Reminds me of the last us chess championship. in an interview Wesley said how h opponent could've easily drawn against h but played for a win for the experience even though Wesley was very likely to win .
@@kad9947 I think he's defininetly sharpening positions with dubious moves to push for a win. In my opinion I feel like he understands he isn't experienced enough to have a good chance at winning so maybe he's not too worried about the result, at least for this Candidates tournament. But in a few years he could be the next World Champion.
Important to note: Alireza was in time trouble well before move 30. His poor time management this tournament is costing him games. Also, Fabi is playing super well of course.
My mind is about to blow just by watching these crazy games these days its rly amazing how a humans can be such genius on carved pieces (hats off for agadmator for such commentary 👏 🙌 👌)
@@maleksalih5237 I think magnus was hoping alireza was gonna be a challenger, cause he knows he can beat the other candidates and has been doing so for 10+ years
People talk about how the reason Fabi was a member of the 2800 club was because he was always very prepared. The fact that he beat Hikaru in that very tricky game, and Alireza in a game Alireza himself prepared shows you how much of a beast you have to be to get that far ahead in rating.
Interestingly though in both cases it was him just completely outplaying his opponent in the middle game. His game against Nepo was a nasty piece of prep (yeah Nepo was able to complicate and Fabi felt forced to bail but he was definitely the one with chances), but Fabi really has not gotten the crushing opening advantages he is known for.
@@qazzaqstan fabi bailed because he didn't think he'd make time control and he couldn't figure out the win, I think he was aware he agreed to a draw in a winning position
@@sid3645 I agree that he almost certainly felt he was better but couldn’t calculate everything given clock. Still I think if he knew for sure the position was -1 he goes for the exchange sacrifice and figures it out from there. Though maybe not if white’s play is easier from there (which I honestly can’t imagine to be the case but I don’t understand the types of things that make sense to super GMs versus what is more complicated).
Alireza is 6'2 (1.88)... Fabi is 5'6 (1.68). It's not a photoshop, it's just that Fabi is tiny and Reza is a big man. It's like Chris Hemsworth standing next to Tom Cruise
Feels like Alireza has been playing too aggressive, playing too many weird moves to try to confuse his opponents but they end up defending perfectly against him and put him in a bad position. To be fair, it's this aggression that the old players like Nepo is missing, which makes Magnus hesitant to want to face them again. But Alireza does not seem to have the skill to justify his aggression just yet.
hi agadmator, enlargement of Firouzja is due ti improper use of a wide angle lens. i thinks this should have been 18-35 mm lens and razor was close to the end of the frame while Fabby was close to the centre.
Caruana isn't a large man to be fair. And didn't Alireza hit a growth spurt recently? When they were touring the play room, Hikaru walked in--not the tallest man either-- looked around, followed moments later by Alireza. When he walked in, head just beneath the door frame, he dwarfed everyone. lol
Hey Agad! Love the videos, suggestion: I really like when you say in the first recap how many games you'll be covering today. I don't check the standings until after I watch your recaps for spoiler reasons, so it's great to know when I'm in the clear for sure! Keep up the great work
@@JM-tj5qm oh even like that, I will consider Fabi in same generation as say Magnus Hikaru, 2 & 6 years age gap than Firo. By the time Firo reaches his peak Fabiano will be past 30. Anyway this is just a matter of opinion. I atleast feel that Firo is younger generation right now. Maybe by next candidates it won't feel like that.
@@JM-tj5qm not anymore. Carlsen, Nepo, Hikaru, karjakin, Fabiano, all of them reached peak at near 25. By 30 most of them fell quite a bit. Kasparov is from pre engine era. Chess changes faster today. Hundreds of engine line get analysed every year, and it's very hard to keep up for most players as they grow older. Most of the top 30 players are in 20-30 range which is a big evidence of this fact. At most early 30s. Late 30s we only have a couple of active players.
I think that Fabi is more consistent than Nepo. Nepo is psychologically les stable: either he wins 5 games in a row or he loses 5 games in a row badly. Fabi plays good games even when he loses. It will be an interesting second part.
Ikr but what pisses me off is the fact that people started saying that he's gonna beat Magnus when he broke the 2.8k barrier like didn't this thought occurred to them then that he's only 19?? He's struggling in the Candidates itself and these dumb mfs thought he could challenge the final Norwegian boss?
@@michaelworkspace Bruh check how Fischer did in his first candidates. No one won a chess world championship as a teen for a reason. Take it easy on the boy.
