1D chess: Ding and Rapport got careless and all their prep is publicly available now 2D chess: Ding and Rapport did this on purpose, knowing it’d be discovered, so team Nepo would prepare for the wrong things 3D chess: Team Nepo figured this out days ago and is more upset that it became public because now team Ding is aware, causing Nepo to tilt… just as team Ding planned 4D chess: these were friendly games between Nepo and Ding themselves as a good will “mutual prep” session 5D chess: The actual Pentagon released this to cause chaos as Russia and China are US adversaries 6D chess: Hans Niemann is the redditor who discovered and leaked this because he just wants to watch the world burn 7D chess: These were two actual 1500 players playing for fun and randomly trying out openings, still blissfully unaware of the worldwide furor their games have caused
Fabi is brilliant and I’m really enjoying his insights. Having said that, it strikes me as borderline insane to say this won’t have much of a negative effect on Ding. Unless it was some sort of intentional false flag leak (highly unlikely), it blows several holes in Ding’s prep. But more than that, it just adds to Ding’s evident mood of insecurity and self-doubt. The psychological blow to a player who is already fragile in that department is bound to be massive. Sad - but I guess it’s what you get when you recklessly prepare on a public server.
I would hope that a chess genius and an entire team of similar geniuses would be able to figure out and double check how to make sure those games are not viewable to the public. I think it was probably them, but I don't think it was serious prep or they would have been more careful personally im on this train: 2D chess: Ding and Rapport did this on purpose, knowing it’d be discovered, so team Nepo would prepare for the wrong things Ding deliberately played a game he recognized from that account knowing it would be discovered and gambling that Nepo and his team would spend the rest of the tournament studying those games rather than focusing on their earlier prep
As a fellow 1500 rated chess player I don't take kind to being called low rated! I'll have you know I've been playing the London wayyyyyy before this Ding feller used it...😂
I actuelly think this will hurt nepo more then it helps. As caruana pointed out they might now need to focus on some berlin and other stuff. And so the Team will work on stuff that never happens and nepo will learn alot of useless lines
I had no idea who this Mike Klein guy was prior to the event, but every single one of his appearances on the broadcast was through-the-roof cringe / borderline offensive. Also, every fellow chess player knows the feeling of losing a terrible game, spoiling a winning position, etc., and asking another player, especially when they are under such pressure, "what do you feel after missing winning moves?" or "why were you late?" is just incredibly rude. Other than that, the event is incredible, and I really appreciate the effort you put in, so keep going!
Journalists aren’t player’s friends and I think the content creation/award shows culture give us the impression that acting always friendly or overly humorous are the only ways of being nice or polite.
He was being a professional, he was the only one to bring up the questions everyone was the most interested in hear the answers for today. And now everyone is happily mentioning him and the blank responses Ding gave him.
I watched the leak happen live during the broadcast, and was one of the people checking out the account's other games. Crazy moment. For Ding's sake I hope that was not their only prep accounts, and they have others that aren't as compromised
Surprised they didn't have one pair of accounts for every prepared line. Obviously every account pair would get revealed soon after the surprise gets played.
Pretty unfair and uncool for the reporter Mike Klein to be grilling Ding on his prep activity at the press conference. Ding doesn’t like to lie! So uncomfortable to watch
Agreed, like what did he expect Ding to do, say “oh yeah that’s my secret account with all my prep”? The smug look on the reporters face as he asks the question really says it all
I agree that almost questions being asked to the players are cringe, but this has to be asked. Last year, a similar ques was asked to both magnus and nepo about some game being analysed publicly. Before that caruana also got the ques regarding his prep.
It's a lot easier to say now that Nepo won't be looking to the Italian, than it would've been a few months ago. I think it's very reasonable from Ding's perspective to throw in a few Italian games just in case Nepo decides to avoid the Marshall that way. I can't imagine too much information will be gleaned from these accounts, it's not that many games, but perhaps it's informative in some way to see what directions the Ding team was looking to find chances? Whether the positions were more calm, or more crazy, or both. Given we're halfway through the match though, it just seems like whoever gets the initiative seems to be doing well, so even if this information could be decoded, would it be useful?
