"…You Will Witness True horror…" || Firouzja vs Caruana || FIDE Candidates (2022) R6

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Firouzja, Alireza (2793) - Caruana, Fabiano (2783)
FIDE Candidates Tournament (chess24.com) [6] 2022.06.23
E06 Catalan, closed, 5.Nf3
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxd5 11.Rd1 Bf6 12.Qg4 Bd7 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Nf3 Rac8 15.e4 e5 16.Qh5 Nb4 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 h6 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Bh3 f5 22.exf5 Rce8 23.Nh4 e4 24.Rd1 Qf7 25.Qe2 Qxa2 26.Ng6 Rf7 27.Nf4 Qb3 28.Bg4 e3 29.Kg2 Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Nxd8 31.fxe3 Rc7 32.Kh3 Nf7 33.Bf3 Rc2 34.Qd1 Ng5+ 35.Kg4 Nxf3 36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Kxf3 Qxb2 38.Qe8 Qf6 39.e4 Rxh2 40.Qd7 Qc3+ 41.Kg4 Qd2 42.Qa4
00:00 Hello Everyone!
01:00 Photo Time!
01:50 Game Starts!
04:15 Completely New Game!
11:35 Pause The Video!
14:00 It Was In This Position
16:05 Contributions
The 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament is an 8-player double round-robin that will decide Magnus Carlsen's challenger for the 2023 World Championship match, or, if Magnus decides not to play the match, the two players who will battle it out for the title. There is also a €48,000 top prize at stake. The venue is the Palacio de Santoña, Madrid, from June 17th to July 4th. If players tie for 1st place there will be a playoff on July 5th. No draw offers are allowed before Black's 40th move.
The players get 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment only from move 61. A playoff will feature two 15+10 rapid games followed, if needed, by two 3+2 blitz games. If still tied the players will keep playing single blitz games until one of them wins. If more than two players tie for 1st there will be a mini round-robin. Official website: worldchampionshipcycle.fide.com
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[@omenoflaherty1294]

Magnus: I will only play if Alireza wins the candidates. Nepo & Fabi: Enjoy your vacation bro.

[@jevitigre]

Do you believe in Magnus words?:))

[@papitaalhilomc1155]

@@jevitigre no

[@konsolebox]

Sayonara championship title.

[@victordeluca7360]

@@jevitigre Yes :)

[@IAmDavid91]

​@@papitaalhilomc1155and now do you believe?

[@milindhindocha4420]

7:20 ‘But Alireza says maybe just rook captures on d7 as this is the position agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video’ lol 😂

[@RRRR-xg8to]

😝😝

[@abhilash2382]

Best one🤣

[@sp0rtskid777]

What was crazy about this game was Alireza was down to 11 minutes on just move 21. He had 19 more moves to time control.

[@panda4247]

Which is even more weird, given the fact he was the one choosing the line

[@jeremiahakinlabi7232]

I love how adventurous Alireza is moving. Shows how much experience he's trying to gain. Fab showing class and experience as usual.

[@nicbentulan]

Reminds me of the last us chess championship. in an interview Wesley said how h opponent could've easily drawn against h but played for a win for the experience even though Wesley was very likely to win .

[@kad9947]

Is he seeking for an adventure/experience, or he just simply wrongly analyze the position?

[@stikki8493]

@@kad9947 I think he's defininetly sharpening positions with dubious moves to push for a win. In my opinion I feel like he understands he isn't experienced enough to have a good chance at winning so maybe he's not too worried about the result, at least for this Candidates tournament. But in a few years he could be the next World Champion.

[@P.sherman45]

@@kad9947 you tell me, are you a 2800 player who broke the youngest ever player to reach 2800 rating ?

[@ndnd7614]

@@kad9947 pretty sure he is letting the pressure get to him. He has been struggling against top super GMs in his recent classical games

[@xethnyrrow]

Important to note: Alireza was in time trouble well before move 30. His poor time management this tournament is costing him games. Also, Fabi is playing super well of course.

[@AnkitCogn]

but time management is also a part of the game. you dont have to be absolutely accurate, you need to be as accurate as possible in that given time.

[@maciejhelminiak6300]

Time management is derivative how well you play. He did not begin this tournament well, but who knows what's gonna happen later

[@thethinker3888]

I almost feel like Magnus jinxed Alireza…congrats to Fabi though, love to see him in form again.

[@Draconisrex1]

Yeah, like it just put another layer of pressure on the whole thing and he's not handling it well.

