A Man Surprised is Half Beaten! || Praggnanandhaa vs Gukesh || Round 2 || FIDE Candidates (2024)

Download Mproov and Improve Your Chess Today! app.mproov.me/AgadKZbin1
Search all the games on my channel here! agadmator-library.github.io/
Praggnanandhaa R (2747) - Gukesh D (2743)
FIDE Candidates Chess Tournaments 2024 (Chess.com) [02] 2024.04.05
D30 Queen's gambit declined
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.e4 a6 10.Be3 b5 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Na5 13.d5 exd5 14.e5 Ne8 15.e6 f5 16.Ne5 Nf6 17.Qc2 c6 18.Qxf5 Qe8 19.Nf7 Bc8 20.Rfe1 Nb7 21.Bg5 Ra7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Nxd5 Be7 25.Qg4 Nd8 26.Nxd8 Bxd8 27.Qd4 Rb7 28.Re4 Bf6 29.Qe3 Be7 30.h4 Qc6 31.h5 Bc5 32.Qg5 Bxe6 33.h6 Rxf2
Timestamps:
0:00 Hello Everyone
01:15 Some Nice Stats
01:48 Game Starts!
01:55 Awesome Photo!
04:00 Completely New Game!
09:25 Pause The Video!
15:15 It Was in This Position
16:45 Contributions
Check out agadmator's merch here teespring.com/stores/agadmato...
teespring.com/design-with-a-s...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you realllly enjoy my content, you're welcome to support me and my channel with a small donation via PayPal, Bitcoin, Litecoin or Nano.
Link to PayPal donation www.paypal.me/agadmator
Bitcoin address 12VEbMQPyLzBoZzw9yuNofph4C9Ansc4iZ
Litecoin address LbSuZuBffDCNmr5CSZbY7W2zM83w4ZvnC7
Nano address xrb_383y7ofu5wsyfr9o8rh93aqaq8aixpdcbaud5iubydukz5moiadsirmuzgoq
Check out some of the books I enjoy www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.ac...
Check out ALL my videos here • You Snooze, You Lose |...
Steemit: steemit.com/@agadmator/
Facebook: / agadmatoryoutube
Twitter: / agadmator
Instagram: / agadmator
Lichess: lichess.org/@/agadmator
Chess.com: agadmator
League of Legends: agadmator (EUNE, my friend is using my EUWE account for a couple of years now)
Blizzard: agadmator #2992
Check out my Hearthstone channel here / @agadmatorsotherchannel
"Watch me without ads on your Amazon devices (bit.ly/Agadmator_Amazon) and Roku TV (bit.ly/Agadmator_Roku)

[@camilohiche4475]

The only reason players are not allowed to have their telephones with them during the games is because they would watch Agad's video analysis to check out their moves

[@pt4909]

too OP for any candidates, cannot allow that

[@mikeholland6750]

legend has it agad already knows the winner of the tournament

[@koushik5437]

AND still they need a timemachine

[@AnthonyTakiRISTCE]

Lol kids with their brains 😅😅

[@DarkKnightIndia]

If only Agad posts the games before they end

[@nedmerrill5705]

Pragg led Gukesh into the dark forest, but Pragg was the one who got lost.

[@gunal3165]

😂

[@danielward7008]

Brilliant analogy 👏

[@user-dw4dq1if1m]

Gukesh: *"owh, you thought dark forest is your ally, you merely adopted it! I was born in it, moulded by it.."*

[@andrewmacintosh1388]

Thank you for this comment. I didn't think of it and it is simply brilliant, beautiful and scary.

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

Love the Bane posting. Keep It up and, together, we’ll change the world.

[@JJBA1000B]

Must appreciate Gukesh's composure during the game..almost down by 1 hour on time against a very well prepared opponent, many missed chances but he was fully focused till the very end.. Such a tenacious player

[@indianfan1029]

That rook move so good. To a7. Magnus-like.

[@suyashshukla149]

remember a similar game played by ding against fabi in the 2020 candidates in the 3rd round where ding was under or around 20 minutes just after the opening, yet he found a way back and beet fabi. That was pretty impressive considering fabi's form back then.

[@pathutchison7688]

These young players are great. Really feels like this is the first candidates of the new generation.

