A NEW ERA | Game 14 Recap with Hikaru, Magnus and Levy

[@sanjay_singh]

Gukesh has completed Chess in one year 2024 1. Candidates 2. Olympiad 3. World Chess Champion

[@thesaltyguy3564]

Needs #1 elo and it will be completed

[@DineshR0321]

As an Indian sport fan, 2024 is just heavenly year with India Olympiad win, indian world champion in chess, Indian WC cricket.

[@Ran_Tt]

what? even Gukesh would laugh at this nonsense comment. he shlould retire then.

[@montyellingsworth4982]

That spells COW

[@ulquiorracifer9562]

​@montyellingsworth4982 are you talking about your mom

[@3Bp23]

My opinion: Ding had my best wishes but he won my heart over. Open, transparent, vocal about his struggles. Still came to the championship, still gave his best given the circumstances, loses near the finish line to tie breaks, and humbly resigned. And props to Gukesh for recognizing and vocally speaking to it at the press conference.

[@MatsMatsuo]

And he was super honest and respectful at press, unlike a certain chldish guy that played a year ago.

[@abhishekgarg8304]

​@@MatsMatsuo Who? Nepo?

[@3Bp23]

@@abhishekgarg8304 also curious

[@iNovak-HSR]

I share your opinion. Ding showed huge respect to Gukesh by defending his title and earned the respect of a lot of chess players and viewers by being honest, humble and fragile in victory, in defeat and in everyday life. He was not in the best shape and still fought to the end. He should be acknowledged, not blamed. On the other hand, Gukesh demonstrated immense maturity with his words towards Ding in the press conference. I really think these next 2 years will be very exciting for chess.

[@3Bp23]

@ 100% agree. The next cycle is going to be super exciting

[@WasifIan-hj5bc]

Ding Liren The man who cried when he became the champion But smiled when he lost the title....

[@12345krillin]

Heavy is the crown...

[@prajwalbharambe343]

gukesh also cried after winning

[@justsomethingz272]

actually

[@avijit3001]

Both are Gita personality, as Krishna described. In this age of hot competition, you have to be really perfect, almost flawless, to be no. 1 in the world.

[@justsomethingz272]

@@avijit3001 yes gukesh and ding have very sacred aura and personality

[@meerak90]

I will never forget the image of Gukesh lining up the pieces, crying tears of joy; saluting the board and God. And then getting up to exult! He is a total class act. Every second of supporting him was worth it. Congrats!

[@brettbaker8357]

He’s Hindu?

[@rnmalviya2065]

@@brettbaker8357yes. He is Hindu 🚩

[@mitz8852]

Yes, Indian. ​@@brettbaker8357

[@govinddas7876]

​@@brettbaker8357yes he is.

[@GODdank]

​​@@brettbaker8357 yes why do you ask?

[@David-i8i]

I think Ding and Gukesh are exactly what chess needed to increase in popularity. Both such appealing personalities. So humble and gracious.

[@JOHNTIM212]

They are both too humble and low key. What would make chess super huge is the top-2 being a charismatic villain and a humble hero, maybe Niemann can be the villain some day...

[@Maxl12765]

Simp take. We need personalities not nerds

[@Karan-bp6it]

@@Maxl12765 Gukesh probably has the best persoanlity, and if you think Hans or Kramnik like fuckery is what makes chess watchable, you are wrong

[@Wird97]

​@@Maxl12765 sports doesn't need to be a reality show.

[@Lskfkksnfdjd]

​@@Maxl12765what about a nerd with personality

[@ecstatic-light]

My heart shattered when Ding said "No games tomorrow" In press conference 💔

[@sai4yt]

Heart break 💔

[@deweyhason8800]

Me too 😢 well congrats to gukesh

[@DestinyatTube]

Also a big relief when he said "I'll continue playing chess" because in my mind i had fear he might quit and I'm glad it didn't happen

[@Vaishnavi_patil07]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@joshuabarnett7128]

For real. He was still in shock, huffing like it was just sinking in that moment.

[@ramachandra776]

Ding was an unconventional but deserving world champion. "I have no regrets" - Ding's statement at the press conference speaks volumes about his inner battles and the grace he displayed in defeat . he did not win the candidates , trailed behind Nepo for the best part of the previous championship but still won . This championship he was expected to be rolled over but still found the strength to take the match to the last game . History will be kind to Ding . The 17th world champion.

[@Velvet-ni6pu]

I really needed to hear that because as happy as I was for Gukesh, it was heartbreaking to see Ding lose and I feel at peace with your words now.

[@Devilfish6666]

As a Ding fan I would have been fine with Gukesh winning in a normal way, even winning with this last game with a brillant positional play or smth...but to have Ding self destruct with several mistakes is just heartbreaking....dont do it to the kindest soul in chess pls...

[@Saki-d4g]

​@@Devilfish6666 exactly man.... Chess is brutal..... I am Indian but still I felt bad

[@scobpat6907]

In a way even hes glad he lost, takes off immense pressure and the spotlight of being the world champion

[@andrewbradley3305]

@@Velvet-ni6puDing just lost for no reason lol.

[@kaumbamutende5454]

Gukesh's stamina to play up to the end has paid off.

[@hagnuj1070]

Gukesh would force Ding to resign in a 24 game match easily.