Firouzja’s exchange sac brings to mind a comment made by Kasparov when faced with an unexpected sac... if your opponent sacs but you have played soundly up until then, then (no matter how tricky the tactics) there must be a refutation in the position... your job is to find it. That’s exactly what Fabi did with the seemingly illogical f5! tallowing white to slip out of the skewer by offer a Queen trade, which rescues the rook no matter what Firouzja replies. Fabi’s counterattack is equally sublime. Bravo! Firouzja’s prep tho sharp seems to have holes in it; why else would he, a well-known speed demon, be burning thru so much time in his chosen opening???
Little hard to follow along on the tournament with where players are, I think more updates in terms of standings would be very helpful to those that watch your videos but do not have time to follow the overall standings
Whether or not he had time to google the standings is irrelevant, he's just suggesting that they be added here... it's really not that hard to understand
It's funny having a simple suggestion, and people go crazy in the comments like total morons. People like this that literally have very to live for in their life, but fun to see them argue 😂
Very nice first photo, great and interesting candidates we are living. Thank you! (By the way the English subtitles on Spanish region is hilarious) Gelfand is girlfriend , Nepo is Janine pognishi.... is so funny!
It's nice to see Caruana in fighting form, and Nepo finding his groove. It seems no matter who wins the candidates we the viewers get to see some world class chess and many people don't want to simply draw
I love how Firouzja exploring ideas by sacrificing materials. In almost every game he played he sacrificed a piece and played an entertaining chess. Fabi plays solid and wins. Shout out to both amazing chess players.
Alireza had minutes on the clock when he sacked the rook for the bishop, looking for simplifications after bh3 winning the rook back as the black queen and rook are on the same diagonal. Problem is he missed f5. If bxf5 black plays qe8 and the queen on h5 is hanging so white has to play qxe8 but black just plays Rcxe8 and Alireza is just down the exchange with minutes on the clock…
Though Alireza is obv bringing the ideas he's getting into tough positions by other top level professionals! Once the opening is over things look inevitable...shows that creativity is required, the rook sac was good but not enough...hoping Alireza fulfils his obv potential! And wp by the opponent too (Caruana)!
All respect to Firouzja for trying all these cool ideas, but damn Fabi is looking strong this tournament. If Nepo slips up even slightly, Fabi is gonna take it all.
Lot of chess to come, but Fabi is doing well. He not only already played for WC, he played the dominating Magnus to a tie, until the tiebreak. I know what the FIDE ratings say, but am I supposed to believe Fabi doesn't have some claim to being the second best, classical time control player, in top events? I am sure there's reasons to claim otherwise of course, but he seems well prepared for this.
@@michaelbauers8800 If Fabi plays his absolute best, I agree he is second only to Magnus. I personally hope for a challenger Magnus hasn't faced yet the most, but I really hope he tries to defend the crown regardless of who makes it out on top.
Regarding the pictures: How come they chose a beautiful setting and ended up hiding everything making it look like any other studio, any other tournament?!
It's over for Alireza halfway through the tournament. He's not catching up the leaders, even if he won half of the next games I don't see the leaders missing enough points. Let's be real, it's between Nepo and Fabi, the others are bystanders. Alireza and Ding huge disappointments.
I don't see Alireza as a disappointment. Although he has huge potential, still needs more experience, better strategies to manage his time and so on. Now, I agree that Ding is a disappointment. Seems like losing the first game with the white pieces stroke him hard.
nepo is such a wildcard, he can win AND lose anytime, even though he is far ahead. fabi is more stable, but unless someone fires some rockets he won't be caught either. hikaru and ricsi have slight chance to catch them, at least they both play a chess that can bring surprise points. alireza and ding are disappointments for sure, even though ding came out of form, barely qualifying instead of karjakin, and alireza already went beyond expectations at age 19 by qualifying (and ofc by joining the 2800 club too).
Ding playing bad i can understand, cuz he couldn't actually play anything significant in almost 2 years nd wasn't prepared for this candidates tournament as well. But, Alireza has been disappointing. He'll definitely learn tho, and improve
Too early to call that. Let's say Nepo lost one game. Even at the current stage, that would put four players within one point of the top spot. 1.5 down with over half the games to be played is still very much in striking range for Nakamura and Rapport.
What a game -- with a legendary improvement here! And btw I might have attributed that quote above by mistake to Tal in a previous post. My apologies, but no is perfect and it was probably Tal -- most of all, anyway -- that Bobby was referring to. Thanks and what a tournament!
