Settle it Once and For All! || Alireza vs Wesley || Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2024)

[@yashmehta9299]

“We can even throw in a nice checkmate” ~ Agad, 2024

[@axolotlkillingsquad]

My favorite part of your videos is how you say "now the position is lost." So dramatic, so nonchalant. Thanks for yet another nice one Antonio.

[@alpha007org]

This was just 31 moves. It seemed longer. Anyhow, Alireza got an insane position out of the opening. And he did not stop there. Insane game indeed.

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

Guess who’s back? Back again. Can’t get drunk Magnus singing this outta my head. Nice game by Alireza here.

[@fsflip3111]

Hey, pretty long time fan here.. I love when you finish the videos with all the explanations of checkmate and why the game is over.. I don't always understand why is such a bad position, and when you help explain it, its really appreciated!!! Thanks!

[@blackmancer]

This is the best Chess channel out there, agadmator your format is perfect and your voice is very pleasant to listen to, let me pause on that for a few seconds while you think about how to improve your position.

[@bisket81]

Alireza with 99.2% accuracy

[@mikkelhansen3714]

Thats so insane. But yeah accuracy often depends on how simple the game is. More complex games will be much harder to have this kind of accuracy in.

[@terciosardinha3235]

It is clear now. Let’s do the procedure

[@manasuniyal2897]

@@terciosardinha3235 hmm ....... interesting. Boi didn't perform well in candidates how could he score 99.2% in this game

[@bisket81]

@@mikkelhansen3714 that’s true. I thought the no castling, open king, and delayed movement of the main pieces made it complex, despite how Agad made it seem. But I’m a nobody..

[@mikkelhansen3714]

@@bisket81 Well yes but probably mostly all prep from the Reza. Even though it's very unconventional it is not like the moves are impossible to find at all. Especially with engine prep

[@nsyln]

Alireza is playing like he invented chess. He is depending on tactics way more than on solid positional play. Petrosian would have loved to torture such a play

[@414aliha]

Well at least wait and post such a comment when he loses

[@IAmDavid91]

Nah, players today are just too strong. Except for geniuses from the past like Fischer and Tal, most players nowadays would beat players then

[@Saynotorobots]

@@414aliha you mean when he has a winning position or when he creates so much beauties on the board? Maybe you mean when he avoids simple draws to get points but risks everything

[@Eagerlearner278]

​@@Saynotorobots what?? He didn't say like that, what he actually meant was at least wait for alireza to lose and make a comment on that video and not to comment such things on video where he won. I mean since your responding to aliha above.

[@Eagerlearner278]

​@@IAmDavid91i completely agree, beautiful chess like tal doesn't work anymore meaning he can win games on such beauty but winning tournaments depending on tactics if impossible is near impossible. Boring chess is the future and we should accept it.

[@AmbitiousAkbar]

Silence the haters

[@Jacob99174]

Let the chess speak for itself

[@slithereencrush7370]

as if his victory against wesley could make up for his dirty tactic. his strength is not the issue here. i like alireza, but a fact is fact

[@arisilittedsquad9003]

@@slithereencrush7370Alireza proving he’s the better player makes him worthy of candidates even if he farmed points.

[@barry_allen321]

​@@arisilittedsquad9003 winning one odd game doesn't prove shit.

[@reuelkong6824]

Who says the haters are hating his chess

[@alirezaabdolalipoor7297]

Alireza's Villian Arc

Alireza is the Chosen One

[@ignisinvictus]

Nice game! I like that Alireza managed his time well to find highly accurate moves. Congratulations! 🎉

[@osmanay4301]

Thanks!

[@SteWweAwesome99]

#suggestion Wei Yi vs Li Chao from the Chinese League game played today, Wei Yi picking apart the Scandinavian Defense.

[@goonerboy93]

Surely he will listen to this. He loves a bit of Wei Yi

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great Game by Alireza funny I saw it on Jozarov’s Alireza on point from the get go devastating Bishops

[@ABC-yh8bt]

some "light farming"

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

You know you are winning when there's lines that could be played which have en passant discovered checks as part of a mating web.

[@PaulMorphy-n1f]

Woww Alireza Crushed wesley & nodirbek🔥

[@johnduncan5117]

Brilliant win for Alireza. Guy has his detractors for his somewhat inane behaviour, but as a chess player he can be sublimely lucid and very stylish. He's also young, we shouldn't judge him too harshly.

