2. Bc4 Against a World Champion? || Rapport vs Ding || Grenke Chess Classic (2024)

[@awriter1214]

9:15 He glitched so hard I thought I lost my wifi connection😂😂

[@Vunderbread]

If anyone is curious, Jan in the livestream mentioned Ding’s performance since the WC, and how Ding has been having trouble sleeping without medication. I hate psychoanalyzing people but it may be that his victory felt a bit hollow - he’s as keenly aware as everyone that Magnus is still basically considered the World Champ, if not in official title - and maybe that’s contributing to the situation. Chess requires a strong mental game, for the consistency required to be a top competitor.

[@goose5462]

LOL, same excuse used during covid and all those online games. Poor ding is sleepy and is at the bottom of every tournament.

[@absolutetime8881]

I think he said he considered retirement too had he lost the WC match. Interestingly Ian hasn't fared that much better himself post the match. I think Magnus put the bar so high during his reign that we forget World Champion is but a title and it's a human. Anyway, his ordeal is not going to be over until the next WC match. I just hope he can find some form and lose the title gracefully.

[@alessbritish228]

@@absolutetime8881 broski Ian got traumatized cuz Magnus went very hard on him LOL

[@xinshi4453]

@@goose5462 I don't think this is excuse. Excuse is that somebody like you lie to to yourself and you still can't recognize that, while Ding is definitely not. His sleep disdress may come from his personalities, which is exactly why he was able to beat Nepo in WC. Maybe Ding is still considered to be not as goog as Magnus, but who cares! He is the World Champion now, I'm proud of him. Such humble guy without arrogance deserves that!!!

[@robertphillips2769]

I love the Tal quote.

[@VijayThakurMD]

Really?

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Ok everyone sees Ding struggling but all the negative comments unnecessary We all see he’s struggling but your mean comments about him are really just in Bad Taste and they are not accomplishing anything besides showing your lack of character

[@goose5462]

He struggles every tournament. Needs to man up and relinquish the title he clearly doesn't deserve.

[@8964TS]

How does he relinquish the world title exactly? The only way to do that will be to not play at the next one, which is in the future. Unless he’s a time traveler then …

[@kimgysen10]

Right people act as if he loses on purpose. It's just a game where we follow champions so plebs like us can have some distraction. Can't blame him for losing interest. Won the title fair and square, if he loses it again, not the end of the world.

[@detectivemarkseven]

​@@goose5462Ding won that championship fair and square. Dont be upset with him just because your guy didnt win.

[@WalkerBrown-t6z]

@@goose5462 go actually learn some chess bud

[@BillHimmel]

Love Rapport! He is sort of the Rubinstein of our time: highly creative, brilliant but just not good enough for the absolute top!

[@yotsugiononoki9995]

I feel like that's really a disservice to Rubinstein, he arguably reached the absolute top, and was just unfortunate to never have a chance to cement his name. (I only vaguely remember a few things about them, so I mainly relied on quick searches) For reference: Rapport, tied with JKD, had the lowest conventional score and was 8th place due to his SB. I know he had good performances, but Akiba was what? 3rd place at worst during his time? He was denied an opportunity to challenge Lasker in 1914, which is probably the worst miss of his career.

[@ronjohnson9690]

Excellent game by Rapport.

[@thecritic3443]

Rapport was his second during Wc preparation right? .... Rappot has learned enough of Dings style to attack him confidently.

[@jaybingham3711]

Yep. And that absolutely deserved/needed to be noted before jumping into the game. It makes for a particularly drama-filled game. Borrowing from poker lingo, the 'leveling' ("he knows this is one of my tendencies...and he knows I typically do this in response...therefore I'm inclined to try and throw him off with this [approach]...but he knows that I know he knows that...therefore...) had to be deep and exhausting.

[@ejsampana426]

it would be crazy if the pause the video moment is the resignation

[@AM_-wg1hj]

1:24 it was in this position that Agadmator hung a piece

[@projectmilk3267]

Incorrect, if White plays 1. Bd3, and Black thinks he wins a piece with Bxd4, then you get 2. Bxh7, the white bishop takes a free pawn with a check, and opens a discovery on the black bishop, so Kxh7, and then 3. Qxd4 which wins the bishop back, of course you could also have Nxh7 instead of Kxh7 but you still win the bishop back with a free pawn

[@yavuzkoroglu7792]

Agadmator probably assumed there is some nasty Greek gift discoveries like Bd3 Bxd4 Bxh7+ but after Nxh7 Qxd4 white would still be down a piece.