Normally I don't keep up with the wins-losses so who wins is always a surprise to me. But for the candidate's tournament I do so it's strange watching a video where I know who wins.
I think Magnus doesn't want to face Alireza for the championship anymore. Hence he prized Alireza like " If alireza doesn't won the candidates tournament then I wouldn't play for the title " These words gave Alireza something too much that reflects in his preparations.
Fabi placed himself along with Morphy, fisher, resheshki (i don't know how to write or spell this) etc goats when asked about his dream American team of all time
Well he is good enough. If there was no Carlsen, Fabi would probably be the one dominating the stage. He has been consistently performing great at candidates, and we all saw the 2019 wc. His peak rating of 2844 is also just behind Kasparov, way above everybody else.
@@ghorarmangsho871 elden ring had not released yet in January, which is the video from tata steel that he is talking about where magnus beat fabi. It seemed to be a song reference: "somebody that I used to know"
I was surprised by the apparent difference in size in the picture, and looked them both up - both are 5' 6" so it must be some trick of the camera angle or how they are sitting. Incidentally, they both became GM at 14 years of age - people tend to forget Caruana was a pridugy as well.
I appreciate and fully agree with the idea, that photos shown in your videos should be at least a little bit weird. Otherwise they don't really add much. Well, but that's just my personal opinion ;)
Hi agad, can you please show the captured pieces beside the board. It would be easy for viewers to compare the material of both sides. A small #suggestion for improving the watching pleasure of games. Thank you very much for the videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
Qxa2 and Rxh2 from Fabi are mercilessly cold. Qe8 from Ali is desperation. There's a noticeable difference between the strengths of these two monsters.
regarding the photo, perhaps the relative confidence of the two players can be seen in the fact that alireza does not remove his suit jacket. Fabi looks like he is about to get to work and alireza looks more like a schoolboy still. understandably, as he is basically still a schoolboy
Rapport’s shirt made all the difference for me today. Reminded me of Aronian. Let’s see his game as well and we’ll have to spend more time talking about his look. :)
I agree, however I believe there ought not be any format change, but sudden death beyond the fixed games. If there's no result after a further six games, the title should be declared open, and both contestants entered into the next candidates tournament.
Everyone's talking about Nakamura, Alireza, Nepo... BUT here you have Fabiano. Quiet, calm, just doing his good job. I remember seeing tje last championship, listening to him as a commentator. I'm not a good player but he clearly shows very good chess understanding. He was making seem like newbies to the other commentators. Since that moment i knew hw will be there up today. The only one holding to Nepo's dominance
Caruana is the strongest elite to magnus Carlsen his peak rating is 2844 basically the third highest ranking in history He only drop back a little bit in 2021 due to COVID-19 and stuff Alireza and ding are nothing near to his level Even magnus said that Ding made it to the condidates only by fide excluding kramnik and aronian So he needed to lit. His elo to get it here, so the Chinese orgaanized a. Small championship in china featuring ding against 2400s and im sure they have been told to lose against ding, ( everything in china is setup ) Caruana is a solid player And he was so close to be world champion in 2018 He lost only by Armageddon it was a tough championship for magnus
@@unknown-unknown69 he lost in rapid, not Armageddon. Magnus beat him in rapid, but yeah, it was exciting. Right now, Magnus smacks him, but him and Nepo have the best chances of putting up a fight against Carlsen. Hopefully Carlsen decides to defend his title.
@@jamesshoganbot6085 the thing is that Fabi did not lose to Magnus in classical. It was all draws. We wil see. Just saying that besides all the sensationalism and easy chatting around, Fabi is proving by himself his place.
Alireza needs to go back to the drawing board as for Nepo or Caruana vs Carlsen it would not be very exciting , it would take a prime Kasparov with razor sharp opening knowledge and insane home preparation to take down Carlsen , there are levels to this and he is just above and beyond 💯
7:16 "But Alireza says 'Maybe just rook captures on D7, as this is the position that agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video. That's what we will play.'" 🤣🤣🤣
New guy getting real GM spanking on the big stage. Just like Fisher a million years ago. He’s need to keep at it and not back down. I love his approach
Straight up man, i wanted ding to win mostly because i just want magnus to defend. I hope he does defend against whoever wins Still 8 rounds left though so there is a chance things get shaken up. Though realistically its one of them that should win it
Magnus: I will only play if Alireza wins the candidates.
Nepo & Fabi: Enjoy your vacation bro.
