Ding vs Gukesh || GAME 2 || FIDE World Chess Championship Match 2024

[@robowski8425]

Thanks for keeping me informed on the eye contact attempts. Doesn’t get enough coverage elsewhere unfortunately.

[@pkundrat]

Although it is funny, i actually dont thing Diren was looking at Gukesh - especially on the second picture it looks like he is looking to the left - not in front of him :)

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@pkundratno I saw Ding look directly at Gukesh at one point in the game I’m sorry to disagree with you not that it’s that important but at one point Ding was grilling Gukesh . But they are both great people humble quiet gentlemen well mannered both of them

[@lordanderson1293]

​I feel any champion worth his salt should grill the new kid on the block. It comes with territory.

[@arnaldosandoval453]

This should be like a tennis match, fisk pumping, screaming 🤣

[@NocturnalNick]

ding has a tendency to do this

[@korpilombolo0068]

Funny fact is, just when Ding moved his knight to claim threefold repetition, there were some echoes from the hallway saying hello everyone.

[@m.yasirali9666]

Lol😂

[@hp7639]

@korpilombolo0068 i heard sorry about that.

[@zenlizard1850]

"An early draw with white, you will anger the chess gods." Wonderful line.

[@ClarkPotter]

Happy to see I wasn't the only one especially appreciating that.

[@jestice75]

Actually, Agadmator drew a parallel yesterday to how Gukesh also never defeated Spassky.

[@rot1869]

What's this running joke? Can you explain

[@prataprajat4231]

Just a wordslip by agad. No joke ​@@rot1869

[@MahendraGaadhi]

​@@rot1869yes please

[@TheRealGamebreakaDroid]

​@@rot1869he accidentally said gukesh didnt defeat spassky before the world championship when he meant Fischer

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@rot1869yeah it’s no biggie I’ve seen streamers call a knight move a bishop move spur of moment happens

[@swaillidan5558]

Lmao, these Windows notification sounds confused me for a sec, thought it was from my own laptop

[@alpha007org]

I always press back to confirm if it's coming from my PC or it's in a video.

[@MrXxblackopsxX]

I thought I had a work notification come up.. I was so triggered lmao

[@joani2732]

Same here 😂

[@leftybassist4]

I paused the video and checked my email 😂

[@Angelsoniaa]

The funny thing is that Magnus yesterday said "I don't think we are going to see any Italian tomorrow ".

[@fitnesse9055]

He was talking about Fabiano Caruana not being in the match

[@nikhildawani2913]

You liar Magnus literally told we are not going to see any sharp italian,which was true

[@MahendraGaadhi]

He said "you liar"

[@aaaabbbbc454]

​@@fitnesse9055 no way

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Magnus also didn’t feel Gukesh had any chance of winning the Candidates . Even the Goat Blunders ?? 😊

[@srujitaksmartworld2083]

2:58 entire C file is loaded

[@Ccirgrg]

Symmetrically too

[@octobsession3061]

Great Wall of C file

[@aronuchukwuezugo615]

Nice catch

[@walkingtree2486]

There should be a name for when some thing like this happens in chess, maybe stacked tile? But that sounds boring

[@ClarkPotter]

Noice

[@МуродТанжихолов]

Had such a good nap with the stream going on in the backgroung

[@michaelmassaro4375]

I broke night to watch I wasn’t disappointed I’m so happy my guy Gukesh showed up

[@samuraijack1371]

Disrespect.

[@realmikethegoat]

#suggestion Medo should play b4 as early as possible and every time it is the best move, as Bone is a 4 letter word starting with b! Also as Medo means “fear” in Portuguese, it should definitely be a strong opponent!

[@robertbartos6660]

4th move for white B4. Very hard to defend for Black. If black played into it then black may understand the theory of the Evans Gambit. The fans would of loved it. Maybe will see the position again? It would be weird if Ding decline play B4 on the 4th move if the same position was reached.