[@markuh3954]

@@projectmilk3267you hung the knight and traded bishops for a free pawn. If u count the material you exchanged a bishop and a knight for a bishop and a pawn.

[@nothingtoyou2365]

@projectmilk3267 except you sacrificed your knight and bishop for blacks sole bishop lol. You’re down a piece for a pawn.

[@Pushpendra_singh96]

@@projectmilk3267 you may want to redo the calculation.

[@DilerNarkotykuf]

Rapport at the board = no half measures. Just to win or loose. I really enjoy to watch his games.

[@WalkerBrown-t6z]

He draw against magnus letting him win tournament

[@northshores7319]

RR used his King just like Capablanca used to do. Knowing when your opponent makes a few sub-optimal decisions is a major factor in winning a game. Spassky always knew that and said that the trouble was you could not be absolutely sure when it happened. This, I believe makes Chess full of possible sudden tactics that can only be found by thinking long and hard.

[@rafidl5556]

To all the people sh*tting on Ding Liren-Have any of you ever beaten Nepomniatchi in a match? I didn’t think so. A world champion is a world champion. Euwe beat Alekhine in a match. That made him world champion. A huge achievement. End of story.

[@viola_ti_do4291]

To be fair I've never lost a match to magnus

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

I thought this was Rapid chess. Turns out it's Rapport chess.

[@laszlonagy7269]

Gratula, Ricsi!

[@VijayThakurMD]

Speak human

[@laszlonagy7269]

use a dictionary! 😉

[@mortenlund1418]

Thank you for sharing. It is great to see these experts! : )

[@only300cc6]

Richard is doing so well in this tournament

[@aaronsung6208]

Rapport vs Ding is like in anime where the protagonist is set up to fight his best friend in a duel of death.

[@TheMarksT]

Great battle!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Good Game by Rapport I’m not sure how he made out vs Keymer but he seemed to be doing well I believe he played another Benoni Ding drew vs Magnus people are so inclined to knock Ding but what is the point he’s struggling it is what it is don’t kick the man while he’s down Thanks for the Game

[@mkn2929]

It's nice when the king can move twice in a row during the analysis 😂

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Suggestion # Rapport vs Keymer Grenke today’s game 3.30.24 sat.

[@stoutlager6325]

Keymer will get there soon enough. He has the skill but it looks like he has just a bit of a confidence issue when it comes to closing the show against the best players. Given his age that's something I expect he will be able to overcome quickly.

[@crappymccrappen4897]

C4 - the bomb has been planted.

[@harshrajjadhav940]

Rapport and Dubov are the guys I’m always looking for.

[@smdanny1]

yay Ding!

[@cattycats4]

i thought these were classical games not rapid?

[@chrisp.noodle8346]

Hope Ding recaptures his mojo.

[@jestice75]

I hope Ding's mom gives him some of his earnings and allows him to move out of her home.

[@Fadhilah-gk2mz]

@@jestice75 jesus your hate towards ding is insufferable lmao

[@victorgodwin4458]

This makes me appreciate Magnus even more, still being at the very highest level even after being WC for a long time.

[@unknown-unknown69]

Magnus is the 1st ranked in classic rapid and blitz chess at this moment and for a long time He's just better than anyone In classical chess ♟️ only caruana come close to Magnus, no one else can measure to the king of Chess ♟️

[@learningsoftware515]

He is not king of chess, engines will destroy him easily.@@unknown-unknown69

[@WalkerBrown-t6z]

@@unknown-unknown69 me in a few years tho

[@musamula3709]

If Nepo was world champion, I think he would have been a greater force to reckon with

[@thembadube9589]

Fully agree. I think regardless of who wins the upcoming Candidates Tourney, Ding will lose the title to that person.

