Only Game That Matters!

[@ndnd7614]

Ding needs 7 rounds of classical chess to warm up

[@ogbmt]

It's ridiculous haha, hope he gets his shot at the world championship match now because I don't think I can cope with watching him do this for a 3rd time in the next candidates tournament, he's too good to do this nonsense haha

[@phenix2403]

I think it was jetlag, he arrived only 3 days before the tournament started. His play got substantially better after that first round

[@edilsonguirengane6448]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@pocophonef1379]

Ding came very late at the event. He was so exhausted that he admitted that he just wanted to draw the first game. He needed some time i guess

[@seekzugzwangful]

You don't understand. It's ridiculously difficult to focus when you are suddenly in a different time zone with jet lag and hardly enough sleep. Ding arrived very late and without even a second. He got no time to prepare because he was busy qualifying when everyone else was preparing.. I hope Magnus refuses to play only because it would give Ding a shot.. he's one of the most deserving candidates as of now. 😉

[@theterminaltech3323]

and it was in this position, hikaru literally started caring

[@ChocolateMilk..]

*crying

[@switchblad333]

In classical mode, it's difficult for him to berate the opponent for flagging him, so he took his plastic bag and rushed out of the room

[@karriim00]

@@ChocolateMilk.. ää

[@aoibheall55]

@@switchblad333 he basically flagged Duda

[@ingomilpetz5764]

If he had tried at least to fight against Nepo instead of provoking a draw, who knows. It was the half point, that made the difference - perhaps...

[@saimanohar334]

05:23 "Without material, there's no way to actually win the game" - Agadmator, 2022.

[@imonoke7903]

Do you think you are funny?

[@lukaszkleczkowski5734]

@@imonoke7903 he really is :) I am smiling

[@anonymousAJ]

Protip: Put your opponent in check when he won't have any moves to get out of check

[@DavidJohnson-pp4sy]

@@imonoke7903 Well some 173 of us (and counting) clearly do.

[@nicbentulan]

Insightful. Sometimes you must avoid a trade to play for a win.

[@saumenroy8710]

This is by far the most motivational Candidates in recent time. Come on, Ding couldn’t play necessary matches to qualify for candidates, he had to play at 4 in morning, and hikaru proved that he is not only fast but also furious. Also not to mention, Ding is without any second or team to prepare. Nepo is on fire of revenge. so many storylines!!! It was a roller coaster.

[@1tubax]

Chess gameplay: 🙂 Chess lore: 💀💀💀

[@hirukashiro5995]

Yeah kinda a happy ending. Nepo got his redemption arc, hopefully the next WCC won't be as bad even if he loses. Ding proved that he is still a beast and a worthy challenger after the last minute inclusion controversy and a bad start. Hikaru proved to the chess world that he is also still a beast, a streamerman that won Grand Prix and 3rd at candidates. It's kinda sad for Fabi. But he seems to lost interest in the tournament after the fact that it's almost impossible to be 1st. He seems doesn't care about being 2nd.

[@klazie73]

Ding is doing all the prep by himself???

[@saumenroy8710]

Also, we got Richie Rapport. He is just a grace to chess world.What a fighting spirit! Alireza seems to be stressed by Magnus comments and all the attention he got. Best wishes to him also.

[@saumenroy8710]

@@klazie73 Yeah. His team couldn’t travel due to covid, as I have heard.

[@goodguycwyzz4768]

This has to be one of the if not the best candidates tournament of all time. Great attacking games, Nepos dominance, and Hikaru and Ding coming out to show they are still classical monsters

[@KnightToRemember]

Yeah but it featured some of the worst chess you can see at the top level in Kramnik’s view

[@SFDPSFDP]

The absence of increments may have been a factor, added to the fact that Nepo went on +3 early on which forced several players to take more risks than usual to try to catch up.

[@rokanza2293]

@@KnightToRemember fuck Kramnik lol

[@ClarkPotter]

I agree. Crazy to me Kramnik thinks it's the worst!

[@elg7365]

It has bad chess, some obnious moves nwver played and some low rating blunders

[@ramachandra776]

Edward Lasker has one more achievement to his name . he invented a mechanical breast pump which saved the lives of many premature infants and earned him the sobriquet "chest player" 😁 . he like his more famous cousin Emmanuel Lasker ( who made contributions to mathematics and designed a prototype of tank ) was a multi-faceted individual .