Do you believe in Magnus words?:))
@@jevitigre no
Sayonara championship title.
@@jevitigre Yes :)
@@papitaalhilomc1155and now do you believe?
I love how adventurous Alireza is moving. Shows how much experience he's trying to gain. Fab showing class and experience as usual.
Reminds me of the last us chess championship. in an interview Wesley said how h opponent could've easily drawn against h but played for a win for the experience even though Wesley was very likely to win .
Is he seeking for an adventure/experience, or he just simply wrongly analyze the position?
@@kad9947 I think he's defininetly sharpening positions with dubious moves to push for a win. In my opinion I feel like he understands he isn't experienced enough to have a good chance at winning so maybe he's not too worried about the result, at least for this Candidates tournament. But in a few years he could be the next World Champion.
@@kad9947 you tell me, are you a 2800 player who broke the youngest ever player to reach 2800 rating ?
@@kad9947 pretty sure he is letting the pressure get to him. He has been struggling against top super GMs in his recent classical games
What was crazy about this game was Alireza was down to 11 minutes on just move 21. He had 19 more moves to time control.
Which is even more weird, given the fact he was the one choosing the line
7:20 ‘But Alireza says maybe just rook captures on d7 as this is the position agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video’ lol 😂
😝😝
Best one🤣
Super recaps of this great tournament. Fabi and Nepo showing the quality that made them WC challengers. Thanks for all the hard work!
Important to note: Alireza was in time trouble well before move 30. His poor time management this tournament is costing him games. Also, Fabi is playing super well of course.
but time management is also a part of the game. you dont have to be absolutely accurate, you need to be as accurate as possible in that given time.
Time management is derivative how well you play. He did not begin this tournament well, but who knows what's gonna happen later
My mind is about to blow just by watching these crazy games these days its rly amazing how a humans can be such genius on carved pieces (hats off for agadmator for such commentary 👏 🙌 👌)
great videos of encouragement and hope God bless
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I almost feel like Magnus jinxed Alireza…congrats to Fabi though, love to see him in form again.
Yeah, like it just put another layer of pressure on the whole thing and he's not handling it well.
I feel like Magnus just underestimated other candidates. Alireza's preparations are more than great, but the other players are extremely strong.
Well he's only 18 or 19 as well so I'm sure he just needs more time to get acustom to playing very very high level OTB chess tourneys
Well Alireza has been playing poorly against top Super GMs, not just in this tournament
@@maleksalih5237 I think magnus was hoping alireza was gonna be a challenger, cause he knows he can beat the other candidates and has been doing so for 10+ years
People talk about how the reason Fabi was a member of the 2800 club was because he was always very prepared. The fact that he beat Hikaru in that very tricky game, and Alireza in a game Alireza himself prepared shows you how much of a beast you have to be to get that far ahead in rating.
Interestingly though in both cases it was him just completely outplaying his opponent in the middle game. His game against Nepo was a nasty piece of prep (yeah Nepo was able to complicate and Fabi felt forced to bail but he was definitely the one with chances), but Fabi really has not gotten the crushing opening advantages he is known for.
@@qazzaqstan fabi bailed because he didn't think he'd make time control and he couldn't figure out the win, I think he was aware he agreed to a draw in a winning position
@@sid3645 I agree that he almost certainly felt he was better but couldn’t calculate everything given clock. Still I think if he knew for sure the position was -1 he goes for the exchange sacrifice and figures it out from there. Though maybe not if white’s play is easier from there (which I honestly can’t imagine to be the case but I don’t understand the types of things that make sense to super GMs versus what is more complicated).
Fabi is also known for very very accurate calculations almost like a engine
Speaking of Boris Gelfand, Agadmator's coverage of the 2013 Candidate's tournament is must-watch.
I was sad a nice picture of Gelfond wasnt accompanying the mention in honor of 2013 canidates video
give us the link to watch it
@@immortalchess1817 ruclips.net/p/PLDnx7w_xuguE7YMY2NL4QTkItKopIH5J8
That was an AWESOME tournament
I'll check it. Thank you.
Fabi is playing on point this tournament 👌 👏 let's go fabi!
yay, someone else besides me rooting for fabi
@@sgc3594 Hey you're not alone. I'm rooting for Fabi and Duda.