[@damyankuzmic5605]

"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting, it" - Wilhelm Steinitz ✋👌👍

[@zainquadri1206]

"The best way to refute a gambit is to accept it"... Wilhelm Steinitz...

[@peterkoch3777]

And even better is a nice unexpected Zwischenzug😂🎉❤

[@vaibhavmoon6958]

Tal :- Hold my queen

[@mahdiismail8853]

Only if youre Wilhem Steinitz 😂😂😂

[@viorry1829]

He surprised his opponent, was up so much in time, yet he still lost. Tough luck for Pragg, but this shows that Gukesh really got that strong mentality. Other players would've crumbled under the pressure. Congrats

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

It’s hard to believe either one of these guys is less than 20 years old. Many many years of incredible chess ahead of them.

[@vinnie4914]

This account is easily the best chess account out there! Keep up the good work!

[@mountains_beaches98]

I like Agad’s channel for game reviews and Chessbase for the game coverage and vlogs. Both easily the best channels for chess.

IT's terrible, the only good aspect it's that he covers a lot of games, but the quality of the analysis are trash. Power Play Chess its much better, Chessnetwork also, this its the fast food of chess

[@vinnie4914]

@CaioFalcao why you hating lil bro 😭😭😭

@@vinnie4914 cus he don't bring so many aspects os the game, just trow computer analyses, don't talk about pratical play, don't bring the nuances about the time trouble in the time that the player blunders. There is so much more in this games. But today for example he it's the one that made a video about this game, so I understand that to coverup so many games you need to lose some of the flavors, but I watched the live game and the time scramble, and the doubts in the analyses without just a computer analyses. This channel it's super important, but I hate when I need to came here.

[@billagap3213]

​@lol many dumb comments from you. Good job

[@michaelmassaro4375]

So Glad Gukesh won my Favorite player I think Pragg would have to be an engine to have found those lines you showed maybe he saw them beginning with Knight sacrifice Gukesh plays very strong against Pragg just as he did when he drew a Game vs Pragg earlier this year Thanks for the game enjoy your day

[@user-zx7qu5tz2q]

He is my favourite too bruh but this tournament won't be easy I'm rooting for him from the bottom of my heart

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

I’m not surprised Gukesh beat Hikaru or Pragg, but I did think Hikaru would at least draw. I’m shocked at how badly Gukesh beat these guys. Ratings are not helping me compare these players anymore.

[@MrAbdaka]

"A man surprised is half-beaten but as it would seem he is only half-beaten" - Agadmator 😂

[@yethenkosi5046]

Gukesh is incredibly strong at classical chess for his age

[@sg763zero]

He is just 17, when I was 17 I was making fake Facebook accounts of my crush to comment on my photos 😂😊

[@rahulgamer4574]

​@@sg763zero😂😂😂😂

[@morninglion27]

@@sg763zero lmao thats crazy

[@mrsigma7669]

​@@sg763zero i am 26 and i am still doing that

[@pandorasbox3635]

it's 2 am in Croatia, thank you for your effort to provide these amazing videos

[@SuperMaanas]

When was the last time an entire round of the candidates was decisive? 2018?

[@michaelmassaro4375]

How many games did Black win today ? 2 ?

[@luisenriquerivera3145]

2020-21 round 12.

[@Zhile_Yu]

@@michaelmassaro4375 2 black wins which are both covered by agadmator and two white wins today.

[@theotherjoedimaggio]

@@michaelmassaro4375 2 wins from black side. wild.

[@JJBA1000B]

​@@theotherjoedimaggio3 if you count the women's part as well..

[@jessejordache1869]

Wow, nice win/loss to draw ratio. This is fighting chess. I have nothing else to say. Time to watch the game.

[@hiffets1]

I want to see the “new” players defy the predictions by Magnus and Anand…for once it would be nice to see a completely new face as a challenger

[@khushbhandari2569]

Gukesh starting the candidates strong

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Yes he is so early though a lot can and will happen yet I’m glad he won

[@ajeetsingh3442]

U do realise that he has been in some form in recent times and when he is playing this, it's hard for anyone to stand up to him. He and nodirbek can be the big twos of chess​@@michaelmassaro4375

[@thecritic3443]

Prag and Gukesh are Goku and Vegeta of Chess. Both I hope don't give up and improve.