[@aadarashpandeygaming]

​@@hagnuj1070Are you taking abiut if it was tie breaks or something else? Cause if it went to tie breaks,ding had a slight upper hand cause almost all know gukesh is a bit weak in blitz and all whereas ding is good in all of them equally.

[@lucianorodriguez7726]

@@aadarashpandeygaming no he was talking of a 24 classic games world championship. That nowadays is inhuman, so is not an argument to say "if they play 100 matches ding will be the first one to fall"

[@aadarashpandeygaming]

@@lucianorodriguez7726 yeah I thought that but yeah if it was what he meant then that thought is slightly dumb to think. Like why do we even get tie breaks if we can extend the amount of games forever at that thought. 24 instead of 14 would be too bad to play for any player either if it is the champion or challenger

[@hagnuj1070]

@@aadarashpandeygaming OLD CHESS MATCHES🤦🏿‍♂️

[@blueeyes3542]

At just 18, Guki is remarkably cool, talented and humble.. replacing the chess pieces back, letting his emotions flow freely, acknowledging God, and the gentle push of the chair back..acknowledging his opponents talent in the conference..he’s a special soul

[@TheSirCal]

Im super impressed by Magnus' maturity, often times the best of the best can easily talk about himself. But here, he shows exemplary commentating and analyst skills and involves his co-commentators as well. Well done Magnus!

[@5piral0ut]

It would be so easy for him to be subtly dismissive of Gukesh’s achievement. Total credit to Magnus to be wholly positive about what Gukesh achieved.

[@koregaaru]

Magnus is only an egoist when hes part of the game

[@kevinmartincossiolozano8245]

Magnus is secretely a fan of Hikaru and Levy, so, I'm not surprised he also wants to hear them from time to time, but he also likes to annoy them, so, there's that

[@davidgunawan5778]

exactly what i said in the previous videos. Magnus can very easily discredit the competitors the way the likes of Kramnik and others do, but he's not doing it and it's really amazing for me

[@francecountryball9413]

This is what make Magnus great He is not like other players to try to prove himself better but Instead if someone achieve something he support them like when prag defeated magnus he didn't started accusing prag but he started to clap for prag

[@kurai1017]

Respect for Ding, He literally went from playing 2650 elo chess to 2780 elo chess, what more can you ask from a guy with that many mental issues. Congratulations to the NEW WORLD CHAMPION GUKESH D. , the will of d is real lmao.

[@songoku-jx3cb]

Monkey D. gukesh the revolutionary

[@naman.0316]

@@songoku-jx3cb Monkey D. Gukesh 😭

[@iasked4025]

Monkey D. guki

[@Sun-gs6hq]

@@naman.0316One Piece

[@Andrewthestagehand]

Ding was the worst champion and only played one game at his true level. The game where he annihilated Gukesh was his true level.

[@danh72]

No better recap crew. Please continue with this group on other tournaments.

[@spencerfly1007]

kinda the ultimate trio XD

[@JOHNTIM212]

It is like two F1 champions and a guy who drove karts as a teenager talking about racing.

[@mehaneelakantappa4450]

⁠@@JOHNTIM212😂😂😂 hilarious. But the teenager who drove the go karts is the most entertaining and engaging.

[@YashSharma-dp6or]

Once a month maybe 🤔...just some great games and like a podcast and fun and play and

[@tamannxsharma]

@@JOHNTIM212 god, what are all of you so rude about.

[@akazanaoyasu3363]

Gukesh manifested this moment when he was 11 yrs 6 months old

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Congrats to Gukesh kind of sort of even do Carlsen is n1

[@beingstarman]

Fr

[@mn8931]

I think every chess prodigy dreams and says they want to become the world champion one day. So every world champion manifested their moment.

[@kostailijev7489]

Manifestation is a myth, a marketing scam!

[@ajithcharan5454]

@@mn8931What makes Gukesh’s manifestation special is that he said he wanted to become the youngest ever world champion which was exactly what he did.

[@mrboberson7424]

Last year, Ding got in the canidates essentially on accident and took the top spot. This year, Ding made it to the final game when most people thought he wouldn't. He's far outpreformed everyone's expectations. Gukesh becoming the champion so young is an amazing achievement. The last thing he has left to achieve is becoming good enough to challenge Magnus. What an incredible player!

[@davidc5191]

Ding's blunder was so remarkable, out of the blue, that it makes we wonder if he (subconsciously) made it so that he could claim that Gukesh never beat him, was not better than him, but was just lucky. If this is true, then my prediction is that Ding, with all pressure of being world champion removed, will return to his play strength from 7 years ago, and his rating will zoom above 2800 again.

[@adrieljordan6600]

​@@davidc5191he did say he considered retiring.

[@kevinmartincossiolozano8245]

Everyone thought Ding peak was stronger than current Gukesh. While he regained some of his form, psychologically he was still unprepared. Props to him for fighting his monsters under the bed, but, I think he will keep fighting those monsters for a while

[@biz6361]

@@kevinmartincossiolozano8245not even psychologically, Ding was just straight up unprepared in general. he had 6 months to prepare and wasted nearly all of it, he only started preparing weeks ago. that completely goes against the modern preparation practices of world champions, not to mention even goes against the amount of prep people did in the candidates or other important tournaments.