[@toSirius]

his name is Eduard

[@arnoldPLO5]

@@toSirius He changed his name to Edward when he got to the US. To "americanize" the first and last name was very common at that time.

[@adamleckius]

Thanks for expanding our vast knowledge

[@himanshudevaliya]

Wow

[@DieFlabbergast]

He also made a major contribution to spreading knowledge of the East Asian strategic board game known as Go in Japanese (Weiqi in Chinese, Baduk in Korean) in the West. His book Go and Go-Moku is still a readable introduction to the game.

[@KancerKowboy]

Thank you for your coverage of the Candidates. You did an excellent job.

[@sameerayyagari]

This is like an Armageddon game in the classical format 😂

[@BHPhillips1]

I thought the same thing!

[@espelhogamer]

This tournament was a rollercoaster of emotions. Thanks for all the excelent videos!!

[@matthewstrauss1377]

Thanks for all the coverage of these games😁

[@mukmin01]

The game that made Ding World Chess Champion

[@erichoffmann8515]

Cheers to Ding and Naka great tournament 🎯🥂

[@orcmanzai]

Nepo and Ding would be very entertaining

[@kaizhao6104]

Ding had sizable advantages to beat Hikaru eventually. Congrats to Ian! And congrats to Ding!

[@petesmithz]

#suggestion. You mentioned Edward Lasker. The first chess book I ever read when I was 12 well over 50 years ago was his Chess for fun, chess for blood. It recounts his 1924 game with Emanuel Lasker. How he missed a win he saw when in time trouble .... hooked me completely.

[@brianmitchell1049]

Yes! I read the same book in 1972 when I was 20. Helped get me hooked.

[@ayushjena4257]

Nakamura with black pieces needs a win/draw to get 2nd position. Ding needs a win with white pieces to get the 2nd position. Ignoring the time handicap, stakes sound a lot like ArMaGeDdOn.

[@hdmotivated]

Hikaru: Dear KZbin, I choked!

[@Pixie12321]

How does he upload these so quickly

[@LeventK]

Yes

[@albertsanvura8039]

He records while watching the game live

[@amosdraak3536]

He watches them live and probably just has a note pad because it’s easier than him analyzing it himself after so it saves time and he just memorizes the few critical moments.

[@totallynotalazyguy737]

He has a time machine and he has already seen the match and recorded a video but he just doesn't upload it until the game is actually concluded in the present to not mess up the timelines.

[@KancerKowboy]

Agadmator is secretly the man behind the curtain.

[@bigk1017]

Happy for Ding! Calm guy.

[@benr3799]

4:14 the position is exactly mirrored except for the bishops being one diagonal apart, always interesting when this happens without purposeful move mirroring

[@guptayush179]

Hikaru wanted to give his spot to Ding, and that's exactly what he did.

[@soson001]

Thanks for the info about Lasker family, interesting stuff. And of course thanks for the video, amazing just like always, keep up the good work !

[@6698theOmega]

Back here after Ding became WC

[@brazenzebra]

Congratulations to Nepo and Ding. What a comeback by Ding! He played that last game like a world champion. And, thank you Tony for such excellent coverage of the tournament. You have the very best chess channel in the world!

[@ArgieHandle]

Hikaru probably crying in his hotel room right now and mumbling to himself that he literally doesn't care

[@stephennyariki590]

Back to watch this after Ding lost the world chess champion title to Gukesh in 2024,,,Ding is still great and a legend..

[@vrishankpandey8537]

Congratulations to Ding for 2nd place! Will be interesting to see Ding play in that style in case if Magnus does not decided to play in the next WCC.

[@nicbentulan]

WOOHOO!!! GOD JOB DING LIREN ON BEATING HIKARU NAKAMURA!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HIKARU SURE GAVE US QUITE A SCARE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA #9LX #saynoto2900 (It's a long story the hashtags are related to this.) (Ok I'll tell you the story. Magnus Carlsen is Wesley So's enemy re #9LX . Sergey Karjakin is Magnus' enemy re #saynoto2900 and Daniil Dubov the TRAITOR. So, I support Sergey since I support Wesley. Hikaru Nakamura is Sergey's enemy re FIDE's choosing Daniil and Hikaru over Andrey Esipenko. So, I'm against Hikaru. Lol.)

