Antonio, your "have an excellent rest of your day" really helped me today (it's been a rough one). Thank you for being a beacon of positivity and class!
I'll be honest, I thought people were way too harsh on the Carlsen-Fabi match. Those were some awesome games with several near-wins. That said, it's also really nice to have actual wins, lol It feels really strange to have 5 games played and over half of them decisive.
@@puppetmaster579 They were both good at defending, but that's part of what made the games so damned good. As I recall: Game 1 was a really interesting opposite sides castle game that put them both in time trouble and Carlsen had a win before move 40, but he missed a strategy with an exchange sacrifice and queen infiltrating on the other side of the board. Later on there was a really intense Sveshnikov that Fabi could've won if he pressed just a little bit harder instead of being cautious, then another Sveshnikov (I think it was) that Carlsen had the upper hand in until Fabi was able to trade down to a pawn up (for Fabi) endgame with all 4 rooks staring at the same pawn from 4 different directions. Then there was that queenless Petrov with the zillion knight moves and Carlsen a piece down and needing to create a fortress to hold a draw... with Fabi having missed a ~35 move forced mate that was obscenely difficult to find because there were so many variations and the key variation meant trapping his own knight and doing this lengthy variation to repeatedly put Carlsen in zugzwang. And then there was that final opposite sides castle game which, admittedly, was a lame draw (the only draw in the match that I'd call lame) because Carlsen didn't realize just how big his advantage was. You look at the other WCC matches over the last decade or so and there is usually one truly interesting game during the whole match, maybe two, but with Carlsen v Fabi I think there were at least four fascinating ones that were really tense and really close.
It's insane to me while watching these games live just how little time Nepo uses. It seems like he's always up 30-60 minutes on the clock and he's STILL finding engine moves faster than the commentators who actually have the engines.
He needs to be careful He was always with much more time against Carlsen.... but if he doesn't have a tactical mishap his positional grasp on a glance is amazing
Except Nepo does NOT find engine moves faster than commentators - you see, whenever he plays moves real fast, he isn't just having some blistering 1-second-long strike of genius allowing him to find that move then and there. Instead, whenever he plays moves real fast, it's moves which he previously already considered - "calculated" - in his head, expecting the opponent's previous move (or even several moves) and thus already knowing what his next move (or even several moves) would be IF his opponent would play the move (or several moves) he was expecting him to play. Nepo - as well as pretty much all good chess players - calculates MULTIPLE variations ("lines") from any given position whenever he's calculating his future moves, and he keeps such multiple possible continuations in mind as he plays, discarding ones which his opponent did not follow with his moves, and calculating new ones whenever his opponent makes any move Nepo did not expect (like rook to a2 played by Ding in this game). This is how and this is why there ain't nothing special about Nepo's ability to play "a move" real fast - instead, there is a lot of special about Nepo's ability to foresee a great number of possible continuations, calculate them properly and keep them all in mind as needed without messing up move order and possible outcomes. Nepo - and any other grandmaster, pretty much - have this special ability among several other special abilities, which together exactly result in these guys being grandmasters.
@@faznaz7455 it's also helped with his great intuition, to chose what moves set for the best continuation. He's intuitive is among the best, but as always intuition like you said could be double-edged. Different from calculating-type master (Ding), intuitive type sometimes don't go that far for each lines, and could make a mistake in the move order due to many moves he considered. All factor considered make Nepo could progress so fast on opponent phase
Honestly, I don't think anyone would've blamed Nepo if he didn't find either kg4 or kf4 and instead played ng5. Very solid defending from Ding, and a very deserving victory for Ian.
