CANDIDATES CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

➡️ Preorder The Chess Deck: geni.us/thechessdeck
➡️ WIN FREE COURSES: www.chessly.com/dashboard/pre...
➡️ Follow the Candidates: www.chess.com/events/info/202...
➡️ Get my best-selling chess book: geni.us/gothamchess
➡️ My book in the UK and Europe: bit.ly/3qFqSf7
➡️ Mein Buch auf Deutsch: bit.ly/45fKt3R
➡️ Mi libro en Español: bit.ly/3Y5xaRx
➡️ Start Playing Chess FOR FREE: bit.ly/3Xa3EsB
➡️ Enjoy my videos? Donate Here : www.paypal.me/gothamchess
Email me your games: [e-mail]
Sponsors, Business, Media: [e-mail] - [DO NOT SEND GAMES HERE]
⭐️ Follow Me If You Are Amazing:
➡️ CAMEO: www.cameo.com/gothamchess
➡️ FACEBOOK: / gothamchessofficial
➡️ SNAP: / levy.rozman
➡️ INSTAGRAM: / gothamchess
➡️ TWITCH: / gothamchess
➡️ TIKTOK: / levyrozman
➡️ TWITTER: / gothamchess
➡️ GOTHAM DISCORD: / discord
➡️ THUMBNAILS BY: / jchessnoob

[@_drdoof_]

Nearly 40K Indians were awake to watch Caruana vs Nepo game at 5 in the morning. This much craziness for chess I haven't seen in my country.

[@mr3loshyt162]

Hello

[@AbhinavVelidi]

We love chess brother.

[@manjilmanjil3003]

Well much more I guess your counting only chess24 India viewers. But people were also watching from Chess24 and also from many other sources. 0:00

[@Heywjebbs]

Much more than that bruh. Most south indians weren't watching chess24 india coz of Hindi commentary. And chess has a much bigger following in the south

[@SarahWindsor99]

A streamer here in Brazil got 13k viewers in his live! Biggest part of us were chearing for Gukesh. Chess is getting popular in all over the world!

[@TvvixOsity]

"and in this position..." has been the most terrifying sentence of this tournament.

[@onkara4363]

True

[@Rutoks]

I feel like Levy should mix it up and sometimes pre-hype the move that was found

[@milseq]

A few times I've missed the actual games and the scores, got excited for a player during Levy's review and then heard him utter that awful sentence...

[@upgraded-sq5zo]

It's actually '... had to go here...

[@AIWhy-hn2ts]

Yup, the most heart racing Line that sir Levi has said the entire match

[@mtolympus-worstplayerever7924]

The looks on the faces of Fabi and Nepo as that played out was heartbreaking. Fabi was so stoic, while knowing he gave it away multiple times. Nepo looked defeated despite managing to keep himself in it.

[@jamesmaskell3743]

Yeah his face looked almost apologetic at the end.

[@Proxoa]

He did apologize to Fabi after the game. By saying sorry. Fabi responded with no, it's my fault. I guess they will both need some time to recover from this event.

[@History23455]

Nepo deserves a wc..is so sad he didnt win again

[@rohitkumar-nb5ym]

@@History23455 last one should have been Nepo's. Feels bad 😞

[@simazar]

So right. And then in the press conference Fabi goes, looking at the mid- game "It’s unbelievable anyone could lose from those position." I can only conclude destiny was at play.

[@fabiomcmuffin]

You’ve gotta respect how good Nepo is at holding tough positions. It’s an incredible feat to go 14 rounds without a single loss

[@PHeMoX]

Yeah, it's why he always was one of the favourites to win this. He's not as creative as Hikaru, but he plays incredibly accurate. He doesn't fall for many traps.

[@MrIvanUp]

Incredibly accurate?! Have you seen this video at all? Or previous ones? He is just lucky that his opponents weren't find how to win in winning positions

[@paullemaire2977]

@@MrIvanUp Do you really think luck is the only thing that made him be able to not lose a single game against these incredible players? Let alone lead the candidates nearly every single time? No it's just that the only wins he allows his opponents to get are extremely hard to find, and he never allows them to transform it in a confortable advantage. So the accuracy at which he forces his opponents to play is ridiculous and obviously this will mean that the clock would play a huge role. Of course he would lose against stockfish, who wouldn't? but every time Fabi was able to play 10 stockfish moves and get an advantage, only one inaccuracy and it was over.

[@KatoYutobe]

he's better than call center scammer for sure

[@cultoftyler9045]

@@paullemaire2977 the dude never said luck was the only thing. he said nepo was not playing incredibly accurate, which he wasn't.

