You Don't Want To See This Face From Hikaru

[@tomosborne4702]

The recap is great but doesn't talk about the clock. Hikaru played the whole endgame with 20-40 seconds on his clock. They only got a 10s increment per move. At several points I thought he wouldn't break through despite always retaining a winning advantage.

[@NYCFenrir]

Hikaru said that he thought he got 15 more minutes at move 40, but went to double check and found out he was wrong.

[@bgrig574]

What are you talking about mate? He literally said that Hikaru was playing with something like 20" on the clock while prag had 4'. It's implied that he would go on like this, you can even see repeat of moves in order to win some time. I haven't watched the game live, but it's like self-explanatory. I get your point but give him some slack, he's like the only guy that keeps chess commentary where it deserves to be, not shouting, yelling doing weird stuff. Not trying to pick up a fight here, just wanted to point that out. Best of luck.

[@tomosborne4702]

@@bgrig574 I must have missed him say that bit! Oh well, I didn't think I was being overly critical anyway.

[@bgrig574]

@@tomosborne4702 Maybe i was biased and overreacted because i see alot of ppl talking shit to him and i really like him, if so i'm sorry, cheers!

[@NYCFenrir]

@@bgrig574 I watched the game live and Hikaru's recap on his channel. Hikaru only had 20 seconds to Prag's 4:10ish. Hikaru slowly evened out the time before finally finding the way to break through.

[@LunchThyme]

Before Hikaru played Nxd6 Prag went the the confessional booth to talk about the position and, as he was explaining that white *couldn't* capture on d6, we got to see him in real time realize that he'd missed Rf1. You kinda wanted to give the guy a hug.

[@jire9831]

Even though it was a loss, this was a WCC level defense from Pragg. That's what the elite players like Magnus, Hikaru, and Nodirbek do. They make their opponent find 10, 20, 30 optimal moves in a row even in a losing posiiton.

[@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़क]

Adding Norbidek alongside Magnus, Hikaru, and Praggu is blasphemous .... stop adding Keymer and Norbidek on the same tier as Praggu .... Praggu is wayyyyyyyyyy stronger than Keymer, and Norbidek.... Unlike Gayyyyrouzjia , Praggu Farms world champions for rating

[@PeterM8987]

​@user-gr3tg2yk6o Alizera is Pragg's krytopnite.

[@PeterM8987]

Are GM farm factories rournaments prominent in India?

[@lukemarks3281]

​@@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़क nodirbek objectively better than pragg so idk

[@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़क]

@@lukemarks3281 lol... Pragg farms Carlsen, Hikaru, FIroujia , Wesley for rating ... Pragg is wayyyyyyy superior than Norbidek and Gukesh and Keymer.... Norbidek is gonna be the next gayyyyroujia .... he will fail spectacular and has indeed started failing ... who played the Candidates ... Pragg and Gukesh .. not norbidekkk... lol

[@1993buakaw]

In this position on move xx , xx resigned the game as there's nothing much to be done is the saddest sentence in the history of mankind

[@ELI-73]

"In this position, on move n, x resigned the game, as there is nothing more to be done" is a sentence that always lifts me up and the average mood of mankind. Fify

[@1993buakaw]

@@ELI-73 after that sentence you always feel like you been there done that

[@hsatoxic]

Come on!

[@507RiverRock]

I would like to put that in my tombstone

[@LimaTravel]

bro is flaming ding for giving up and I'm all for it. Pragg went out swinging meanwhile you got ding chillen over there just chillen

[@ndnd7614]

disgusting behavior from a champion

[@PsyloJ]

It's been really strange to see his terrible performance here. I always thought his biggest strength was his consistency. He never really dominated any tournaments, but he also never completely failed either. Until this one... Gets me worried his championship match with Gukesh is gonna be a wash. Hopefully he gets back in his game before then.

[@thawfeeqjamaal1777]

Ding is bing chilling

[@nyxicsulfur]

@@Ash12345p if Ding withdraws from the WC, which he won't, then it'll be Hikaru that gets his spot, not Nepo. Nepo was placed third in the Candidates. Hikaru was placed second.

[@scottmaclean1416]

​@Sonu1878s maybe not at the moment but I'm sure he will be ready by the time him and Gukesh meet for the title.

[@michaelakingboye7238]

Agadmator....always spontaneous with his "sorry about that gambit"

[@michaelakingboye7238]

This time, the camera falls for it

[@Melulekimoyo-gd9jn]

It's not a Agadmator video without his sorry about that gambit 😂

[@rahesirazshaik7680]

LoL 😂

[@Anonymous51701]

While he’s reaching down for who knows what

[@a866903]

Why does he do that?? I’ve always wondered!