LMAO he goes "I don't know" while smiling. Not too good at lying, huh? That's not the worst thing as it means he's likely living a moral life free of dishing out manipulation.
The reason I believe FVitelli is Ding is he only has 72 games - all against opqrstuv. opqrstuv has many games more - playing bullet, anti-chess, and 960. Finally, and most importantly: they regularly (with only 2 exceptions) played 4 rapid 10+5 games per day, only on weekdays, just as Ding said his prep had been - only on weekdays.
The 4D chess move is that Ding's team purposefully "leaked" this account with the hopes of Nepo's team following it for the next set of games only for Ding to throw a curveball line 🤔
World champions wouldn’t be the same without “leaks” happy every time. Whether it’s the database or someone in camp, everyone prepares for it, doesn’t really matter
If that’s the case that kinda invalidates his wins ngl, yeah sure it’s definitely on Ding’s team for being so careless and Nepo will still get the title, but no one will think he is 100% deserving of it when he has such a huge unfair advantage, this is chess championship not internet sleuthing championship.
@greenhat7618 not really. I am rooting for ding but if nepo wins , he completely deserves it. It's not like nepo made people hack computers or something; for all he knew(assuming he knew about this before game8), this could very well have been a trap. It's completely on ding's team to make such a mistake; they are neither kids nor too old to not know such basic stuff...
@@greenhat7618 Preparation controversies has been a part of history for a long time, this is just the latest iteration. Fabi got some of his leaked, Kramnik used his time on Kasparovs team to look for specific prep against his files and then beat him with the Berlin, not to mention the time where you could adjourn a game and get your seconds to help you with a position while the game was still in progress. Preparing for your opponent is a huge part of chess so if your opponent gives you an advantage you should take it. And it's not like any of the games have been completely winning out of the opening prep anyway, he still had to convert it against the 3rd highest rated player in the world.
Exactly what i was thinking. Also even the way it was discussed was not appropriate. It's one thing to share that there has been a leak and its potential impacts but christian asking stuff like did anything stand out and fabi getting into some of the lines played and what he found interesting is quite detrimental because ofc that will get shared and it's just making nepos team life easier with fabis insights.
@@Velvet-ni6pu What if Nepo's team knew about it already? They would probably be the first to find out about such thing. There's an argument that the guy who found out about it made Ding's team a favour by making them aware of the leak. Anyway, what Fabiano said won't help them.
Why should Ding Liren admit anything? Obviously Ding has been handicapped by having to keep in China for a long while so as you say he's likely to play online. Also why does he say 'kudos' to the people who leaked it?
My thoughts is that if Nepo wins this would put a big stain on his Championship which to this point has been a great match. There's likely two or three games so far that are going to be remembered for some brilliant play
@@bughunter1766 They input a position and search the data base for games in that position when they are evaluating the game they just played. And then you fall upon these two weak players who are in complex positions that only top GM are in. So you look into their games. You know the same way it was found by whom ever said they found them.
A take I haven't seen yet: they did it on purpose. The h3 game was followed by everyone on lichess and nobody saw these 13 games. This means one of two things: (1) everyone was ignorant or (2) they made the accounts public before the game today and wanted it to leak.
I don't get it. These "leaks" typically only happens during/after the actual match takes place where the specific prep was used. Finding out after no longer really matters. It's not like Ding is going to play the same tactic again in this match. Now he'll move on to other prepped ideas -- where he'd have used different accounts with Rapport to practice. This shouldn't have any effect on the outcome of the match going forward. So long as the players use new accounts for each prep practice (which should be common sense), it's a non-issue.
There are opening variations which were not played yet and clearly were going to be for their surprise element due to them being rare or not the main lines.
@@amitkerurkar8685 okay well if that's the case that's incredibly stupid from Ding/Rapport not to create/use new accounts for each opening variation (assuming for some reason their games couldn't be made private). In this day and age it should be common knowledge that viewers will easily be able to track down the accounts after seeing obscure variations played out at the biggest chess stage in the World.
maybe these leaks were made on purpose, to see if players come up with good moves. I don't believe in accordance, one or other purpose is behind this, I'm sure it.