[@dark_magician_sdy]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidherz9968]

yes, don't judge him at all, just appreciate

[@spirejfk7879]

Thanks for this game! I was waiting!

[@rodwelldube9950]

Anything you play here wins. Agadmator July 2024

[@Rui42069]

Agad the GOAT

[@bigyankhanal817]

"Light farming on the side" make sense

[@soarya499]

This kid engine started to run much smoothly after quick tunnnnnnnnuuuuup. This grand master n Annish created lots of drama for our brave player. Keep going Alieza. 👍👍

[@Chesstrugles.roadtogm]

Alireza’s opening and strategic prowess truly shined. The game was very intense, especially with Wesley’s positional struggles. Alireza's victory here cements his brilliance.

[@ofer1261]

I think Wesley didn't take on d6 because after Qxd6 Qxc3 Bd2 it's quite unclear where the queen can go. There is an escape route through c2 to a4 , but you have to check in some quite in-between moves from white, snd white gets a lot of development which might be quite dangerous with the bishop being centralized on the diagonals against the king. It's not that clear.

[@BikermanCoUk]

At 7:50 you show a queen and bishop battery and say it is unplayable. Am I missing something? The f7 pawn is covered by the black knight so the white queen cannot take...

[@BikermanCoUk]

PS - I tried the position on Stockfish and it put black at -2. Granted that is a big margin at this level, but it should have been playable.

[@Kimple664]

The problem is that black can't really move any of his pieces, while white has all the time in the world to do what he wants. He could for example bring the other rook into the game while black hopelessly watches. Whites black bishop can come to g5, threatening to take the knight so it doesn't support the f7 pawn anymore. In the end black cant defend against all of whites threats, and the position is so easy to play (for a grandmaster) for white that there is no way black doesn't lose. Basically it boils down to the advantage being huge, while also being easy to play. Black cannot make any complications in the hopes of white making a mistake.

[@BikermanCoUk]

@@Kimple664 yes, fair point. I'm less than 2000 so what is playable for me is probably hopeless for a GM. I just thought it might have been at least as playable as the alternative move selected

[@Martiny-t5s]

This felt like 2021 alireza man he destroyed wesley

[@CryptoFishing]

Great game by Alireza👏

[@spirejfk7879]

Alireza is one of the best Tacticians in the game!!

[@UdayadityaSankarDas]

It seems you're having quite a hectic time covering all these games while managing your kids. I want to say, take care of yourself Agad. You can skip days in between if you feel the load is too much. You're a gem to the chess community, making chess accessible for all and we wouldn't want you to overburden yourself. Take care.

[@johnsonusenobong125]

What happened to Jordan van Forrest been awhile I saw him play

[@Saynotorobots]

After queen e4 check king d2 is a better move with a clear advantage

[@devanshgaur5265]

Had to admit, Agadmator is faster in making recap of game than my crush could change her personality:)

[@youngcashregisterakalilbro3261]

cringe

[@hosseinmoradi8490]

2 Bishop of Alireza cut Wesley brutal

[@himprasoon]

Crazy game❤

[@sylaredge0507]

#suggestion Hans Niemann vs Levy Rozman (GothamChess)

[@Rui42069]

OwO!?

[@shubhambisht9311]

Best en passant use I've ever seen

[@lagaleriaco3294]

Josh Waitzkin, the philosopher of chess.

[@emilebastien1210]

Alireza is a raw talent. Genius.

[@nsyln]

At 4:26, Petrosian would have probably played c4

[@RandomChessTalk]

Alireza doing smooth this one

[@jackreacher8324]

Nice job by Alireza , ❤❤

[@samiahmed4673]

Dayum bro is uploading speed with Bullet format

[@Julian-i9n2q]

Bravo 🎉

[@lovingcompassion]

"light farming" is a very underrated comment

[@jonathancauley5345]

Alireza, like - straight domination

[@Dr.mike77]

Alireza the great!

[@Mr.A.Geo88]

I always do the rook for 2 piece trades, I even "try" to set them up. Always my favorite games. 😂 ❤ 👏

[@flippinwiththebeys]

Brutal ending

[@mehdimhn2179]

Without doubt this game played and managed to a brilliant win just by a 3000+ rated ingenuity.

