@@Wird97 his performance against magnus made ppl believe tht. but they dont realise how hard it is to mentally hold urself after such a long n hard fought loss midway thru a match
I like to think that whenever Antonio says "sorry about that" and reaches down, there's a cat that's demanding a high five and he must give the cat a high five in order to continue the video
I emailed him twice asking what tf he's doing when he say sorry about that, he didn't replied it's probably a secret The theory says: that's his pp is so big he lay it on the floor but every while he has to move it to keep it cold and not get an erec that destroy the entire setup.
people will say such things but themselves hang queen in 2 moves even if you give them 1 hour to make per move. the point is to improve yourself and not listen to the gibberish dumb people will say. nepo showed everyone by beating world #3 on first round of candidates with the black pieces. this was a crazy game man edit: it seems ding is #2 in world after magnus I think i searched it up
It was amazing and I can't even dream of playing such a game. But lots of inaccuracies happened here ... Brilliant for my standards but not for those guys
@@chessenjoyer9657 you don't have to be good at some sport, activity or game to criticize someone. It's obvious that nepo was absolutely crushed by magnus (after some point mainly because of some psychological factor) and this does not exclude the fact that nepo is one of the best players of this generation. And everyone who understands the game at least knows that he would be one of the favorites in this candidate.
You know what, Magnus did do that. But also Ding has spent the last month crushing 2600s (I know, I can dream.) He hasn't played a "Nepo-rated-player" for years.
@@pasunurusaivineeth3739 agad said his rating was 2800.4 at the start of the video. Given that Ding lost this game, one might assume he lost some rating as well. Edit: I just read another comment suggesting the 2800.4 was actually the live rating AFTER the game being shown, so it seems Nepo will have to work a little harder to gatekeep 2800 effectively.
20:02 "the forced checkmate in 9. And that, of course, is bishop to h3 check, giving up the bishop " Of course. I'm sure we all saw that forced checkmate in 9 by sacrificing the bishop. Kid's play.
Agad: "Nepo finds the quickest way and it's of course a checkmate in 9" 20:00 Me: 🤔 "of course" 😅 Obviously we all found that 🤭 I luv this channel. Thank you Antonio for over 5 years of quality chess content 👌
Being a professional chess player is like being a marathon runner. This is likely the Nepo we had in the first few games. Nepo's best hope of winning the world championship is to be in both excellent physical and mental shape when it starts.
@@jefflittle8913 Nepo's problem is lack of consistency and endurance. In the first 5 games of the WC Nepo was just as good as Carlsen - I'd even say that he was better, if anyone had a chance to win any of these games it was Nepo. If he was able to keep up such a level over the entire match, he would definitely beat Carlsen. All it took was a single bad move in game 6 endgame - and he collapsed mentally. Magnus is Magnus not because he is the best in every game - many players are capable of Magnus-level performance or even better. No, Magnus is Magnus because he can keep up such a level throughout an entire tournament. He is the most consistent player in history. That's what makes him the GOAT.
Amazing start! This almost looked like Ding didn't do much prep or was caught off guard by, "barbarian mode". Also while Nepo got spanked by Magnus, he did beat a field of top talent last Candidates for a reason. So many people were underestimating him going in to this. Question is if Ding can recover? Losing in the first round with the white pieces is devastating.
I think that also happened to Ding in the last Candidates tournament and he didn't really recover until after the break. Let's hope he can recover immediately this time.
I did not under estimate nepo, I just don't want him to win because I found his world championship matches to be boring. I totally expect him to do well in the tournament I just hope he doesn't win again.
I think Ding is tired and unprepared. He played 30 classical games in a month and had no time to prepare for the candidates. If he was in good form, maybe he could have resisted more.
Nepo just showed incredible intent and such great to watch espically that knight g4 Move...I hope he'll prove again to try an another attempt against the G.O.A.T Magnus...
@@cazorla82 None of my favourite players is in the candidates so I don't really have a favourite. Hikaru would be nice though as it would be the most watched world championship in history.
Well, we're finnally know wht makes nepo down in face against magnus. Not only magnus was monster but also u could say the pressure was something beyond madness.