Edit: forget all about it, I saw what he said after game 9, this guy is just dirty Just some insights about Mike Klein: 1. Making Journalism doesn’t imply making comfortable questions, you gotta make the questions that need to be asked. 2. Journalists aren’t player’s friends and I think the content creation/award shows culture give us the impression that acting always friendly or overly humorous are the only ways of being nice or polite. 3. He was being a professional, he was the only one to bring up the questions everyone was the most interested in hear the answers for today. And now everyone is happily mentioning him and the blank responses Ding gave him. 4. Ding is a grown 30 yo man, this is his profession, he’s an athlete, when he wins he respond interviews and when he loses he does it too if there’s a contract. People acting like he’s like a lil scared cat boy uwu
There’s also some vested interest from Klein to ask these questions. Klein has a top level executive position at a chesscom subsidiary, and chesscom sponsors Nepomiatchichi. There is a financial incentive for chesscom, if Nepo won the match. It’s a bit under the table that Klein was the one to ask these questions. Almost like he’s trying to prod some information from Ding that can be used by Nepo’s team. Questions of this nature feel a bit below the belt, given that they come from someone that directly benefits if they reveal something useful to Nepo. Chesscom sponsors Nepo for this match, and it would look really good for their advertising revenue if the next wcc is the horse they put money behind.
I didn't know that. I think if that's the case trying to cause some sort of embarassement would be more impactful than trying to get out info in front of everyone, wouldn't it? I still don't think the questions where out of hand. Letting Ding team know that everyone knows would be rather a move of fairness.
I enjoy this podcast and I appreciate the work that you do BUT I'm sorry, saying "KUDOS" to the redditors that leaked Ding's prep and effectively ruined what was otherwise a fair fight, that's absolutely ridiculous. I just want to see a fair match, I don't think Ding OR Nepo want this. If Nepo wins, it'll just undermine his accomplishment. And it really makes the whole match a lot less appealing for me, as a spectator looking for fair games
Someone was gonna find it out. Maybe Nepo's team knew about it already and the redditor did Ding a favour by making him aware of the leak. Anyway, you can't blame the one who made it public : it is incredibly stupid of Ding's team to have let this happen. The redditor didn't leak Ding's prep: HE and his team made it public.
Which honestly could be a response for all of FunMasterMikes’s questions “Ding do you believe in fate?” “Ian does the number 13 have special significance for you?”
Very poor take to blame it on the guy who notices it, in my opinion. It's not unlikely Nepo's team had noticed already and the redditor just made Ding's team a favour by making them aware their prep had been leaked. Anyway, it's their fault if they have been so stupid as to play their prep in public games...
It’s already a water down title, nepo needs to agree not to look at the leaked prep. If he is gonna win he should be able to do it without the unfair advantage
Ding: No, they are not my games, and in general I didn't prepared for the championship. The image of a nice boy who is very candid with the press is no loner there.
@@hellostranger2012 He actually replied to this very accusation. He merely compiled the information, the information was already out there. The fault is to Ding/Report and the rest of the team for not hiding this.
@@RG001100 Additionally, both of them have experienced their prep being leaked in a world championship match, so they're literally the best people to speak on it.
1D chess: Ding and Rapport got careless and all their prep is publicly available now
2D chess: Ding and Rapport did this on purpose, knowing it’d be discovered, so team Nepo would prepare for the wrong things
3D chess: Team Nepo figured this out days ago and is more upset that it became public because now team Ding is aware, causing Nepo to tilt… just as team Ding planned
4D chess: these were friendly games between Nepo and Ding themselves as a good will “mutual prep” session
5D chess: The actual Pentagon released this to cause chaos as Russia and China are US adversaries
6D chess: Hans Niemann is the redditor who discovered and leaked this because he just wants to watch the world burn
7D chess: These were two actual 1500 players playing for fun and randomly trying out openings, still blissfully unaware of the worldwide furor their games have caused
😂
Spot on
Damn
Best comment I've read in years. 7D is my guess 😂
8d chess : Chat gpt responding to the prompt "What is good WCC prep? Share pgn"
I hope we have more prep gambit matches from now on, kudos to Ding and Rapport for inventing this gambit.