[@jampubharadwaj9374]

Coming from a DBZ fan, who do you think is Vegeta among the two?

[@ishaanrohmetra3447]

gukesh started same in freestyle chess earlier this year against magnus and we know what happened next. hope for some more good games.

[@user-du8qw3oz8e]

did you forget tata steel gukesh has the best chances to win as indian

[@ishaanrohmetra3447]

@@user-du8qw3oz8e still he chokes later on in the tournaments. I hope he give his best, i am not his hater but i like prag more but problem with prag is that he plays like a champion with top tier players but loose against less threatening opponents.

[@user-du8qw3oz8e]

@@ishaanrohmetra3447 gukesh is just 17 what do you want from him he cannot win every tournament he is in , gukesh wants to win games unlike pragg who is happy in making draw also gukesh is better in classical .

[@NotElusivePanda]

What a game to enjoy with friends at the bar or library

[@farooqa.solangi1262]

Amazing game of nerves by Gukesh.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He’s Good like that

[@SuperMaanas]

Poor Praggu. It seems like he mixed up his preparation and then spiraled from there

[@3DHDcat]

he is robot like, against chaotic situations or players like nepo he will struggle. He is good but not ready yet

[@danielward7008]

I'm glad Gukesh won this tbf as it proves that you can't just win by memorising thousands of computer lines. As soon as Pragg was out of his prep he was out of ideas.

[@qasimzulfikar8749]

This is why these youngsters are not world champion material yet. Preparation merchants.

[@JTST1234]

​@@3DHDcatjust the opposite. If you follow Praggs games you will know that he enjoys these positions a lot. It is just that Gukesh is better at such positions

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

Keep up the great work Agad!

[@Axiomatic75]

I'm a big fan of Pragg, he's my favorite youngster together with Vincent Keymer. That said this was a disappointing game. Excellent prep but once he had to think for himself things went wrong quickly. Can't blame him, I imagine there is tremendous pressure on all of them to perform well. 18 year old me certainly would've struggled with that.

[@Rareme530]

Then imagine a 17 year old you

[@purvishdholakia7369]

Just waiting for you to upload …. It’s 5am but waiting for you to cover the games😁

[@awriter1214]

2:10 I mean I don't usually comment things like these, but for some reason seeing two Indian flags on the table of candidates really made me have another level of respect for these youngsters, couldn't help bowing

[@nirmalsuthar2671]

Thank you for being quick

[@aagm.]

Thank you for your tireless and timely coverage of this tournament

[@holylots]

I'm really impressed at the poise of these players with all the camera and activity around them. I have frequently blundered a game against a 1600 player because one of my kids was yelling from the other room. I don't imagine Bobby from the 1971 Candidates' Tournament would have matched the patience of these contemporary greats.

[@bernardobila4336]

17 years old already in the candidates?? That's extremely impressive

[@ronitkadam5355]

Most weird thing in that photo was Nepo 😅

[@rodrigonunes3027]

Thank you for being so fast

[@HominisLupis]

I have a question. When two players face off for the first time (they play each other twice in the entire tournament), what decides who starts with the white pieces? A draw? Their rating? Their h2h? I'll admit I didn't watch the entirety of Agad's 20 min intro to the tournament 😭

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Probably Random

[@mukmin01]

7:59 Why did not agad engine spot an easy Knight nasty discovery Nf6+ that could have won the queen? Is the engine rating 900? Cant see how it is not worth it.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

You sure ? I kind of don’t think these GMs miss moves that people spot in the comments

[@victordeluca7360]

Probably equal for both sides, queen for knight and rook is not always that great of a trade

[@lykos7235]

it would be great if u added time in the analysis...

[@nza1804]

Very sad to see Pragg lose. Was so shocked as he was up an hour vs Gukesh and had a great position. Yet, he lost, tough

[@user-du8qw3oz8e]

he never had a good position gukesh had many chances throughout the game

[@HELLO_019]

Pragg never had better position, this comment is misinformation

[@mattheww4862]

I'm kinda surprised Pragg didn't figure the right move in the "pause the video" moment while I did and I'm strictly an amateur but he probably calculated so many things you can lose yourself in the clutter.