[@musamula3709]

My thought too. I also think being world champion has been bad for Ding's chess and Mental Health. I like Ding and hope he can prove us wrong

[@nicbentulan]

@@thembadube9589 would you want FIDE to buy out liren so we can get fabi vs nepo?

[@8964TS]

Nepo hasn’t come close to winning a thing in the same timeframe.

[@nicbentulan]

@@8964TS Nepo was top 2 in score in classical 9LX in 2019 wfrcc behind Wesley & ahead of that TALENTLESS patzer Magnus. Bobby would like wesley Hans Nepo Sergey over Magnus Hikaru Liren Daniil.

[@oscarfernandez7386]

I don’t think rook to e8 should not be played. Playing reacting chess will not help you prepare an attack. Only way you can react if it will end in checkmate right away then you cannot ignore the threat. But playing reaction chess it’s not the way to go, you put your opponent in control mode and he gets to do what ever he wants and that’s why most chess players lose.

[@indianfan1029]

Basically Ding just helped Rapport dig his own grave. I will put my rooks on the d and e file. You can put your rook on the c file and do whatever you please on that file.

[@rnbPGTV]

I've started feeling like, Ding is done man.. He's done.

[@michel_verde]

The thing is, he doesn't want to play chess anymore, if not winning the world championship he would be out already

[@2Hot2]

Ding is dong, man, chimed out.

[@KickStaff]

Ding is playing possum it's a brillaint real life chess strategy He will come out on fire in the title match and take his unsuspecting opponent by surprise

[@nicbentulan]

@@KickStaff or fide will buy out liren so we can get fabi vs nepo. how's that for a better story?

[@blue_red_screen]

​@@nicbentulanimagine nepomniachtchi losing again

[@johnsonusenobong125]

I have that position many times so it's not a new game or the database doesn't count non fide players games

[@vaibhavautade3283]

Savage 😅

[@amirmn7]

you forgot to say World Champion Ding resigned the game

[@DhDeadMan]

Our WCC ladies and gentlemen

[@jestice75]

FIDE*** WCC, not the actual champion of anything real.

[@nedmerrill5705]

What's wrong with Ding?

[@libilinbulibuli]

There was a time when beating a reign World Chess Champion was a major achievement. Nowadays, we call it Monday. 😅

[@Cokobonjo]

someone pls help me understand how at 4:20 h5 doesn't win a piece

[@Iscoretouchdownseveryday]

Bishop to f5

[@Skwertydogs]

well done

[@Vunderbread]

I feel like Ding is getting a little bit shafted as World Champ. Sure, Magnus is rated higher, but he gave up the throne, willingly. Shouldn’t Ding be more in the spotlight? We should be getting to know more about this fantastic player, hearing more from him, overall just seeing him more outside of tournaments.

[@tychoMX]

It’s mostly on him, isn’t it? He hasn’t been playing that much, and when he does his results are mixed. He’s not a very outgoing person, either.

[@goose5462]

Why would you put a player that always finishes at the bottom of tournaments for the past 4 years in the spotlight?

[@8964TS]

If that were true, Ding wouldn’t have been in the WC match to start with, would he?

[@CelestialWarrior7]

Sorry but since Hans is no more playing at tournaments I will using Ding as my click bait 😂..... It works lolol I'm a HUGE Ding Liren Fan!! Really anyone that sticks it to Carlsen

[@raminew2012]

I am not an expert in analysing chess, but it is very clear that Ding might be the first world champions who does not deserve the title at all.

[@LUCASDBD]

has Ding even won a game after his title LOL

[@ChessJourneyman]

He'd be out of top 10 ages ago if he wasn't hiding under a rock.

[@LUCASDBD]

@@ChessJourneyman yeah haha he just lost to vincent kaymer in 20 moves

[@BobChess]

Rapport Not only he made Ding World chess champion. He also beat World chess champion.

[@ChessJourneyman]

He is barely top 5 in the world and mostly because he has played in just a few tournaments in the last 3 years... He literally ran home to hide from the pressure and expectations as the paper WCC after performing horribly in a few OTB games. Some people defend him as if the criticism isn't warranted. He had no business playing inhouse tours to be "eligible" for the Candidates and if he hid in the toilet during the WCC like some novice rather than a top 3 player in the world... It's fine to say he isn't built for this. Magnus is the exact opposite - when the world already expects everything from him, he finds new challenges to push himself even further. That's why Magnus is the GOAT and the current paper WCC will go down in history as arguably the top or second most undeserving champion.