[@kevinmartincossiolozano8245]

@@biz6361 Ding is very humble on that regard. He probably understood that working on himself rather than chess would have been a better strategy. It absolutely worked out for the most part. Had he spent the time differently, he would have been crushed right away, but no, he won first game because he entered with the right mindset.

[@plottwistaftercredits3144]

Greatest online player of all time, greatest player of all time and a clickbait youtuber. what a trio!

[@Rupesh_dhariya]

😂

[@nikhildawani2913]

Magnus is the Greatest online online player of all timw

[@thebiglebrowski3695]

Magnus, Magnus and Hikaru?

[@rajbarman199]

Clickbait youtuber got me 😂🤣

[@jamesjacob21]

He's also an educator , commentator and pretty good at chess

[@asli_hai]

My opinion gukesh is very humble just saw his press conference man is totally down to earth ❤ congratulations gukesh

[@MAA-ds7en]

Strong yet humble is what i like

[@loki_poet]

Ding is such a graceful and down to earth player. Even though he was only world champion for a year I have such fond memories of him Entertained us in both the matches against Nepo and Gukesh and always fought shoulder to shoulder. Wish to see him as a challenger again.

[@lumosity2500]

Fought is a strong word to give to ding actually

[@shr-p6c]

He deservingly got his crown jewel and deservingly made an exit even though the way was heartbreaking. I want to see him take the Rapid World Championship because he is afterall World #2 in that category (he is not participating this year).

[@nk73]

What do you make out of Dings constant staring at Gukesh and acting like he's lost right from move 5 in all games? I am sure Ding is a nice person but his mind games and "cleaver-man acting as a fool" act got the better of him.

[@lumosity2500]

@@nk73 i noticed these mini games as well 😆 But you are wrong about one thing: These mini games didnt lead to his lose, but his lack of training lead to his lose. And these mini games were the product of his inadequacy. To clarify the picture, prime ding wouldnt use these dirty moves, because he will be confident of his skills.

[@nk73]

@@lumosity2500 What effect does staring and stalling have on a 18yrs old? Gukesh played Chess olympics against the best with 3100 ELO. Was Gukesh playing 3100 here?

[@bazs7669]

Gukesh is a deserved winner and incredibly mature for an 18-year old. Massive respect for Ding for putting up a fight despite not being in the best shape. Great match.

[@brettbaker8357]

He is very mature

[@chrisd.2831]

great to see Magnus and Hikaru together again. Magnus is a pleasure to listen to. He is just a great guy. Whole team is great!

[@agentraydg839]

I agree

[@fore101]

Gukesh, show a lot composure, thanking his opponent. Recognizing him and his struggles. Very mature and compassionate

[@jumpingship3001]

Did anyone notice Gukesh taking a last look at the board ? Mental picture of where his biggest moment occurred.

[@prai777]

Gukki won the championship, and Ding won the hearts of millions of Indians.. praying and wishing the best of the world for Ding..in the end Go Gukki..Go.. ❤️

[@kavish4331]

I feel so sad seeing so many Indians hating on ding Why cant we appreciate both Play like you did

[@arvindhmani06]

@@kavish4331 Sadly there are also many blind haters of the rival who don't spend even a second to understand who they are. I personally love the Pakistan cricket team and support them so many times but if I said that in India I'd probably be killed

[@percentbigfoot]

​@@kavish4331I can't find the so many Indians hating on ding!

[@noone-hd1ck]

​​@@kavish4331 i only see Indians making good comments about ding, calling him "cute" or "feeling sad for his loss". Where even did you see anybody hating on ding?

[@Xinnie_The_Flu]

I still have to come across any Indian hating on Ding. For the most part they adore Ding. ​@@kavish4331

[@trecheary9765]

Respect for Ding, he showed up even when it was hard; he tried and did not run away. I wish to see him again in tournaments, beating all the elite players and giving them a tough time. I hope he strikes back. I hope Life has planned something better for him

[@vidhubhardwaj9672]

Ding is truly happy today, he smiled indeed, He already conquered that peak. Gukesh, Youngest champion manifested this dream and didn't gave up till last moment. This is beautiful This is Chess This is ❤

[@KiviBraendle]

Today was by far the most professional approach to a WCC recap. As much as I like Kaja as a person, her asking the questions was not as effective as for example Levy asking them or straight up Hikaru and Magnus discussing the moves step by step. Also huge-huge thank you to the TTT Team that they gave Magnus the controls over the board! Also nice to see Levy taking a slight step back to let Hikaru and Magnus discuss the more in-depth strategies (despite Levy still being my favorite Chess youtuber and educator.) WHILE he then goes to basically translate for us scrubs what they're talking about - so thank you! Really really good stuff guys!

[@ilgian9315]

Magnus Is like Trainer Red in Pokemon Gold. You win the Pokemon League but you know that It's not the hardest challenge 😂

[@Phantom-zy9ty]

That's an excellent analogy

[@Jp22rod]

Big facts, gear up for the trip to Mount Silver

[@arvindhmani06]

Yup Gukesh to walk up to Mt. Silver and face voiceless emotionless Magnus in complete silence

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

I think another good analogy is, Gukesh is like Red who beat Giovanne (qualify for the candidates), won the Elite four (candidates), beat the current champion (blue) and became the world champion... But he knows that there's Mewtwo somewhere who can clean sweep his entire party anytime and he need to beat it to truly be the best (Magnus)...