In the pause the video moment - what about this? 1. pawn to e6, QxE6, 2. pawn to g5, then the F6 pawn captures 3. knight captures on G5, now the queen needs to retreat cuz the next move by the knight will check fork the queen. But if you actually move the queen to h6 or d8, it's mate in 1 (Qxf7) Assuming a scenario where after pawn to e6 you capture with the g7 pawn, that means doubled pawn and weak kingside, the king has to move to g8 or it's imminent checkmate in 2. Then knight to h4 (what move would you even do as black here? can't bishop to d4, can't queen to f8 cuz the f6 pawn hangs) into knight g6, let's say you capture with the pawn, queen captures with check, king moves back to f8 or goes to h8, in either case queen captures the h6 pawn with check, king moves to g8, check again with the queen on g6, king moves in either direction again advance the white h pawn to h6, black queen moves to d7 to prevent checkmate, white queen captures the f6 pawn with check, king moves to g8, rook to e7 threatening checkmate, queen captures rook, white queen captures black queen, you have to move king to f8 otherwise checkmate, queen g7+, king moves to e8, then you advance the pawn and it's checkmate In case you don't capture the knight earlier, then just knight e7+ forks the rook and you're screwed even faster since recapturing with the queen leads to the pawns on 6 hanging
@@malmarci Damn it, thanks, I always do that in my games D: I get hyperfocused on an idea that I miss/overlook something obvious/better. It doesn't help that when I invest my thought process in an idea, it still takes me long to try to play it out in my head... the sad life of a 1k rating
@@ShoeboxRacer The engine on stream first deducted 1.3 from Ian's advantage, thus bringing it down to +0.2. I was pretty shocked when the bar suddenly went up again.
All these games have shown me so far is the absolute incredible depth of understanding of the beautiful game of chess that Ding, Nepo and Magnus have. We should all be grateful they dedicate so much of their lives just to show us such art. ❤️
@@pakiaoo7 +0,05 is the slight advantage that white has (since it has the initiative). It's funny because it's obvious. In all games black has to deal with the slight edge white has.
Day by day world championship games are going very crazy and interesting.The players playing very solid positions.This 2023 year WCC is running with eagerness in audience.😃😃😃
I didn't expect to hear that, "if you let the engine crush the numbers it will find the move nepo played" 😂, and you want us to find it "while you give us couple of seconds" 🤣🤣
Watching the game live ...i had goosebumps seing nepos face became red while thinking had he messed the position up or not .....but somehow he found the only winning continuation ....which anish giri and other commentators failed in finding at 1 st glance....there was one and only one way of winning continuation and all other ways were leading to equality ....but finally nepo showed how he is the best player in the world after MC......
I screamed out loud when he found it. I think both kf4 and kg4 were fine, as long as he didn't fuck up the continuing variations, which he then played rh6. Very great stuff from nepo, and a very deserving win too.
@@homelessdude5705 ya ....you are right but when anish giri and daniel neroditsky were not able to find the winning continuation at the 1 st glance....all chess fans got afraid ...is it going to be a draw ....one thing to mind nepo didnt had the bar to see ...he could have gone wrong had he thought like fellow commentators at 1 st go ...but somehow he held his nerves ...and found the winning move order
He had like almost two hours so only a complete mental breakdown could've prevented him from finding it. He could've easily even went and taken a nap to calm down
And the new age era of chess are claiming bishop are better than knight. It's all situational depending on the position therefore they are worth equal material no matter how you look at it
The last time that we've had decisive games (well based on what I know sooo take this with a grain of salt) is the championship match between Spassky and Fischer, Spassky won game 1 and 2 (won by default in 2 because fischer was a no go) then fischer won games 3, 4 and 6
Really exciting this championship match. Til now it has proven different things: - Carlsen is above everyone because he crushed Nepo, cuz... - Nepo is a machine when he focuses. - Knights are being stronger than the Bishops. - Doubled pawns are being decisive (in two of the three victories).
@@tonyb9735 its more of psychological than lack of ability, nepo was more than equal to magnus till game 6, even in game 6 nepo had a better position but magnus simply has better determination and stamina.
@@vik24oct1991 Ian is obviously one of a small band of elite chess players, I am not suggesting anything less, but psychology is a critical part of a chess player's make-up. All sportsmen, actually. The top players of any sport have to be able to perform at their best under pressure. And it isn't just against Carlsen, look at how Nepo dropped the ball in game 3. The point is that the OP poster stated that Nepo was a "machine". He's not. He makes too many mistakes. Machines do not make mistakes.
I think its the first time I've seen any other camera angle on this channel in so many years. I hope it's actually the first time as well (and I've not missed any video with this camera angle earlier).
Fisher v. Spassky 1972 5 of first six games were won, including a forfeit in Game 2 and a draw in Game 4. Spassky won Game One and Game 2(by forfeit), Fischer won games 3,5, and 6.
Fun fact: Nepo's name Nepomniachtchi or Непомнящий in Bulgarian alphabet literally means "who doesn't remember". Ne Pomnia means "I don't remember". I find it ridiculous that he is a chess player. I don't know if the words have similar meaning in Russian.