[@jimmyjames2577]

@agadmator's i don't think the specificity of classical world champion is necessary, all along it has never been emphasized what has changed now??????? i think its some how demeaning to the world championship. there has only been one world champion the rest of the games are just for entertainment!!!!1

[@PredragCrnkovic]

Did you see Carlsen's evaluation of candidates. Cruel and brutal about Abasov, Vidit and Gukesh, irritated sfainst Alireza (since he was the resdon to hive the title away), diminishing about Praghnaandga and hilariously patronizing toward Caruans and Nakamura. My 13 cents on Ding is that he is new Petrosian. No tournament player and defensive player. Nepominacny's biggest plus is that didn't go bananas after 3 matches as challenger. No he wins the title.

[@fabianhauser708]

Ding was and is not a defensive player. There are many great offensive games of Ding in the database and also on this channel here 😊

[@MaxyDandyYT]

8:34 rook d7?

[@P.sherman45]

also winning but rook g7 is cleaner according to the engine

[@realDonBen]

Ricsike megint megcsinálta!

[@Wargasm54]

Rapport was Dings no.2 in the World Championship 😎

[@reubenstewart7995]

Does anyone know the last time Ding actually won a game? I don't think he's won anything since the world championship

[@khoila3264]

Ding vs Gukesk, Tata Steel Master 2024 is his last won

[@AM_-wg1hj]

@@khoila3264 Yep and lost like 3 games in the same tournament

[@l.d.t.6327]

A classic game or rapid game?

[@reubenstewart7995]

@@l.d.t.6327 classical

[@AM_-wg1hj]

@@l.d.t.6327 It was a classical game

[@johnmallette3143]

gg

[@1990gollum]

The Mighty Random BS!

[@xT..]

whoever wins the candidates will cook this man

[@noahkramer942]

I think maybe after becoming world champ Ding just lost motivation because there's nothing to strive for anymore edit: It is not fair to call him a fraudulent world champ when he didn't decide the rules and whether Magnus would play. You can only beat who sits across from you!

[@SampoSaarela]

Yep, and becoming world champion without bearing Magnus must feel kind of pointless.

[@alessbritish228]

He could try to be in shape and perhaps really defeat Magnus? That's enough to strive for.

[@ndnd7614]

Most fraudulent world champion of all time

[@jadexsolaris6916]

@@ndnd7614delusion

[@blue_red_screen]

​@@SampoSaarelait's not as if carlsen was banned from playing

[@tamatamt]

Degrading chap status

[@pathutchison7688]

Ding is the most underwhelming world champion this century. I know we got spoiled by Magnus, but it’s amazing the drop in quality since he forfeited the title.

[@fredericlauren]

8:59 terrible production value

[@PSVVinodKumar]

Everyone makes a mistake

[@FrankCastle-qn3ec]

Accidental? Whiny Magnus walked away from classical and gave up his title. Help had a chance but blew it as usual. So, don't fault Ding.

[@van1ty821]

This has become the only thing actually worth watching on KZbin

[@indianfan1029]

Just one question. Did Ding use some unfair means to win the world championship? Outside aid? That can explain why he is so bad normally.

[@goose5462]

Ding aiming for another bottom finish. The weakest champion.

[@quivalla]

You can see it in Ding, everyone can and he sees it better than us. It just seems like he wants the WC to be done. If he doesn't change gears he will be obliterated, and nobody want to see that happen to him. It would be great if he was trolling everyone but sadly its not the case. Sometimes its better to step away than to put yourself through the mess that is about to come. I hope he makes a comeback drive, but maybe he should do what Magnus did.

[@insaneyoungster6223]

Simple chess

[@josephcallahan1664]

As a consolation prize, Ding meets Magnus. What a prize, eh? Magnus is crushing the rapids in this tournament.

[@roshankumarprasad7946]

Never considered ding as world champion, even in my unconscious dreams.