[@Grannyknockers]

Incredible defensive resilience from both

[@moon4tzuyupokeonce41]

I know how good Pragg is but the fighting spirit and incredible resilience in this game got me to respect him a lot more...

[@joelgutmann2876]

I agree. In Pragg you see the ambition he has to win any game & become the best of them all. He gives it his everything all the time and even if it sometimes takes conservative methods like flagging or tricky draws, he fights till the last bit. He‘s still a youngster and if he maintains this character trait over years … the sky is the limit!

[@SimonLab]

it was insane watching this live. Pragna played the Knight sacrifice and then went into the "confesion room" while Hikaru was thinking, and while he was explaining his moves to the audience he realised that Hikaru had Rook F1 and then white was winning. He had missed that move on his calculations.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Pragananda fights back brilliantly I like him for this quality 😊. Thanks.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

@@Ash12345p Ups & downs are a part of life should be taken like a sportsman.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Thanking you all.

[@jameswhite2296]

Incredible game. Hikaru's moves in the mid and end game were spectacular.

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

Anytime I hear a commentator mentioning that a player played the top move recommended by the engine, I feel somewhat warm and nice because they might don't know that they are playing the top move. Humans are doing so well these days finding those moves which are sometimes unfindable.

[@CarlosChavez-gs1ld]

I really enjoyed how the camera followed you during your standard "Sorry about that" under the table adjustment. Well done as always, carry on. 🙂

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Hikaru is playing excellent chess that’s Great to see I watch his Recaps he does a good job explaining his reasons for moves he seems really motivated to winning this event but it’s going to be tough if Magnus keeps playing at his best level

[@jaimeduncan6167]

The problem for Gukesh is not only his youth, he has shown to be able to control his nerves but he is going to withstand another level of pressure, but also that Ding (who can't handle his nerves) is a secret genius and can play at the level he played against Nepo. Clearly, I would love Gukesh to become the youngest world champion ever.

[@fredflint3998]

Ding’s a great player but he has been very off for a while. I think Gukesh wins

[@failedjokes5469]

Pragg has more nerves IMHO

[@Craig_Samuel]

But Pragg didn’t win candidates.. so this comment is failed.. just like your jokes. lMHO

[@coxscorner]

Hikaru is a beast when he is on which has been the last couple of years.

[@ismaelrodriguez1032]

It's almost like Ding lost his mojo

[@Christopher-pm3dy]

Never had one

[@juhonieminen4219]

@@Christopher-pm3dy He did have a mojo called Richard Rapport.

[@terrarossa-tk6zu]

@@Christopher-pm3dy...did you start watching chess during the pandemic?

[@RachManJohn]

In an interview he said he has been ill for a while.

[@lucasventura7106]

@@Christopher-pm3dy no, just a record 100 games and number 2 for years.... go watch some serie please

[@arvindrawat6122]

agadmator looks so disappointed with ding 😂😂

[@stephenjames2951]

Nakamura looks tough.

[@limyongjian2364]

Antonio flaming Ding better become a new inside joke

[@fitramandela9695]

its too early for Pragg to defeat two monsters for two consecutive days in classical format.

[@PeterM8987]

Farm factory.

[@soarya499]

Heyyyyyy finally Alireza back to the place he has to be… good job boy.

[@frustis]

We're about to witness a comeback from Ding. He did it once, he'll do it again and surprise us all. If he loses his spot to anyone, it will be Wei Yi next year

[@alanberickson]

It's amazing that Anand is still at # 11.

[@omuinetimi]

Let it go bro

[@hoomanov]

Show Alireza - he also outplayed Ding where others couldn’t yet (not counting Fabi’s game) 😁

[@houtansadeghi]

What the hell. Show that game too please.

[@Zmann86]

16:25 meanwhile you have the "world champion" in dead last with 2.5 points.... Magnus giving up his title out of laziness to want to protect it is the biggest chess blunder of the 21st century.

[@dan7291able]

Hikaru on his own recap also mentioned that he THOUGHT he was getting 30 minutes after move 40 which as not the case and he found out WAY too late and thats why he let his time get that low lol, jesus imagine that

[@pigimiceli]

Awsome game. I get the feeling that hikaru is getting more clinical which is great, but I also love how Prag fights. I actually cheer for prag to become the next chess king in a few years

[@lil----lil]

Tiffa, Cloud & Chocobo! Final Fantasy Fan confirmed.

[@HighZenBerg...-df1kr]

#suggestion, Hikaru vs Alireza armageddon

[@syedhyder5630]

Pragg 😢

[@sup3rst0k3r]

Straight up one of the best titles ever.

[@Jimjammcblamblam]

if dings tournament continues in the direction it's been going and he places in a distant last place part of me thinks he'll retire from chess and withdraw from the wcc

[@Peterheaven64]

The way pragg has become a stone in the shoe for these grand masters😂

[@quarlmephystodot2201]

aaaah, the 'nite bee tew' boi 😂😂

[@akmd114379]

Damn that Ding burn.