I am so thankful for your coverage. An avid fan and player, but it's so hard to find the time to watch all the matches. You always keep the suspense and highlight the drama with great fanfare and humor. Tremendous. Great to see both former challengers get a win day 1. 👏
It's crazy that there isn't more money in this tournament... you'd think having the eight best contenders in the world the prize pool would be in the millions of dollars, especially considering the growth of online chess.
@@TheBMsindicate That's again very small amount of money for the World Championship, not to mention how much money candidates spend for their teams and preparation.
@@TheBMsindicate yes that is very true... but even still they've got massive sponsors, and the prize pool is tiny considering how much resources go into a candidates qualification/world champ contender bid
Agadmator(covering the 10th round of Candidates): The tournament is going on in Madrid. Last time I said Barcelona. I have no idea why I did that but no it's in Madrid.
We have a city that can organize an event of this caliber (after the mediocre World Championship), a very nice time format, plenty of attacking players and good games from day 1. This Candidates is looking good!
I like your analysis because during the live tournament the broadcasters frequently do not show the final winning sequences since they have to rotate to other games.
Wow !! What an amazing way for Nepo to announce his devastating presence. He mite have lost to Carlsen, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t an absolute stream train with everyone else. And Ding did all that hard work to get to 2800 and it’s gone in an instant. Just amazing. Thanks Agadmator, brilliant guidance and analysis, as always.
Hello Agadmator. I really enjoy your channel. Ive noticed that at times you say "thread" when the position requires you to say "tread". Hope im helping. 9:53
Because I'm bad at chess, I still don't understand why rook-to-D1 is better than queen-to-D2. If rook-to-D1 comes with all sorts of nice threats, shouldn't queen-to-D2 come with those same threats plus more? Is there something significant about keeping the queen on the C2 square where it attacks the pawn on E4? (Wonderful video as always. I'm just slow to understand things.)
@@kirillzakharov7336 You mean semyslov against Botvinnik Semyslov lost the first world championship, and win the condidat the second time But in the second he beats Botvinnik
This should be a good wake up call and reminder for everyone (even me a little bit) as to how good Nepo is. Just because he lost to the best player in chess history everyone wrote him off. Even tho he's basically the only one in the tournament (aside from Fabi) who's actually won a candidates tournament and got a chance to challenge magnus
this was just an inaccurate game, from both of them. Nepo gave so many outs to Ding, who missed each and every one. I mean good for Nepo, but this game wasnt really a show of force.
@@Brien831 humans are not engines, the reason this game was the way it is was because of nepos moves and prep like Ng4, of course you could follow a stockfish line that both players know that ends in a draw and say "wow, what an accurate game" But nepo played attacking chess and forced mistakes from ding (with black). It absolutely was a show of force in my opinion
@@salahsaadsalah7509 My guy, not every game is a nice game. There were many human moves for ding that just draw even after giving the advantage over. Ding didnt put up a fight and Nepo didnt force mistakes.
@@Brien831 I guess we disagree, yes ding didn't play his best but I was very impressed with how nepo played and found the game very nice and enjoyable.
The relentless attack on White's fortress painfully reminded me of the Lichess engine's invariably successful attacks on my fortress. I've learned not to sit placidly behind a fortress, because the siege engines are just going to knock it down.
You mentioned that the winner receives E 48,000. Here is the total payout: 4. 5. 1. The minimum prize fund of CT shall amount to five hundred thousand (500,000) euros. The amount shall be net and cleared of any local taxes. The money prizes shall be allocated as follows (minimum in euros): Prize money distribution: 1st place - 48,000 euros 2nd place - 36,000 euros 3rd place - 24,000 euros All prize money shall be divided equally among the players with the equal score after 14 rounds regardless tie-break results. In addition, each player gets 3,500 euros for every half point scored.
Agad didn’t mention barcelona in the previous video by mistake imo. He wanted the rivalry to spice up so people are even more pumped for the candidates since barcelona vs madrid is literally the greatest rivalry in sports. Cheeky agad.