[@gonewestdeutschland]

The promised prince❤

[@nicbentulan]

2nd: Wesley is Bobby's nephew & successor as the top classical 9LX player. Magnus is Garry's successor in being top - classical chess1 player - chess1 cheater - enemy of Bobby Fischer('s ghost). 3 questions Q1 - Why are chess1 players more dishonest & discriminatory than 9LX players? No cheating scandal in a classical 9LX tournament. In particular, a world champion never cheated a Jewish woman. Q2 - Do you side with Wesley, Bobby, Hans (axis of evil) over Magnus, Garry, Hikaru (allies of evil) ? Q3 - W/c WELL-DOCUMENTED FACT do you deny? Garry cheated G1 - Judit 1994 Linares. G2 - Vishy 1995 PCA classical WCC. G3 - Daniel Edelman 1988 simul. G4 - in 1999 MSN game Vs 'the world'. G5 - Alexei Shirov 2000 PCA classical WCC. & baselessly accused G6 - Deep Blue in 1997 rematch. Magnus cheated M1 - Anish 2023 Superbet Blitz. M2 - Sergey 2022 candidates. M3 - Alireza 2019 blitz WCC. M4 - Wesley 2022 rapid WFRCC. M5 - Danya TWICE on lichess 2020 & 2021. M6 - Nepo 2021 classical WCC. M7 - Alexandra Kosteniuk 2009 blitz WCC. M8 - by helping Hikaru in 2023 Grand Swiss (see below). M9 - in 2023 World Cup by throwing to Vincent Keymer as a reward for blacklisting Hans. & baselessly accused M10 - Hans 2022 Sinquefield Cup then cheated Hans by removal from 2022 CGC. M11 - Alisher & Alice Lee in Qatar, where Hamas leaders lived in 2023Oct, soon after Hamas attacked Israel. Hikaru cheated H1 - the late Arianne Caoili's spouse Levon 2016 candidates. H2 - in 2023 Grand Swiss: Alexey Sarana beat Wesley in 2023 World Cup. Then Magnus settled w/ Hans. Then Alexey blocked Hans. Then Magnus recruited Alexey to throw to Hikaru in 2023 Grand Swiss. & baselessly accused H3 - Hans 2022 Sinquefield Cup. WBH1 - Wesley & Bobby cheated no one. WBH2 - Hans cheated no one (as an adult). WBH3 - Wesley, Bobby & Hans baselessly accused no one. WBH4 - Hans supposedly cheated 100x, but Magnus definitely did: - cbarr81 asked: Do you ever log onto as an anonymous player, and just crush people for fun? - Magnus admitted in an AMA: Once in a while I’ve used some of my friends accounts and won a couple of games… or a lot… Source: ZgL6EskrJRg --- Part1 - Good guys vs Bad guys - Axis of Evil (Good guys?) wesley so, hans niemann, bobby fischer, sergey karjakin, vlad kramnik, ian nepomniachtchi, alireza firouzja, fabiano caruana, levon aronian, viktor korchnoi, pal benko, mikhail tal, amin tabatabaei, gukesh dommaraju, maxime vachier-lagrave, nodirbek abdusattorov, juan manuel bellón (anna cramling's dad), vidit gujrathi, andrii baryshpolets, vishy anand, jan-krzysztof duda, vladimir fedoseev, lichess, walter tevis, max pomeranc, chesscube, Sergey's hypothetical pure 9LX parallel, PCAP, 9LX, christopher yoo, gata kamsky, sam sevian, michael adams, leela, ATLA netflix fire nation & sokka in original, ferdinand marcos sr, ben johnson of perpetual chess podcast(?), elon musk(?), nikhil kamath, bibi netanyahu, both vladimir putin & volodymyr zelenskyy (because of sergey karjakin), ben shapiro, mustafa barghouti, barack obama, donald trump, tristan & andrew tate 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇹🇼🇮🇳🇺🇲🇬🇧🇦🇺🇯🇵 - Allies of Evil (Bad guys?) magnus carlsen, hikaru nakamura, garry kasparov, daniil dubov, veselin topalov, liren ding, aryan tari, abhimanyu mishra, tigran l petrosian, tigran v petrosian, paul keres, efim geller, parham maghsoodloo, pranav venkatesh, sébastien feller, vincent keymer, francisco vallejo, pentala harikrishna, arkady dvorkovich, peter heine nielsen, richárd rapport, alexey sarana, ches***m, fred & josh waitzkin, PCA, FIDE, NCFP, chess1, andrew tang, alejandro ramirez, sam shankland, nigel short, stockfish, ATLA original fire nation & sokka in netflix, prospero pichay jr, lex fridman(?), mark zuckerberg(?), sumner redstone, ariel sharon, ali khamenei & mahmoud abbas (because of alireza firouzja & randa seder), alan dershowitz, bassem youssef, joe biden, george bush jr & sr, piers morgan 🇷🇺🇵🇸🇨🇳🇵🇰🇳🇴🇮🇷🇮🇶🇰🇵 - axis of evil (female) (good girls?) tingjie lei (or paikidze), janelle frayna, anna cramling, dina belenkaya, rahma zein, randa seder, lotis key, carissa yip (or sara khadem), irina krush, heather walker, robbi jade lew - allies of evil (female) (bad girls?) wenjun ju, bella khotenashvili, alexandra & andrea botez, abby martin (so much for XMCr-bQk_DM ft mike prysner), turnabouttess, leny so, atousa pourkashiyan - nakamura, jennifer yu, dani chambers, nemo zhou - maybe slightly axis: agadmator but idk antonio radić kinda likes magnus. also roderick nava who replied to me. - maybe slightly allies: gothamchess but idk levy rozman kinda likes wesley. also deniel causo who