[@hola2world568]

Thank you @GothamChess. It was hard today to avoid all news & social media so that I could watch your recap without knowing the result. It was SO worth it. At 44 years old, your recaps have made me fall in love with chess again.

[@MemeGod37]

gotham liked you!

[@juahjesse]

you got a like from the man.

[@p3a.]

levy give him a pin of wholefulness

[@neko-chan6145]

agree

[@AjZ530]

I avoided all spoilers and knowing the result and then KZbin FREAKING SPOILED IT by recommending a winners interview with gukesh DIRECTLY NEXT TO GOTHAMS VID!

[@Aspencio]

I left mid-wedding for this

[@priyashanu3726]

Lmao

[@Guian_6]

Hopefully it wasn't your wedding

[@timegoesby421]

The correct thing to do

[@brycepeddicord6763]

Worth it

[@DaniTheBacon]

Stay focused lads 🔥

[@milseq]

Nepo saying 'I'm sorry' to Fabi broke my heart

[@keyboardwarrior3499]

but what broke my heart is that after nepo said it, you could see tears run down fabi's cheek, and then he leaned in and kissed nepo. my heart completely broke when that happened.

[@flo_6279]

When did this happen? ;-;

[@snoophoggg]

@@keyboardwarrior3499 💀

[@ashujindal7895]

😅​@@keyboardwarrior3499

[@HandOfFreedom]

That was Fabi's game to win. Nepo didn't deserve a draw. This rules are plain dumb and the whole candidates format. I don't know why Magnus is pushing for less time and faster games when the best quality of chess is in thinking and more time. Chess hasn't been solved like people say. Fabi would've won that game with more time to think. In the past you would see games postponed till the next day, today we force someone to draw a winning game with dumb time control.

[@Rukazor]

I can't take it man, this tournament was so stressful to watch, I felt like I aged 5 years. Amazing play. The disappointment on Hikaru's face when he was forced to draw was so sad, and Ian and Fabi apologizing to eachother after the game trying to hold back tears really got me man. Congratz to Gukesh, I never in a million years thought he would crush it.

[@tanmaysingh5054]

WILL OF D IS REALLL!!

[@AdityaRaj-cz9og]

The One piece is real.. 🔥

[@InsightSplash1]

spoiler

[@rionvalet]

If Gukesh D is this good, imagine how good is Gukesh A

[@DaniTheBacon]

THE ONE PIECE…. THE ONE PIECE… IS REALLLLLLLLLLLLL 🏴‍☠️

[@cosmos024]

Gukesh D luffy ❤

[@serdar142]

turning off the eval bar middle of the game was the most thrilling move of the recap

[@ryanbrown4618]

i thought it's E-well bar

[@percywhitehead9228]

@@ryanbrown4618 eval is short for evaluation , so its evaluation bar. evaluation means "the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment."

[@lucasward6177]

THIS. that was sick. I feel like anyone who’s stared over a chess board without an eval bar felt that.

[@Sarah-uj4hv]

@@ryanbrown4618 how did you hear e-well bar

[@ryanbrown4618]

@@Sarah-uj4hv 22:51 an E-well bar

[@TThinkingHub]

deleating the efing eval bar during fabi nepo was tha most ganster move ever

[@Aditya_1706]

Nepo and fabi took "it's not over until it's over "to a whole next level.

[@elijaharsenault]

fabi vs nepo might be the best game i’ve ever seen live, especially given the circumstances/emotions

[@Wargasm54]

Fabiano Chokuarana

[@normalbattlecat8088]

The plot twists were absolutely crazy

[@Bankai2169]

For me nothing will beat Magus vs Nepo game 6. I showed up late to work because of it and regretted nothing

[@aaronchan1088]

Fabi is a choker.... threw away the win twice. I'm surprised he didn't play on. One could throw the game to force gukesh into tiebreaks. he also threw away the win when he went g3 instead of Nc4 in 2018, allowing magnus to escape with the draw and went on to lose 3 - 0 in tiebreaks.

[@MarcHeuer]

Fabio Mariuhana

[@manjilmanjil3003]

Gukesh at 11 - I want to become the Youngest World champion 🏆. Gukesh at 17 - Now he will compete with ding and he have the best chances.

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

It’s crazy he’s only been playing for 10 years and went all the way to the WCC. He could potentially be the GOAT when he reaches his peak.