[@maleksalih5237]

I feel like Magnus just underestimated other candidates. Alireza's preparations are more than great, but the other players are extremely strong.

[@one-to-one-ratio]

Well he's only 18 or 19 as well so I'm sure he just needs more time to get acustom to playing very very high level OTB chess tourneys

[@ndnd7614]

Well Alireza has been playing poorly against top Super GMs, not just in this tournament

[@salahsaadsalah7509]

@@maleksalih5237 I think magnus was hoping alireza was gonna be a challenger, cause he knows he can beat the other candidates and has been doing so for 10+ years

[@rbcdelta6561]

Super recaps of this great tournament. Fabi and Nepo showing the quality that made them WC challengers. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@narion2451]

My mind is about to blow just by watching these crazy games these days its rly amazing how a humans can be such genius on carved pieces (hats off for agadmator for such commentary 👏 🙌 👌)

[@ryanflanagan9624]

great videos of encouragement and hope God bless kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4vHp2CKqc6Aock www.youtube.com/watch?vBdHogVWU9p0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipjddZKvg8mUmaM

[@Gherkins54868]

Speaking of Boris Gelfand, Agadmator's coverage of the 2013 Candidate's tournament is must-watch.

[@jamesknapp64]

I was sad a nice picture of Gelfond wasnt accompanying the mention in honor of 2013 canidates video

[@immortalchess1817]

give us the link to watch it

[@jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917]

@@immortalchess1817 kzbin.info/aero/PLDnx7w_xuguE7YMY2NL4QTkItKopIH5J8

[@jaironunez7196]

That was an AWESOME tournament

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

I'll check it. Thank you.

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Fabi is playing on point this tournament 👌 👏 let's go fabi!

[@sgc3594]

yay, someone else besides me rooting for fabi

[@deadpool8580]

@@sgc3594 Hey you're not alone. I'm rooting for Fabi and Duda.

[@bernardobila4336]

Fabi needs a rematch against Carlsen

[@Relbl]

Alireza is 6'2 (1.88)... Fabi is 5'6 (1.68). It's not a photoshop, it's just that Fabi is tiny and Reza is a big man. It's like Chris Hemsworth standing next to Tom Cruise

[@humphreyCkd]

hi agadmator, enlargement of Firouzja is due ti improper use of a wide angle lens. i thinks this should have been 18-35 mm lens and razor was close to the end of the frame while Fabby was close to the centre.

[@jasonuerkvitz3756]

Caruana isn't a large man to be fair. And didn't Alireza hit a growth spurt recently? When they were touring the play room, Hikaru walked in--not the tallest man either-- looked around, followed moments later by Alireza. When he walked in, head just beneath the door frame, he dwarfed everyone. lol

[@menpower1]

Feels like Alireza has been playing too aggressive, playing too many weird moves to try to confuse his opponents but they end up defending perfectly against him and put him in a bad position. To be fair, it's this aggression that the old players like Nepo is missing, which makes Magnus hesitant to want to face them again. But Alireza does not seem to have the skill to justify his aggression just yet.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

His time will come.

[@marksolvent3259]

People talk about how the reason Fabi was a member of the 2800 club was because he was always very prepared. The fact that he beat Hikaru in that very tricky game, and Alireza in a game Alireza himself prepared shows you how much of a beast you have to be to get that far ahead in rating.

[@qazzaqstan]

Interestingly though in both cases it was him just completely outplaying his opponent in the middle game. His game against Nepo was a nasty piece of prep (yeah Nepo was able to complicate and Fabi felt forced to bail but he was definitely the one with chances), but Fabi really has not gotten the crushing opening advantages he is known for.

[@sid3645]

@@qazzaqstan fabi bailed because he didn't think he'd make time control and he couldn't figure out the win, I think he was aware he agreed to a draw in a winning position

[@qazzaqstan]

@@sid3645 I agree that he almost certainly felt he was better but couldn’t calculate everything given clock. Still I think if he knew for sure the position was -1 he goes for the exchange sacrifice and figures it out from there. Though maybe not if white’s play is easier from there (which I honestly can’t imagine to be the case but I don’t understand the types of things that make sense to super GMs versus what is more complicated).

[@anilbista7445]

Fabi is also known for very very accurate calculations almost like a engine

[@agnosticpanda6655]

Fabi casually demolishing the Chosen One (2022, colourized and in 60 fps!)