Amazing game. Both are playing high level chess, this allows beatiful strategies and tactics to take place. The final position is wonderful, with an inevitable mate with such reduced material. The analysis as well is high quality my compliment to Antonio!
Really enjoy Nepo's style of play. In boxing terms he is such a knockout puncher. When he finds the opportunity he always swings and the result is almost always spectacular. In Ding's win he clearly swung and missed and now just went for it and it resulted in a win. Also makes a lot of sense that Rapport is Ding's second since he is also a high risk high reward player.
It's exciting to see many wins in world championship, but to be honest I haven't see any game that could make my heart racing like that legendary round 6 game
I’m gaining an appreciation if Nepo’s depth and vision in these games. His style reminds me of Boris Spassky… the position can look pretty even but out of nowhere Nepo has an attack that “grows all over you like poison ivy “.
I also noticed that but I think sometimes Antonio means things like that in a practical sense. like there will be easy chances to trade the bishops in a couple moves
Can someone briefly tell me what is the main difference between Morphy's defense and the Berlin defense? How does moving the knight right away as opposed to making the bishop retreat with a6 affect the game?
I like this game because I can clearly see where the middle-game advantage emerged-black’s bishop didn’t belong on c5 and spent the whole game doing nothing staring at the f3 pawn. White was functionally up a piece and pushed accordingly.
I don't understand. At 4:57, you suggest Ne7, but if Ne7 before the queen supports it, Bxb7, and black is simply a piece down for nothing. If Ra1, Qa1, Qb6 Bd5, and black is just a piece down I don't get it. Can someone explain to me how this possibly make sense please? Thank you.
#suggestion Please consider having another smaller board somewhere on the side of the screen, perhaps instead of pictures of players or the donations side if possible, and on that smaller board show the actuall position as it really is when going into multiple deeper lines. I find it very helpful and maybe I got used it watching the live stream. Just an idea, and as always thank you for the amazing videos please do keep up the excelent work !
What did you mean by playing knight e7 and "trading the bishops right away (4:59)"? I could not find how this is something else than a blunder and gave the position to stockfish and it is a blunder... Was that a joke?
+100. Great analysis.... 2 minor points: At 8:19 if Black takes QxPe4? then NxPc4, Qc6 / NxBb6, QxNb6 / de5 White wins a Pawn and has a 2-on-1 in queenside Pawns. And at 9:09 if QxPe4?? then Ne3-f5 wins the N on e7.
0:00 and it was in this position we have a completely new camera angle.
Exactly! Where's the angle for Medo??
We want medo!!!
I dont like it
I like it
Haha, indeed =)
The guy making first move is Serik Sapiyev, 2012 Olympic boxing gold medalist from Kazakhstan.
I bet he doesn’t eat dog meat and bat soup
@@bits_for_bytes or grass
@@bits_for_bytes what a foolish comment... you guys are uneducated morons
@@bits_for_bytes What does this mean? Is there some joke here that I don't understand?
@@gmansplit one or two, yes.
Antonio, your "have an excellent rest of your day" really helped me today (it's been a rough one). Thank you for being a beacon of positivity and class!
Well, I might add, when you say "Hello Everyone" I wish you would give a slight pause so I can say "hi" back! :-)
This is turning out to be a great Championship. Hope it keeps going like this.
I'll be honest, I thought people were way too harsh on the Carlsen-Fabi match. Those were some awesome games with several near-wins. That said, it's also really nice to have actual wins, lol It feels really strange to have 5 games played and over half of them decisive.
Well its a really good match true, but IT is not WC match
@@paulinasieron9261 it is bro.
@@vigilante8374 Carlsen and Fabi are too accurate.
@@puppetmaster579 They were both good at defending, but that's part of what made the games so damned good. As I recall: Game 1 was a really interesting opposite sides castle game that put them both in time trouble and Carlsen had a win before move 40, but he missed a strategy with an exchange sacrifice and queen infiltrating on the other side of the board. Later on there was a really intense Sveshnikov that Fabi could've won if he pressed just a little bit harder instead of being cautious, then another Sveshnikov (I think it was) that Carlsen had the upper hand in until Fabi was able to trade down to a pawn up (for Fabi) endgame with all 4 rooks staring at the same pawn from 4 different directions. Then there was that queenless Petrov with the zillion knight moves and Carlsen a piece down and needing to create a fortress to hold a draw... with Fabi having missed a ~35 move forced mate that was obscenely difficult to find because there were so many variations and the key variation meant trapping his own knight and doing this lengthy variation to repeatedly put Carlsen in zugzwang. And then there was that final opposite sides castle game which, admittedly, was a lame draw (the only draw in the match that I'd call lame) because Carlsen didn't realize just how big his advantage was.