[@Rareme530]

He was never in a good position, you are projecting nonsense

[@pitju99]

​@@mattheww4862I don't mean to say this as disrespect but you can choose the right move without knowing why it's good, and also, having the information of "a position being critical" is a huge advantage as you know that one move is much better than the others, you'll probably spend more time, be more skeptical about lines and so on.

[@Karson-m69]

Happy and surprised to see all the three Indian players in the same photo 2:18 .. The photo deserves more credit.. Lol

[@shiv1461]

What a Title❤🔥🔥🔥

[@tamatamt]

thanks Agad

[@yashchopda]

8:00-8:10 mins Isn’t the black queen hanging in your analysis when the knight moves to f6 to give a check.How is that line playable then you ignored that move.

[@terriblehits3157]

13:56 f7 pawn... Interesting looking pawn

[@shalevueable]

Fascinating game!!! Gukesh defended like a lion 🦁 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@user-cl4rd7pk7p]

What a beautiful defene by little age but strong minted D. Gugesh👍👍🥰🥰🙏

[@bilalameer57]

Lovely video uncle

[@un_banavati]

@agadmator I think, at time stamp 7:53, after Nxe3,fxe3 black cannot play Bxg2 as Nf6+ is discovered check and black is now loosing the Queen (Rxd8).

[@pozzowon]

2:10 5 people in the photo, one mask, that's weird

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Yeah there’s always one in the bunch not that weird

[@michaelgarrow3239]

What about K-e7 at the end?

[@leelashankarreddy3684]

#suggestion/request can you please show an Arjun Erigaisi game? He’s farming the opens which is quite hard because he’s basically in unknown territory and is more than holding his own!

[@antek041]

could you show time control in these candidates games?

[@AntoniusAgungNugroho]

Finally, a d4 game!

[@watsrealTV]

Best break down on you tube.

[@POETRY_101]

"To calculate it properly you need an engine by your side." Sips Juice

[@mohakdas2379]

#suggestions Nakamura vs Vidit And Nepo vs. Alireza. Please make video on their games and mention my name. I watch your videos from 2 and 5 years back. Really, you do so much for us.....❤

[@coxscorner]

Too complex for me, and apparently for Super GM's Prag and Gukesh

[@nathansweetman5101]

8:08 after g6 there is Nf6+ which win the black queen, right?

[@thealgeriantank2587]

It feels like he relied on preparations, not on actually tryinv tonthink for his own.

[@Rareme530]

Gukesh was out prepped but he didn't conceive any advantage throughout the game though he lost some advantages. Gukesh is better than Pragg at calculation

[@M-pm8nr]

It’s amazing how the game mostly played on the back rank of the winning side.

[@ptj1ptj172]

Two school mates clashing at the candidates....in about 10 yrs time, they would clash for the world championship!!

[@Davidl928]

Kudos to my favorite player...D.Gukesh....World championship is inevitable

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Looks like Fabi can solve the position, must be the favourite. Pragg taking a shot at 18 years old, but as an outsider. Hikaru looks interesting, but amusingly enough it was Kramnik that was banned for cheating. Never a dull moment.

[@rkchoka7555]

8:06 so the discover on the Queen is not winning ? A rook and a knight for a Queen is not always a good deal

[@ameetdesai8455]

Two Gladiators🎉

[@afrikind]

Sir Agad the Creator 😊😅

[@himanshukumar-ik4by]

After ruk cross F2 then night should be on the square ne7 check

[@DKMRFCBrlz]

Always a sad day when Pragg doesn’t win

[@DVssTamilSongs]

I found correctly Knight capture on d5

[@EricJohnson-ls1rh]

All that analysis at 8:00, with the white knight on d7. Why is there never Nf6# winning the queen?

[@burimsaliji23]

I would never have thought gukesh is 17 🤯

[@Rareme530]

Stereotype

[@lightyagami1752]

Obligatory "And this is just Gukesh D, just wait till you see Gukesh A" comment. Well done Gukesh. Pragg, still early days, bounce back. And of course, thank you so much for the amazing content Agadmator.

[@Philiopantheon82]

Gukesh is way too strong in classical format

[@johnsnow2334]

That Game was extrem complicated

[@swimkris98]

8:01 doesn't white have Kf6x and pick up a queen on d8?