[@ambient72]

The most memorable of this championship....Gukesh's demeanor and spirit and humility and graciousness.

[@grammarnazi9440]

The script writers went nuts for this years WCC . Huge W In a weird kind of way,it’s a good result for everyone .I feel like ding is “free” now and I hope he gets well and happy.Seeing him smile in the press conference after the match just broke my heart and but happy at the same time. Ding chilling ❤

[@randompie5558]

Yes I'm sure they hired jay shah for the script

[@chingza5599]

Can you explain what you mean by script writers? Are you saying chess is now like wrestling WWE?

[@VikplaZz]

​@@chingza5599it's a common phase, script writers basically means "Fate written". Moreover, god wrote this script and it was a good script.

[@beingstarman]

Cry More

[@akashdatta5149]

​@@chingza5599Maybe he's being sarcastic

[@aaronjohn6586]

Thank you Take Team for doing your analysis with an actual board. As a novice player it really helped to "see" the board and better understand the moves. Plus not using and engine made it better from a human perspective.

[@alexd2249]

Listening to the Hikaru and Magnus....and then getting to listen to Fabiano's podcast separately....it is so awesome to hear their perspective on chess. These super-gms really give you a unique perspective

[@akashshah1121]

Going to miss these

[@afterneet4421]

Same

[@IndianchessPrince]

Ya

[@felipemassaize]

Not Hikaru

[@SmartWatches-xu6ri]

i think it will continue

[@agentraydg839]

Yeah!

[@Vishal-]

Polish 🤝 Indian team of gukesh eating ice cream in Spain when it ended feels like a theatrical ending ☠️

[@musicwithdevam8975]

Context?

[@AbcxyzS]

​@@musicwithdevam8975 The seconds of Gukesh video called chessbaseIndia and they were enjoying Gukesh's victory by eating ice cream

[@deadpool8580]

Gukesh had 4-5 polish GM in his team of 8 people

[@raghavbharghav]

@@musicwithdevam8975gukesh’s primary trainer is GM Gajewski And his seconds was GM Duda polish GMs

[@musicwithdevam8975]

@@AbcxyzS what’s theatrical abt it That I also know

[@SahilRawal-fe7qc]

Hikaru magnus and levy is a trio i never thought i need but it's surprising so so good😂😂 we need more of this trio it's amazing also amazing work by kaya too handling this three is surely not easy 😂😂.

[@preskopetrov6864]

Magnus and Naka are both players who will only decline in chess strength in future. Transitioning to commentary/streaming/app businesses is totally expected. There are tons of money in streaming, more than even in competitive chess. Nakamura, Levy and Agadmator are the best examples. They earn more from streaming/KZbin than any chess player outside the top 10 from playing. That's the harsh reality.

[@ye2869]

@@preskopetrov6864they earn more then any player in the top 10 besides magnus lol

[@voiceofreason9238]

Ding's admitted problem was clinical depression. This could really break him as a chess player and as a human being. I really hope he has a strong support group around him.

[@-seven-]

To be honest I felt that he’s free now. Idk I may be completely wrong but he felt so relaxed today.

[@godsownsoldier]

It's completely opposite actually, he will feel relieved now and will get better and better. 😅

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Depression is so horrible yo hope ding can get better,

[@drschwandi3687]

I somehow think this is good for him. The pressure to be the world champion would still be on him if he won. Now he can actually focus on himself and play chess when he wants to and not when he has to.

[@prcbras]

The thing about battling depression is that you can make tremendous progress, as Ding did, but sometimes that voice inside your head that doesn't believe in yourself pops back in at the worst times. You have to fight so much harder because of those negative feelings. I hope he can just enjoy chess from now on without pressure. He will always be a beloved world champion.

[@theoune2501]

Magnus memory is just insane. It’s like he remembers not only every game he played but also other past games 😱😱😱 he’s so humble ! True genius ‘

[@eyeofhorus1301]

I don't know how this is humanly possible

[@straightfacts5352]

In chess memory is more important than talent (which is no knock on MC's obvious talent, it's simply a statement of fact and one reason Bobby Fischer grew to hate chess).

[@DivyanandSharma0809]

Yea He remembers around 10000 games. I saw it in a youtube video once

[@AbhinavStarx]

@DivyanandSharma0809 maybe now he can recall nearly 20,000 games, he can recall games from women's championships played over 30 years ago.

[@DivyanandSharma0809]

@@AbhinavStarx yea he has perfect memory

[@Hyakurai84]

9:25 "He might even establish himself as the #2 player in the world" Cold 😂

[@Nafim-kv6rg]

In two years,gaining like 50 elo is quite insane as you are going to face against the elite ones.

[@Debbie2324]

@@Nafim-kv6rghe goes on to say, “in the not too distance future, no 1” why do people only take snippets of what Magnus says! 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Nafim-kv6rg]

@@Debbie2324 Idk.They just want drama

[@sydneyraj]

Gukesh won the title and Ding won people’s hearts. Both are winners and champions of chess in general. With this exiting event chess world got richer.

[@itzmr.professor3818]

Man gukesh too won the heart

[@5piral0ut]

Super respect to Levy on this occasion of a new world champion, not trying to interject and show his worth when Magnus and Hikaru are giving insights. Levy you got a new sub.