[@alvisezanusso3102]

Man id love to see Hikaru smashing thru Ding

[@B-fq7ff]

Friends turned enemies!!

[@xD-lt1mq]

10000 dfi is about 800 dollar now

[@user-ul2kc3wx1h]

Ding's the most ridiculous World Champion ever

[@viorry1829]

Ding is most certainly a great chess player. But not the best in the world. The title of "World Champion" doesn't suit him at all, especially when he keeps playing like this. It's even worst when you remember he didn't even win the candidates, in fact, he wouldn't even qualify if not for Karjakin getting disqualified. I hope whoever took the title after him would be more convincing and less reliant on luck

[@alessbritish228]

A world champion that didn't actually face the real current world champion...

[@TheRebellion-X]

Like Karpov?

[@edrs1808edrs]

Also Karpov had never beaten the real world champion of the time. It doesn’t mean he was not the world champion, though.

[@alessbritish228]

@@edrs1808edrs Even Agad said in one video that when Bobby Fisher didn't play one time in the worlds, "everyone pretty much knew that Bobby was still the real world chess champion", so it's obvious now too.

[@leonarderasmus6119]

But you can't blame Ding for that. Carlsen didn't want to defend the title anymore.

[@LawansonAbdulKareem]

People underestimate ding liren too much. He became a world champion for a reason

[@marcinu6843]

Disagree. Ding is the weakest world champ ever!

[@viniciuscaldas4143]

No, he is not.

[@lucasventura7106]

@@marcinu6843 never, are u insane?

[@unknown-unknown69]

​@@lucasventura7106 by the numbers ( statistics ) he's the weakest champion in history by far

[@fabianhauser708]

​@@unknown-unknown69 Which numbers/statistics?

[@zephyrvezir5444]

#notmychamp

[@nicbentulan]

your champ is wesley so, bobby fischer, ian nepomniachtchi, et al right? - Axis of Evil (Good guys?) wesley so, hans niemann, bobby fischer, sergey karjakin, vlad kramnik, ian nepomniachtchi, alireza firouzja, nodirbek abdusattorov, amin tabatabaei(?), gukesh dommaraju(?), MVL(?), vidit gujrathi(?), andrii baryshpolets, vishy anand, jan-krzysztof duda, lichess, chesscube, Sergey's hypothetical pure 9LX parallel, PCAP, 9LX, christopher yoo, gata kamsky, sam sevian(?), leela, ferdinand marcos sr, ben johnson of perpetual chess podcast(?), elon musk(?), nikhil kamath, bibi netanyahu, ben shapiro, mustafa barghouti, donald trump, tristan & andrew tate - Allies of Evil (Bad guys?) magnus carlsen, hikaru nakamura, garry kasparov, daniil dubov, veselin topalov, liren ding, aryan tari, vincent keymer, parham maghsoodloo(?), pranav venkatesh(?), sébastien feller(?), pentala harikrishna(?), arkady dvorkovich, peter heine nielsen, richárd rapport, ches***m, PCA, FIDE, NCFP, chess1, andrew tang, alejandro ramirez, sam shankland(?), stockfish, prospero pichay jr, lex fridman(?), mark zuckerberg(?), sumner redstone, ariel sharon, alan dershowitz, bassem yousef, george bush jr & sr, piers morgan - axis of evil (female) (good girls?) tingjie lei (or paikidze), janelle frayna, dina belenkaya, lotis key, carissa yip (or sara khadem), irina krush, robbi jade lew - allies of evil (female) (bad girls?) wenjun ju, bella khotenashvili, andrea botez, leny so, atousa pourkashiyan - nakamura, jennifer yu, nemo zhou More info: FlNsFKeq-iE

[@zephyrvezir5444]

@@nicbentulan are you okay?

[@conquerersyt8928]

Champion is the one who fights for the title. U didn't fight. U don't deserve it. Cope.

[@nicbentulan]

@@zephyrvezir5444 yes, but what a strange question. I am AGREEING with you (at least your conclusion not necessarily your premises) so if my opinion is so wrong that my opinion is a sign of mental illness or whatever, - moreso on top my ADHD-PH - as indicated by your asking me if i am au contraire healthy (synonymous to 'ok') in all aspects in particular in mental health then what does that say about you, who, again, I'm agreeing with? both of us. or neither of us. take your pick.

