How Strong is Ding Liren Now?

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Tata Steel Masters (chess24.com) [1] 2023.01.14
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne1 Re8 13.Nd3 Nf8 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.e3 Nc5 17.dxc5 Bxc3 18.Rc1 Qf6 19.Qc2 d4 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.exd4 Bxd4 23.Nf4 g5 24.Nh5 Qh6 25.Bf3 c5 26.g4 f5 27.Ng3 fxg4 28.Nf5 Qf6 29.Be4 h5 30.b4 Kf8 31.a3 h4 32.Re1 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 Bd3 34.Qe6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Bxf5 36.Rxb6 g3 37.hxg3 hxg3 38.bxc5 Bh3
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00:45 Game Starts!
02:42 Completely New Game!
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13:20 Pause the Video 2!
15:00 Game Ends!
17:30 Contributions!
The 85th edition of the Tata Steel Masters is a 14-player single round-robin taking place from 14-29 January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen heads a field that includes Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana and teenage stars Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer and Praggnanandhaa.
The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move 1. A tie for first place will be decided by two blitz (3+2) games. If still tied, the players keep playing single "sudden death" games where White gets 2.5 minutes and Black 3 minutes until one side wins. The monetary prizes will be shared evenly. Official website: www.tatasteelchess.com
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[@Philiopantheon82]

What a tremendous game by Liren and Gukesh and what an enjoyable and educative analysis by Agad!!

[@milindhindocha4420]

Hegel sniff* ideology

[@Philiopantheon82]

@@milindhindocha4420 ideology is an inaccurate description to define Hegel's philosophy with! You shall read him attentively though🔔

[@milindhindocha4420]

@@Philiopantheon82 It was a zizek reference not a summation of hegel's ideas.

[@Philiopantheon82]

@@milindhindocha4420 that is fair, however in a serious note Zizek's Interpretation of Hegel based on a Lacanian psychoanalysis not just for me but for many other proper Hegelian is missing the point either. Perhaps there are other interesting Slovenian scholars like Mladen Dolar who have much better perspective on Hegel, check him out and of course Houlgate, Winfiled and few friends of mine like Antonio Wolf who have a youtube channel specifically for Hegel's philosophy! Those are proper path to start Hegel. Cheers.

[@milindhindocha4420]

@@Philiopantheon82 I know his interpretation is based on lacanian paychoanalysis, I was not trying to make a logically consistent reply rather I was amused by the prospect of someone liking both hegel and agadmator!

[@iainengle-roe2861]

Rooting for Ding in the WC! Looking forward to more from him in this tournament!

[@ziedyacoub8488]

and he won the tournament today .. :) what a joy

[@justingeorge2319]

Agadmator asking the right questions

[@victor20214]

ding just played this game with 94.9 %acuracy🤯🤯.gukesh with close to 90. imagine playing at 90% accuracy and still lose

[@victor20214]

including three brilliant moves

[@Abhishek-fe3zs]

Nepo played a game with 99.3% accuracy and lost to Carlsen

[@victor20214]

@@Abhishek-fe3zs 🤯

[@timjacob991]

@@Abhishek-fe3zs wow

[@Abhishek-fe3zs]

@@timjacob991 yeah game 6 of the last world championship

[@noonefromnowhere99]

I always love watching Ding's games, I find his style so creative.

[@ClarkPotter]

I agree. This game was next level. I feel like Ding is like Caruana plus creativity and occasionally more daring. Caruana is a machine but Ding has some soecial sauce. However, Caruana has really upped his daringness the last couple years so I can't hold that against him anymore. Anyway, I love Ding's games and style to. It's what I strive for in my own.

[@luthershatonoka3589]

Agadmator never fails to deliver. Thank you sir

[@paulinendahafa730]

He never fails indeed.

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

This is a spectacular win with the black pieces by Ding. And it was achieved against Gukesh too, who was one of the stars of the Chess Olympiad and has been playing well.