Fabi needs a rematch against Carlsen
Alireza is 6'2 (1.88)... Fabi is 5'6 (1.68). It's not a photoshop, it's just that Fabi is tiny and Reza is a big man. It's like Chris Hemsworth standing next to Tom Cruise
Fabi casually demolishing the Chosen One (2022, colourized and in 60 fps!)
no i m fine
@@thechosenone1192 Man's was waiting for his moment. Really living up to your name🤣!
Feels like Alireza has been playing too aggressive, playing too many weird moves to try to confuse his opponents but they end up defending perfectly against him and put him in a bad position. To be fair, it's this aggression that the old players like Nepo is missing, which makes Magnus hesitant to want to face them again. But Alireza does not seem to have the skill to justify his aggression just yet.
His time will come.
hi agadmator, enlargement of Firouzja is due ti improper use of a wide angle lens. i thinks this should have been 18-35 mm lens and razor was close to the end of the frame while Fabby was close to the centre.
Caruana isn't a large man to be fair. And didn't Alireza hit a growth spurt recently? When they were touring the play room, Hikaru walked in--not the tallest man either-- looked around, followed moments later by Alireza. When he walked in, head just beneath the door frame, he dwarfed everyone. lol
Fabi's precise calculation is absolutely stunning.
Hey Agad! Love the videos, suggestion: I really like when you say in the first recap how many games you'll be covering today. I don't check the standings until after I watch your recaps for spoiler reasons, so it's great to know when I'm in the clear for sure! Keep up the great work
Thats a good point will
Hey Agad! i love your dog.. :-)
Fabi: Here's to your young generation, we still here and we old folks got pursing blood too
I really hope he wins.
@@JM-tj5qm even Carlsen is 30 only. Regardless compares to a teen like Alireza they are definitely an older generation.
@@JM-tj5qm 11 years gap is same generation ? How old r u....
@@JM-tj5qm oh even like that, I will consider Fabi in same generation as say Magnus Hikaru, 2 & 6 years age gap than Firo. By the time Firo reaches his peak Fabiano will be past 30.
Anyway this is just a matter of opinion. I atleast feel that Firo is younger generation right now. Maybe by next candidates it won't feel like that.
@@JM-tj5qm not anymore. Carlsen, Nepo, Hikaru, karjakin, Fabiano, all of them reached peak at near 25. By 30 most of them fell quite a bit. Kasparov is from pre engine era. Chess changes faster today. Hundreds of engine line get analysed every year, and it's very hard to keep up for most players as they grow older.
Most of the top 30 players are in 20-30 range which is a big evidence of this fact. At most early 30s. Late 30s we only have a couple of active players.
I think that Fabi is more consistent than Nepo. Nepo is psychologically les stable: either he wins 5 games in a row or he loses 5 games in a row badly. Fabi plays good games even when he loses. It will be an interesting second part.
He is only 19. Tough tournament for him, but it will help him gain some exp.
Ikr but what pisses me off is the fact that people started saying that he's gonna beat Magnus when he broke the 2.8k barrier like didn't this thought occurred to them then that he's only 19?? He's struggling in the Candidates itself and these dumb mfs thought he could challenge the final Norwegian boss?
agreed
For how many years already have y’all been using his age as an excuse? Pretty soon he’ll be 21, then 24, and you’ll still be saying the same thing 🙃
@@michaelworkspace agreed. He is playing poorly against the top GMs not just in classical
@@michaelworkspace Bruh check how Fischer did in his first candidates. No one won a chess world championship as a teen for a reason. Take it easy on the boy.
Firouzja’s exchange sac brings to mind a comment made by Kasparov when faced with an unexpected sac... if your opponent sacs but you have played soundly up until then, then (no matter how tricky the tactics) there must be a refutation in the position... your job is to find it. That’s exactly what Fabi did with the seemingly illogical f5! tallowing white to slip out of the skewer by offer a Queen trade, which rescues the rook no matter what Firouzja replies. Fabi’s counterattack is equally sublime. Bravo! Firouzja’s prep tho sharp seems to have holes in it; why else would he, a well-known speed demon, be burning thru so much time in his chosen opening???
Little hard to follow along on the tournament with where players are, I think more updates in terms of standings would be very helpful to those that watch your videos but do not have time to follow the overall standings
You can watch a 16 minute video but don’t have time to Google the standings?
Could've googled the standings instead of writing this comment
Whether or not he had time to google the standings is irrelevant, he's just suggesting that they be added here... it's really not that hard to understand
@@boots1801 Then maybe try not taking the expression so literally
It's funny having a simple suggestion, and people go crazy in the comments like total morons. People like this that literally have very to live for in their life, but fun to see them argue 😂
Loving the Elden Ring titles!