[@thechosenone1192]

no i m fine

[@talphazero1036]

@@thechosenone1192 Man's was waiting for his moment. Really living up to your name🤣!

[@philburns5656]

Fabi's precise calculation is absolutely stunning.

[@willd3526]

Hey Agad! Love the videos, suggestion: I really like when you say in the first recap how many games you'll be covering today. I don't check the standings until after I watch your recaps for spoiler reasons, so it's great to know when I'm in the clear for sure! Keep up the great work

[@Ravill]

Thats a good point will

[@radovansvetlik4185]

Hey Agad! i love your dog.. :-)

[@yethenkosi5046]

Fabi: Here's to your young generation, we still here and we old folks got pursing blood too

[@risaalshaan]

I really hope he wins.

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@JM-tj5qm even Carlsen is 30 only. Regardless compares to a teen like Alireza they are definitely an older generation.

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@JM-tj5qm 11 years gap is same generation ? How old r u....

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@JM-tj5qm oh even like that, I will consider Fabi in same generation as say Magnus Hikaru, 2 & 6 years age gap than Firo. By the time Firo reaches his peak Fabiano will be past 30. Anyway this is just a matter of opinion. I atleast feel that Firo is younger generation right now. Maybe by next candidates it won't feel like that.

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@JM-tj5qm not anymore. Carlsen, Nepo, Hikaru, karjakin, Fabiano, all of them reached peak at near 25. By 30 most of them fell quite a bit. Kasparov is from pre engine era. Chess changes faster today. Hundreds of engine line get analysed every year, and it's very hard to keep up for most players as they grow older. Most of the top 30 players are in 20-30 range which is a big evidence of this fact. At most early 30s. Late 30s we only have a couple of active players.

[@nikosiwannoy5669]

Thanks for this, couldn't wait for your upload!

[@ayushbhatnagar3889]

He is only 19. Tough tournament for him, but it will help him gain some exp.

[@theuncalledduo8600]

Ikr but what pisses me off is the fact that people started saying that he's gonna beat Magnus when he broke the 2.8k barrier like didn't this thought occurred to them then that he's only 19?? He's struggling in the Candidates itself and these dumb mfs thought he could challenge the final Norwegian boss?

[@99sasanka]

agreed

[@michaelworkspace]

For how many years already have y’all been using his age as an excuse? Pretty soon he’ll be 21, then 24, and you’ll still be saying the same thing 🙃

[@ndnd7614]

@@michaelworkspace agreed. He is playing poorly against the top GMs not just in classical

[@JSamad]

@@michaelworkspace Bruh check how Fischer did in his first candidates. No one won a chess world championship as a teen for a reason. Take it easy on the boy.

[@coreyfaller2500]

Also: love the photos! That was one of the perks that lured me in way back when!

[@phitabarna1099]

Very nice first photo, great and interesting candidates we are living. Thank you! (By the way the English subtitles on Spanish region is hilarious) Gelfand is girlfriend , Nepo is Janine pognishi.... is so funny!

[@robertehrenworth3310]

Firouzja’s exchange sac brings to mind a comment made by Kasparov when faced with an unexpected sac... if your opponent sacs but you have played soundly up until then, then (no matter how tricky the tactics) there must be a refutation in the position... your job is to find it. That’s exactly what Fabi did with the seemingly illogical f5! tallowing white to slip out of the skewer by offer a Queen trade, which rescues the rook no matter what Firouzja replies. Fabi’s counterattack is equally sublime. Bravo! Firouzja’s prep tho sharp seems to have holes in it; why else would he, a well-known speed demon, be burning thru so much time in his chosen opening???

[@alwaysup22]

Little hard to follow along on the tournament with where players are, I think more updates in terms of standings would be very helpful to those that watch your videos but do not have time to follow the overall standings

[@drewbrown1947]

You can watch a 16 minute video but don’t have time to Google the standings?

[@patrik_conjar8394]

Could've googled the standings instead of writing this comment

[@santiagorodriguez2940]

Whether or not he had time to google the standings is irrelevant, he's just suggesting that they be added here... it's really not that hard to understand

[@santiagorodriguez2940]

@@boots1801 Then maybe try not taking the expression so literally

[@alwaysup22]

It's funny having a simple suggestion, and people go crazy in the comments like total morons. People like this that literally have very to live for in their life, but fun to see them argue 😂

[@lucalamberti2243]

Thanks man I love your content ❤️

[@carlosmarquez2094]

Thank you for the analisys, great video

[@anthonyschlott916]

Loving the Elden Ring titles!