[@amoghthorave3385]

He's one of the reasons chess is as popular as it is now.

[@anonnona6940]

Levy is a great content creator and my respect for him is no less than what I have for Magnus or Hikaru

[@leerobbo92]

Levy's been fantastic throughout these videos. Perfectly balances his role.

[@darkesinger]

Agree, Levy is a contributing factor to the increase in the popularity of chess in the past few years. He makes the game more approachable, and he's genuinely likable. I'm a fan!

[@abhi5524]

There are 19 legal moves for in the position before Re2: 11 of them outright blunder a rook or bishop (wouldn't be played by Ding) 7 of them hold equality relatively 1 loses the game Ding found the one move that loses :(

[@badcornflakes6374]

Brain fart. We all have them

[@pininja4981]

As a world champion youre not allowed to have brain farts. You can make mistakes or whatever but blunders???? Nope​@@badcornflakes6374

[@akashsinghal5656]

Great coverage for the entire championship, TAKE TAKE TAKE seems to be the prime goto source for chess in the future, thanks for this initiative and allowing someone like me chance to witness the game from the eyes of the greats of the game. Makes me love this game even more

[@renishisrael9520]

Congrats to Gukesh for being World Champion. I think we would get a new world champion every 2 years now after rich legacy of Magnus. Feels weird considering we had just 16 world champions for nearly 150 years

[@BobaChoba]

People used to dominate in old days and day by day competition increased and the reign of champions also decreased

[@Darkseid47]

Vishy was 5 times winner too. Kramnik too won multiple times. I think gukesh can hold this

[@BobaChoba]

@Darkseid47 vishy won 4 times

[@mrsarthak302]

Hikaru saying Gukesh's Team didn't do well in opening was surprising even Magnus confront that they did well.World Championship prep have become harder after engines.

[@Phoenix.219]

Yes. Only in game 12,Magnus said Gukesh's team is at fault but in other games he said Gukesh's team is doing an amazing job with the prep.

[@Ism0Lait3la]

Even in this recap they realized Gukesh prep failed for game 14

[@kevinmartincossiolozano8245]

To be fair, Hikaru's preparation for the candidates was even more amazing than what Gukesh brought. So, he is not completely clueless about that, but yes, ultimately Magnus understands that you basically need to create new theory to have a succesful opening preparation.

[@ramice-od9cw]

@@kevinmartincossiolozano8245 Imagine not winning the candidates even after having such great preparation, there must be skill issues smh........

[@winn6941]

@@ramice-od9cw i think he just had lack of Experience in big tournament no doubt he have great skill he didn't face Ding that much this is the reason may be.

[@kingoftennis94]

Magnus: if he goes on a great run he can be second after me. Lol

[@brillianc789]

😂

[@mikasa4378]

Too proud

[@Ben-zr5ib]

"Or even no. 1" but still it made me chuckle

[@ssk58607]

Magnus would have eaten him alive in the series lol

[@mikasa4378]

@ I think you are forgetting magnus was humiliated recently by erigaisi, he is getting too old and someone will dethrone him sooner than you think

[@Leonardhbrown]

At 18 years old, Gukesh showed tremendous sportsmanship and compassion in victory that was far beyond his years. He was humble in victory and impressed me enormously.

[@severussnape1116]

Isn't it spectacular when two of the greatest minds come together? It's like a prodigy teaming up with a relentless hard worker. When Messi and Ronaldo joined forces, they created masterpieces. Their analysis operates on an entirely different level, teaching us more than all others recaps combined.

[@_divyanshxd]

The Famous chess guy with Hikaru and Magnus talking about Indian prodigy and 18th world champion Gukesh. Feels like a dream.

[@JamesFrancis-bx3bh]

gukeshi isnt even 10% of magnus. magnus will crush him

[@mcwurzn8194]

@@JamesFrancis-bx3bh you have no vision

[@karthikv5371]

​@@JamesFrancis-bx3bhhe is just 18

[@someshdas1491]

​@@JamesFrancis-bx3bh Little kid chess was born in India remember 😂

[@isaac6241]

​​@@someshdas1491 FIRST RULE OF CHESS: Don't dare to compare magnus with other players!! he is the best player in our Generation. Even Gukesh already agreed with that❤

[@malcman]

Good stuff. Hikaru and Magnus amazing. Levy being humble. More please.

[@StartreckTu]

Bright side for Ding is now he can play with out any baggage...now Ding will start enjoying the game....

[@yahrna]

So glad we got this recap as the final wrap up of the WCC. Thank you to the team for all the work during the event.

[@damiangilz]

Quality may not been the best for WC, but Guckesh holds the speedrun record for WC.

[@capsubs1687]

Hans had a steeper rating climb than Gukesh but got sidetracked by Magnus

[@capsubs1687]

Hans had a steeper rating climb than Gukesh but got sidetracked by Magnus

[@jagadeesh953]

This would be one of the best quality of wc only if ding didn't blunder for no reason

[@jasonsdodd]

If I'm honest, Ding has repeatedly played for draws whereas Gukesh was trying to push.