didn't reply to me. Note: They correspond. Eg Wesley Vs Magnus Bobby Vs Garry Hans Vs Hikaru Christopher Yoo Vs Andrew Tang Dina Vs Andrea etc More info: FlNsFKeq-iE --- Part2 - Note on cheating: Crime can be done by anyone, but only leaders can commit war crimes. Similarly, Magnus & Garry don’t ‘cheat’ the way most players do - ‘engine cheating’, where they have some engine or assistant and covertly try to hide something from their opponents. It’s about the Pareto principle. They ‘cheat’ in a way that only they can do - ‘bullying cheating’, where they exploit their status as top players / world chess champions to overtly cheat. I understand this isn’t quite the connotative notion of ‘cheating’, but denotatively, I’m not wrong. More info: p1w4Rr-jr --- Part3 - Note on axis Vs allies in chess: They're not just good Vs bad. They're also axis of evil Vs allies of evil. They're both evil but in different ways. I'm saying that even though the axis of evil is evil, they're still more so the good guys compared to the allies of evil - whom I consider the bad guys. We may disagree on who the good Vs bad guys are, but I think we'll agree on axis Vs allies. Axis of Evil is the more conventional, obvious or well-known evil. Allies of Evil is the unconventional or inconspicuous evil. - Like tax collectors Vs Pharisees/Sadducees. - Criminal Vs War criminal. - Engine cheating Vs bullying cheating. More info: ARNSi0cPu60 --- Part4 - Note re Vlad: I view Vlad's accusation of Hans similar to Bobby's accusation of Anatoly Karpov & Wesley's wanting Sergey to not be in the 2022 candidates - it's a good guy fighting another good guy. The real bad guy in each respective case is Magnus, Garry & (either Magnus again or Hikaru). Tsk tsk. It's sad Vlad/Bobby/Wesley didn't realise that Magnus/Garry/Magnus is far more evil than Hans/Anatoly/Hans. Wait, I think Bobby did. Not sure. I think Bobby hated Garry more than Anatoly, but maybe not by much more. More info: eXHvXpOnAOE --- Part5 - More notes: 5.1 Wesley So, Bobby Fischer & Hans Niemann have NEVER done ANY of the ff evil things in chess as adults. Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov & Hikaru Nakamura HAVE done EACH of the ff evil things in chess as adults. Evil: -Cheating -Baseless accusations -Discrimination (eg by cheating or baselessly accusing people mainly of a certain ethnicity or citizenship) -Treason Re treason: - Magnus betrayed fellow Scandinavian-descent Hans by baselessly accusing Hans - Hikaru betrayed fellow American Hans by baselessly accusing Hans. - Garry betrayed 2 fellow Jews Judit Polgar & Alexei Shirov by cheating them. 5.2 9LX players are more honest than chess players. - Wesley So, not Fabiano Caruana, is the 3rd highest peak fide classical rated honest player. Fabi is the highest. - Top 3 are Fabi, the late Arianne Caoili's spouse Levon, Wesley - all American. Also the 0th & 1st classical WFRCCs (resp Bobby & Wesley) are American. - Also, Hans & Wesley consider Bobby greatest while Magnus & Hikaru consider Garry greatest. What a coincidence! God bless America! SayNoTo2900! - Magnus hates MVL, the top rated honest player in rapid chess1 & blitz chess1 hence why Magnus cheated Alireza in 2019 blitz WCC: yirg14TiLt8 5.3 Bobby Fischer on 1999Mar25 on Philippine radio paraphrased: My rating would be at least 2900, which is a lot higher than Kasparov’s. But in the end, that’s not important Pablo because the point is, I got my rating honestly. All my games are real. I’ve never even pre-arranged a draw. They have nothing on me. That’s why they hate me so damn much - because I’m clean. Kasparov got his fantastic rating by pre-arranging almost all of his games. He’s a crook on a gigantic scale. You know, Eugene (Torre) could have the highest rating in the world too if he would pre-arrange all his games. - ( Bobby would like nephew Wesley & hate Magnus because Wesley = Eugene Torre, top Philippine-born player & Magnus = Garry, top player. As described in XNHWbgAsZnA or 2d427ys5FrY ) 5.4 Wesley So on 2018Jun08: I have never taken a prearranged draw, I never will, and I have never played a bad game to help a friend. My bad games are a result of miscalculation under pressure. There are no free gifts in chess on this level (unless you are from certain countries that everyone knows about). Source: p1w4Rr-2Lg P.S. Wesley So on Lex Fridman xcdhgq P.P.S. Interview while imprisoned Qt0S8G_fUbE Pablo: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players? Uncle Bobby: Filipino - My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random. - 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley became inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.