Possibilities:
1. It is a set of training games between Liren and Rappaport.
2. It was a set of games played by some other helpers to test out ideas.
Interesting positional gambit by Ding here. Very deep stuff.
spot on comment
Top-class chess prep donated to us
What is your FIDE rating?
@@ruslansaleksejevs1165 unreasonably low
Fabi is brilliant and I’m really enjoying his insights. Having said that, it strikes me as borderline insane to say this won’t have much of a negative effect on Ding. Unless it was some sort of intentional false flag leak (highly unlikely), it blows several holes in Ding’s prep. But more than that, it just adds to Ding’s evident mood of insecurity and self-doubt. The psychological blow to a player who is already fragile in that department is bound to be massive. Sad - but I guess it’s what you get when you recklessly prepare on a public server.
I would hope that a chess genius and an entire team of similar geniuses would be able to figure out and double check how to make sure those games are not viewable to the public. I think it was probably them, but I don't think it was serious prep or they would have been more careful
personally im on this train:
2D chess: Ding and Rapport did this on purpose, knowing it’d be discovered, so team Nepo would prepare for the wrong things
Ding deliberately played a game he recognized from that account knowing it would be discovered and gambling that Nepo and his team would spend the rest of the tournament studying those games rather than focusing on their earlier prep
Rapport: No problem, from now on we play Grob with White!
As a fellow 1500 rated chess player I don't take kind to being called low rated! I'll have you know I've been playing the London wayyyyyy before this Ding feller used it...😂
Yeah that “low-rated” comment caught me off guard lol
This is so sad to hear for ding
I actuelly think this will hurt nepo more then it helps. As caruana pointed out they might now need to focus on some berlin and other stuff. And so the Team will work on stuff that never happens and nepo will learn alot of useless lines
maybe that’s part of their strategy
@martinsauer5311 don't think so. Seems like ding is not employing any psychological warfare.
@@tkkkkkkkkk that's what he wants you to think ;)
@yousufansari3315 Yeah, but more than 50 percent of games have already been played. idk when exactly is gonna use that 😅
interesting to hear Fabi say that it won't affect the match as much. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
poor Ding now he has to change his plan of action
I had no idea who this Mike Klein guy was prior to the event, but every single one of his appearances on the broadcast was through-the-roof cringe / borderline offensive. Also, every fellow chess player knows the feeling of losing a terrible game, spoiling a winning position, etc., and asking another player, especially when they are under such pressure, "what do you feel after missing winning moves?" or "why were you late?" is just incredibly rude.
Other than that, the event is incredible, and I really appreciate the effort you put in, so keep going!
FunMasterMike is anything but offensive.
Just some insights about Mike Klein: Making Journalism doesn’t imply making comfortable questions, you gotta make the questions that need to be asked.
Journalists aren’t player’s friends and I think the content creation/award shows culture give us the impression that acting always friendly or overly humorous are the only ways of being nice or polite.
He was being a professional, he was the only one to bring up the questions everyone was the most interested in hear the answers for today. And now everyone is happily mentioning him and the blank responses Ding gave him.
Asking why a player is late is completely fair in my opinion 🤷♂️
I watched the leak happen live during the broadcast, and was one of the people checking out the account's other games. Crazy moment.
For Ding's sake I hope that was not their only prep accounts, and they have others that aren't as compromised
Note to myself: Delete Lichess account before having a WC match.
Doesn't really help, because the games stay on site.
@@leevimalmivaara2286 Oh no... 😲
You'll never compete anyway.
@@31redorange08 Wow, you're really smart.
@@Lana_K12 Thanks! 🤓
Surprised they didn't have one pair of accounts for every prepared line. Obviously every account pair would get revealed soon after the surprise gets played.
Even highly intelligent people can have blindspots.
Thanks for the shoutout !
Pretty unfair and uncool for the reporter Mike Klein to be grilling Ding on his prep activity at the press conference. Ding doesn’t like to lie! So uncomfortable to watch
100% agree, it's extremely disrespectful. it's gossipy drama nonsense. What do they expect him to say? 0 class
Quite disrespectful to ask Ding these questions in my opinion
Agreed, like what did he expect Ding to do, say “oh yeah that’s my secret account with all my prep”? The smug look on the reporters face as he asks the question really says it all
Or, he’s just doing his job.