Interesting, violating all the usual chess principles: bringing the queen out early in the game, moving knights to the side of the board, moving pieces multiple times in the opening
Hardly. I agree it isn't a great start for Ding but this is one game of fourteen. It isn't beyond imagination that Ding could slap himself across the face, wake up and win five in a row. He's certainly capable. However, I personally think it's going to be between Nepo and Fabi. It is going to be a fantastic tournament but after day one quite a few players showed (in my opinion) that they're simply not ready or they're not strong enough. Game on!
Revealing that Ding's live rating had dropped to 2800.4 at the beginning was a huge spoiler since everybody knows he was at 2806 before the start of this game. 😞
He explained it in a video once. There is an audio switch of some sort. I can’t recall the exact function, but you can notice the sound from pieces being moved on the board becomes slightly louder when after he uses the switch. I’ll come back with a link if I can find the explanation.
In the beginning at 4:30 - why not push the pawn to e3 opening attack on the castle and threatening pawn capture with check ruining white ability to castle? Looked good to me🤔
So I've noticed that in about half of your videos, somewhere towards the beginning you say "sorry about that" and lean under the desk. Prior to that point I haven't noticed anything weird or worthy of an apology, and afterwards I don't notice anything different... what's the deal with that?
Ding seems to choke in big tournaments. Nepo is showing how muvh of a godly beast magnus really is! And quoting magnus himself who says he was at his peak in 2013-2014 shows how much a beast vishy was!
Ding played in the 2018 Candidates and never lost a game there. He won the 2019 Sinquefield Cup. He won three straight games in the second half of the 2020 Candidates'. He has choked in big tournaments before. But he has also won them.
What a way to kick off the Candidates!
No points for guessing whom you guys are rooting for haha.
And with an asoiaf quote to open the show 😎
"Qarth, the greatest city that ever was or will be."
Learn from lichess. Stop asking me every 3 seconds if I want premium.
Edit: lol you guys 😂
Looks like the big guys are in too ✌️
What a way to disingenuously advertise!
People forget Ian is a monster not consistently in top form but a fierce player when in shape.
Nepo is absolutely a beast in these longer time formats
Who forgets that? Most people are very aware he is
@@Wird97 his performance against magnus made ppl believe tht. but they dont realise how hard it is to mentally hold urself after such a long n hard fought loss midway thru a match
Yeah. Once Nepo loses 20 pounds he’ll be unstoppable!
@@kidrenegade8525 Already did for the Candidates prep!
Nice to see Medo for such important tournaments.His presence is essential
Absolutely
Unless if there's a fish being prepared in the kitchen
Seeing as the tournament is being played in Spain, Medo has taken on the honorary name of El Matador.
Life mei kuch karle lode. Medo se ghar ni chalega
Hagwalo bas har comment section mei
El perro!
I like to think that whenever Antonio says "sorry about that" and reaches down, there's a cat that's demanding a high five and he must give the cat a high five in order to continue the video
I emailed him twice asking what tf he's doing when he say sorry about that, he didn't replied it's probably a secret
The theory says: that's his pp is so big he lay it on the floor but every while he has to move it to keep it cold and not get an erec that destroy the entire setup.
@@issamabbas2041 That's probably true. He was talking about Ding's king size one time. (Ding's king side but Freudian slip).
it used to be the speakers had the chess pieces sounds as they moved quite loud
Nepo is a very strong opponent in classical game,destroing no2 with black pieces in 32 moves...very good performance .
Now defeated World no 3 alireza...Nepo on fire 🔥🔥🔥
@@aryandhande exactly,he destroid alireza very easy and i think hé will be the winner,only Caruana is a good opponent.
Even though everyone was saying Magnus broke Nepo in game 6 last year, this was a brilliant game.
people will say such things but themselves hang queen in 2 moves even if you give them 1 hour to make per move. the point is to improve yourself and not listen to the gibberish dumb people will say. nepo showed everyone by beating world #3 on first round of candidates with the black pieces. this was a crazy game man
edit: it seems ding is #2 in world after magnus I think i searched it up
It was amazing and I can't even dream of playing such a game. But lots of inaccuracies happened here ... Brilliant for my standards but not for those guys
@@chessenjoyer9657 you don't have to be good at some sport, activity or game to criticize someone.