[@CaptnCondor]

“It’s not a problem if you play perfect chess”

[@HTeo-og1lg]

"Nothing is ever a problem if it is perfect, axiomatically speaking." - quoted myself🤣🤣

[@gregorybickmore7023]

Ding's spidey sense was activated in this game

[@wszczebrzeszyn]

Gukesh was completely crushed here, impressive performance by Ding.

[@Galahand87]

Extremely high level chess is such pleasantry to watch. thanks Agad.

[@disco_sugar]

Gukesh's fianchetto bishop and trepidatious king vs Ding's monster bishops and fighting king. What a game!!

[@Martin-qb2mw]

Fantastic game and fantstic coverage. Thanks a lot!

[@jalureswara2719]

It’s early into 2023 and Agad’s already asking the important question

[@Fake_Snail]

Thank you for the video!

[@xethnyrrow]

Ding's light square bishop was so strong the entire game and was almost untouchable. The A4 move makes sense as it was the only way to deal with it.

[@peterkang6677]

Lol I was actually thinking about that move

[@HellHumanTheSlayer]

Saw this game explained by Gotham Chess.....But I had to rewatch it by Agadmator since Gotham didn't give any good reason in the end why Ding wins. Agadmator is the best!

[@adipratia6861]

Gukesh did not capture Ding's bishop, at 14:25 for free. And would not have lost anything, his knight would still have been defended by his queen. So that was Gukesh's big mistake, as far as I saw in that moment.

[@DocMulholland]

@@adipratia6861 If you capture the bishop, dark-square bishop takes f2 check and you lose your queen, your king will be pinned and your game is over...

[@karstenreinhardt1804]

That's really high level chess! Very good analysis.

[@cygnustsp]

Just woke up, first day in weeks that I've felt halfway decent about life. And what do I see? Agadmator uploads a video.

[@RegularObamahedron]

Stay strong king and fellow agadmator enjoyer 💪

[@anthonyforfare7223]

Life is a roller coaster,with ups and downs. “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do” Stay strong and remember bad things happen to us all. It’s how how respond to them the makes the difference. 👍😊😀

[@roncho]

I hope Ding can recover the shape of 2019 before the pandemic by that time even Magnus struggled playing against him

[@barun9665]

This is why ding is no 2 in classical. a very humble person and beast on chess board . He should be next champion.

[@timnguyen8397]

He is champion now ❤

[@JMyepes]

Amazing game from Liren!!! Thanks!!!

[@iakahdrake2801]

The question is in the title and the answer is YES

[@soumikislam3038]

Thanks for showing my favourite Ding's game agter long time.

[@chadmacgargle5311]

Ding is playing really strong chess, there's guys like Petrosian, Smyslov, Carlsen, and Ding they are not surprising anyone really but they're foundational players and there's a reason that's the foundation.

[@Zenith9132]

Don't forget Fischer.

[@neerajtatikola4797]

known cheater tigran petrosian

[@chadmacgargle5311]

@@Zenith9132 I feel like Fischer, Bronstien, Kasparov, Tal are different. And that they don't compare. Not to take anything away from one group or another but to say they are incredibly strong but have different strengths.

[@chadmacgargle5311]

@@neerajtatikola4797 I suspect Keres was a cheat in that he would roll over in tournaments to give advantage but Petrosian just played an equalizing style. Petrosian was an alchemist over the chess board, playing into an equal position in 2p moves isn't cheating its great defense.

[@panda4247]

You guys are talking about two different Petrosians. Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a world champion in 60s, he was one of the greatest defenders, and I don't know about any cheating incident with him. Tigran Levoni Petrosian is a current chess player (and yes, his parents named him after the former Champion), and he was cheating in some high-profile online tournament.

[@Rami_rq]

ding is slick with his moves

[@jowbloe4700]

King Ding... a couple years ago for that video.