I agree that almost questions being asked to the players are cringe, but this has to be asked. Last year, a similar ques was asked to both magnus and nepo about some game being analysed publicly. Before that caruana also got the ques regarding his prep.
@@tkkkkkkkkk no it has not to be asked -> look at the comment from @B
@@AntonStachSZN who is @b
You are like coffezilla of chess!
Cofferizzilla
It's a lot easier to say now that Nepo won't be looking to the Italian, than it would've been a few months ago. I think it's very reasonable from Ding's perspective to throw in a few Italian games just in case Nepo decides to avoid the Marshall that way.
I can't imagine too much information will be gleaned from these accounts, it's not that many games, but perhaps it's informative in some way to see what directions the Ding team was looking to find chances? Whether the positions were more calm, or more crazy, or both. Given we're halfway through the match though, it just seems like whoever gets the initiative seems to be doing well, so even if this information could be decoded, would it be useful?
Any time I hear Fabi offer his opinion and analysis, my ears perk up.
Ding is taking Nepo along with him into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.
LMAO he goes "I don't know" while smiling. Not too good at lying, huh? That's not the worst thing as it means he's likely living a moral life free of dishing out manipulation.
Dear God the redditspacing in that post
The reason I believe FVitelli is Ding is he only has 72 games - all against opqrstuv. opqrstuv has many games more - playing bullet, anti-chess, and 960. Finally, and most importantly: they regularly (with only 2 exceptions) played 4 rapid 10+5 games per day, only on weekdays, just as Ding said his prep had been - only on weekdays.
Ding NOT chillin after this leak
Insane snitch behaviour to post this to Reddit tbh.
You think this is why Nepo said that part about "everyone having the same computer" ?
Foreshadowing?
Nah, they wouldn’t just hand over all their prep on a plate, right? Must be some mental game.
Just when I thought this match couldn't get any more interesting... :). How amateur of them though to have used the most popular sites to train.
or is it amateur of them, maybe it is a devious plan ...
The 4D chess move is that Ding's team purposefully "leaked" this account with the hopes of Nepo's team following it for the next set of games only for Ding to throw a curveball line 🤔
World champions wouldn’t be the same without “leaks” happy every time. Whether it’s the database or someone in camp, everyone prepares for it, doesn’t really matter
I love listening to these guys
I'd bet Nepo's team knew this before today's game.
same dude
I hope we find out after the match whether team Nepo knew
If that’s the case that kinda invalidates his wins ngl, yeah sure it’s definitely on Ding’s team for being so careless and Nepo will still get the title, but no one will think he is 100% deserving of it when he has such a huge unfair advantage, this is chess championship not internet sleuthing championship.
@greenhat7618 not really. I am rooting for ding but if nepo wins , he completely deserves it. It's not like nepo made people hack computers or something; for all he knew(assuming he knew about this before game8), this could very well have been a trap. It's completely on ding's team to make such a mistake; they are neither kids nor too old to not know such basic stuff...
@@greenhat7618 Preparation controversies has been a part of history for a long time, this is just the latest iteration. Fabi got some of his leaked, Kramnik used his time on Kasparovs team to look for specific prep against his files and then beat him with the Berlin, not to mention the time where you could adjourn a game and get your seconds to help you with a position while the game was still in progress.
Preparing for your opponent is a huge part of chess so if your opponent gives you an advantage you should take it. And it's not like any of the games have been completely winning out of the opening prep anyway, he still had to convert it against the 3rd highest rated player in the world.
why would say kudos to the guy who discovered that, how is what he did in any way good for anyone or for the championship?
Exactly what i was thinking. Also even the way it was discussed was not appropriate. It's one thing to share that there has been a leak and its potential impacts but christian asking stuff like did anything stand out and fabi getting into some of the lines played and what he found interesting is quite detrimental because ofc that will get shared and it's just making nepos team life easier with fabis insights.
100% agree
@@Velvet-ni6pu What if Nepo's team knew about it already? They would probably be the first to find out about such thing. There's an argument that the guy who found out about it made Ding's team a favour by making them aware of the leak. Anyway, what Fabiano said won't help them.