It's obvious that nepo was absolutely crushed by magnus (after some point mainly because of some psychological factor) and this does not exclude the fact that nepo is one of the best players of this generation. And everyone who understands the game at least knows that he would be one of the favorites in this candidate.
You know what, Magnus did do that. But also Ding has spent the last month crushing 2600s (I know, I can dream.) He hasn't played a "Nepo-rated-player" for years.
@National Socialism in short. If nepo reaches his true potential he would be the best player in the world
After kicking both Firouzja and Ding out of the 2800s, I can confirm Nepo now officially has the title "2800 Gatekeeper".
Ding is 2800.4
@@pasunurusaivineeth3739 agad said his rating was 2800.4 at the start of the video. Given that Ding lost this game, one might assume he lost some rating as well.
Edit: I just read another comment suggesting the 2800.4 was actually the live rating AFTER the game being shown, so it seems Nepo will have to work a little harder to gatekeep 2800 effectively.
Nepo perfect 2800+
20:02 "the forced checkmate in 9. And that, of course, is bishop to h3 check, giving up the bishop "
Of course. I'm sure we all saw that forced checkmate in 9 by sacrificing the bishop. Kid's play.
Ding was emotional in last few moves before resigning the game. It is heartbreaking loss but still a long way to go
also to lose on your first game with the white pieces as the highest rated player absolutely sucks
That is Nepo saying:" Ding welcome to the big leagues again."
Agad: "Nepo finds the quickest way and it's of course a checkmate in 9" 20:00
Me: 🤔 "of course" 😅
Obviously we all found that 🤭 I luv this channel. Thank you Antonio for over 5 years of quality chess content 👌
do you believe in afterlife?
great videos of encouragement and hope God bless
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www.youtube.com/watch?vBdHogVWU9p0
It really bugs me that they are hosting it in such a beautiful room and they decided to block any view of it with ugly grey posterboard.
Yeah, it's disappointing.
Business and profit my friend XD
@@leonardocontreras9690 ya, but they could still have the sponsors up on boards and show the hall if they put in a tiny bit of thought and effort.
The more games you see like this, the More you understand how strong Magnus is.
this game doesn't show anything about Magnus
@@HMNiemann well, you clearly didn’t understand my comment
@@krishk919 I understood your foolish comment very well and disagreed with it
@@HMNiemann okay cool. I thought your tiny brain didn’t get it.
@@HMNiemann must be because you're slow in picking things up.
Nepo going for the jugular right from the start!
This is the Nepo we missed for the championship!
Would love to see a Nepo-Carlsen rematch honestly.
@@MaritimeSunset NOOOOO, nooo johnn nooooo
Being a professional chess player is like being a marathon runner. This is likely the Nepo we had in the first few games. Nepo's best hope of winning the world championship is to be in both excellent physical and mental shape when it starts.
or maybe magnus was better
@@jefflittle8913 Nepo's problem is lack of consistency and endurance.
In the first 5 games of the WC Nepo was just as good as Carlsen - I'd even say that he was better, if anyone had a chance to win any of these games it was Nepo. If he was able to keep up such a level over the entire match, he would definitely beat Carlsen.
All it took was a single bad move in game 6 endgame - and he collapsed mentally.
Magnus is Magnus not because he is the best in every game - many players are capable of Magnus-level performance or even better. No, Magnus is Magnus because he can keep up such a level throughout an entire tournament. He is the most consistent player in history. That's what makes him the GOAT.
Amazing start! This almost looked like Ding didn't do much prep or was caught off guard by, "barbarian mode". Also while Nepo got spanked by Magnus, he did beat a field of top talent last Candidates for a reason. So many people were underestimating him going in to this. Question is if Ding can recover? Losing in the first round with the white pieces is devastating.
I think that also happened to Ding in the last Candidates tournament and he didn't really recover until after the break. Let's hope he can recover immediately this time.
@@pitdarkangel2961 Yes it would really suck if he came all this way only to have his spirit being crushed as the reason he lost.