You look at the other WCC matches over the last decade or so and there is usually one truly interesting game during the whole match, maybe two, but with Carlsen v Fabi I think there were at least four fascinating ones that were really tense and really close.
It's insane to me while watching these games live just how little time Nepo uses. It seems like he's always up 30-60 minutes on the clock and he's STILL finding engine moves faster than the commentators who actually have the engines.
He needs to be careful
He was always with much more time against Carlsen.... but if he doesn't have a tactical mishap his positional grasp on a glance is amazing
Except Nepo does NOT find engine moves faster than commentators - you see, whenever he plays moves real fast, he isn't just having some blistering 1-second-long strike of genius allowing him to find that move then and there. Instead, whenever he plays moves real fast, it's moves which he previously already considered - "calculated" - in his head, expecting the opponent's previous move (or even several moves) and thus already knowing what his next move (or even several moves) would be IF his opponent would play the move (or several moves) he was expecting him to play. Nepo - as well as pretty much all good chess players - calculates MULTIPLE variations ("lines") from any given position whenever he's calculating his future moves, and he keeps such multiple possible continuations in mind as he plays, discarding ones which his opponent did not follow with his moves, and calculating new ones whenever his opponent makes any move Nepo did not expect (like rook to a2 played by Ding in this game). This is how and this is why there ain't nothing special about Nepo's ability to play "a move" real fast - instead, there is a lot of special about Nepo's ability to foresee a great number of possible continuations, calculate them properly and keep them all in mind as needed without messing up move order and possible outcomes. Nepo - and any other grandmaster, pretty much - have this special ability among several other special abilities, which together exactly result in these guys being grandmasters.
@@finsfinst4274 damn bro
@@finsfinst4274 But how do you explain his blistering pace compared to other super GMs? This type of play is a double edged sword.
@@faznaz7455 it's also helped with his great intuition, to chose what moves set for the best continuation. He's intuitive is among the best, but as always intuition like you said could be double-edged. Different from calculating-type master (Ding), intuitive type sometimes don't go that far for each lines, and could make a mistake in the move order due to many moves he considered. All factor considered make Nepo could progress so fast on opponent phase
Agadmator really keeps tension - until the very end I didn't know whether it will end as decisive
I thought it would be a draw.
@@БоянБогданов-ю6о Me too.
Honestly, I don't think anyone would've blamed Nepo if he didn't find either kg4 or kf4 and instead played ng5. Very solid defending from Ding, and a very deserving victory for Ian.
I'm pretty certain, he wouldve blamed himself!
In the pause the video moment - what about this?
1. pawn to e6, QxE6,
2. pawn to g5, then the F6 pawn captures
3. knight captures on G5, now the queen needs to retreat cuz the next move by the knight will check fork the queen. But if you actually move the queen to h6 or d8, it's mate in 1 (Qxf7)
Assuming a scenario where after pawn to e6 you capture with the g7 pawn, that means doubled pawn and weak kingside, the king has to move to g8 or it's imminent checkmate in 2. Then knight to h4 (what move would you even do as black here? can't bishop to d4, can't queen to f8 cuz the f6 pawn hangs) into knight g6, let's say you capture with the pawn, queen captures with check, king moves back to f8 or goes to h8, in either case queen captures the h6 pawn with check, king moves to g8, check again with the queen on g6, king moves in either direction again advance the white h pawn to h6, black queen moves to d7 to prevent checkmate, white queen captures the f6 pawn with check, king moves to g8, rook to e7 threatening checkmate, queen captures rook, white queen captures black queen, you have to move king to f8 otherwise checkmate, queen g7+, king moves to e8, then you advance the pawn and it's checkmate
In case you don't capture the knight earlier, then just knight e7+ forks the rook and you're screwed even faster since recapturing with the queen leads to the pawns on 6 hanging
@@swaillidan5558 Typing all of this out only to miss that after nxg5 black can just move his king back to g8 and there's no fork lol
@@malmarci Damn it, thanks, I always do that in my games D: I get hyperfocused on an idea that I miss/overlook something obvious/better. It doesn't help that when I invest my thought process in an idea, it still takes me long to try to play it out in my head... the sad life of a 1k rating
@@ShoeboxRacer The engine on stream first deducted 1.3 from Ian's advantage, thus bringing it down to +0.2. I was pretty shocked when the bar suddenly went up again.