[@Avegeania]

Pragg has two personas. When facing magnus vs the rest, uses all his battery and plays his best against MC, but drained out vs the rest.

[@movieshistory768]

talentwise he is way behind firouzja

[@namikazeswapnil671]

Still wayyyyyy better than farming and finishing last or 2nd last something in the candidates. Also I'm not seeing farmreza in the top 20 where's he ??? Ramp walking?​@@movieshistory768

[@RomanOrekhov]

You can probably cover Ding's interviews to see if he explains his nub play

[@mukmin01]

Seems like Ding has no intention and motivation to win anymore as he has become world champ and he knew he wont be anymore LOL

[@vipashsharma5027]

One suggestion Agadmator, could you please add the time for each player, I think it would be a good addition as it will provide some sense of time situation to the audience

[@vikasbedi82]

Face speaks for itself. - Hans Niemann Moke

[@thejovetetz251]

Ding will still retain his Title.. He is saving his best chess for the championship

[@MrJayb76]

Dings world title is suspect. It just doesn't show in other tournaments.

[@jodymccullough5891]

Hikaru is still super strong and still calculates very well. He had seen that Rf1 move several moves before that, certainly by the time he took the pawn with the knight but probably before that I reckon. After that it was good technique and no mistakes, even though Pragg did defend incredibly well. I kindof feel like Gukesh would have just defended solidly instead of trying the piece sacrifice and eked out a draw. He is such a well balanced player and defends as well as anyone.

[@stuvius]

Would not have the stamina for that

[@walmartgolem]

What's the face he's talking about? The one in the thumbnail? At what point in the game was the photo taken?

[@woodysmith2681]

Whomever is managing Ding really screwed up (G-rated word for KZbin, I'd use R/NC17 words otherwise) because he's gotten cold. And Hikaru has been in top form ALL YEAR (except for his games against Gukesh).

[@CWPWWRESTLING]

Vidit you mean

[@naishadhthakkar709]

Prag after given up knight, it was too difficult but he managed to fight accurately was incredible to watch, after u r down on material it looks like u r playing with inaccurate moves but who knows that those are the only moves even that r engine moves

[@behzadahmadi5791]

I knew hikaru was a ninja

[@Raventooth]

Did pragg really blank magnoos?

[@juanmanuelcastro5147]

Hello everyone. It's amazing to see the clash of this monsters. This game really shows the thinking power that they got. Seen Hikaru destroy lower rated players, to face this young boy, that always shows a joyful agressive chess, cheers my soul and love for this game. Thank you Agad!

[@junaydjaved6776]

#Suggestion: Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin French top 16

[@coliniversen7195]

#suggestion Saliva vs Adams a tale of two king hunts!!

[@Anarak46]

Why isn't the bishop going anywhere? B-b2?

About 8:46 there is a lot of dancing, but what if white plays rook e4 to c4?

[@Vickey51193]

World Champ Made in China😂😂😂

[@chintandoshi2291]

#recommendation arjun erigaisi vs Vitaly kunin

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

How about showing the game Cramling vs Wejune. Cramling almost beat her but made a mistake under stress. Great Game

[@PSVVinodKumar]

Pragg will revert

[@thusstupido]

Hikaru played many solid games after his marriage. He should have done it earlier to breakthrough 28 hundred...

[@neverlackey9555]

Hey Agadmator, I think your camera auto focuses when you open your palm. It recognises it as a gesture. I think you can disable this at settings.

[@MichaelChandra00]

Antonio, maybe after this you can make Fabiano Caruana saga where he won 7 game in a row against top GM in 2014 Saint Louis including Magnus, Levon and Hikaru #suggestion

[@carloercollodi]

#suggestion ivanchuk vs tabatabaei at the top 16 chess club championship round 2

[@AndersonNeo12]

Hikaru is truely a speedster. Finding all those critical (well.. i say critical, cause one can easily make one wrong move and it´s a draw or worse & Prag really thought with a tough defense) moves with 30 seconds, just wow. Obviously i´m not a GM, but in 30 seconds i can miss 5 checkmates, blunder 4 queens and get checkmated 3 times 🙈

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

I notice that Wei Yi is now the highest rated player from China. Not sure when was Ding not the top player for his country in Classical.

[@mercronniel3122]

Show Ding vs. Fabi!

[@nedmerrill5705]

A grind.

[@soulcoffeetea9066]

I blew an unusual amount of air out of my nose when he showed the improved sorry about that

[@MrOmegacutz]

Should have a timestamp for "Sorry about that" section

[@hideentity1518]

Nakamura is the best native player.