I did not under estimate nepo, I just don't want him to win because I found his world championship matches to be boring. I totally expect him to do well in the tournament I just hope he doesn't win again.
Nepo has always been unpredictable. In top shape he can crush anyone, very dangerous and volatile opponent. Can't wait to see more of him!
I was wondering how long agad takes to upload as soon as the game finished. He never disappoints!
#TeamNepo I’m rooting for him! He is such a good player! Impressive stuff
I think Ding is tired and unprepared. He played 30 classical games in a month and had no time to prepare for the candidates. If he was in good form, maybe he could have resisted more.
Well, Fernando....only the fittest survive....chess is a sport...
Nepo just showed incredible intent and such great to watch espically that knight g4 Move...I hope he'll prove again to try an another attempt against the G.O.A.T Magnus...
I don't dislike Nepo but I hope someone else will win the candidates and get a chance to become world champion.
@@Axiomatic75 I hope that Caruana wins as he has really good chances
@@cazorla82 None of my favourite players is in the candidates so I don't really have a favourite. Hikaru would be nice though as it would be the most watched world championship in history.
@@Axiomatic75 Hikaru just isn't in top shape anymore
@@daa2826 agreed
Hope ding is not gonna repeat his last candidates performance, we would love to see a ding magnus championship
Well, we're finnally know wht makes nepo down in face against magnus. Not only magnus was monster but also u could say the pressure was something beyond madness.
What a statement victory from Nepo- spectacular! I wouldn’t bet against him winning the candidates again?
Nepo showing he has been watching Agad videos to prepare for the Candidates!
I am so thankful for your coverage. An avid fan and player, but it's so hard to find the time to watch all the matches. You always keep the suspense and highlight the drama with great fanfare and humor. Tremendous. Great to see both former challengers get a win day 1. 👏
Happy to see Nepo like this, hope Ding will surprise us next games!
# suggestions
Very nice coverages but where are the good photos of candidate tournament Mr. Antonio
This is so much expected from you 💞
Happy belated birthday Antonio! Thanks for your contents
Wow, Nepo is taking no prisoners
Lol
The previous wcc challenger showing he’s a true beast
Would love to see nepo vs magnus again!!!!!!!!
I'd prefer someone else get a chance to take down Magnus.
I want Ding vs the king
Noooooooooo
excited for the Championship match if its gonna be games like this
Great game. Love seeing Nepo play like this.
Imagine nepo win the candidates again , and took another chance against magnus and used his full barbarian mode to defeat him
Perfect anime 😂
if Ian wins this candidates it would be a rematch for last year
Hi agad , it's a request if possible please cover each and every match possible, decisive or not ....
56 games..
@@HeyKevinYT it's only 4 games a day , so 56 sure looks like a big number but it's not in a Single day
It's crazy that there isn't more money in this tournament... you'd think having the eight best contenders in the world the prize pool would be in the millions of dollars, especially considering the growth of online chess.
The winner, or even top two gets to fight wwc match, where winner takes 600k and loser 400k. You must account for thar
I agree, the total fund should be minimum $3,000,000 instead of $500,000.
@@TheBMsindicate That's again very small amount of money for the World Championship, not to mention how much money candidates spend for their teams and preparation.
@@TheBMsindicate yes that is very true... but even still they've got massive sponsors, and the prize pool is tiny considering how much resources go into a candidates qualification/world champ contender bid
"Nothing reveals your weaknesses more sharp and brutal than chess, but also in the same way your strenghts.
I slipped the bouncer a 50, he said thanks, still didn't let me into the 2800 club.
I was watching it live and after Ding made Rxe4 move Nepo came and when he saw it, he looked at Dink like:"You know you're done now, don't you?"
Agadmator(covering the 10th round of Candidates): The tournament is going on in Madrid. Last time I said Barcelona. I have no idea why I did that but no it's in Madrid.
We have a city that can organize an event of this caliber (after the mediocre World Championship), a very nice time format, plenty of attacking players and good games from day 1.
This Candidates is looking good!
I've watched it live but still I'm here watching the game again.