[@praiseshishi2189]

​😂😂 don't worry he's really okay😂😂😂​@@zephyrvezir5444

[@Ryuken2009]

Ding is the worst world chess championship I ever seen

[@8964TS]

Oh, no. Ding lost a game. Let’s all pile on and ignore his otherwise solid performance this tournament.

[@nicbentulan]

I don't kick while they're down but Magnus sucks if and only if Liren sucks. Lol.

[@linkgesh]

World champion from alibaba.

[@bhaskarchakrabarty2420]

Playing Magnus as a consolation 😅😅 Ding is perhaps the most undeserving WC ever & is going to get his ass kicked by Magnus & will surely lose to the Challenger in his title defence

[@nicbentulan]

3rd: What's it like in a parallel universe where 9LX is standard chess, and Garry really is Garry chess? 1 - People are praising Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Bobby Fischer & Anatoly Karpov. Agadmator & Levy are talking about Wesley & Nepo all day long. 2 - Garry really is Garry chess here. Switch Bobby & Garry dates of birth. (Bobby's last name here is probably Nemenyi.) Meanwhile Garry Kasparov invented something strange called 'chess1' aka 'Kasparov Deterministic' where you have only 1 SP. Garry quits the 1975 classical WCC Vs Anatoly Karpov, is arrested in Russia (instead of Japan), immigrates to Iceland and dies in 2008. 1975 is not a big loss. In fact, it's better because Bobby Fischer takes over. 1978 is Bobby vs Anatoly match of the century in Baguio, the Philippines! Idk what happens in 1981, but then 1984 Eugene Torre wins the candidates and faces Anatoly/Bobby! In 1976, I guess Eugene still beats Anatoly. Either Anatoly or Bobby. (Trivia: In our world, Eugene almost beat Bobby in 1992.) 3 - Bobby is still alive in 2024. Bobby, Anatoly, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley, Nepo are on Lex Fridman's podcast while Magnus, Garry & Hikaru aren't. 4 - In the 2019 inaugural world Kasparov Deterministic chess championship (WKDCC), Magnus beats Wesley in 3 classical chess1 games in a row in but no one cares. Fabi is still the top 4 in the 2019 world chess1 championship but the top3 is now Liren. Nepo has never played a chess1 game, just as in our world Liren has never played a recorded 9LX game before 2024Feb. 5 - Wesley/Nepo doesn't quit the 2023 classical WCC. Nepo/Wesley wins 2022 candidates and no one cares about Liren. Wesley So Vs Ian Nepomniachtchi is the biggest rivalry in chess, far exceeding as well as succeeding the next biggest rivalry Bobby Fischer vs Anatoly Karpov, like Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad. Wesley, & Nepo are both considered GOATs along with Bobby & Anatoly. There's no distinction between GOAT & MTOAT. There's a slight bias towards Wesley because Wesley is Bobby's nephew. 6 - Chess' popularity in the Philippines & Norway are inverted. 6a In our world, Bobby had radio interviews in the Philippines. In this world, Garry has radio interviews in Norway. 6b Then Prospero Pichay Jr is imprisoned and the Philippine chess federation is free from corruption. But Wesley is still American. Huhuhu. Oh, in this reality, Magnus' parents are evil and then Magnus gets adopted by religious parents who are friends of Garry, so it's like Magnus is Garry's nephew. The 2019 WKDCC is still like a pseudo - Bobby vs Garry, and it's billed as battle of thei nephews. 7 - But still no one actually really cares about chess1 because no one wants to have a headache over studying the same boring SP again and again. Also its top players Magnus & Garry are still cheaters. But well ok maybe in rapid & blitz chess1 is picking up. (Same as our world. Fiiiine Magnus is right about keeping regular chess for rapid & blitz.) So there's still a 2022 rapid world chess1 championship, half a century after the 1972 REGULAR match of the century. This time Hans Niemann wins beating Hikaru Nakamura on tiebreaks. This time Hikaru accuses Hans, but Hans still sues both Hikaru & Magnus. Ches***m is not sued and is just as good as lichess. Hans is still considered the next Bobby Fischer / Anatoly Karpov while Wesley & Nepo are still considered the current Bobby / Anatoly. 8 - In 2024Feb, FIDE still cancel their 2024 WKDCC, but Wesley & Nepo host a rapid chess1 championship but don't invite Magnus & Liren. Hans isn't a cheater but has still has beef with St Louis Chess Club and so doesn't play that due to scheduling conflicts, but Magnus & Hans are still going to eventually defend the, resp, classical & rapid world chess1 championships. 9 - In general, chess doesn't have that many cheaters, cheating incidents, baseless accusations, etc and has very little corruption, discrimination, treason, politics, etc. FIDE is hailed as 1 of the cleanest sports/gaming organisations. Chess is an olympic sport. Bobby/Anatoly are FIDE officials. 10 - Tiebreaks are settled by armageddon w/ auction rather than lower time controls, so Sergey & Fabi still lose to Wesley/Nepo in resp 2016 & 2018. But no one calls for change of tiebreaks to rapid time controls. Lol. Also, pre-arranged draws are so rare. 11 - Sergey isn't banned because Sergey only privately supports Putin because chess doesn't make people go insane unless they the players want to stick to 1 SP only, like Garry. 12 - Actually here, Bobby has very neutral feminist enlightened political views and is a true patriotic Jew & American ( in politics in addition to still being such a patriot in chess ) while respectfully criticising both US & Israel along side condemning Osama bin Laden / Al-Qaeda & Ismail Haniyeh / Hamas. So Bobby is still against Iraq invasion. 13 - Most importantly, no one cares about Garry, Magnus, Hikaru or Liren. Specifically, in this world, they care less about them as compared to Wesley, Nepo, Bobby & Anatoly in our world. 14 - Paradise. --- Ok back to reality: --- PLEASE agad it's been 4 months! 2023 USCC - Atousa almost beat Carissa Yip, the eventual winner! It's Hikaru's (rapid WFRCC) WIFE vs Wesley's (classical WFRCC) GIRLFRIEND. 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc

[@kalayaanngsangkatauhan]

Best youtube commenter ever .

[@nicbentulan]

@@kalayaanngsangkatauhan it seems your comment was 'best youtube comment' but is now edited to 'best youtube commenter'. either way thanks. happy easter ramadan & passover! kalayaanng sangkatauhan is austronesian right? Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Tagalog, Malagasy

[@kalayaanngsangkatauhan]

Look it up

[@kalayaanngsangkatauhan]

Commenter is a legit word . I’m finicky too, btw.

[@navid9495]

ding being the wc is a joke

[@VijayThakurMD]

No one respects ding Why M ?

[@altp9623]

First

[@kartikeya.m9380]

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON WHY DING IS UNABLE TO PLAY LIKE HE USED TO PLAY BEFORE TAKING DOWN ANYONE , GIVE YOUR OPINION ON THE NEXT VIDEO

[@B-fq7ff]

Illness, Ding disclosed this years ago yet no one seems to talk about it

[@nicbentulan]

4th: Hans Niemann = next Bobby Fischer - Wesley So = current Bobby Fischer - Bobby Fischer's ghost = old Bobby Fischer - Beth Harmon = Bobby Fischer in another universe Each of these 4 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American'. Speaking of Wesley So Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend! 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc

[@mognuscarlson5393]

You're here again??😂

[@nicbentulan]

@@mognuscarlson5393 yes. thanks for being such a fan!

[@mognuscarlson5393]

Yeah it's quite entertaining to see some stupid comments after a busy day

[@nicbentulan]

@@mognuscarlson5393 cool cool rest well. otsukaresama. happy easter passover & ramadan!