[@garfield2193]

Haha, to be fair a cat is probably better than me at chess 😁...but I still really enjoy watching all your videos, you're the most easily accessible / easily watchable / easily understandable chess commentator out there IMO....so many thanks 👍😃

[@jeprotable]

Superb

[@TheArchitectureNexus]

"A cat could move pieces for Ding"... then proceeds to play top engine moves 😂

[@karl.anthony]

Great to see the year starting with a little bit of Watch Papi! 😎

[@GeraldM_inNC]

I've been watching Agadmator about 3 years, and this is the strongest game by Ding that I can recall seeing him cover. I was rooting for Gukesh, but Ding won me over by outplaying him straight through the game. I would never have seen F7-F5 if I stared at the board for a million years. And those "bishops from hell"! They kept Gukesh on his heels all game long.

[@monstermagnet3150]

Ding's immortal is even more incredible to me, but it's against a weaker opponent

[@lornemalvo4492]

8:42 I had a different idea of rook to e3 but as soon as you showed pawn to f5 we both said "brutal" at the same time lmao that was really funny

[@boydjack1073]

Great video

[@KRYME9]

Brilliant Ding Moves

[@004chestnut8]

Absolutely incredible

[@bobcabot]

i agree a masterpiece from the future world-champion...

[@elliot3821]

My friends at the bar will love this

[@grantross2609]

the usual comprehensive analysis as per

[@cheya111]

Ding sacrificed his rook for the bishop at the end. Gukesh should have sacrificed for that monstrous bishop on d4.

[@colinstewart1432]

This game is above my pay grade. Stellar stuff. 👍

[@AbdulBasit0044]

I can safely predict that, Ding Liren is becoming a clinical surgeon of chess. When I look at his clinical precisions of disecting opponents defences. Just Wow, Amazing, and a Pleasure to watch.

[@jcwar6753]

Great game!

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Sucks to be Gukesh (only at this precise moment in time, overall, its a great blessing, these games Gukesh, will prove to be some of your best companions, because within the psychological circus of "success and failure", is when we most often subsequently grow exponentially!!!

[@roadhockey]

"a cat could move pieces" lol

[@kennethwoods6525]

Spoken by a true dog-lover! 🐕

[@peterday3253]

at 15:29 Agadmator explains just how dire white's position is.

[@kb5019]

All hail King Ding 👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏾

[@wchambers3849]

Ding vs Nepo = Great Chess!!! Can't wait!

[@nolim1tzzz136]

Ding for world champion!

[@MohamedHassan-zq8rr]

Ding showing the power of monster pishop pair

[@pizdaloverbby]

Gukesh future world champion imo

[@Kgothatso_Masimene]

If Ding becomes world champion, he'd be the truly chosen one. He played in the candidates because Serge "couldn't". He's going to play the world championship match because Magnus won't.

[@cloudforest4087]

What a way to play by Ding.

[@jefffritts68]

LOL at "too scary to look at"

[@tiagosegabinazzi4063]

Amazing, so open this game

[@josefserf1926]

Ding plays like a peak Topalov

[@gajananaabhyankar3775]

@agadmator At 6:45 why not white knight forks queen, rook and bishop by Nc7 ? Just curious.

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥🔥

[@ericmack4304]

Is it just me, or was the cat statement super funny?

[@graysonrader1985]

Nasty stuff

[@rohan1864]

I'm still curious whether he ever plays Xiangqi

[@hoomanov]

Another immortal by Ding

[@cmc2110]

This is the Ding I know, every moves with a threat

[@ericshinn6737]

"Ok, now you have to play some wizard moves" pretty much the situation I blunder myself into most games I play LOL

[@nomnomnom612]

After Ding goes Qh6 at 7:26 into the video. Why is Bf3 the only good move? I want to play g4 right away instead and my next move will be Ng3 and leave our light squared bishop on g2. Seems like there must be something wrong with that line but it prevents what happened in the game. Supi vs. L'ami game from the challengers group yesterday seemed like a crazy game. #suggestion

[@StormKillzone]

wizard chess by ding

[@smdanny1]

Please next vid I'd like to see a cat move a peice and win the game 😁

[@ironmiketeam4689]

And now I am going to sleep because there is nothing more to be done.