Very nice first photo, great and interesting candidates we are living. Thank you! (By the way the English subtitles on Spanish region is hilarious) Gelfand is girlfriend , Nepo is Janine pognishi.... is so funny!
Agadmator quoting "Elden Ring", doesn't get better than that guys! Pozdrav majstore! :D
These are definitely ER titles and I am all for it. Watching these guys play is like Malenia Vs Radahn
I would really like to see handshake analysis photos ;) #suggestion
It's nice to see Caruana in fighting form, and Nepo finding his groove. It seems no matter who wins the candidates we the viewers get to see some world class chess and many people don't want to simply draw
Fabi also would have felt horror at Nepo's performance and seriously regretting not pushing Nepo in their individual encounter 😁 .
I love how Firouzja exploring ideas by sacrificing materials. In almost every game he played he sacrificed a piece and played an entertaining chess. Fabi plays solid and wins. Shout out to both amazing chess players.
He didn’t mean to sacrifice. He thought he was getting the exchange back and missed f5. Time pressure mistake
Against a player like fabi, any small inaccuracies or weaknesses in the backline can be so ruthless exploited
Alireza had minutes on the clock when he sacked the rook for the bishop, looking for simplifications after bh3 winning the rook back as the black queen and rook are on the same diagonal. Problem is he missed f5.
If bxf5 black plays qe8 and the queen on h5 is hanging so white has to play qxe8 but black just plays Rcxe8 and Alireza is just down the exchange with minutes on the clock…
Though Alireza is obv bringing the ideas he's getting into tough positions by other top level professionals! Once the opening is over things look inevitable...shows that creativity is required, the rook sac was good but not enough...hoping Alireza fulfils his obv potential! And wp by the opponent too (Caruana)!
All respect to Firouzja for trying all these cool ideas, but damn Fabi is looking strong this tournament. If Nepo slips up even slightly, Fabi is gonna take it all.
Lot of chess to come, but Fabi is doing well. He not only already played for WC, he played the dominating Magnus to a tie, until the tiebreak. I know what the FIDE ratings say, but am I supposed to believe Fabi doesn't have some claim to being the second best, classical time control player, in top events? I am sure there's reasons to claim otherwise of course, but he seems well prepared for this.
@@michaelbauers8800 If Fabi plays his absolute best, I agree he is second only to Magnus. I personally hope for a challenger Magnus hasn't faced yet the most, but I really hope he tries to defend the crown regardless of who makes it out on top.
Regarding the pictures: How come they chose a beautiful setting and ended up hiding everything making it look like any other studio, any other tournament?!
Ikr, it's absolutely ridiculous...lol.
It's a shame that they have to play in front of this drab corporate backdrop when in fact they're in a spectacularly beautiful room in a palace.
7:20 It was in this position, agadmator referred to himself in the third person.
This is was the first time I heard him say his name lol
It's over for Alireza halfway through the tournament. He's not catching up the leaders, even if he won half of the next games I don't see the leaders missing enough points. Let's be real, it's between Nepo and Fabi, the others are bystanders. Alireza and Ding huge disappointments.
I don't see Alireza as a disappointment. Although he has huge potential, still needs more experience, better strategies to manage his time and so on.
Now, I agree that Ding is a disappointment. Seems like losing the first game with the white pieces stroke him hard.
nepo is such a wildcard, he can win AND lose anytime, even though he is far ahead. fabi is more stable, but unless someone fires some rockets he won't be caught either. hikaru and ricsi have slight chance to catch them, at least they both play a chess that can bring surprise points.
alireza and ding are disappointments for sure, even though ding came out of form, barely qualifying instead of karjakin, and alireza already went beyond expectations at age 19 by qualifying (and ofc by joining the 2800 club too).
@@andredias4303 Alireza is disappointing because he won't win that means Magnus won't play the world championship match... 👀
Ding playing bad i can understand, cuz he couldn't actually play anything significant in almost 2 years nd wasn't prepared for this candidates tournament as well. But, Alireza has been disappointing. He'll definitely learn tho, and improve
Too early to call that. Let's say Nepo lost one game. Even at the current stage, that would put four players within one point of the top spot. 1.5 down with over half the games to be played is still very much in striking range for Nakamura and Rapport.
I'm kind of disappointed by Alireza in this tournament. I hope he bounces back and shows what he's actually made of.
