetical lines.....
Yeah he's good, just messes up calling the pieces sometimes, but i like how he doesn't edit
Happy 1 million subscribers in advance 😆
Who’s better alireza or dubov?
In my opinion: I like Dubov's playstyle more but I feel like Alireza is more consistent and technically strong
9:14 c4 is explosive. RAWR!
What's the word Agad says at 1:52 ? I've heard him and others say it before when the bishops move to b2/b7/g2/g7 and they get on the long diagonal.
Wow, what an endgame!
On the winning idea at 21:09 why is it that after the white king moves up to A4, black doesn't play king to b6? Would that not allow knight to move to h5 (if white doesn't play pawn to G4 before knight gets to h5 - which)?
Im just curious. How much time does every player have on this tournament? Why they're getting 6 hrs just to play 1 game?? Thanks in advance
This is the format: 100 Minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.
So each player gets 150 minutes after the time control plus bonus minutes after they meet their requirements. 6 hours has 360 minutes. So imagine two players with their individual time of 150+ minutes taking their time calculating their plays, thats the reason why you see 6 hours for 1 game.
6:45 Was knight to d5 a bad move? After taking the bishop, black can move the pawn to f6 and begin a nice assault.
13:22 "Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" - Agad 2021
19:27 why not take the knight first? If you are thinking that then black will push his pawn to e2, white can play Re3 with check and pick up the pawn. So what am I missing?
again at 20:08 Giri could have played Rg4, gave his rook for the knight and I guess king and pawn endgame with 4 pawns would be definitely winning for white.
Alireza is a gem.... 💎