[@vincenzoberetta1085]

I think that Fabi is more consistent than Nepo. Nepo is psychologically les stable: either he wins 5 games in a row or he loses 5 games in a row badly. Fabi plays good games even when he loses. It will be an interesting second part.

[@afchehiro]

Sekiro, Elden Ring and Firouzja vs Fabi..... keep the best games coming m8!!!! Love this channel

[@miljann98]

Agadmator quoting "Elden Ring", doesn't get better than that guys! Pozdrav majstore! :D

[@TheMarksT]

What a game -- with a legendary improvement here! And btw I might have attributed that quote above by mistake to Tal in a previous post. My apologies, but no is perfect and it was probably Tal -- most of all, anyway -- that Bobby was referring to. Thanks and what a tournament!

[@mohammadhosseinabdi1234]

That was crazy Thanks!

[@tobi457]

I appreciate and fully agree with the idea, that photos shown in your videos should be at least a little bit weird. Otherwise they don't really add much. Well, but that's just my personal opinion ;)

[@hoomanov]

Alireza had minutes on the clock when he sacked the rook for the bishop, looking for simplifications after bh3 winning the rook back as the black queen and rook are on the same diagonal. Problem is he missed f5. If bxf5 black plays qe8 and the queen on h5 is hanging so white has to play qxe8 but black just plays Rcxe8 and Alireza is just down the exchange with minutes on the clock…

[@SticPRO3]

You forgot to update the description. Keep up the great work though, love the videos!

[@manugonzalez4921]

I love that the photos are back!

[@MarkoMaodus]

I would really like to see handshake analysis photos ;) #suggestion

[@vasuimemyself]

I think Magnus doesn't want to face Alireza for the championship anymore. Hence he prized Alireza like " If alireza doesn't won the candidates tournament then I wouldn't play for the title " These words gave Alireza something too much that reflects in his preparations.

[@Richard-pm8sd]

Against a player like fabi, any small inaccuracies or weaknesses in the backline can be so ruthless exploited

[@ramachandra776]

Fabi also would have felt horror at Nepo's performance and seriously regretting not pushing Nepo in their individual encounter 😁 .

[@EbonysBlaze]

I like the photos. Thank you.

[@neamashenavar1828]

Though Alireza is obv bringing the ideas he's getting into tough positions by other top level professionals! Once the opening is over things look inevitable...shows that creativity is required, the rook sac was good but not enough...hoping Alireza fulfils his obv potential! And wp by the opponent too (Caruana)!

[@hfcriske]

All respect to Firouzja for trying all these cool ideas, but damn Fabi is looking strong this tournament. If Nepo slips up even slightly, Fabi is gonna take it all.

[@michaelbauers8800]

Lot of chess to come, but Fabi is doing well. He not only already played for WC, he played the dominating Magnus to a tie, until the tiebreak. I know what the FIDE ratings say, but am I supposed to believe Fabi doesn't have some claim to being the second best, classical time control player, in top events? I am sure there's reasons to claim otherwise of course, but he seems well prepared for this.

[@hfcriske]

@@michaelbauers8800 If Fabi plays his absolute best, I agree he is second only to Magnus. I personally hope for a challenger Magnus hasn't faced yet the most, but I really hope he tries to defend the crown regardless of who makes it out on top.

[@Draconisrex1]

Normally I don't keep up with the wins-losses so who wins is always a surprise to me. But for the candidate's tournament I do so it's strange watching a video where I know who wins.

[@scottmedchill4210]

7:20 It was in this position, agadmator referred to himself in the third person.

[@milklover2830]

This is was the first time I heard him say his name lol

[@awillingham]

These are definitely ER titles and I am all for it. Watching these guys play is like Malenia Vs Radahn

[@BREAKocean]

It's nice to see Caruana in fighting form, and Nepo finding his groove. It seems no matter who wins the candidates we the viewers get to see some world class chess and many people don't want to simply draw

[@sakthivelb9074]

Appreciating intresting ideas from Firoza ❤️

[@saman007]

I love how Firouzja exploring ideas by sacrificing materials. In almost every game he played he sacrificed a piece and played an entertaining chess. Fabi plays solid and wins. Shout out to both amazing chess players.

[@derekbeaumont973]

He didn’t mean to sacrifice. He thought he was getting the exchange back and missed f5. Time pressure mistake

[@tobiastriesch3736]

Regarding the pictures: How come they chose a beautiful setting and ended up hiding everything making it look like any other studio, any other tournament?!