[@culturekiller86]

Ding for president of earth!

[@jibranahmad557]

Ding the goat

[@jwizansky]

Sorry if this was asked already, but after Black's key move f5, what about White's other option gxf5?

[@jonathancauley5345]

I believe Ding (if he really focuses) can get to 2900 with ease. I mean just look at his moves against Gukesh, CRUSHING!

[@monstermagnet3150]

He has to be more consistent

[@davidknutty]

I'll say it once and I'll say it every damn time Ding Liren is Magnus's biggest rival. Sure Hikaru is great but Ding Liren is one of the best most precise players to ever exist OTB

[@medusalemangula2086]

Ding is the next world champion

[@defenestratedalien1448]

Brief answer : EXTREMELY

[@BlitzWizard94]

I always knew the dragon would return to its lair

[@nicbentulan]

#suggestion women's world blitz 2022 (female Wesley So) WGM Janelle Frayna actually upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili

[@CubanCubeFan]

#suggestion: Tata B group, L'Ami x Supi

[@shortsornothing4981]

It's two edged question. It also asked how strong is Arjun Erigasi???

[@HTeo-og1lg]

Remember this obscure rule-in-chess: "Tis better to resign when opponent has a bishop pair". (Else it's an exercise in masochism.)

[@gravytraindrumming5167]

I know you like to pronounce names correctly, Agadmator -- you should note that Liren would not be "lier-en", but actually "lee-ren" would be much closer, with the space deliberately between 'lee' and 'ren'. 'Liren', as a word, is a romanization of two characters, Li and Ren. Also Mandarin has tones, so there would be a very specific way of saying the two syllables (well, all three actually, including 'Ding'), though I don't know what the correct pronunciation is offhand.

[@anilbista7445]

Le-zen is the right pronunciation

[@ilovewiki]

His name is 丁立人. In pinyin it would be spelled Dīng LìRén.

[@gravytraindrumming5167]

@@ilovewiki Thanks! :D

[@GJAkuo]

Are we gonna see Magnus vs Ding in the Tata Steel again ?

[@erichoffmann8515]

Cheers 🥂 to Ding

[@ao_qd]

If Ding wins the WCC, then would his rating be higher than Magnus? Would Ding be 2900? If so, then maybe that will inspire Magnus to come back and take the crown?

[@JStankXPlays]

Even Mittens could have won that end game!

[@donquixote8462]

At least this strong: stronger than I'll ever be.

[@hardikvora3744]

I can confirm that Ding is quite strong! 👑

[@hhggjgjvg2203]

Imagine nepo's reaction after this game 😅

[@foobarrel9046]

I actually found that a4 move - but not the same continuation. Am shocked tho!

[@Sunstriderko]

I hope Ding becomes WC so we can finally see proper Magnus vs Ding series next year!

[@AdityaSharma001]

At 14:31, why not Qe7 to force queen exchange?

[@johnmallette3143]

gg

[@dharmapedro]

ma man ding 25 moves to protect the pawn

[@kennethwoods6525]

Gukesh and the young lions of India will have their day! 🦁

[@kl6544]

No

[@kennethwoods6525]

@@kl6544 : Ready or not...HERE THEY COME!🦁

[@kl6544]

@@kennethwoods6525 no

[@kennethwoods6525]

@@kl6544 : Hide the women and children! The takeover is inevitable. 😱

[@kinnoinen]

I feel like the new phrase ”now look at this” is a bit overused

[@woodensurfer]

Fantastic game indeed. Both c6 and f5 could be taken in more than one way but not really.

[@SohamShivoham]

Ask Pragg... He will tell

[@abdiazizabdillahi5173]

#suggestions Abdusaatorov Game and every won game

[@hicham_9_9_beng]

12:16 some of wizard move 😂

[@michaelbrowder1759]

A4 didn't seem so hard to find.