[@ahrrydepp493]

Ding becaming the world champion is disgrase to chess, he is so bad, magnus really messed this up

[@nicbentulan]

#suggestion 1 - carissa yip vs atousa in 2023 women's USCC Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend! 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion 2 - FIDE pays liren to drop out of 2024 classical WCC so we get fabi vs nepo. fabi wins. 2024 classical WFRCC - repeat of 2019 classical WFRCC - wesley vs nepo. wesley wins again. nepo 2nd again. 2024 classical joint inaugural WCC-and-WFRCC. nepo wins. --- - Axis of Evil (Good guys?) wesley so, hans niemann, bobby fischer, sergey karjakin, vlad kramnik, ian nepomniachtchi, alireza firouzja, nodirbek abdusattorov, amin tabatabaei(?), gukesh dommaraju(?), MVL(?), vidit gujrathi(?), andrii baryshpolets, vishy anand, jan-krzysztof duda, lichess, chesscube, Sergey's hypothetical pure 9LX parallel, PCAP, 9LX, christopher yoo, gata kamsky, sam sevian(?), leela, ferdinand marcos sr, ben johnson of perpetual chess podcast(?), elon musk(?), nikhil kamath, bibi netanyahu, ben shapiro, mustafa barghouti, donald trump, tristan & andrew tate - Allies of Evil (Bad guys?) magnus carlsen, hikaru nakamura, garry kasparov, daniil dubov, veselin topalov, liren ding, aryan tari, vincent keymer, parham maghsoodloo(?), pranav venkatesh(?), sébastien feller(?), pentala harikrishna(?), arkady dvorkovich, peter heine nielsen, richárd rapport, ches***m, PCA, FIDE, NCFP, chess1, andrew tang, alejandro ramirez, sam shankland(?), stockfish, prospero pichay jr, lex fridman(?), mark zuckerberg(?), sumner redstone, ariel sharon, alan dershowitz, bassem yousef, george bush jr & sr, piers morgan - axis of evil (female) (good girls?) tingjie lei (or paikidze), janelle frayna, dina belenkaya, lotis key, carissa yip (or sara khadem), irina krush, robbi jade lew - allies of evil (female) (bad girls?) wenjun ju, bella khotenashvili, andrea botez, leny so, atousa pourkashiyan - nakamura, jennifer yu, nemo zhou More info: FlNsFKeq-iE

[@wexswexs5996]

Weakest world Champion in this century

[@nicbentulan]

2nd: I believe Wesley is still the classical WFRCC while Hikaru is just the rapid WFRCC. Q1 Why weren't the 'slow rapid' games in the 2019 wfrcc considered classical when they are 60min games and the minimum for classical is 60min? Q2 Why are the 2022 WFRCC games considered 'slow rapid', as in the same category for the 2019 wfrcc 60min games, when they are actually 32.5min games? What I understand is (0,10) = Blitz [10,60) = rapid [60,120) = classical but unrated if so and so conditions [120,infinity) = classical P.S. Wesley So on Lex Fridman xcdhgq P.P.S. Interview while imprisoned Qt0S8G_fUbE Pablo Mercado: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players? Uncle Bobby Fischer: Filipino - My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random. - 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls. --- Also Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend! 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc

[@alessbritish228]

u mad bruh

[@nicbentulan]

@@alessbritish228 happy easter passover and ramadan!

[@Vickey51193]

Fluke world champion.. Proper made in china metrial😂😂

[@jasper5016]

Ding is the lamest world chess champ

[@rajsharma2023]

How this guy is still above 2800 despite below par 1 year..... I rate caruana, hikaru much higher than him😂

[@fabianhauser708]

That's the rapid rating before this tournament. Ding didn't play a lot rapid lately, so there are still many points collected in his rapid rating from his better days. In classical, where he had more problems just recently, he already dropped to 2762 and is already behind Fabiano and Hikaru. And after this tournament he will also drop significantly in the rapid rating.

[@kenadams9725]

#suggestion you started to show to many line like after every move this can happen this can happen, maybe 2,3 times is ok but not after every other move. I liked ur old videos more than new ones. I as still enjoy it but it's kinda annoying. So please don't show every possible outcome since it's the era of engines, so there can be thousands of possibilities

[@Youtuber-yc4uo]

Stop calling pieces "material"... that's so weird. Just call it pieces.

[@mettbrotchen868]

It's completely normal and useful, especially because being up material doesn't necessarily equate to being up pieces.

[@thenewstyle8704]

First chess game?

[@oscaro.172]

You're weird

[@quazzydiscman]

It's common chess vernacular. You're the weird one

[@georgehornsby2075]

Average Hikaru viewer