Why should Ding Liren admit anything? Obviously Ding has been handicapped by having to keep in China for a long while so as you say he's likely to play online.
Also why does he say 'kudos' to the people who leaked it?
Because drama brings views and money..
All warfare is based on deception
I agree with fabi on this
Don't care he will slay
My thoughts is that if Nepo wins this would put a big stain on his Championship which to this point has been a great match.
There's likely two or three games so far that are going to be remembered for some brilliant play
I don't know about any stain on it. Even though this is out now, Nepo was winning games before anybody could have known this stuff.
@@bughunter1766 it was there before it was out in the open. It's not like anybody couldn't search their database
@@answeris4217 Yea, but before Ian and Ding played games to search LiChess with, what would anyone look for? A chess game? :D
@@bughunter1766 They input a position and search the data base for games in that position when they are evaluating the game they just played.
And then you fall upon these two weak players who are in complex positions that only top GM are in. So you look into their games.
You know the same way it was found by whom ever said they found them.
Some Prep leaked purposefully may be to confuse Ian and to concentrate to reply this prep...
when 1080p?
A take I haven't seen yet: they did it on purpose. The h3 game was followed by everyone on lichess and nobody saw these 13 games. This means one of two things: (1) everyone was ignorant or (2) they made the accounts public before the game today and wanted it to leak.
Ludwig s'exporte à l'international.
Biggest chess drama this year right here!
Fabi can you provide some update on your chessable course?
He did earlier this week
In progress
How are these databases openly available to everyone
I don't get it. These "leaks" typically only happens during/after the actual match takes place where the specific prep was used. Finding out after no longer really matters. It's not like Ding is going to play the same tactic again in this match. Now he'll move on to other prepped ideas -- where he'd have used different accounts with Rapport to practice. This shouldn't have any effect on the outcome of the match going forward. So long as the players use new accounts for each prep practice (which should be common sense), it's a non-issue.
There are opening variations which were not played yet and clearly were going to be for their surprise element due to them being rare or not the main lines.
@@amitkerurkar8685 okay well if that's the case that's incredibly stupid from Ding/Rapport not to create/use new accounts for each opening variation (assuming for some reason their games couldn't be made private). In this day and age it should be common knowledge that viewers will easily be able to track down the accounts after seeing obscure variations played out at the biggest chess stage in the World.
I wonder why they didn't play on the ICC - no database issues there
What about the KIA? That being out of the question is big,right?
Is it not possible to play private games on Lichess? That do not get recorded?
It is possible, actually. Ding's team (if indeed it was him or his team) has just been incredibly careless.
maybe these leaks were made on purpose, to see if players come up with good moves. I don't believe in accordance, one or other purpose is behind this, I'm sure it.
Edit: forget all about it, I saw what he said after game 9, this guy is just dirty
Just some insights about Mike Klein:
1. Making Journalism doesn’t imply making comfortable questions, you gotta make the questions that need to be asked.
2. Journalists aren’t player’s friends and I think the content creation/award shows culture give us the impression that acting always friendly or overly humorous are the only ways of being nice or polite.
3. He was being a professional, he was the only one to bring up the questions everyone was the most interested in hear the answers for today. And now everyone is happily mentioning him and the blank responses Ding gave him.
4. Ding is a grown 30 yo man, this is his profession, he’s an athlete, when he wins he respond interviews and when he loses he does it too if there’s a contract. People acting like he’s like a lil scared cat boy uwu
There’s also some vested interest from Klein to ask these questions. Klein has a top level executive position at a chesscom subsidiary, and chesscom sponsors Nepomiatchichi. There is a financial incentive for chesscom, if Nepo won the match.
It’s a bit under the table that Klein was the one to ask these questions. Almost like he’s trying to prod some information from Ding that can be used by Nepo’s team.
Questions of this nature feel a bit below the belt, given that they come from someone that directly benefits if they reveal something useful to Nepo.
Chesscom sponsors Nepo for this match, and it would look really good for their advertising revenue if the next wcc is the horse they put money behind.
Ding is also a trained lawyer. He’s fine
I didn't know that. I think if that's the case trying to cause some sort of embarassement would be more impactful than trying to get out info in front of everyone, wouldn't it? I still don't think the questions where out of hand. Letting Ding team know that everyone knows would be rather a move of fairness.