[@DarkKnight-rf2uu]

no shit sherlock

[@Ps_10_10]

everyone plays for draws in classical bcoz theres mor chance of win in shorter time format tiebreaks

[@justinmorsheim3942]

​@@Ps_10_10 That's obviously not true when Gukesh was playing for a win most of the time during this match

[@iimxBlade]

​@Ps_10_10 no not everyone plays for draws. Gukesh tried to push every game and dong didnt

[@reel_]

Game 12 ding didn't let gukesh breathe and obviously he would want a draw in last game because he was short on time and secondly he is a great player at blitz.

[@beltenebrosgr1904]

I honestly love how humble and cool Magnus is here speaking about Gukesh. Congrats to Gukesh on his great achievement!

[@Demolith123]

Finally! So exciting. Thank you for all the recaps!

[@hasanmahdi3759]

Ding is playing online chess. He's just a chill guy😂

[@boltez6507]

what?

[@mitz8852]

He was seen bughouse chess ​@@boltez6507

[@abhishekkrishna8542]

​@@boltez6507ya literally 4hrs after the game , he played online games

[@AryanAsthana-m3p]

On which platform???

[@Hsebuy123comedy]

😂😂yep he's just a chill guy

[@gatesmat]

what an amazing channel. Dream panel. Perfect recipe. Hikaru and Magnus talking chess with Levi. I've watched every episode and every short. Channel has been great from the beginning, but getting better nearly exponentially. Great job!

[@arhansd190]

Did Ding Liren just want to end his suffering in this match and possible coming years if he remains the world champion ? He looked relieved in the press conference. I don't mean he purposely lost . He mentally felt like quitting throughout , not just the match but chess in general . and most likely this is a end to his suffering

[@darthpirate10]

I agree, he looked kinda happy in the end

[@mitz8852]

He has openly talked about the mental health issues he was having and maybe it was the burden of being world champion so maybe loosing today has released stress he had for past year..!!

[@musasetiabudi3134]

Even a non GM could draw the position before that huge blunder . It puzzled me how a super GM like Ding cannot see it. He may be very tired.

[@shouryarathore7434]

I think the reason why ding was constantly pushing for a draw was because he wanted to take this to the tie breaker where he would have an advantage (rapid/blitz)

[@arhansd190]

@@shouryarathore7434 no. Whenever he got a good position, He didn't trust himself to be able to convert or maybe even think that he could have a better position than gukesh.

[@GLOBETROTTER2024]

1:08:14 unsung hero of Indian chess 🌺Saghar bhai 🌺

[@itzmr.professor3818]

Spelling is wrong😊

[@badcornflakes6374]

​@@itzmr.professor3818 how?

[@PranitaKale-g7y]

Fr

[@DesiGeekyViper]

Never corner the bishop, or you'll end up praying for mercy! Ding's blunder became Gukesh's blessing he's now the world champ! 🏆

[@pagolchagol22]

It's been an absolute honour listening to the goat analyze these wc games. Thank you

[@washingmachinedoesntneedme4947]

To be honest, I'm just glad Ding era is over. I really admire the guy, but seeing him struggle mentally has become unconfortable to watch. He should do what makes him happy, and not feel pressure to be this or that. He smiles plenty on the post-match interview and I want to think he found some relief in losing.

[@rahulbkm]

One feedback to taketaketake: Levy feels a lot more comfortable and at ease when he's moderating Magnus and Hikaru. And those episodes were a lot more enjoyable. I would suggest to make these episodes with Levy as the moderator and not the expert.

[@govinddas7876]

I feel like supporting Gukesh was worth it to see him break down with joy at the end there as he's putting the pieces back on the board. Brought a tear to my eyes

[@eyeofhorus1301]

I would support him if the tears were for Ding self sabotaging not for himself winning. The best thing to do would've been to undo dings blunder by playing a move that reequalizes the position. Cause thats the dumbest way to win ever

[@NAME-yq6bl]

​@@eyeofhorus1301-100 elo comment

[@dead3ye209]

@@eyeofhorus1301😂😂😂what a joke

[@govinddas7876]

@@eyeofhorus1301 LMAOOOO Good one.

[@adrianacala1034]

After all that Ding has went through, this is absolutely heartbreaking for Ding to lose like this.

[@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

i think its great he lost ; finally free of his burden..... he clearly didn't enjoy being WC too much

[@adrianacala1034]

⁠​⁠@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos, then why fight so hard for it? If Ding would have been steamrolled, no one would have been surprised. Why go through all of that? You can tell he very much wanted to be WC and mental health is just kept him from playing well. I’m no psychologist but if I put myself in Ding’s shoes, I feel like after losing like that, I would go back in a deep and dark spiral. My heart goes out to Ding.

[@ReactWithAli]

Broke my heart

[@user-vt4hd8hb4v]

agree, wanted him to win. Then again, he might go back to his old self now with the whole WC thing over

[@Andrewthestagehand]

I am glad to finally be rid of him. I never want to watch him play chess ever again😂. Getting a massive advantage almost every game and then over thinking easy positions, to making bogus moves that led him to be worse, this is what he gets for playing like a coward, going for the draw in winning positions. I have no compassion for the man. I wish Magnus remained champion, but FIDEA has their heads shoved so far up their ass with their refusal to make the game mainstream, that they can't garner enough sponsors aka MONEY to pay their players. So Magnus left and rightly so. A bench player in the NBA makes more money than Magnus, and he's a phenom. It's a travesty that Gukesh is champion, because he honestly didn't play that well.