[@xrxnpop1222]

And imagine hikaru is 37 and what he achieved gokesh will also achieve more than that​@@user-uc7qb1su4e

[@SmilingAnt-rx6gx]

@@user-uc7qb1su4e if gukesh wins world championship that would result in a massive boost of chess in India

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

@@SmilingAnt-rx6gx The game returning to it’s home

[@rugpulla]

@@user-uc7qb1su4eyep, to china

[@osmark90]

First time candidates watcher here and I want to thank you Levy for providing a format that makes this an accessible, dramatic, and rewarding way to experience the championship. I had a lot of fun which I'm not at the level to get from watching this live. Thank you for presenting it with no spoilers as I only get the results from your recaps anyway. All in all, great coverage!

[@osmark90]

...and I'll check that coffee table chess deck out. Least I can do 🥂

[@meet.play.chill.8472]

The Nepo/Fabi match is just the absolute reminder that Chess is the cruelest of mistresses.

[@vihaanmishra8898]

one of the craziest tournament in chess history

[@M_D764]

It was only missing magnus

[@iuricunhamurakami8261]

​@@M_D764 Magnus would make this tournament boring Wow guys, he got 11 points of 13 and he does not even need to play the last round, so excting! Not having him here made this crazy events possible

[@patogordo1385]

@@iuricunhamurakami8261 true

[@Oobservatory_X]

​@@M_D764lol magnus effect is real saiying the guy creating history isnt good 😂

[@gcg8187]

***It's pronounced GOO-KAY-SH***

[@n0br.a1n]

31 exclamation marks, the record on Gotham's titles

[@jimmyfrigginpage]

Warranted

[@Balisong_Dude]

I COUNTED, IT'S 32!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jsdp]

@@Balisong_Dude No, it is 31.

[@jandreoli4298]

@@jsdp No, this is patrick

[@gcg8187]

***It's pronounced GOO-KAY-SH*** !!!!!!

[@bjj2207]

Watched every video and the interviews. Absolutely loved them all. What an epic final and thanks for covering it so brilliantly!

[@adeola9865]

The candidates are always so emotionally crushing towards the end and you can't help but wish all 4 of them could win. Respect to everyone for fighting till the end and thanks to levy for the best recaps as usual

[@gaurav2341992]

Best recaps of Candidates - crisp, intense, and even suspenseful for those who couldn't watch it all.

[@iskaaa37]

Agree, love him or hate him, that fabi nepo recap was perfection for me.

[@ronittiwariii2611]

​@@iskaaa37true

[@abhigyanmukherjee9927]

Specially fabi vs nepo game...❤❤❤

[@elena__sh]

Still crying from the ending of Fabi vs Nepo game. This was such a tense and dramatic game, pure ‘human’ chess. When Ian said to Fabi I’m really sorry - for a draw that neither of them wanted. Watched the stream the whole night till 3 am (Moscow time). What a roller coaster tournament!

[@user-eg3iu6pk5e]

Nepo said 'I'm sorry' to Fabi?? 😭

[@nachaondar8292]

@@user-eg3iu6pk5e yes, after match

[@user-qc2oe5ng6i]

Crying? When Gukesh lost in WAZ in a tie break, it was a heart break as well....life goes on, you win some, you lose some. One should have the courage to smile through losses to enjoy the wins even more.

[@thebiglebrowski3695]

​@user-qc2oe5ng6i Gukesh is 17, Fabi is 31 and Ian is 33. Gukesh would have had plenty of time even had he lost whereas Fabi and Ian are running out of chances. That is why it is much sadder to see them lose.

[@Ceidonianphysicist]

@@user-eg3iu6pk5eyes you can hear it on the mic after the game. He says “I’m sorry” fabi says “my fault” and leaves.

[@ianlane9642]

Loved the Fabi and Nepo recap the pauses and storytelling in it were phenomenal, appreciate the lack of spoilers in the episode titles/thumbnails as well.

[@mjodyh]

That last Caruana vs Nepo match was one of the most intense end-game battle I've ever watched from this channel, maybe ever from my whole chess-watching experience Super heartbreaking draw for both players :(

[@37jamjam]

Absolutely heartbreaking watching fabis game live. Nepos resilience is just insane, he got fabi with the threat of somehow losing instead of just forcing a draw

[@Oobservatory_X]

Chess is brutal i was rooting foe gukesh but sad for fabi

[@aryanaggarwal6592]

Brother like nepo got lucky whole tournament like happened lot in this candidate he was loosing and like opponent blunders like he was really lucky sometimes

[@just7470]

@@aryanaggarwal6592can’t say just nepo got lucky because he made his opponents to miss the chance by playing consistent best moves and time control. Most of the time when he was loosing, his opponents had less time and got high pressure because of it.