[@goofygoober7617]

I’m not really a Hikaru fan because of all the controversy, but I appreciate, whether intentional or not, that he had more decisive games (win or loss) than any other candidate, which I think makes the tournament more entertaining.

[@gopalsoni1496]

What controversy?

[@Sina-rw3bl]

Please learn how to type without excessive commas, your grammar is very poor.

[@OtherDAS]

Love the Lasker story. Please continue to include.

[@SentimentalApe]

Astonishingly excellent casting. Your work and channel are sources of genuine pleasure in my life. Cheers!

[@eckertdavid4]

This was an important game.

[@philipschroevers6488]

Bedankt

[@kirkmason7079]

Congratulation Ding. Brilliant game against

[@alexdotdash7731]

Speaking to the candidates as a whole, this has been my first time keeping up with it. This one was filled with so many twists and turns, and thank you Agadmator for keeping us all informed with these amazing videos. It is crazy how Firouzja defeated Fabi, and how Ding and Radjabov came back after a shaky start.

[@diamondhands1021]

Hikaru ran away not even given an after match interview..

[@testingmysoup5678]

Yessss

[@ronjohnson9690]

I guess a draw can be more difficult than a win with Ding on white. Congrats to all the players for a wonderful match.

[@kaewonf8]

Thanks for this great video, I hope Magnus reconsiders but it wouldn't break my heart to see Ding play for the title. BTW Fischer destroyed the 1971 Candidates (17 W 3 D 1 L). I know it was a different format but Larsen, Taimanov and Petrosian weren't exactly patzers!

[@seekzugzwangful]

Only one loss? Are you sure? I think the match with petrosian was closer than that.. 🤔

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

@@seekzugzwangful 2 losses.

[@niallyusuf]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 one loss in game 2, 3 draws, fischer won 6.5/2.5

[@kaewonf8]

@@seekzugzwangful Swept Larsen and Taimanov dropped 1 to Petrosian

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

@@niallyusuf oh yea im dumb,for some reason i thought it was 2 losses.

[@trollof229antthevariable9]

Ding played that extremely clean with hardly any bias.

[@VibhasPatil]

"Not long lost cousin, they met each other." Another gem by Antonio. Never change, my friend. Never change.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

I’m Glad Ding Won this Game and is in position to Win the Fide tournament in Game 14

[@trobosko]

Rd8 looked so painfully obvious, it looks like Hikaru overthought it

[@seekzugzwangful]

I think Hikaru was trying to play for the win. Which was not a great idea..

[@IYPITWL]

Chess is so wild. We exploring lines last played in 1913

[@richardhall4830]

Surprised hikaru couldn't hold this. A couple of inaccuracies were enough.

[@Bot-mb3by]

Any Ding fans came back here to see Ding Chilling after he lost the heavy crown?

[@rhwing5095]

Wow, Fabi faded bad this tournament. 1.5/7 in his last 7 games.

[@gabeakuo5081]

Ding coming back 🥲🥲 true masterpiece of a candidates tournament

[@kamilye840]

So happy for Ding❤️❤️❤️

[@TheSlazzer]

Wow. If it hadn't been for this game, Ding wouldn't have won the championship. I wonder if Hikaru would have made it against Nepo.

[@Alekhine-lr9cp]

In Sinquefield cup too he won on demand against Carlsen with beautiful queen sac .

[@suryanshshirbhate5954]

He wasn't in a must win

[@Alekhine-lr9cp]

@@suryanshshirbhate5954 I recall he won Sinquefield Cup don't remember which year

[@yingchang3818]

@@Alekhine-lr9cp 2019. Very beautiful play by Ding.

[@olumuyiwaasaolu7674]

Congrats to Nepo, Ding and Radjabov for coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. #Suggestion : Agad kindly analyze - Radjabov vs Rapport Round 14

[@kundukulam5808]

Magnus indecisiveness on playing World Championship made the candidates 2022 interesting till the last round. Hearing Magnus interview Iam certain he will play.

[@vdqm]

4:30 I fuuly expected Ding to play Be2 to make the whole board symmetrical

[@kamui6944]

Anyone after ding won the fide?