[@Rui42069]

whatever this long yapp is ...I agree Wesley is the best Fisher random player ->therefore the actual best

[@nicbentulan]

@@Rui42069 3hings 1st thing wow what a twist. God bless you. Thank you. But wait what about Hikaru Nakamura the '2022 current wfrcc' while Wesley is the '2019 former wfrcc' ?

[@nicbentulan]

@@Rui42069 3 things 2nd thing About ships in 9LX & anime: ubmu3x 1 - Is Chii Nishikata gii? p1w4Rr-vS 2 - Is Moeha gei for Kei? p1w4Rr-jf 3 - Is Uesugi gi for Itsuki? 14gzun8 4 - Is Shiraishi hetero for Kubo? vxafr1 5 - Is Cleo geo for Beth? 91bBhbaSAAo 6 - Is Sophie ga for Valentina? 13zj3vz 7- Is Carissa Yip hetero for Wesley So? vylMndunCa8

[@nicbentulan]

@@Rui42069 3 things 3rd thing What do you think of yirg14TiLt8 ?

[@commercialandresidentialpl7337]

Two videos vs Agadmator bullet games uploaded on my channel. Both with b5!!!

[@SuperSaniyat]

more games with d4 this tournament...!

[@rezajaberi9588]

Ali always fun to watch

[@ankupandey8749]

Long time no see

[@gooddognigel9992]

If eternity is eternal there is no remainder

[@kahwigulum]

alireza won because wesley doesn't know any words in norwegian

[@Yytrruthhfyy]

Magnus agreed that he has done that frustrate opponents it's also part of cheating

[@praveenchoudhary6756]

Chess community if full of weird people, at one loss they’ll demoralise player and once he win they’ll comment that here comes our new world champ Funny people

[@alializadeh2117]

Why are you so angry?let people be happy.😂😂

[@kaewonf8]

I also wish happy birthday to Two Door Snakes

[@Samuel-uk9zd]

Aleriza is farming that the fact..

[@johnsimmons8456]

The man hit 2800 and lost interest 😂

[@slithereencrush7370]

we know for a fact that this does not settle anything😂

[@homelander21]

I hv never seen Wesley winning a match.

[@A.mostafavi]

King alireza👑👑👑

[@xqs329]

The duality of a man. He plays 99% accuracy game like this one and throws the next game hahaha.

[@darrenjohn8524]

Always nice to see a draw merchant like So getting what he deserves 🤣.

[@amirmotahari6186]

half an hour on one move ...?!

[@andrewschultz6608]

"W"esley "S"o was nothing to him!