[@chaosincursion]

if its constantly an occurence in every match and even candidates, theres no luck, theres something he knows that we dont

[@-IGRIS-]

​@@chaosincursion that's plot armour

[@colegieseking5136]

Judit Polgar actually predicted Gukesh winning toward the beginning of the tournament.

[@krushna4181]

Can you link it?

[@patogordo1385]

She didn’t

[@rionvalet]

Hans Niemman did

[@patogordo1385]

@@rionvalet he didn’t

[@manaschaudhary]

​@@patogordo1385ig he did, on chessbase India stream when he came ig during the previous titled Tuesday, he was rooting for Gukesh.

[@antoniolopezcaballero517]

Thank you for the incredible recaps during the tournament. Amazing quality!!

[@m3morizes]

The Fabi-Nepo game was actually *extremely* instructional. The idea of avoiding the perpetual by the black queen and knight when your backrank is defended and your king is behind two diagonal pawns in the corner. You move your king in what seems like a counterintuitive way because black runs out of checks and gives you the move. You make your move, and then they can repeat giving checks again, starting with a discovery, but they run out of checks because eventually the knight blocks the queen. Rinse and repeat. There's no perpetual, and you continue to make progress. Edit: For this to work, you need to avoid a simple perpetual by the knight by protecting the d2 square, which is why Fabi had to play Rd1 instead of Rc7.

[@Anando-A]

I always felt that people didn’t appreciate Gukesh’s strength approaching this tournament, but finally people can see the quality that this man has when it comes to chess. Phenomenal.

[@danielandersson2146]

Gukesh has very high chances to beat Ding.

[@TheMrBennito]

His strength is in classical, not rapid or blitz. I like classical best.

[@ZaheerHussain-wo2en]

People won't respect you until you win

[@briant1745]

I feel like apart of it was also how strong this field was

[@mayankgangwal7thkalam328]

Spoiler

[@SpoopySh1ny]

Watching Fabi vs Nepo live with Danya, Hess and Danny commentating was so amazing, the lines they were going over were absolutely NUTS

[@talionthenazgul3213]

True but thats typically easy when assisted by the engine as for their commentating it wasnt the best nor the worst I mean we have seen way worse commentating but they kinda missread the players in many occasions for example when fabi first blundered and the bar went at 0.5 for white they all where like "With this move Ian finally has the draw he wants" which was truly idiotic and missleading not to say dissrespectful to the player cuz Ian never wanted a draw a draw meant that he was out of the tournament for good he was all in and he proved that in many positions where he didnt follow the draw line but the risky one and the worst part about this was that they said this kinda stuff about Ian many times wich was really hard to listen to. 2nd example On the game of Hikaru and Gukesh after the 40th move where it was up to Hikaru wither to go for a draw or continue the game they started saying stuff like "and Hikaru here will propably draw because lets be real what else is in this position other than a draw" which again was truly stupid thing to say even a 900 elo player could tell that the position still had a future players like Magnus Kasparov Bobby Topalov and many others have many times pushed far more drawable positions for win and they have won Hikaru in the end indeed went for the draw but as a comentator and as a GM/IM u cant say "the position here is a draw" while u got a a bunch of pieces in the game and a bunch of pawns of which one was a square away from promoting. 3rd example at one point they found an engine line on Fabis position which led to a draw if i remember correctly then after the move was made one of them asked the others "yeah but why did we declare this a draw I cant see it" What happened then is them awkawardly trying to pass the ball to eachother to answer why the line was a draw till the engine could show them cuz they were just unable which led to the whole chat laughing at them 4th and final example when Magnus joined the call and without any engine help he really presented some intresting lines which they had completely missed making them seem like the kind of idiots they are

[@Kristiyan-Angelov]

@@talionthenazgul3213 It was very complicated game. The last one its almost impossible to find all for so low time. Also they never said Ian wants a draw anywhere give me the timestamp if you are so sure. They said both doesn't want a draw. But they said ,,is he crazy at some moves'' not bcs hey are trying to win but they are just losing you can't win while losing right? Also learn to use this thing ........ Points ......... You understand?

[@zlidyh5]

@@talionthenazgul3213Beautiful example of the dunning-kruger effect, showing little understanding of both commentating and chess. Keep entertaining.

[@sheridan5175]

@@talionthenazgul3213 Someone tell this man about punctuation lmao Yapper of the century holy shit

[@insomnia20422]

all the time they tried to play a move someone with the eval bar was like "nah, that draws" or "nah, that loses" and the explanations were sooo complicated they couldnt believe what both players would have had to find to play perfectly...