[@Ben-zr5ib]

Prag>magnus>hikaru>prag the new rock ppr scisoor, chess edition

[@agpaok0704]

"disrespecting 2700s"

[@aitchtea]

i’ve just discovered your channel. and at well over twice your age i’ve only started picking up chess a couple months ago. i enjoy your content. i find it a nice balance of being informative, instrumental & entertaining. however, as a lifelong instructor in video production, design, digital graphics etc i am on a tirade against anyone who relies the horrendous, exaggerated & embarrassing thumbnails content creators often resort to in an effort to boost viewership. i no longer watch hikaru or gothamchess’s videos for this reason. i hope you feel a reluctance to implement these desperate start chasing the algorithms. i suggest you will grow a more resilient, loyal & regular viewership base by respecting their maturity through the utilization of graphic thumbnails that will be a major embarrassment and threat to your monetization as tastes change more rapidly in thumbnails than in contents. i for one, just pass up stupid thumbnails. there are literally many millions of other videos to choose from. thank you for considering my suggestion. i have really enjoyed your game recaps: the pacing, the options, a few historic references etc are all perfect for my level of development.

[@srinjoy2003]

#suggestion Arjun game yesterday against Vitaly Kunin. Fantastic game.

[@Barry_L]

I think there will never be a Legitimate Chess Champion if Magnus is Still Playing actively or at all. H e outplayed everyone as a Champion and I think We might be expecting a certain type of performance from the reigning Champion.

[@alexcellothere]

put the face on a nakaMural

[@mpmpm]

@1:10: Sorry about _what_? I've seen it tens of times, but still don't know what he is sorry about.

[@neshnesh1441]

I found correctly Rook to f1

[@Hussainzidane]

We would see ding’s and alireza please

[@victorgodwin4458]

What does Agad do under the table when he says "sorry about that"?

[@billhampton8004]

He’s adjusting the volume.

[@mujeebgaming7912]

Is your camera attached with your chair??? As you.move the chair the camera moves as well

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

there are cameras with motion tracking that can follow you as you move

[@mostafamahmod53]

What's Ali rating

[@mehrabfazal4140]

About 2744

[@matiasg1234]

Pragg should be top 7 at least

[@tehmpus]

In the pause the video moment, I think a superior move would have been to just take the rook with the queen on E2. Opponent recaptures my rook on A1, then you defend with Queen to F1 offering a queen trade, but still up a piece.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

How are you up a piece when it’s a trade of Rooks you mean the knight ?

[@408nickanthony]

In the position you’re saying, Black has a perpetual check on the dark squares with his queen. a1 and d4

[@Sanjay-ll1po]

#Suggestion sinqufield cup 2014 fabi vs levon

[@pathutchison7688]

At least now, when we are with our friends in the bar and the library, and we’re talking chess, there will be a nice definitive answer to the question of “who was the worst world chess champion of all time?” So I guess we should thank Ding for being so underwhelming. Gukesh will be much better.

[@Evidence1]

Praggnanandhaa won over Magnus because Magnus decided to play without a rook and he lost to Hikaru because he decides to play without a knight.

[@daviddurbin7682]

Very beautiful

[@mouradaissani8957]

i think ding is doing it on purpose, (not showing weapons , world championchip is upcoming)

[@michaelmassaro4375]

No way reading Dings expressions he is trying to win

[@dw96969]

@@michaelmassaro4375 one possibility is that he is trying to win but without using any new opening prep (saving that for championship) and maybe previously when he used to win it used to have opening prep as an important part of the win. I'm not sure about it though, that will require going through his past wins and see how many of them gave him an opening advantage

[@alirezaseyedzade2091]

=))) leave the guy alone :D he is just having a bad time and probably dosent care.

[@kenoliver8913]

A Magnus like endgame from Hikaru. But props to Prag too for fighting so long and well.

[@niallhoran5363]

Good defence from pragg but Nordirbek would have won in such situations that's why he is better than pragg and all the young players.

[@victorgodwin4458]

YESSSSSSSS!!! MY FIRST "PAUSE THE VIDEO" WIN!!! Rf1 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@SoyAmurita]

Stop being hard on Ding i am feeling sad for Ding already((

[@carlingtonme]

What is Agadmator adjusting on every video??😑

[@only1809]

Magnus was definitely looking for lunch…

[@shaikhhar6911]

Pragg beat the GOAT Magnus and days later lose to this Japanese guy 😢

[@morapelimokokomali7907]

To be weird about it. It's like you don't play bullet, people will play ANY legal move to just prolong the game

[@joelgutmann2876]

the difference is they don’t play bullet

[@TomTom-rh5gk]

Let's see Ding. I love to laugh.

[@DanielMolonB]

U are kinda picking on Ding I would say but not without reason. But its not his fault he is world champion. Magnus gave up and Ian grotesquely messed up the world championship