[@dahchessmaster4616]

Ikr, it's absolutely ridiculous...lol.

[@camilohiche4475]

It's over for Alireza halfway through the tournament. He's not catching up the leaders, even if he won half of the next games I don't see the leaders missing enough points. Let's be real, it's between Nepo and Fabi, the others are bystanders. Alireza and Ding huge disappointments.

[@andredias4303]

I don't see Alireza as a disappointment. Although he has huge potential, still needs more experience, better strategies to manage his time and so on. Now, I agree that Ding is a disappointment. Seems like losing the first game with the white pieces stroke him hard.

[@nemlas85]

nepo is such a wildcard, he can win AND lose anytime, even though he is far ahead. fabi is more stable, but unless someone fires some rockets he won't be caught either. hikaru and ricsi have slight chance to catch them, at least they both play a chess that can bring surprise points. alireza and ding are disappointments for sure, even though ding came out of form, barely qualifying instead of karjakin, and alireza already went beyond expectations at age 19 by qualifying (and ofc by joining the 2800 club too).

[@camilohiche4475]

@@andredias4303 Alireza is disappointing because he won't win that means Magnus won't play the world championship match... 👀

[@pocophonef1379]

Ding playing bad i can understand, cuz he couldn't actually play anything significant in almost 2 years nd wasn't prepared for this candidates tournament as well. But, Alireza has been disappointing. He'll definitely learn tho, and improve

[@strategicsage7694]

Too early to call that. Let's say Nepo lost one game. Even at the current stage, that would put four players within one point of the top spot. 1.5 down with over half the games to be played is still very much in striking range for Nakamura and Rapport.

[@nmagko]

Excellent game for Fabi. Thanks for sharing.

[@juliatruchsess1019]

It's a shame that they have to play in front of this drab corporate backdrop when in fact they're in a spectacularly beautiful room in a palace.

[@bellure4971]

Can you by chance show the Boris Gelfand game? I'm trying to find it and having no luck. Love your work!!

[@-CricketLover]

Few months ago Agad be like- You used to be some Fabi Agad at the moment- you will witness true horror

[@ManhattanProject9]

I thought that title was super disrespectful as well. Glad Fabiano is shining and Agad has to do square that.

[@salahsaadsalah7509]

@@ManhattanProject9 it's just a fun title because he lost to magnus, it's not that deep and everyone knows how good fabi is/can be

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@ManhattanProject9 Fabi got back in form at just the right time as usual. Hope Ding could get some of that ability.

[@ghorarmangsho871]

@@ManhattanProject9 The title is an Elden Ring reference. The previous one as well.

[@phenix2403]

@@ghorarmangsho871 elden ring had not released yet in January, which is the video from tata steel that he is talking about where magnus beat fabi. It seemed to be a song reference: "somebody that I used to know"

[@namikazeswapnil671]

Fabi placed himself along with Morphy, fisher, resheshki (i don't know how to write or spell this) etc goats when asked about his dream American team of all time

[@kunalsingh4418]

Well he is good enough. If there was no Carlsen, Fabi would probably be the one dominating the stage. He has been consistently performing great at candidates, and we all saw the 2019 wc. His peak rating of 2844 is also just behind Kasparov, way above everybody else.

[@adelrezgane3938]

I am just loving the elden references in the couple last videos lol

[@janesjanes4553]

Fabi dragged him across the board 😬🔥

[@ramon7213]

Thanks Agadmator for the continued content!

[@TheWaxlemon]

regarding the photo, perhaps the relative confidence of the two players can be seen in the fact that alireza does not remove his suit jacket. Fabi looks like he is about to get to work and alireza looks more like a schoolboy still. understandably, as he is basically still a schoolboy

[@galiofficiel]

Loving the Elden Ring quotes in the latest videos!

[@parthparmar3097]

Fabi is like ENGINE in classical...

[@destervarquez3524]

Qxa2 and Rxh2 from Fabi are mercilessly cold. Qe8 from Ali is desperation. There's a noticeable difference between the strengths of these two monsters.

[@corygibson3304]

These Elden ring quotes for video titles is magnificent.

[@dada191]

Fabi's games never excite me, but I swear they are computer crisp! He just doesn't make mistakes.

[@zach1912XD]

My friends at the bar and the library are going to LOVE this game. I certainly do.

[@rsdeane1]

Loving the Elden Ring references!