I thought that I would never see a game in the Candidate's tournament where there would be knights on A4 and A6 in the middle game.
I like your analysis because during the live tournament the broadcasters frequently do not show the final winning sequences since they have to rotate to other games.
Antonio, I am so looking forward to your coverage of the Candidates! Let the #GoodStuff begin!
Nepo just didn't showed his true chess personality in WCC against Magnus, this is the way he should play against anyone
Wow !! What an amazing way for Nepo to announce his devastating presence. He mite have lost to Carlsen, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t an absolute stream train with everyone else. And Ding did all that hard work to get to 2800 and it’s gone in an instant. Just amazing. Thanks Agadmator, brilliant guidance and analysis, as always.
Only Agadmator makes a 23 minute video for a miniature.
I have no idea why Nepo is losing. He is so great player, so refined... I wish him all the best.
Hello Agadmator. I really enjoy your channel. Ive noticed that at times you say "thread" when the position requires you to say "tread". Hope im helping. 9:53
Hope Ding would recover from this loss. And one day become world champion.
Luck…
*Medo when there’s a complex game* 😏😌🦮🚶
Lol. Nicely done
It's easy to fall asleep in agadmator's voice...always love his "sorry about that"
That maneuver at 14:06 is so clever to try to activate the rook
That Ng4 move should be called the Nepo attack or something... fantastic game
I must admit this was the most scariest game to watch live , like so many threats at one time like how do you keep it alive, I hope ding Bounce back
Because I'm bad at chess, I still don't understand why rook-to-D1 is better than queen-to-D2. If rook-to-D1 comes with all sorts of nice threats, shouldn't queen-to-D2 come with those same threats plus more? Is there something significant about keeping the queen on the C2 square where it attacks the pawn on E4?
(Wonderful video as always. I'm just slow to understand things.)
i want nepo to face magnus again
imegine if Nepo flips the table on Magnus. that would be absolutely epic
@@kirillzakharov7336 uffff
@@kirillzakharov7336
You mean semyslov against Botvinnik
Semyslov lost the first world championship, and win the condidat the second time
But in the second he beats Botvinnik
@@unknown-unknown69 and since then no player has ever won the candidates tournament consecutively right?
Amazing how these Super Grandmasters almost continuously find the top computer moves! Spectacular
This should be a good wake up call and reminder for everyone (even me a little bit) as to how good Nepo is.
Just because he lost to the best player in chess history everyone wrote him off. Even tho he's basically the only one in the tournament (aside from Fabi) who's actually won a candidates tournament and got a chance to challenge magnus
this was just an inaccurate game, from both of them. Nepo gave so many outs to Ding, who missed each and every one. I mean good for Nepo, but this game wasnt really a show of force.
@@Brien831 humans are not engines, the reason this game was the way it is was because of nepos moves and prep like Ng4, of course you could follow a stockfish line that both players know that ends in a draw and say "wow, what an accurate game"
But nepo played attacking chess and forced mistakes from ding (with black).
It absolutely was a show of force in my opinion
@@salahsaadsalah7509 My guy, not every game is a nice game. There were many human moves for ding that just draw even after giving the advantage over. Ding didnt put up a fight and Nepo didnt force mistakes.
@@Brien831 I guess we disagree, yes ding didn't play his best but I was very impressed with how nepo played and found the game very nice and enjoyable.
@@salahsaadsalah7509 oh the game was fun for sure, I just dont think it happened because Nepo played amazingly
Ian trying hard so he can be adopted by Magnus again
Butthurt post
The relentless attack on White's fortress painfully reminded me of the Lichess engine's invariably successful attacks on my fortress. I've learned not to sit placidly behind a fortress, because the siege engines are just going to knock it down.
You mentioned that the winner receives E 48,000. Here is the total payout:
4. 5. 1. The minimum prize fund of CT shall amount to five hundred thousand (500,000) euros. The amount shall be net and cleared
of any local taxes. The money prizes shall be allocated as follows (minimum in euros):
Prize money distribution:
1st place - 48,000 euros
2nd place - 36,000 euros
3rd place - 24,000 euros
All prize money shall be divided equally among the players with the equal score after 14 rounds regardless tie-break results.