[@danielseguin913]

Congrats to Gukesh. Best wishes to Ding. Congrats to the whole Take Take Take team. That has been a lovely coverage!

[@lobsterboy8148]

This recap made me feel less heartbroken. But still difficult to see such an intense back and forth match end with a blunder. In the end it’s a result of Ding’s passive play and Gukesh’s fighting spirit, which was kind of the theme for the entire match. So it’s a fair result. I hope Ding comes back and plays more chess.

[@kanishk4785]

world champion gukesh!!!

[@022_soumenpatra8]

9:35 magnus being magnus

[@Deepak2006-j9u]

The boy who probably doesn't have driving licence But able to lift the trophy of World Chess Championship Is mind boggling Legend ........ Respect++++♾️

[@AbcxyzS]

Lol true

[@sandankumar2024]

Beautiful

[@coolcat23]

Magnus' commentary is fantastic. Obviously incredibly insightful and refreshingly honest.

[@harryverhoef4983]

Hans Niemann is apparently now aiming to become the youngest world chess champion

[@hitandrun117]

Great idea during the game analysis letting Magnus have control of the moves, I thought it helped that portion of the show flow much better! Loved all the recaps overall, a bit sad to see them go but looking forward to the next big event

[@danielcookson1270]

So great to watch these 3 superstars of chess discuss the championship. Love the format.

[@Harishiv18]

18:14 Magnus reading Hikaru like a book as always

[@dinou912]

He is literally in front off him in big screen, he saw him directly bro.

[@Myst2202]

Thank you so much to all the team of Take Take Take for the incredible work you did during this World Championship. Not only the team doing the live covering of the event was entertaining and helpful to understand the game, but also, any other sports would dream to have the quality of the panel doing the recaps. We are spoiled as fans to live in a day where we have access to the analysis of two of the greatest players of the game, one being the GOAT, assisted by a commentator whose an expert on determining what the everyday fan might want to know about the game. Thank you!!

[@ugurbaltoprak1467]

I don't think Ding's career will decline like Hikaru said. There is more to see in Ding. I see it I feel it.

[@Rohannn0007]

I wish he comes back in the candidates

[@WLYLL]

@@Rohannn0007I don’t think he is interested in the crown anymore, he seemed really relieved after the match

[@kdiigx]

He basically said he’s going to retire from classical if he lost didn’t he?

[@Awarewolf047]

​@@kdiigx That was last year. After today's match he said he'll continue playing.

[@Quino2]

​@@kdiigx that was last year

[@ankanpal]

YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMP🏆 ❤ WITNESSING IT LIVE WAS A PRIVILEGE 🇮🇳❤

[@Kingomegared]

Ding got what he wanted. He didn't want to be world champ. He just wanted to not get demolished. Congrats to him.

[@tanmaybhatt6980]

Gukesh in 2017: "I want to become youngest World Chess Champion" Gukesh in 2024: Leads Indian chess team to win Chess Olympiad. Gukesh in 2024: At just 18 years old. He achieved his dream of becoming youngest World Chess Champion. It's amazing that you're so humble. I had tears in my eyes when you won 2024 World Chess championship and listening your post match press conference. So proud of you Gukesh. You've made whole India proud. Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication. Hats off to your parents and your whole team as well.

[@siddhantkulshrestha6344]

Thank you so so much for giving Magnus the board. I like when he’s able to navigate

[@AlexAtterbury]

Let's give credit to Mr Gotham - throughout all of these he's been giving analysis, and without exception Magnus and Hikaru have agreed with him. There couldn't be a more intimidating setting. Heck, at 35:00 or so Magnus says, as you've been saying Levy.... And also credit to the Super GMs for not needing to dominate.

[@victorhuynh4031]

Congrat to Gukesh for winning the Championship. Ding end game happy to hand the championship to Gukesh with the bishop move

[@user-xo4it1db7y]

U know what, he try every game to win... He try try and try in every game.. When you try this hard the universe comes in your side automatically.. That's why he win today.. and he is World champion now..🎉

[@gayatreepatra]

Exactly in every game he was literally trying so hard, attacking every time and finally he won guki won🎉🎉

[@Toopa88]

Many people try hard and live in poverty.

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

Ding also tried very hard to draw the game, he tried and tried in every game with lot of determination, why didn't universe come to Ding's side?! I understand what you said but that's weird to hear...

[@nicogonzalez4345]

Good to see magnus in the studio. Seems much more natural for him.

[@nicogonzalez4345]

also lowkey i feel like i keep dropping you guys gems but a Pause do you agree with the take should be a thing for controversial takes

[@MeannMugginn]

I found the segment where these guys were discussing the openings in this match and opening preparation for world championships in general and Hikaru brought up Fabiano Caruana and how he drops these 20 moves of prep in a game and just dominates without thinking and it's so impressive because not everybody can do that. We saw Gukesh play his prep and get advantages in every other game but he rarely kept up with the top engine lines and kept his advantage. Fabiano has a supercomputer in his head.

[@sdd67]

The same super computer could not convert +6.1 advantage in candidates for 7 moves . Also he had continuous +3 advantage for 20 moves . 😮😮😮

[@UndesignatedGod]

Yea fabi and levon are Phenomenal prep demons

[@Brahmin_Avaneesh_Father]

Yet the supercomputer was picked apart by Dommaraju in Olympiad

[@ramice-od9cw]

yeah no shit, supercomputer being able to win only one Candidate throughout his career lmao.....