[@AkariIto]

What an amazing commentary to probably the most intense game I have ever seen in my life Levy. Hats off to you. Thank you for making these recap videos every day for the Candidates this season, this series have been my highlights of the day

[@brettmccabe1944]

These candidate match recaps have been excellent, Gotham! I love your suspenseful storytelling! Thank you for all that you do for us on KZbin!

[@lukecain756]

Ian did so well to survive fabi's onslaught. Well done Gukesh, so much respect for the young man.

[@cinco_de_la_tarde]

What an insane event. I'm happy with the result, I kinda didn't want Ian to challenge again because I wanted to see fresher blood and we definitely got that. Super excited, now I'm rooting for Gukesh to win and I hope he'll be more active this year than Ding was last year.

[@AndrewReynolds1]

Thank you for all your coverage of this competition, I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I only started playing chess this year at age 58 and your videos have helped me a great deal and inspired me to keep playing.

[@Kermitthefrogsippingtea]

The Fabi/Nepo game was absolutely insane

[@PhantomL7]

Fabi choked tbh

[@eyeofhorus1301]

Everything ive seen from fabi when I see his games its constant choking, first in a game against magnus recently then all thru this candidates

[@SARCASMlC]

@@eyeofhorus1301 That's crazy to say when the magnus-fabi WCC was borderline perfect chess. Compared to every WCC since then, both dudes mentals were bulletproof. Nepo's resilience in that game is genuinely impressive as hell. Finding that rook sac that initially saves the game with the clock ticking down is unreal.

[@cameronschiff132]

@@PhantomL7 He did, but honestly Ke2 was the only realistically findable one - every time after that, even though he was winning, the commentators were going through the winning lines and everything except like 5 unnatural computer moves in a row was a draw

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@SARCASMlC I mean he chokes winning positions way too much in important games... that WCC was a drawfest never converting any wins and choking in tiebreak

[@AdityaPal_sciencepal]

Ian's Qe6 move inviting Fabi to blunder with rook check under time pressure, is simply defensive genius. Heartbreaking for Fabi as he would have converted this position against anyone else on any other day - but Ian's defensive skills and ability to generate tricks out of nowhere is just extraordinary.

[@HandOfFreedom]

Classical chess should have more time, Fabi would've rolled Nepo without the time pressure. We chose the best player on tricks and time instead of quality of chess. World champ isnt even gonna be in top 3 at this point. Whoever made this rules is a joke.

[@svarogwolf]

@HandofFreedom more like Fabi should be faster and NOT throw the game multiple times. He threw it AFTER REACHING TIME CONTROL.

[@randombutspecific]

@@svarogwolf come on. The move he needed to play after time control (Ka2) is an insane computer line. I think he threw it away earlier when he was down on time and missed Ian’s Rg5 exchange sacrifice.

[@f4k3gamer]

​@@HandOfFreedom Fabi blunderer after reaching time control the first time. He got a second chance and threw it again. Someone's just salty

[@aparnarai3708]

@@svarogwolf the most obvious move was a draw The winning line was a deep computer line that no one can play in a real game

[@meesthissen3158]

Insane recap and what a candidates this has been, thank you for making it so enjoyable. Kinda glad its over as well because now there might be room for Guess The Elo :)

[@vicknashraj]

thanks for the every match recap. its been fun to follow it live and catch up on your videos.

[@pratulpan3737]

Thanks to vidit for providing us with such tight matches, bro lost to nepo twice and defeated hikaru to twice to create all the drama for us viewers Vidit is the real MVP.

[@Haxerous]

Vidit, the hero we need but we don't deserve. His decisive matches led to these epic final 2 rounds. Vaishali and Vidit went all in.

[@shubbyshabaas]

Best chess commentary I've ever seen. You've outdone yourself Gotham. Felt like a movie.

[@percywhitehead9228]

I agree, I was also impressed he never once dropped his performance. I literally didn't know what will happen. so thrilling

[@joeyebeling7681]

So sad that Fabi wasn't able to clinch it. Super excited with his performance and really wanted to see him challenge Ding in the championship

[@andyxprophet]

Thank you for the amazing recaps all tournament, Levy. It was an honor to watch all of them.

[@jacobchris356]

"AND FABI SACRIFICES.... THE ROOK!!!"

[@joaoroberto1497]

And Fabi sacrifices... THE TOURNMENT

[@tjcloar1913]

And Fabi sacrifices his Time!!!!!

[@Wargasm54]

Fabiano Chokuarana

[@rionvalet]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ashurustyviper]

The Roooooooooooooook

[@andrewwolff1616]

Been watching you for three years. You have unquestionably become the chess recap GOAT, and barring Fischer and Morphy the greatest American advocate for the game ever. Grats dude.