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

Agadmator has said in previous videos that, in Croatian, "Medo" means "Killer".

[@lawrencefisher865]

Medo should play the evans gambit as often as is available.

[@ryoung527]

Seconded!

[@Grraatterr]

Everyone HELLo Never gets old

[@BandWagon1987]

Your dog bot should only play one piece at a time, but play it at 3000 level. So it's like he's chasing his toy around the room. E.g. if leads with knight, knight moves until Knight is captured or checkmate - that would be cool

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

He calls any active piece a squirrel.

[@camilohiche4475]

Came for the recap, stayed for the 3000 elo eye contact attempt deep analysis 👌

[@corentinsoulier5607]

I think the ICC video is too loud.

[@Flashyfinancier]

Quand même vrai

[@everhappens]

“Sorry about that!”

[@Mitch2009]

Love the Medo bot being created! I agree his playstyle should be erratic. Sometimes he just slept on the couch, so that would make him play like about a 1000 player, sometimes he went crazy on the couch - so he would play like Tal - sacrificing everything and beating you no matter what

[@FrustratedUnitedFan]

Agad so fast he got an intro to his videos now too❤

[@michaelmassaro4375]

This one was easy for him Time Zones do matter though I watched the game at 4:00 am as it started here in NY I’m not sure what the time zone for Croatia is People have to sleep too 😅

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

The intro gives Gukesh and Ding the extra time they need to finish their game before Antonio uploads his video of their game

[@kingStribor]

Medo learned chess listening you making all that videos. He would definitely play Evans gambit and b4 when b4 is top move, as that is your trade mark moves. Also as saying goes, dog takes personality or likening of his owner, so he should play e4, Scandinavian and Dragon Sicilian maybe?

[@Mainlychesscontent]

1:59 Ding is in the mood for romance

[@tompitman8672]

One look like that and I dropped my kegs

[@mikemartin5340]

The only channel I go to for my updates on eye contact

[@ronjohnson9690]

My first intimation of what occurred in the game, as I missed watching it earlier. This was a beautiful tactical masterpiece that removed the bishops very early, surprising me. I haven't seen this type of tactic until now. But I noticed by the logjam set on both sides the strategy decided upon, common to both players. This really helped relieve the tension not only between Ding and Gukesh, but with me as well. Agadmator's opening comment about Fischer and Spassky left me in despair, believing the worst for Ding. I can now relax, and hope the two players will be thoroughly prepared for tomorrow's game.

[@tusharkchess]

Finally some innovative in the beginning as agads new intro

[@DavidLlada-e1w]

We hope you liked it 🙂

[@nicbentulan]

"No one has EVER come back in the classical portion of the finals of a classical WCC if they were the 1st to lose a game and lost as white. Not even Liren last time. Liren won only in the rapid. I guess the guy who kept asking 'Why don't Fabi Nepo Hikaru buy out Liren?' is feeling pretty silly now." So I said on 2024Nov26. I double checked my statistics, and I'm not sure, but if there were black wins then the result of the player who was 1st to win as black (for the classical portion, whether match is drawn and given to champion or go to rapid. And then regardless of rapid result there) is : - won 32/44 = 72.7% - lost 6/44 = 13.6% - drew 6/44 = 13.6% - p1w4Rr-1wK - p1w4Rr-s6 Note : This excludes the 2 cases of 1972 Bobby Fischer & 2006 Vlad Kramnik. Basically Liren has 73% chance of winning excluding Liren's bad chess & 9LX performance since the 2023 classical WCC - p1w4Rr-1QI - p1w4Rr-3bv - kTGBSAR-lxE Good guys vs Bad guys - Axis of Evil (Good guys?) wesley so (the lelouch vi britannia or jesus of chess-or-9LX), 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, yahweh & jesus & paul, christianity-or-judaism aka abrahamism, 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(?)/alan dershowitz(?), mustafa barghouti, barack obama, donald trump, tristan & andrew tate 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇹🇼🇮🇳🇺🇲🇬🇧🇦🇺🇯🇵 - Allies of Evil (Bad guys?) magnus carlsen (the light yagami or mohammed of chess-or-9LX), 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, paco vallejo, pentala harikrishna, arkady dvorkovich, peter heine nielsen, richárd rapport, alexey sarana, ches***m, allah & isa & mohammed, islam aka satanism, 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(?)/ben shapiro(?), 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