I think he should stop playing aggressively. Play not to lose, if there is opportunity, then go for claiming victory 🙌
What a game -- with a legendary improvement here!
And btw I might have attributed that quote above by mistake to Tal in a previous post.
My apologies, but no is perfect and it was probably Tal -- most of all, anyway -- that Bobby was referring to. Thanks and what a tournament!
I am just loving the elden references in the couple last videos lol
Fabi's games never excite me, but I swear they are computer crisp! He just doesn't make mistakes.
Fabi is like ENGINE in classical...
Fabiano is unbelievable
Normally I don't keep up with the wins-losses so who wins is always a surprise to me. But for the candidate's tournament I do so it's strange watching a video where I know who wins.
I think Magnus doesn't want to face Alireza for the championship anymore.
Hence he prized Alireza like " If alireza doesn't won the candidates tournament then I wouldn't play for the title "
These words gave Alireza something too much that reflects in his preparations.
Caruana is finding his form at the right time. I recall how "poorly" he was playing earlier this year in the Tata Steel.
Fabi placed himself along with Morphy, fisher, resheshki (i don't know how to write or spell this) etc goats when asked about his dream American team of all time
Well he is good enough. If there was no Carlsen, Fabi would probably be the one dominating the stage. He has been consistently performing great at candidates, and we all saw the 2019 wc.
His peak rating of 2844 is also just behind Kasparov, way above everybody else.
Some smaller GMs might have fallen for Alireza's threats. Fabi having none of the nonsense.
Few months ago Agad be like- You used to be some Fabi
Agad at the moment- you will witness true horror
I thought that title was super disrespectful as well. Glad Fabiano is shining and Agad has to do square that.
@@ManhattanProject9 it's just a fun title because he lost to magnus, it's not that deep and everyone knows how good fabi is/can be
@@ManhattanProject9 Fabi got back in form at just the right time as usual. Hope Ding could get some of that ability.
@@ManhattanProject9 The title is an Elden Ring reference. The previous one as well.
@@ghorarmangsho871 elden ring had not released yet in January, which is the video from tata steel that he is talking about where magnus beat fabi. It seemed to be a song reference: "somebody that I used to know"
I was surprised by the apparent difference in size in the picture, and looked them both up - both are 5' 6" so it must be some trick of the camera angle or how they are sitting. Incidentally, they both became GM at 14 years of age - people tend to forget Caruana was a pridugy as well.
As this is the position that Agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video, that's what we will play.
-Agadmator, 2022
I appreciate and fully agree with the idea, that photos shown in your videos should be at least a little bit weird. Otherwise they don't really add much. Well, but that's just my personal opinion ;)
Fascinating, that Firouzja plays a rare move with white, and loses to an out of book Caruana. Fabiano continues to impress.
Hi agad, can you please show the captured pieces beside the board. It would be easy for viewers to compare the material of both sides. A small #suggestion for improving the watching pleasure of games.
Thank you very much for the videos. Keep up the good work. 👍
Material is misleading at GM level.
@@a.m.armstrong8354 I was talking about our level 😀😀
Fabi dragged him across the board 😬🔥
Qxa2 and Rxh2 from Fabi are mercilessly cold. Qe8 from Ali is desperation.
There's a noticeable difference between the strengths of these two monsters.
regarding the photo, perhaps the relative confidence of the two players can be seen in the fact that alireza does not remove his suit jacket. Fabi looks like he is about to get to work and alireza looks more like a schoolboy still. understandably, as he is basically still a schoolboy
I saw this live - Fabi is too good.
I feel sorry for Alireza.
There’s something strangely intimidating about Fabi’s hunch and complete focus on the board
Fabi is a monster. Good game.
Rapport’s shirt made all the difference for me today. Reminded me of Aronian. Let’s see his game as well and we’ll have to spend more time talking about his look. :)
We should always see a report on Rapport.
Alireza can bounce back...will be interesting to see what happens then . He will learn a lot from this tournament and win in the future..
Sekiro, Elden Ring and Firouzja vs Fabi..... keep the best games coming m8!!!! Love this channel
That pawn to f5 was just wow.
Loving the Elden Ring references!
Absolute one of my fave quotes....... and "I have never known defeat"...............
I hope Fabi gets another crack at beating Magnus. He did so well in his last try, just fell against Magnus' rapid prowess. Go USA players!
I agree, however I believe there ought not be any format change, but sudden death beyond the fixed games. If there's no result after a further six games, the title should be declared open, and both contestants entered into the next candidates tournament.