[@PerfectSense77]

Naka is the recap GOAT. Can't beat the world number three recapping his own games in a very accessible format.

[@paulo0651]

Bros been watching him for 3 years and has 7 comments (I'm joking btw)

[@Arnav_was_taken]

Thanks for the recaps levy, don't comment on yt much anymore but these videos have been so great to follow the candidates . The first thing i've been doing daily for the last 2 weeks after getting home is going to your channel , avoiding all spoilers and just enjoying chess.

[@mayurgondhalekar6031]

this was the first recap of your that I watched - and must say, it is AMAZING. I may just go and watch the rest anyway! Take care of your voice. and thank you for the interviews too!!

[@thebestonearth17]

Gukesh has done the extraordinary. Tough game for Nepo and Caruana though by drawing after 100+ moves. Chess today has faced many ups and down's. Congrats for Gukesh on his match against Ding.

[@Mewmew1-2]

Gukesh fr said, "Nah I'd win"

[@youknowit-Arpit]

Hey don't make a Jo out of him please 🙆‍♂️

[@shauryasuri3653]

Do you think you can win the candidates? If ian or fabi win, then it would give me some trouble. But would you lose? Nah, I'd win

[@talionthenazgul3213]

Corny ahh coment so cringe

[@T4TheTidePod]

​@@talionthenazgul3213 Bro fr 😭 These people are the worst

[@Oobservatory_X]

​@@talionthenazgul3213it is cringe but not more than the existence of you

[@ElectriDragon]

have watched every recap of this candidates and loved every one of it, the emotions, misses, sacrifices...and ofc i love how dramatic your videos are 😂 HUGE CONGRATS TO GUKESH I think this is a shocking result to everyone and we just gotta respect this man.

[@lokeshbabu8162]

Levy!!! This was such a nail-biting video. You are truly a gem of a youtuber to be able to help your audience appreciate how truly exciting and thrilling the game of chess really can be in such a high-stakes tournament. The candidates is the most prestigious tournament chess has to offer and I cannot think of anybody else who could cover it better. You make the games come alive and allow the audience to really experience the nerves, the pain, the glory that is there such a high stakes tournament. The tournament was a fantastic showcase of games and it would have likely gone under the radar without someone covering it with as much enthusiasm and passion as you do. I've been at the edge of my seat for the past 2 days. Please keep up your good work!

[@masterkawas2]

It's the first time I have followed the candidates and it has been insane. This one is the best recap you have ever made. My heart is still friggin racing from the Nepo vs Fabiano game. Thank you so much for making these recaps they have been a blast.

[@rishabharya3329]

Same❤

[@greenglade47]

Seeing Fabi and Nepo's face before the handshake was heartbreaking - but congrats to Gukesh, and what a fantastic tournament :D thank you for the recaps Levy! Haven't had this much fun watching classical chess in the past decade, and maybe ever

[@earlking2268]

Thank you Levy for the thrilling commentary! Leading up to the spectacle that this candidates presented!!

[@antragyakhajuria3192]

absolutely amazing recaps!!! i ffollowed all your recaps even though i saw all the games live but you bring some different level of energy in this thing. well done man!

[@Jwhiz24]

Fabi blew his chance three times here... This one is gonna sting for a long time.

[@bradmodd7856]

It is the end of an era for Fabi and Hikaru. Hikaru played a good team game to give USA a chance to proceed. Not sure about Nepo and Alireza from here either.

[@VendettaCe]

Ian also blew his chance three times in the last 6 years, if you know what I mean.

[@vincelopez756]

It won't sting as much as Ian blundering game 12 against Ding.

[@DerZenith]

​@@vincelopez756I have some doubts about the whole Ding-Nepo match if you know what I mean. Glad Nepo is out now, and looking how bad he plays now, Ding will be out too.

[@vredneckv]

@@bradmodd7856 End of a what lol? Did we watch the same Candidates? Fabi, Hikaru and Nepo overall played much better than the youngsters.

[@BlunderOP]

Fabi vs Nepo was Completely Worth Staying up the whole night for 😭😭💪🏿

[@loic1665]

This video series about the candidates was GREAT! Thank you very much for covering this event!