[@Eagerlearner278]

After annalyzing a lot of my own games with stockfish i came to realise that yes some may win in like 4 to 5 moves but usually in equal positions or sometimes not engine analysis are quit unreal for humans. Cos engines are ready to go for 200 to 300 move games which may result in a win but thats usually not feasible for humans. So when agadmator shows some of the engine lines i regret to say i reallh dont like it. Continue to play in his worda means may be 50 to 60 moves long even as an advantage for say +02. So those engine lines should be taken with a grain of salt

[@stevie47]

all those 'first' idiots in the comments... 😂😂😂😂

[@mranderson3441]

The younger generation(alireza, nodirbek, arjun, gukesh, pragg) will soon completely dethrone older ones(magnus, hikaru, fabi, wesley, nepo).

[@moaek3966]

Well the older generation whooped them for long enough lol

[@HM13895]

This happens with every generation. Nothing new

[@mranderson3441]

@@HM13895 it is actually sad to see how my favorite players got outplayed by these youngsters.

[@nikhildawani2913]

​@@mranderson3441except magnus,

[@nikhildawani2913]

​@@mranderson3441no one can outplay magnus except sometimes(only few times)

[@jacqueslapidieux3182]

Poetic injustice...

[@johnmallette3143]

gg

[@seeess925]

Alireza basically cheated to overtake Wesley. And I'm not cheering for one over the other. I don't care who gets in as long as it's fair Wesley had already gotten through. Until Alireza setup completely unfair matches that might as well be fixed. And even legitimate roster is still not fair to anybody who already qualified and not expecting additional games needed. Also as if anybody can just set up their own competitions. And play against the worst gms. Or pay them to lose.

[@lipyoong10]

First time in my life I'm earliest :D

[@Zenthonengo]

Google en passant

[@WTM_abteilung]

Alireza showing why he is the most talented player in the world

[@nicbentulan]

Re Alireza 1 - Before Alireza's farming, when has there ever been a legal immoral act IN CHESS/SPORTS? - Next: dirty flag, quick draws or London system is immoral. Also autosniper in cs2 / csgo. Lol. Is autosniper = London system? Magnus Carlsen's hate for the London system on a scale of 1 to 1000 is a mere 2. Lol. Source: SqYdl4banbQ - (Well maybe keyboard extensions or farmbitrage - both in lichess.) - Before, players WERE allowed to write move before playing. Bobby Fischer did this vs I think Mikhail Tal, so what, Bobby cheated Mikhail? Lol. 2 - How can someone be against Alireza's LEGAL farming but not outright ILLEGAL cheating of Magnus, Garry & Hikaru? Sounds to me more like they hate whichever is more known. I bet they don't even know when Magnus, Garry & Hikaru cheated. Lol. 3 - What do you think of the ff where Bibi Netanyahu defended Alireza Firouzja after Magnus Carlsen cheated Alireza because Magnus is anti-semitic because Alireza is French like the other top French player MVL who is Jewish? See here: yirg14TiLt8 4 - Magnus cheated Alireza in 2019 blitz WCC, 1 decade after Magnus cheated Alexandra Kosteniuk in 2009 blitz WCC. Magnus won both. What's the moral lesson other than that cheating pays off? See here: vIW7k6QYxdY Now, we know Hans was copying Magnus: 1Dx9Y2Q7NY4 --- P.S. Wesley So on Lex Fridman xcdhgq P.P.S. Interview while imprisoned Qt0S8G_fUbE Pablo Mercado: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players? Uncle Bobby Fischer: Filipino - My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random. - 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.

[@nikhilguleria4836]

How about this for the next candidates?? Magnus Fabi Alireza Nodirbek Pragg Arjun Vincent Gukesh if ding wins or vice versa

[@mrpinguimninja]

The funniest part of their drama is that alireza did all that nonsense to be one of the worst players in the candidates, to the point other playera were saying you should be expected to beat him

[@nostalgicdouchebag1912]

Ahhh if there are two players I love seeing lose it's gotta be Hikaru and Wesley So so this pleases me immensely

[@mikkelhansen3714]

Well i get Hikaru but what is your problem with the Wezzler?

[@mcronrn]

@@mikkelhansen3714 he’s a transphobic right-wing MAGA extremist, for one… or it could be because he draws a lot… both are bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@seya_2]

I think he's against players representing America​@@mikkelhansen3714

[@shivanshpachauri2855]

extremely complicated

[@rawrxd3723]

all my homies hate wesley

[@pawan5248]

Let's laugh at the draw merchant Messly So 😭

[@mcronrn]

Wesley So’s personal and political views are so extreme that he deleted his Twitter account once his Twitter Likes became (somewhat) common knowledge.