This game is a masterclass in conversion from serious middle game checkmate threats to a winning endgame.
Or perhaps a Grandmasterclass?
@@thesirz3or perhaps world champion class?
Nepo teaching us all how it's done. If he becomes WC it will be because he's the best.
@@danielward7008 Nah its like 1975, it doesnt really matter who is WC if the strongest player isnt even contending
@@ryoma1412 It matters, just like Karpov's reign as World Champion matters.
Three wins in the first five games in a WCC!
🎉
magnus was so good that this became a statistic
Definitely one of the most competitive wccs ever played recently, and it's probably due to the absence of carlsen.
Fischer-Spassky 1972 too.
Well I just got spoiled as i opened the video lol
The guy making the first move is the legendary "THE HODDIE GUY"😂
All these games have shown me so far is the absolute incredible depth of understanding of the beautiful game of chess that Ding, Nepo and Magnus have. We should all be grateful they dedicate so much of their lives just to show us such art. ❤️
".. then, the engine finds the move that Nepo played"
Ian gets a +0,05 lead according to the engine. "Lets see how Ding deals with this..."
What does that mean?
@@pakiaoo7 +0,05 is the slight advantage that white has (since it has the initiative).
It's funny because it's obvious. In all games black has to deal with the slight edge white has.
And Ding lost. As much as this is a joke it just shows how strong 0.05 can be in highend master chess
@@ivanrado3430 Lol, it shows how a gm can blunder like everyone else.
@@sarcastaball not exactly like everyone else though)
Day by day world championship games are going very crazy and interesting.The players playing very solid positions.This 2023 year WCC is running with eagerness in audience.😃😃😃
When agadmator says that b4 is the best move to play, I can't tell if he's serious or not any more... 🙂
Aga: I’m not going to spoil it.
Me: ok I’m in!
I didn't expect to hear that, "if you let the engine crush the numbers it will find the move nepo played" 😂, and you want us to find it "while you give us couple of seconds" 🤣🤣
0:50 - Olympic Games Boxing Golden medalist from Kazakhstan Serik Sapiev
Watching the game live ...i had goosebumps seing nepos face became red while thinking had he messed the position up or not .....but somehow he found the only winning continuation ....which anish giri and other commentators failed in finding at 1 st glance....there was one and only one way of winning continuation and all other ways were leading to equality ....but finally nepo showed how he is the best player in the world after MC......
I screamed out loud when he found it. I think both kf4 and kg4 were fine, as long as he didn't fuck up the continuing variations, which he then played rh6. Very great stuff from nepo, and a very deserving win too.
@@homelessdude5705 ya ....you are right but when anish giri and daniel neroditsky were not able to find the winning continuation at the 1 st glance....all chess fans got afraid ...is it going to be a draw ....one thing to mind nepo didnt had the bar to see ...he could have gone wrong had he thought like fellow commentators at 1 st go ...but somehow he held his nerves ...and found the winning move order
He had like almost two hours so only a complete mental breakdown could've prevented him from finding it. He could've easily even went and taken a nap to calm down
Your new improved setup is excellent, agad. Good job and thank you for constantly improving the channel!
This world championship is really showing the power of the knights
To quote Hikaru: DEEZ KNIGHTS. 🤣
You might even say, it's all about the horse power
And the new age era of chess are claiming bishop are better than knight. It's all situational depending on the position therefore they are worth equal material no matter how you look at it
@@samle9131 by that logic queen is equal to a pawn because you can technically envision a situation where the queen is completely useless
And this knight is asking all sorts of questions. I thought the knight was going to lose the game a few times .
Love how DIng was fighting until the end.
Same. Great to see he didn't give up, and even shook Nepo with Ra2
Having only gotten into chess during the Magnus vs Fabiano WCC, it’s weird seeing so many wins in the early games. Pretty exciting stuff
Man it shows how dominant magnus was. No one can make a win like these in the first few matches
The last time that we've had decisive games (well based on what I know sooo take this with a grain of salt) is the championship match between Spassky and Fischer, Spassky won game 1 and 2 (won by default in 2 because fischer was a no go) then fischer won games 3, 4 and 6
Really exciting this championship match. Til now it has proven different things:
- Carlsen is above everyone because he crushed Nepo, cuz...