[@HAJTKO]

I appreciate these videos, this was my first candidates tournament and man oo man what an experience. Thank you Levy❤

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

Insane finale. Fabi almost pulled off the comeback, and I think he'd have been the favorite in tiebreaks. It's really insane how both Fabi and Nepo found a way to keep winning chances alive at all cost

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

Fabi choking +8 advantage multiple times shows why he doesn’t deserve to be champion

[@mayredwood]

@@user-uc7qb1su4e It's more emblematic of how good of a defensive player Nepo is, tbh (he didn't lose a single game!). You have to realize many of those points were in low time scrambles, which really isn't Fabi's strongsuit

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

@@mayredwood some were with straight up an hour on the clock, next was half an hour, he just didn’t find the best moves. That and Nepo has plot armor.

[@victorkao1472]

@@user-uc7qb1su4e almost every single one of those were in low time scramble. The only one that wasn't was the 41st move

[@thebcwonder4850]

⁠@@user-uc7qb1su4e +8 according to an engine that can calculate a hundred million moves a second

[@SushobhanPal]

" Gukesh Domaraju " remember the name . When he was 10 he said that he wants to be the youngest world champion. Now he is the youngest player to win the candidates and will play the world championship match 🇮🇳

[@KershalJC]

Cringe

[@Amir-ym4qc]

@@KershalJC ur mom is cringe retarded loser

[@t.alexander4764]

@@KershalJCcringe profile+cringe reply+liked own comment

[@Krishna0660]

​@@KershalJCjust like you

[@kunalsingh4418]

​@@KershalJC nothing is ever more cringe than typing Cringe in comments 😂

[@___i3ambi126]

Hope ya feel better Gotham. I like the quick mention of every game in recaps like this.

[@joustmaster_69]

Thanks levy for summarizing tournaments into one video. It really helps me with improving my chess skills in a short period of time

[@GowinImpact]

This was so emotional, probably one of the best finals so far in last 10 years

[@patogordo1385]

There were much better ones

[@mamtajain1947]

Tournaments favourite: Hikaru Ian Pragg Gukesh: Nah, I'd Win

[@patogordo1385]

Caruana and nepo were the fava

[@Ihate_rice]

Gukesh defied the plot armor

[@ceeeeejaaaaay6716]

Pragg was never the favourite

[@Anonymous-8080]

Where's Caruana?

[@talionthenazgul3213]

The glazing goes mad💀💀

[@commissarbas1401]

Thanks for all the recaps levi. I truely enjoyed it. This was wild.

[@carlospocaterra]

Thank you, Levy, you made a fantastic recap of all the tournament. You made it so exciting and fair (covering all the games). It was a lot, thanks man, you've helped make chess exciting.

[@leviknight21]

Heart broken for Hikaru as well, the man played like a beast and gave me an insane first candidates experience and that mixed with Levy's recaps!! *Cheff kiss* Congrats to Gukesh well deserved victory!

[@tomnguyen1999]

He literally doesn't care

[@koalabrownie]

@@tomnguyen1999 I'm sure he cares a little.

[@percywhitehead9228]

@@koalabrownie of course he'll care a little but he got second best outcome out of this. He basically got to the final game and got the best content for his channel and made good money and made his fans proud. they will help him get over it in a month

[@leviknight21]

@@percywhitehead9228 exactly

[@St.brownprod]

@@percywhitehead9228fr

[@Yu5f]

So much emotion in Nepo vs Fabi game , we all should have nothing but respect for Gukesh what a sensational tournament

[@exdejesus]

Phenomenal recaps! Thanks for all the thought and analysis and, yes, showmanship in presenting these! I appreciate it!

[@stephenheim1953]

Truly enjoy your recaps and I thought your commentary was great. Yep, I watched a lot of the tournament but had to watch your recaps to really enjoy. Thanks.

[@bipinanand]

Thank you for these incredible recaps! You make chess SO exciting to watch. I haven't skipped one video in this tournament. The tournament itself was unreal already! But your hype on the recaps are just bloody brilliant!

[@douglasgliedtii5317]

This!

[@user-jm1nf4lu9r]

Gukesh has done it. So proud of him.

[@ahrrydepp493]

Thanks to his engine

[@hemal7815]

​@@ahrrydepp493Lol what 😂😂

[@timegoesby421]

​@@ahrrydepp493🤡

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@ahrrydepp493 RACIST :)

[@yty1941]

@@daphenomenalz4100 damn, must be the Indians that invented the engines

[@starwelters9011]

That was a great recap, Levy. Thanks for bringing all your passion to this series.

[@louisversavel632]

This was literally insane to watch thx for the recaps levi

[@SamM6945]

Levy, that was the best recap I've seen, you've gotten better and better at this; you're truly a SuperGM at what you do. thanks and bravo.