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

Never heard that before. Saw him interviewed at his home once and noticed some interesting dolls in the background…

[@mcronrn]

@@LukeLongboneOfficial even by American right-wing standards, he is extreme. Further right than Fox. 👎🏾

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Why because he loves religion? And loves his country? F_ck off with your bs politics ​@mcronrn

[@JonathanCodes-ol1cm]

He’s entitled to his opinions. Not everyone has to have the same beliefs as you do

[@mcronrn]

@@JonathanCodes-ol1cm ironic you say that, since Wesley and his ilk believe in imposing their beliefs on everyone else… the technical term for this is Christofascism… and making one’s beliefs known on social media means pointing them out is fair game…

[@MrLocke420]

Alireza is a strong super GM, no doubt about it, but his spot in the Candidates was simply a fraud tbh

[@414aliha]

Fraud is when someone does something illegal.. that's the weakness of the system .. Don't blame him .. also believe me if Wesley could win in an open tournament and farm some ratings like Alireza did, he would have done it 10 times.. it's not his style .. as u can see also in this tournament Wesley getting 90% draw and hoping for 10% win in a tournament.. this is how he won most of his tournaments. In an open tournament u should go for a win for all matches .. it's simply against Wesley's solid style

[@davidmitchell3881]

The French accent needs work. Thsts not how en passant should sound 😂

[@simonkotchou9644]

Lets go d4 alireza

[@arturoabesamis5094]

Wesley so peak time is over, he's declining now!!

[@PlanXV]

After Magnus and Hikaru Alireza is my favorite player 😊

[@Mimmim-p3u]

Too much talking

[@A.mostafavi]

Ali❤❤

[@mieses-te9yl]

So so deceiving

[@JoePesci-ww1dm]

Wesley is not a family man, he's still single. And he always be a virgin until he gets married.

[@maliklaraibzameer6313]

Off course, Alireza deserve the candidate spot because he always avoid boaring games and draw .

[@harshrajbasant]

I dont think this game demonstrates what Wesley can do. He didnt even spend most of his time at crucial points. So its not that Alireza played magnificently..Wesley didnt play decently. So still the debate continues Edit: people are really triggered by this somehow. I get it. You may or may not be an Alireza fan. But i have explained enough in the replies why I think what i said, for this game. Not going to explain further. If you still manage to be triggered, don't bother replying. Be triggered on your own.

[@anishpadhi4410]

And why didn't Wesley do that? Why didn't he spend more time at crucial points, what was stopping him doing that? I m neither an Alireza fan, not Wesley fan, but in general, this match was definitely the point, where both had to prove who was more deserving the last candidates spot!

[@harshrajbasant]

@@anishpadhi4410 well i am hoping thats a rhetorical question. You don't see Wesley playing carelessly. But somehow he did in this match. Some moves were not even 3rd or 4th best and he wasn't even spending time on those moves. He started doing it towards the end of the match. On some days a player is just out of touch i guess. Fyi, I am not a fan of either of them but that's not the level of chess Wesley plays usually. So it would be too soon to say who was more 'deserving'.

[@feranmiadeakin9850]

Wesley was already lost after c5 so your point?

[@harshrajbasant]

​@@feranmiadeakin9850I guess you can read. Ofcourse if you don't understand simple sentences then it's my bad. But that was the point. You rarely see him playing like that. That was not even what a normal GM would play..let alone a super GM like him. That too without spending time calculating. Like i said, maybe today he was out of touch or wasn't exactly interested in dragging things(totally out of my territory to point out the actual reason). But this was totally unlike his usual play style

[@feranmiadeakin9850]

@@harshrajbasant his style of play is to settle for a draw but alireza took him out of his comfort zone

[@toxicguy1045]

Give me likes ❤❤

[@sonayustun1147]

FİRSTTTT

[@methanbreather]

Personally, every day Alireza Firouzja wins is a bad day for chess. His scumbaggery to get into the candidates was only overshadowed by his total scumbaggery during the tournament. he should stop playing chess and stay with 'fashion'.

[@ignisinvictus]

I hope Alireza plays professional chess for a very very very long time.

[@larissapsrt]

what happened in the race to the candidates was sketchy but honestly? fide is the one that made this type of thing like farming for rating possible, dude wanted to play the candidates and it seemed within range for him, he still done things by the rules, if fide wants to stop these things from happening they should change the rules

[@seya_2]

This proves he should be in the Candidates. It doesn't matter what he did. He didn't do anything wrong