@@lennypinskiy6598 I just saw what he said after game 9, the guy is dirty for sure…
@@jadiellima8922 What happened???
They should put the link of the article.
It's at the top of r/chess now; it's not an article, it's a Reddit thread.
DING #1
Poor ding
This feels deeply unfair to ding. Gutted for him that this has been leaked.
it might be a blessing in disguise. Now that it's out, Ding will abolish his prep and Nepo won't be prepared.
More unfortunate than unfair. It's his own fault.
@@NotQuiteFirst yes good point. Unfair was wrong choice of words.
is this GGWHYNOT is reference to Hikaru?
what is the money prize for the winner and the runner up?
1.2 million euro for winner 800k for runner up
I thinke5 is double exclam and ding should have won but he took too long there
I’m not counting out the higher rated player here who is ding except he has a bad few tournaments
Recap part 2!
big drama
I enjoy this podcast and I appreciate the work that you do BUT I'm sorry, saying "KUDOS" to the redditors that leaked Ding's prep and effectively ruined what was otherwise a fair fight, that's absolutely ridiculous. I just want to see a fair match, I don't think Ding OR Nepo want this. If Nepo wins, it'll just undermine his accomplishment. And it really makes the whole match a lot less appealing for me, as a spectator looking for fair games
If Nepo wanted to make this a level playing field, he'd make his prep public. No way does that happen, though.
Someone was gonna find it out. Maybe Nepo's team knew about it already and the redditor did Ding a favour by making him aware of the leak. Anyway, you can't blame the one who made it public : it is incredibly stupid of Ding's team to have let this happen. The redditor didn't leak Ding's prep: HE and his team made it public.
Tragedy, still thinking ding might win
Pretty offensive questioning by Klein. The tone and wording resembles a police interrogation. Very unworthy of the occasion.
Ding: dafaq you talkin bout FunMasterMike?
Which honestly could be a response for all of FunMasterMikes’s questions “Ding do you believe in fate?” “Ian does the number 13 have special significance for you?”
Why are you giving kudos to people putting together Ding prep and leaking it.......very poor take. Also this journalist is a troll
Very poor take to blame it on the guy who notices it, in my opinion. It's not unlikely Nepo's team had noticed already and the redditor just made Ding's team a favour by making them aware their prep had been leaked. Anyway, it's their fault if they have been so stupid as to play their prep in public games...
It’s already a water down title, nepo needs to agree not to look at the leaked prep. If he is gonna win he should be able to do it without the unfair advantage
Is this prep a false flag maybe? Would be grandmaster level move for sure
How could it be a false flag if they played lines that have actually been played in the match before it all started?
..host talking over Fabi, won’t let him get a word in, not even remotely aware of himself, not good
Ding: No, they are not my games, and in general I didn't prepared for the championship.
The image of a nice boy who is very candid with the press is no loner there.
bruh what else do u expect him to say, "oh shit that's all my prep, Nepo plz be nice and don't anti-prep me"
@@jesonliu4955 'No comment!' That's what you say in such situations.
Nepo and his team studying the leak games is now cheating
I was one of the the first few to discover the games.
It was rather crazy.
Dramaaa
My question is, why are anyone's games published for all to view?
what's more pathetic why would this guy release this statement in the middle of the tournament
If it’s out there it’s better to make it public immediately instead of (for example) leaking it only to Nepo’s team.
@@M1412B nobody knew about it until this guy pops up with this article.
@@hellostranger2012 everybody watching the games on lichess knew. It's literally on the database.
@@hellostranger2012 you are too naive.
@@hellostranger2012 He actually replied to this very accusation. He merely compiled the information, the information was already out there. The fault is to Ding/Report and the rest of the team for not hiding this.
I don't to this often, but...first, I guess?
i like you
Really turning into a clickbait channel now.
Huh? The title says “prep leaked”, the video quickly & clearly explains what is meant by that, & they discuss their thoughts.
@@RG001100 Additionally, both of them have experienced their prep being leaked in a world championship match, so they're literally the best people to speak on it.
First