[@paramdrall]

I want more of this Holy Grail of Taketaketake Panel !! Hope it's here to stay !

[@tenningale]

Honestly shocking how this game ended given it had draw written all over it and no GM should blunder this end game. But congrats to Gukesh. He put more pressure on Ding than Ding did on him over the course of the match and he's the deserving winner.

[@physco4641]

Ding was so focus on drawing this game as soon as possible, he was trying to exchange everything even giving up his pawn in the process. All that with white. When you are so desperate, you will eventually do something wrong.Ding admitted he got lucky in the previous match its only fair that he lost this one.

[@eyeofhorus1301]

​@@physco4641that was a great idea problem is he did it too dangerously getting into pawn down where only ding can mess up not very logical right? He is #2 in the world in tiebreaks vs gukesh ranked in the 40s easy win... the other problem is making a stupidly easy to spot blunder with 9 mins which is just ridiculous

[@eyeofhorus1301]

​@@physco4641and ding being known to make the silliest blunders ever this year is why he was the underdog on betting lines before match began

[@eyeofhorus1301]

I can't get over how stupid this blunder is at the last second of a drawn game when you will win the match if you just make sure you don't make a silly blunder

[@kabilanthangarajan]

I am waiting waiting and waiting. Finally got it...

[@Matsanovic]

Thank you for a wonderful experience listening to the insightful commentary by Carlsen, Hikaru, and Levi. I completely agree that a4 was a poor move in the game and having to defend with one pawn under. Instead, moves like Td4 or Qd4 seemed so much more natural. They say that the chess goddess Caissa punishes those who play too passively and only aim for a draw, and I suppose thats what happened here. Gukesh is a deserved winner. Once again, it was an amazing show!

[@ktrslu]

I feel for Ding, I was rooting for him. But I hope this match has a positive effect on his mental health somehow.

[@englishmuffinpizzas]

Magnus kept it incredibly classy despite multiple questions baiting him to take the focus off the players. Mad respect to him, and I love the insights he offers into these games. Great stuff

[@akamahmad3129]

I feel sorry for Ding, he left it all out and it was actually really close again if he just accepted the draw this game and went for tie breaker, i hope he be back pressure free and strongly again!

[@mn8931]

did Gukesh offer a draw? Didnt watch the game

[@deadpool8580]

No he didn't. He was up a pawn there's no point of black offering a draw.

[@username_PK]

No, he is saying ding was playing for draw so that he can win in tie breaker ​@@mn8931

[@d_lose]

Take Take Take... THANKS for the live streams! The production MistakesMistakesMistakes proved to be an enjoyable PLUS to the genuine content! Your 3 main hosts appear to have such great chemistry, and the World Championship presentation was wonderful! I LIKE Kaja as the host, clearly focused on audience concerns. Her rudimentary chess questions mirrored my own as a chess novice. Also, her juggling was rather impressive. I LIKE Maud as the multitasking typist, yet easily recognized as a fine chess player herself. Her input was quite welcome, whether it be about chess or food. I LIKE GM Hammer, who ROCKED the idea of commentating this match without a chess engine! His MANY truthful predictions were quite impressive, and his false predictions still proved surprising. TL;DR, his opinions on everything else, beyond chess, vary from exemplary to repulsive. True Hammertime! If Take Take Take bothers to read its KZbin comments, I hope you'll consider this humble viewer's advice and KEEP these three as your live commentators. The 2024 World Chess Championship broadcast was a TRIUMPH for Take Take Take!

[@afterneet4421]

Btw Magnus have been travelling all over places in these recaps😂😂

[@jamesduggan7200]

thanks very much - such a pleasure living in an era where the very best players are willing and able to spend an hour talking about chess to the masses.

[@sats_nak]

Thanks for the match coverage Take Take Take. I watched them live with you and the recaps. Great coverage.

[@Velvet-ni6pu]

History was made today! Impressive feat by Gukesh! It's ridiculous that many choose to undermine his win to a blunder by Ding. That completely discredits the resilience Gukesh showed to bounce back from earlier defeats, earn those hard-fought wins when he did, demonstrate his superior preparation, and fearless ambitious play which all snowballed into the pressure that ultimately pierced Ding's what seemed like impenetrable defence by striking the final blow when it mattered. It's a culmination of all those efforts combined and no doubt Ding made it as difficult as possible showing the heart of a champion.

[@Eishaan-01]

magnus with headphones and full setup, this will be fun

[@JEE2026-ux1bp]

Lesgoo, Again after 2 years❤❤❤. Will miss you guys.

[@saagarkote]

A Champion who had no regrets after losing his title to the challenger and was a thorough gentleman throughout the press conference, a Challenger who became the youngest Champion in History at age 18 and chose to speak first about his opponent and give him the respect he deserves. The greatest of the greatest GOAT Magnus, the greatest streamer- GM and another GOAT in his own right, and the best Chess KZbinr of our time breaking down the game together. We are a truly blessed generation of chess fans.

[@o_l_a2373]

I think the way Hikaru said that this was the end of Dings career was way premature. People said the same thing about Vishy when Magnus beat him. He was back and won the candidates next time. Ding def could have a great future still.