[@Scy]

I'm kind of disappointed by Alireza in this tournament. I hope he bounces back and shows what he's actually made of.

[@srihariravva]

I think he should stop playing aggressively. Play not to lose, if there is opportunity, then go for claiming victory 🙌

[@fethulgulub]

Fabiano is unbelievable

[@badjaeaux]

i watch agad to sleep holy sh*t man i need this pill, thank you..

[@erichoffmann8515]

Cheers to Fabi 🥂

[@andresfeliperomerobarreto620]

"Your strenght... extraordinary"

[@pallad.]

Please show standings at the end of the video. Thank you ❤️

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

I saw this live - Fabi is too good. I feel sorry for Alireza.

[@osmanay4301]

The photo reminded me of Morphy - Anderssen (1858). Small man beats the big man.

[@rogerstone3068]

I was surprised by the apparent difference in size in the picture, and looked them both up - both are 5' 6" so it must be some trick of the camera angle or how they are sitting. Incidentally, they both became GM at 14 years of age - people tend to forget Caruana was a pridugy as well.

[@danielvutran]

Absolute one of my fave quotes....... and "I have never known defeat"...............

[@trogdor20X6]

I hope Fabi gets another crack at beating Magnus. He did so well in his last try, just fell against Magnus' rapid prowess. Go USA players!

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

I agree, however I believe there ought not be any format change, but sudden death beyond the fixed games. If there's no result after a further six games, the title should be declared open, and both contestants entered into the next candidates tournament.

[@escueladeartesemocionales]

I'm on the photography part of the video and the "someone has artificially enlarged Aliareza" already won you my like. Now lets look at the game

[@nitamrajpoudel2762]

As this is the position that Agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video, that's what we will play. -Agadmator, 2022

[@NocturnalNick]

I quite enjoy the photos

[@suats1629]

Rapport’s shirt made all the difference for me today. Reminded me of Aronian. Let’s see his game as well and we’ll have to spend more time talking about his look. :)

[@davidcopson5800]

We should always see a report on Rapport.

[@tristanshelton9164]

I’m liking these subtle elden ring captions

[@rahulkaap]

Some smaller GMs might have fallen for Alireza's threats. Fabi having none of the nonsense.

[@saurabhkulkarni5886]

Alireza can bounce back...will be interesting to see what happens then . He will learn a lot from this tournament and win in the future..

[@michaelbauers8800]

Fascinating, that Firouzja plays a rare move with white, and loses to an out of book Caruana. Fabiano continues to impress.

[@penno43]

I wanted a couple of seconds to find the what was wrong about photo, but then i was like lets jut enjoy the show here as well 😅😄

[@msnmasc24]

Caruana is finding his form at the right time. I recall how "poorly" he was playing earlier this year in the Tata Steel.

[@JM-et1jk]

Alireza needs to go back to the drawing board as for Nepo or Caruana vs Carlsen it would not be very exciting , it would take a prime Kasparov with razor sharp opening knowledge and insane home preparation to take down Carlsen , there are levels to this and he is just above and beyond 💯

[@VirideSoryuLangley]

That's why he lost to Hans, lol

[@JM-et1jk]

@@VirideSoryuLangley yeah he bead him fairly 🤦

[@Ennar]

That pawn to f5 was just wow.

[@rldb]

Hi agad, can you please show the captured pieces beside the board. It would be easy for viewers to compare the material of both sides. A small #suggestion for improving the watching pleasure of games. Thank you very much for the videos. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Material is misleading at GM level.

[@rldb]

@@a.m.armstrong8354 I was talking about our level 😀😀

[@alexhein9136]

There’s something strangely intimidating about Fabi’s hunch and complete focus on the board

[@gimiked8685]

Fabi is a monster. Good game.

[@piyushkalantri4266]

#suggestion Could you please show some games where Black is at the bottom and White is at the top. I think it will help us think better when we are playing with the Black pieces.

[@crickballer9391]

Waiting for agadmator to upload his videos in 4k!! When will you update your video quality??

[@pitqa0786]

Fabi congratulations. Alireza dont worry you are doing awesome. you are just a teenager and playing great chess.

[@jacksonfaris2722]

I'm loving the Elden Ring quote titles

[@aldorodriguez4085]

What a match!

[@amoldivo]

13:57 Fabi could play Qf6, Bh4, then back to Qc3 for another check, I kinda want to see how this pathing will result

[@davidcopson5800]

Great analysis as always. Re the photo, Caruana is just reet petite. No optical illusions here.