[@edwardtang3585]

This game is absolute nuts

[@schess75]

Please show Nepo vs Alireza

[@michaelmassaro4375]

It’s his next one

[@Murilodanielbg]

Nice

[@prasannasurange]

Gukesh endured a lot of nerves...and came out on top. Pragg created a net ..but got entangled himself due to complications and time trouble

[@gravyholicbear]

I mean, it’s not like when Goku and Vegeta got paired up in round one of the tournament at the start of the Buu saga.

[@jaspreetmodi]

Anyone - at 3:08 i.e. after black pawn's C4 capture, why would white queen not go A4 for check and take the free bishop?

[@Preeti03685]

If he then N C6 , developing as well as protecting bishop, it's wasteful to move like queen a4😂 just Think about It😅

[@jaspreetmodi]

@@Preeti03685 man !

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Before the first pause moment, why didn't black take the knight on f7 withbthevrook.

[@nirmalsuthar2671]

I see nepo's playing

[@xddesho]

SHIT I WAS RIGHT HAHAHAHAHA! knight captures on d5. Life changing. I guess 😅

[@Wargasm54]

Agad already knows the winner….in 2030

[@Waiting_Heaven]

2 games shown, 2 to go.

[@daviddurbin7682]

I think pragg just having candidates jitters

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He went against a Force named Gukesh

[@ahrrydepp493]

How the fook gukesh is 17 years old?

[@ajeetsingh3442]

Coz he was born 17 years ago😂

[@panda4247]

This reminds me of that game Fabi vs Ding in candidates 2020, where Fabi blitzed out his prep, Ding burned a lot of time, yet it was Ding who prevailed and in the end won the game video: zrma9k5hsS8 title: Can Man Beat a Machine? || Ding vs Caruana || FIDE Candidates (2020) I recommend that game if you liked this one

[@user-yu6jb4uv8x]

Sir please flip the board when black won

[@stiliyan66]

On 8:00 min. after g6 - Nf6+,B:f6, R:d8 and queen die!

[@mahdiismail8853]

I always believe the next World Chess Champion from India after The Great Anand is Gukesh and not Pragg. I still stand my ground.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

2:14 Just Nepo being Nepo, doing Nepo things.

[@jessejordache1869]

With the remark "often, the most active square for the queen is its starting square", David Bronstein created an entire generation of players who found Qd1! quickly and naturally, causing their older counterparts to spit take, you are creating a generation of players who make retreating knight moves as naturally as centralizing rook moves. Oh, and don't forget "b4!! +-". You're an institution.

[@ajeetsingh3442]

To be honest, this game was too complicated. U just cant blame pragg, its just gukesh comes up with crazy ideas that will send chills down ur spinse

[@dhanarputra555]

I haven't seen anyone convincing enough to dethrone Ding Liren

[@ideroofingsystem]

Wow

[@tyquin1414]

You could’ve never convinced me that Pragg is older than Gukesh..

[@Rareme530]

Look at their younger photos, if you still make that comment after seeing the photo then you are a stereotype 💯

[@tyquin1414]

@@Rareme530 you make no sense

[@KirubanithiKiruba-vo6ih]

Its seems to be apprantelely Pragg is carrying Gukesh on his shoulder without shouting this called selfless greatest of all but some one else is coments Pragg is a Dalit or Gugan for Ram God but Pragg no need to be like a Mahabharat or Ramayana period but Pragg is more capable because Pragg let go Gukesh in Prague tournament only so you have to separate like Visvanathan Ramamurthy film music director

[@renishisrael9520]

It would be really cool if these guys challenge Magnus and not Ding for the title

[@TheRaspberryFlavored]

Hello everyone

[@jakubprzybylik862]

I was sure Gukesh is older for at very least 6 years

[@chintandoshi2291]

Feel so bad for pragg. From a totally winning position to losing the game just because of two suboptimal moves. Kudos to Gukesh, of course. But really want to ask pragg what the fuck happened? Also, isn't time management poor of these two prodigies? Hope they learn from it and do better against the other super GMs

[@Rareme530]

When was Pragg better? Please tell me which move Pragg was better? Except for time advantage due to the prep, he played suboptimal moves most part of the game

[@goldeneye8643]

Last time Prag almost lost a match against gukesh as well but a silly mistake cause gukesh to dram that match🥱

[@vimalsingh7795]

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳

[@terciosardinha3235]

the players on the right side usualy wear blue... weird