[@PramodKumar-gy8lb]

Nepo doing a Magnus in this tournament...letting everyone play catch-up from round 1. Ding had a couple of games (especially against Raja) where his prep went south quickly... But coming back strongly to finish second. I quite like this quiet unassuming Chinese genius. Overall a very entertaining tournament. Grateful to Agad for presenting it to us in his lovely style.

[@luka2491]

Pa dobro ti i stigneš izbacit video par sati iza gamea, svaka čast!

[@doctor_who1]

Hikaru recap says he thought every move was a draw. Except for one thing ...

[@Satarack]

5:10 "Everything has been traded off, there's no way you can lose this position." Foreshadowing

[@seekzugzwangful]

He meant, for white.

[@ЭдикМуравьев-р2ь]

But yeah, this was the most interesting and spectacular tournament of such level in decades! The reason of such attacking chess was displayed is Nepo's early lead. All credits to all players for such crazy games in classical chess. My favourite is Rapport - Ding game. That was pure magic. That kind of sequence of crazy positions are impossible in blitz or rapid. That was the hymn of cassical chess! Well done!!

[@pngok]

The importance of having the White pieces at the critical time cannot be underestimated ! Beautiful demonstration by Ding ✨👍🏼

[@Toothmother]

Been waiting for this video for hours!

[@gaspi91]

how on earth did I almost forgot about GOAT of chess commentary...

[@tatakaetatakae3358]

Its almost become an instinct for me to click the notification as soon as agad uploads a video, keep up the good work ❤️

[@jamesdelb6885]

Go Ding! Go Nepo! You know what, go Magnus. Gary Kasparov still mixes it up, giving excellent commentary with Yasser Sairawan. Vishy is still crushing it, Fabi, Alireza, Duda, Radjabov, Van Forest all brought their best to the candidates. Hikaru, the beastmaster streamer. Naroditsky. What an exciting time to love chess. Thank you agadmator, the best chess commentator, for bringing the most interesting games and stories to us, his audience.

[@dharmapedro]

The idea of trapping the bishop... I mean, what a game!! Ty Agad.

[@remingtoncomp4873]

It’s interesting that Hikaru has seemed nearly unstoppable when playing aggressively and playing to win, and yet when he plays to draw he loses. Moral of the story play to win knowing that falling back on a draw is possible.

[@mtaur4113]

"Not lost, they, you know, met each other."

[@fourtime7]

Slow and steady. Solid performance by Ding.

[@waltg5165]

at the 15:08 mark when Hikaru plays Bc1, why not just a5? not winning but I think it complicates the position more. I don't have a chess engine. Would be interesting to see

[@grcfalcon]

Magnus will play against Nepo again. He asked for some changes in the championship's format so he wants to play.

[@georgeray649]

Link please

[@SanyaJuutilainen]

And if the changes don't happen? :)

[@AFastidiousCuber]

@@SanyaJuutilainen If Magnus asked for them to add a naked mud wrestling portion of the WC match, FIDE would probably do it to stop him from retiring.

[@grcfalcon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2KXaZxmlJqZaKs&ab_channel=ChessClips

[@vlaekershner7305]

I read somewhere he wants some games in rapid formats. FIDE will never agree to that, it almost guarantees Magnus will win. So there's still some negotiating to do.

[@Grannyknockers]

Was really pulling for Hikaru on this one, but if he's going to lose to anybody, I'm glad it was Ding.

[@achmadardiansyah4223]

semi tarrash is a type of "a play for win" for black, but as like sicilian fact is similar about risky play and a open file for white in opening pros. So basically semi tarrash is black for win but a risky line, and semi slav for a drawish line and a lack of open file

[@ranlit7717]

That is so not true lol, have you ever looked at the Botvinik or Anti-Moscow Semi-Slav lines?

[@IchErwin]

1. What is so good with 36. Rb7? Keeping the rook on the 7th rank without potentially being harassed by the knight? 2. What is Nakamura's take on the Berlin draw now?

[@B3Band]

You answered your own question. No other move keeps the winning chances.

[@seekzugzwangful]

It's almost a zugzwang. And slowly, but surely intends to gobble up queenside pawns

[@sealand000]

Hikaru forgot to reach for his mouse.