- Nepo is a machine when he focuses.
- Knights are being stronger than the Bishops.
- Doubled pawns are being decisive (in two of the three victories).
- Sacrificing an exchange gives an advantage
Yeah, it really became obvious that magnus is the boss,
But it's more fun to watch nepo and ding slaping each other
@@P.sherman45 yeah Magnus’ wc matches are usually super tense and lots of draws
Nepo showed just how strong he really is in theory, mid game and end game.....what a machine he is
... unless he plays Magnus ...
@@tonyb9735 its more of psychological than lack of ability, nepo was more than equal to magnus till game 6, even in game 6 nepo had a better position but magnus simply has better determination and stamina.
@@vik24oct1991 Ian is obviously one of a small band of elite chess players, I am not suggesting anything less, but psychology is a critical part of a chess player's make-up. All sportsmen, actually. The top players of any sport have to be able to perform at their best under pressure.
And it isn't just against Carlsen, look at how Nepo dropped the ball in game 3.
The point is that the OP poster stated that Nepo was a "machine". He's not. He makes too many mistakes. Machines do not make mistakes.
why he didnt win last wcc then?
blundered so badly it bored magnus into not playing this again lmao
Best chess channel ever - with love 💕 from Poland 🖖
Really great commentary. Thanks Antonio!
Very interesting game to win with planning each step to build decisive attack.... Ding tried his best with no option left to save the match....
That was enjoyable thank you!🎉
Wow !! this game was a masterpiece by Ian, what an absolute brilliant attack. He played it like a true World Champion.
I love the new camera angle! Also the camera feels much higher quality, keep up the good work!
Excellent analysis. Thanks!
Thanks for being the one channel not actively giving away the match outcome in the title of the video.
Nice set up and new decorations
Congrats
Thank you for the video!
This is such an entertaining match. They are so evenly matched that anything can happen.
Love the new camera posture you decided to use!
Suggestion: Please add Time of the players to your videos.. it will make it very interesting
idk who that dude is that made the first move either but his jawline is crazy lmao bro chews refined iron for breakfast
Nice new setup agad
I think its the first time I've seen any other camera angle on this channel in so many years. I hope it's actually the first time as well (and I've not missed any video with this camera angle earlier).
Excellent analysis 🤩.
Jentleman on the photo - Kazakh Boxing olimpic champion Serik Sapiev
Thank you for the great content!!!
Game 5 really shook everyone up. Agadmator and Levys camera set up proves it
Fisher v. Spassky 1972 5 of first six games were won, including a forfeit in Game 2 and a draw in Game 4. Spassky won Game One and Game 2(by forfeit), Fischer won games 3,5, and 6.
Thanks. Was wondering what Antonio was talking about re Game 6..
Fun fact: Nepo's name Nepomniachtchi or Непомнящий in Bulgarian alphabet literally means "who doesn't remember". Ne Pomnia means "I don't remember". I find it ridiculous that he is a chess player. I don't know if the words have similar meaning in Russian.
They do. Вопреки фамилии, память у Яна отменная.
@@kindlingking Въпреки фамилията, неговата памет е силна.
Digging the new camera angle/setup!!
i truly missed those few seconds of video in the beginning. thank you for the replay
Poprilicno dugacki videi u ovoj seriji. Vise drzi paznju kad je video kraci.
what a game & matching analysis by Antonio !
love the new camera setup !!!
Hope doggo is ok. Long Time No See
Looks like a complete new setup?
The guy who made the first move is Ian Nepo.
Thanks for coverage & nice analysis
At 18:44 video time, I believe move 40, why isn't Qf7 checkmate? Why take on Qa8? What am I missing?
I like the change of camera angle, good to keep it spicy Agad!
Thanks, I was going for spicy
fresh from the game ending handshake...
game was worth of a world championship match. absolute masterclass
love the new camera and setup
Amazing game. Both are playing high level chess, this allows beatiful strategies and tactics to take place.
The final position is wonderful, with an inevitable mate with such reduced material.
The analysis as well is high quality my compliment to Antonio!
Wow, I love the setup you have, Antonio.
Thanks man
These matches have such deep theory!
Deep down and dirty
New camera or just new angle? From 30 fps to 60 fps to 4k vids?