Also: love the photos! That was one of the perks that lured me in way back when!
I’m liking these subtle elden ring captions
These Elden ring quotes for video titles is magnificent.
Appreciating intresting ideas from Firoza ❤️
The size difference between the two is just an illusion due to Fabi’s chair being twice as large.
Fabi congratulations. Alireza dont worry you are doing awesome. you are just a teenager and playing great chess.
Not a fan of Alireza but damn, this guy is taking chances. He just needs better time management!
Everyone's talking about Nakamura, Alireza, Nepo... BUT here you have Fabiano. Quiet, calm, just doing his good job. I remember seeing tje last championship, listening to him as a commentator. I'm not a good player but he clearly shows very good chess understanding. He was making seem like newbies to the other commentators. Since that moment i knew hw will be there up today. The only one holding to Nepo's dominance
Caruana is the strongest elite to magnus Carlsen his peak rating is 2844 basically the third highest ranking in history
He only drop back a little bit in 2021 due to COVID-19 and stuff
Alireza and ding are nothing near to his level
Even magnus said that
Ding made it to the condidates only by fide excluding kramnik and aronian
So he needed to lit. His elo to get it here, so the Chinese orgaanized a. Small championship in china featuring ding against 2400s and im sure they have been told to lose against ding, ( everything in china is setup )
Caruana is a solid player
And he was so close to be world champion in 2018
He lost only by Armageddon it was a tough championship for magnus
Caruana has the record to win 7 consecutive matches against the top of the top
Magnus, Nakamura, aronian, ding, nepo, so karyakin
@@unknown-unknown69 he lost in rapid, not Armageddon. Magnus beat him in rapid, but yeah, it was exciting. Right now, Magnus smacks him, but him and Nepo have the best chances of putting up a fight against Carlsen. Hopefully Carlsen decides to defend his title.
@@unknown-unknown69 Ding was very highly rated before those games. His elo wasn't what he needed to qualify, he didn't have enough classical games.
@@jamesshoganbot6085 the thing is that Fabi did not lose to Magnus in classical. It was all draws.
We wil see. Just saying that besides all the sensationalism and easy chatting around, Fabi is proving by himself his place.
I'm on the photography part of the video and the "someone has artificially enlarged Aliareza" already won you my like. Now lets look at the game
You forgot to update the description. Keep up the great work though, love the videos!
My friends at the bar and the library are going to LOVE this game. I certainly do.
Alireza needs to go back to the drawing board as for Nepo or Caruana vs Carlsen it would not be very exciting , it would take a prime Kasparov with razor sharp opening knowledge and insane home preparation to take down Carlsen , there are levels to this and he is just above and beyond 💯
That's why he lost to Hans, lol
@@VirideSoryuLangley yeah he bead him fairly 🤦
13:57 Fabi could play Qf6, Bh4, then back to Qc3 for another check, I kinda want to see how this pathing will result
"Your strenght... extraordinary"
The photo reminded me of Morphy - Anderssen (1858). Small man beats the big man.
Such a relief when Antonio said Boris Gelfand and not Max Deutsch.
I like the photos. Thank you.
Thanks for this, couldn't wait for your upload!
Cheers to Fabi 🥂
I love that the photos are back!
Lets go fabi!!! 🇮🇹🇺🇸
7:16 "But Alireza says 'Maybe just rook captures on D7, as this is the position that agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video. That's what we will play.'" 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the analisys, great video
Agadmator please show the standings after every round if possible
Excellent game for Fabi. Thanks for sharing.
Can you by chance show the Boris Gelfand game? I'm trying to find it and having no luck. Love your work!!
That was crazy Thanks!
Alireza falls into the shark tank.
Seems to me that this is an example of pushing too hard for a win when the position is just a draw, which usually results in taking the L.
New guy getting real GM spanking on the big stage. Just like Fisher a million years ago. He’s need to keep at it and not back down. I love his approach
Great game. Now someone need to convince Magnus that he should play Ian or Fabi again if it comes to that.
He shouldn't need "convincing". He has a duty as defending champion to defend his title.
Straight up man, i wanted ding to win mostly because i just want magnus to defend. I hope he does defend against whoever wins
Still 8 rounds left though so there is a chance things get shaken up. Though realistically its one of them that should win it
@@phenix2403 Let' hope Ding comes through!
@@davidcopson5800 im still hoping too
Once again I've come to spot something vague about the photo: Alireza's rating being higher than Fabi's seems just absurd 😂
it won't stay long