[@johanseinen8245]

at 12:31 if you take the pawn on e4 with the rook then you have f3 attacking rook and knight, but what am I missing after Ne3+ so white has to move the king and the rook can move to let say back to e8?

[@ibr3521]

DING WON THE TITLE!!!

[@richardpodd7937]

I love the historical detail about Edward Lasker, making sure to say that he was only a long lost cousin of Emmanuel 👍🏻

[@ifishcatfish]

Armageddon Classical Game! I am surprised you didn't find this title! Because it was an armageddon game, if you think about it.

[@ifishcatfish]

You can still use it! I hereby relinquish my property rights - i_fish

[@bisket81]

Magnus has the power to make Ding happy by skipping the championship!

[@Ignotuspv]

Congrats Mr. Ding!

[@hannicutie0.0]

The only title that matters to the only game that matters!

[@johnnymac4997]

terrific tournament and i was pulling for Hikaru, he has been magnificent in the return to the classic game in various tournaments and i had pictures of him playing Nepo in the big one but...hey ho, hope i never jinxed him.

[@anuragtyagisirzindabad4607]

Everybody gangsta until Super GM started chasing the bishop to win it.

[@veezhang6988]

Basically a classical time armageddon

[@Atombender]

Funny that Ding only entered the Candidate's Tournament because of Karjakin's suspension. He really seized his chance.

[@rafatrasul4300]

I wonder if Ding might have had a better start had he played more top level over the board games in the run up to the tournament?

[@hirukashiro5995]

I think he probably will

[@1tubax]

Definitely dude bro had so many holdbacks in his hometown. Ding is a god damn beast man, I can only imagine how strong he would be if he was able to put in the effort the other candidates put.

[@nicbentulan]

Yeah what a close call. WOOHOO!!! GOD JOB DING LIREN ON BEATING HIKARU NAKAMURA!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HIKARU SURE GAVE US QUITE A SCARE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA #9LX #saynoto2900 (It's a long story the hashtags are related to this.) (Ok I'll tell you the story. Magnus Carlsen is Wesley So's enemy re #9LX . Sergey Karjakin is Magnus' enemy re #saynoto2900 and Daniil Dubov the TRAITOR. So, I support Sergey since I support Wesley. Hikaru Nakamura is Sergey's enemy re FIDE's choosing Daniil and Hikaru over Andrey Esipenko. So, I'm against Hikaru. Lol.)

[@hoomanov]

You cant play f3 to after rxe4 because of ne3x, its the same variation. You have to play kf3

[@KeshavSharma-zx4pl]

Long lost cousin, not lost they met each other - Agadmator ,2022

[@indramaniarora7901]

6:17. Can't the white rook move back to c2 after capturing?

[@karthikravichandran4]

The only game that mattered indeed

[@anthonysellers6455]

That was the biggest bonk of Hikaru’s life

[@youneke]

I came back here to laugh at Hikaru throwing this game.. a garanteed 750,000 dollar throw. 😅

[@fsf471]

Is there any game between Emanuel Lasker and Eduard Lasker? It would be fun to see it

[@Devananta-Rafiq]

Being grateful for every Agad's upload

[@omkarvyas1680]

at 17:15 why Don't you show what if Hikaru put his rook to A4 instead of rook to A6 ? that move Allow to Save the A3 bishop which seems to be trapped,

[@mazyyKaizo]

At 12:30, after f3, wouldnt you have ne3# saving both knight and rook?

[@danatadam559]

Not f3 rather Kf3 after Rxe4

[@CaribouDataScience]

The problem was the draw earlier ...

[@Wolfram_von_Richthofen]

I really hope Ding wins the battle for the title of World Chess Champion against either Nepo, or even Magnus, because, although I believe Ding would have a hard time with Magnus, I do think that he has a good chance of winning against Nepo. Only thing that really screwed him over in this tournament was the defeat against Radjabov, but then again, a 15 year old Radjabov defeated Garry Kasparov and ended his long wing streak.

[@roncho]

Ding has the best positional game i still think that he is stronger than nepo

[@yairkama7015]

Funny how crucial this game actually was.

[@osmangani6815]

Thank u so much.we are eagerly waiting for u.