My gratitude to Magnus for this beautiful WCC
Kindly also show the poison in the position. That how one wrong move which looks nice to average rated players can blunder the game
Really enjoy Nepo's style of play. In boxing terms he is such a knockout puncher. When he finds the opportunity he always swings and the result is almost always spectacular. In Ding's win he clearly swung and missed and now just went for it and it resulted in a win. Also makes a lot of sense that Rapport is Ding's second since he is also a high risk high reward player.
Your new set up looks great, Antonio!
At about 4:55 you show black playing Ne7. Wouldn't that fail to Bxb7? What am I missing?
Yes he just missed it. It's a free piece for white
Nothing. That would have been a terrible blunder.
Great game, thanks for the review ...
I think the best way to describe this WCC is, unstoppable force meets immovable object.
This is getting really exciting.
It's exciting to see many wins in world championship, but to be honest I haven't see any game that could make my heart racing like that legendary round 6 game
Hands down this is the most interesting World Cup tournament since 2014
I’m gaining an appreciation if Nepo’s depth and vision in these games. His style reminds me of Boris Spassky… the position can look pretty even but out of nowhere Nepo has an attack that “grows all over you like poison ivy “.
At 4:56 Ne7 doesn’t trade bishops, it blunders a bishop
I also noticed that but I think sometimes Antonio means things like that in a practical sense. like there will be easy chances to trade the bishops in a couple moves
Right. bishop blunder is no option. First Qd7 as shown.
Can someone briefly tell me what is the main difference between Morphy's defense and the Berlin defense? How does moving the knight right away as opposed to making the bishop retreat with a6 affect the game?
And it was in this position that agadmator , finally changed his camera angle and we entered a whole new era of chess coverage
the end game was case of a good knight for
white vs a bad bishop for black in a closed position.
I like this game because I can clearly see where the middle-game advantage emerged-black’s bishop didn’t belong on c5 and spent the whole game doing nothing staring at the f3 pawn. White was functionally up a piece and pushed accordingly.
Thank you!
Is the audio just a little bit off from the video for others too? It looks like a new camera angle maybe the audio isn’t super synced
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4:54 how does Ne7 "trade bishops right away"? Doesn't that just blunder the bishop?
That's what I was thinking.
Yup, Agadmator just skill issued here
Yes, should be a mistake by our favorite youtuber..
Right. bishop blunder is no option. First Qd7 as shown.
Thanks for the perfect review 🎉
I don't understand. At 4:57, you suggest Ne7, but if Ne7 before the queen supports it, Bxb7, and black is simply a piece down for nothing. If Ra1, Qa1, Qb6 Bd5, and black is just a piece down I don't get it. Can someone explain to me how this possibly make sense please? Thank you.
#suggestion Please consider having another smaller board somewhere on the side of the screen, perhaps instead of pictures of players or the donations side if possible, and on that smaller board show the actuall position as it really is when going into multiple deeper lines. I find it very helpful and maybe I got used it watching the live stream. Just an idea, and as always thank you for the amazing videos please do keep up the excelent work !
In game 6, we will get to know that Magnus is a member of team Nepo
It's a plot twist that nobody saw coming even the engine doesn't know
Staying exciting. This is good.
Does anyone know the last time a World Championship Chess game ended in checkmate, and not draw or resignation?
What did you mean by playing knight e7 and "trading the bishops right away (4:59)"? I could not find how this is something else than a blunder and gave the position to stockfish and it is a blunder... Was that a joke?
+100. Great analysis.... 2 minor points: At 8:19 if Black takes QxPe4? then NxPc4, Qc6 / NxBb6, QxNb6 / de5 White wins a Pawn and has a 2-on-1 in queenside Pawns. And at 9:09 if QxPe4?? then Ne3-f5 wins the N on e7.
New camera? Looking very nice!
At 23:48, if, as you show Be3, then just Rxe3. Again I don't understand. Black does not get the piece back.
I like it that you first mention the move that was played, before going into the variations.
What is wrong with the move black f6 at 20:17, to stop f6 by white?
This world championship is truly showing how strong Mangus wad in the past world championships.
really like the new camera angle Antonio!
At 4:56
I don't get the suggestion of trading the light-squared bishops - black's bishop is not protected, so what else does Ne7?
Your lighting in this vid was really good. It's good most of the time, but it really was noticeably good in this one.