[@Severezz]

I've been loving these recaps! Yesterday's one was so hype I actually watched this round live from Europe, timezones be damned. You're great at telling the story and making every move feel like it matters. Absolutely looking forward to whatever tournament you're gonna cover next

[@TheMarleymd]

Amazing job Gotham! Great recap of the entire tournament. Was a joy to decompress to this recap. Keep the good work up.

[@IceinVeins.3d]

One of the best videos. Thank you for your hard work. Such an amazing tournament.

[@lucagomez5359]

I love all of these recaps but this one literally gave me chills when you turned off the eval bar this candidates has been SO GOOD

[@MobettrMoves]

Nepo vs Fabi...... Historical Classico ! This should be studied forever for being the greatest draw! Loved it!

[@percywhitehead9228]

fabi had so many winning positions to convert. A greatest draw would mean both players thinking of brilliant strategy to outwit each other. Ian didn't do that, Fabi kept letting him of the hook. Fabi will take some time once he analyses his game to see how close he was on so many moves to win. Also Ding is probably the easiest person to dethrone in the history of the game. and fabi is better than gukesh in faster time format. so most likely favorite to win. the younger players are coming through. Fabi might never get this chance ever again

[@sethschexneider]

Tbf, those winning moves were extremely hard for humans to find in time trouble, the Ka1 instead of Ka2 was the most human move.​@percywhitehead9228

[@percywhitehead9228]

@@sethschexneider you're probably right.

[@RandomPerson-ok9of]

@@percywhitehead9228 But the final winning move was a findable one for a player of his caliber.

[@sebastiansanchezn1650]

Levi, I don't know if I enjoy more the actual matches or your recaps. Awesome job!! Can't wait for the WCC to have some recaps to watch!

[@adamfraser6893]

Fantastic recap! Been catching up over the past month and this tournament plus your commentary has reignited the chess within me. 😂😂

[@gabrieliuvara9470]

I literally entered KZbin knowing that Levy couldn't be late for this last recap. Congrats to all the players that fought in this tournament! Greetings from Italy!

[@Nised99]

Mission accomplished, you beat yesterday's recap... I was on the edge of my seat the entire time! What a tournament

[@gugus8081]

Thanks for all the 14 recaps, greatly appreciated :)

[@stefan.defiman]

Best recap I‘ve watched from you. Thanks so much for your candidates videos ❤️

[@brycepeddicord6763]

Levy gonna kidnap Ding so HIKARU still has a shot 😅

[@pubggamerpro4650]

🎯

[@agrawalhospital5605]

Gold comment

[@MMehdi-he4uo]

Thank you for the coverage pf this amazing tournament Levy !!!

[@jonathanelmore8524]

Thanks for the great coverage of the Candidates!!

[@joaopedromullerlima654]

Absolutely loved the video! Really exiting to watch without knowing the results already. I really enjoyed you turning off the eval bar for a bit to show the players' perspective, the timing was perfect for taking it off and also for bringing it back in

[@kengee11]

Thank you so much for the recaps Levy, getting emotional at the end got me emotional too

[@aseemraje5886]

Superb commentary and videos by Gotham. To create the drama and excitement in a recap is an amazing skill

[@peterbennet7145]

Thanks for the fantastic coverage of the Candidates. Easily the most exciting one I can remember. The chess lived up to Gotham's commentary and enthusiasm (and perhaps we can now forget Anish Giri's famous "all draws" candidates).

[@Boblocke-cu2mz]

Thanks Levy for all the great recaps highlighting the drama. You’re the 🐐

[@AlexSinclair]

Thank you for being the comprehensive resource for this tournament. The coverage of the women's tournament being included was fantastic. Loved the whole series

[@gauravs9295]

You are such a great story teller and an ambassador of this sport, it's been a pleasure to follow the candidates through your reviews. Well done sir, now hoping you recover quickly.

[@sujilpokkavayalil6916]

Enjoyed your recaps. You made it so interesting that I had a few nail biting, toes curling moments. Thank you ❤

[@adrian_kreuz]

Levy, thank you for this recaps. You speak about chess with such energy, such passion, that I haven’t seen in a very long time. It was great to watch the tournament, now looking forward to the championship match.

[@bepoliteandkind]

the 'D' in Gukesh's name stands for domination

[@joshyycute5823]

Gukesh Dormammu

[@teenbull2907]

​@@joshyycute5823magnus appears after gukesh winning it, "dommaraju, I'm here to make a bargain!" 😂

[@bepoliteandkind]

@@teenbull2907 if that happens that would be legendary 🔥

[@P4ENEMY]

the D speaks for itself

[@talionthenazgul3213]

I CANT WITH THIS CORNY AHHHH COMENT SECTION HELLP😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