In addition, each player gets 3,500 euros for every half point scored.
we have all been in Ding's position once in our life 😔
What a quote "shameless and shameful" 😅
~legend Anish Giri
Ding lost himself in the labyrinth and Ian got Powerplay.
NEPO!!!! Now that is what you call a MONSTROUS ASS KICKING. Whoo wheee!
Excellent analysis! Thank you.
Ding, where's your king?!
Antonio, looking forward to the Candidates with your excellent commentary
That's a nice quote from Giri
Agad didn’t mention barcelona in the previous video by mistake imo. He wanted the rivalry to spice up so people are even more pumped for the candidates since barcelona vs madrid is literally the greatest rivalry in sports. Cheeky agad.
Good start to the canditates, incredible start to the recaps!
Beautifully played! Go Nepo! Would be great for him to get his revenge at Magnus😀
Ian is such a dangerous player!
Thank you for the analysis ! Please upload a video on Hikaru vs Fabi
Advance congratulations to Magnus for winning the world championship
He won this title 10 years ago!
"face a real challenger" that's a very disrespectful move by Carlsen. it may be true, but damn
If it's true, then it's not disrespectful. It maybe tactless, blunt or just plain impolite, but not disrespectful.
Nice presentation & analysis !
7:30 LOOOOL
Incredible speed to upload
Interesting, violating all the usual chess principles: bringing the queen out early in the game, moving knights to the side of the board, moving pieces multiple times in the opening
i think bringing the queen early isn't a violation of chess principles, the queen is used very early in many grandmaster-level openings
had to finish the entire video to figure out why ding resigned haha great content agad
He agrees with Ding. This is quite the move lol.
Nepo just snatched away our last hope against magnus
Hardly. I agree it isn't a great start for Ding but this is one game of fourteen. It isn't beyond imagination that Ding could slap himself across the face, wake up and win five in a row. He's certainly capable. However, I personally think it's going to be between Nepo and Fabi. It is going to be a fantastic tournament but after day one quite a few players showed (in my opinion) that they're simply not ready or they're not strong enough. Game on!
@@esotericman22 Alireza also showed up to play. I think Fabi, Nepo, Alireza
agadmator nice new setup in your room :) emojis .. or is this really your apartment or somewhere else?
Revealing that Ding's live rating had dropped to 2800.4 at the beginning was a huge spoiler since everybody knows he was at 2806 before the start of this game. 😞
"Sorry about that"
I have no idea what he is apologizing for and at this point I am afraid to ask.
3:57
I still don't know what he adjusts below the desk, and I'm too afraid to ask
He explained it in a video once. There is an audio switch of some sort. I can’t recall the exact function, but you can notice the sound from pieces being moved on the board becomes slightly louder when after he uses the switch. I’ll come back with a link if I can find the explanation.
His leather-holstered Calippo, obviously.
Yeah.. I saw the video too.. He is adjusting the volume in his stereo system.. Also it's his signature move, the video isn't complete without it😂
Nepo in candidates is 🔥
Nepo in World Championship: 💩
I think the world needs a chess anime becaise tournaments
Well said
In the beginning at 4:30 - why not push the pawn to e3 opening attack on the castle and threatening pawn capture with check ruining white ability to castle? Looked good to me🤔
Crazy to think they played 10 months later for the wcc
Nepo you beautiful legend! Best of luck to you buddy
So I've noticed that in about half of your videos, somewhere towards the beginning you say "sorry about that" and lean under the desk. Prior to that point I haven't noticed anything weird or worthy of an apology, and afterwards I don't notice anything different... what's the deal with that?
agad is as complex as an engine
The Ding Killer!
Ding seems to choke in big tournaments. Nepo is showing how muvh of a godly beast magnus really is! And quoting magnus himself who says he was at his peak in 2013-2014 shows how much a beast vishy was!
Ding played in the 2018 Candidates and never lost a game there. He won the 2019 Sinquefield Cup. He won three straight games in the second half of the 2020 Candidates'. He has choked in big tournaments before. But he has also won them.
Sorry about that **turns sideways**