[@michaelmassaro4375]

What ? Nic it is one game a big one yes and great play from Ding but Gukesh should feel a bit more at home now he’s in it to win it I don’t believe one game means much especially the pressure being so great . Gukesh missed Bc5 he might’ve had opportunity to still be in that game if he had but Ok Nic bentulan Take Care my friend Have a great rest of your day 😊♟️‼️

[@josiahmacfarlane4344]

What? You dolt. Fischer did, at least, and I know that without having to look up any others, though I'm sure there's others

[@ritwikghosh7743]

​@@josiahmacfarlane4344 Fischer played black in that game. Losing the opening game as white, after this no one has ever won the World Championship. But no one even competed for World Championship at 18. Gukesh is the first one to do it. So, no reason he cannot do another 'FIRST' to turn it and win this.

[@user-gr3tg2yk6o-24_डफ़क]

Gukesh has a habit of proving lDl0TS like you wrong … go back to your parents basement you noob 1 elo player with 2 brain cells

[@GP-qz6kk]

But how many times has that scenario played out? If it's only happened like 3 times then saying "never" is not really significant. If it's more like 0 out of a dozen times, that would be interesting.

[@Professional_NERD]

Honey wake up, agad just uploaded another video

[@Jacob99174]

Such a Pro Nerd!

[@_Vk23]

Agad watching you since corona... Can you please have q/ana where u'll answer all the questions from your subscribers.? Like earnings, about chess... Etc

[@matyasdvorak2265]

Hvala Agad, veselim se cijeloj seriji!!!

[@chimwemwe9074]

That was quick 🤠

[@benjoel]

That's what she said! :D

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn3798]

2:28 Hey! Who gave you the permission to read my mind like that 😂

[@Noelito40]

Antonio, any chance you could put up the move number? 🤔 Thanks

[@fingerscrossed1307]

1 hour after the game ended??? Bro lost his mojo 😂😂😂 love u tho ❤

[@silentomatoe]

When players say "I won't play that because that's admitting I made a mistake", I don't see why that's a bad thing. Am I missing something?

[@jestice75]

It's bad to make a mistake and then not go back and fix it...and then it's also bad to fix it because you're wasting time (moves). So it's just bad and worse, I guess.

[@JohnChess24]

Ding Liren Chinese Dragon!!!

[@SaiSS961]

Gukesh Indian Tiger 🐯

[@ulyssis]

Ding is a normal Chinese growing up in Southeast China, very common from outside.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@ulyssishe’s more than that dude he’s in the Chess history books that’s more than the average Chinese man he is a humble quiet soul tho

[@Xi-op7gg]

Ding isn’t trying to make eye contact. He is reading Gukesh’s body language and expressions.

[@FelixKayeyi]

That's correct

[@Scientist-exe]

And decided to draw the game early with white

[@forkos89]

Wooow that new ad is 🔥

[@turtle752436]

About meadow (medow?). Canines are fierce defenders of their master so I would just give him 20% higher elo points when defending the king. Endgames are always a challenge and many a young player discount them, so I believe they will not only enjoy but also learn from Meadow too and remember kindly of him when they do win games against other players.

[@alexanderimmortal4354]

Right on time broski

[@JaneMiller-r6f]

You're doing a fantastic job! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

[@Korovox]

thanks for covering the draws as well !

[@nikhilnanal5998]

Please make an episode on Medo ( hope I spell correctly) with some interesting information about him.

[@Againmike33]

Wow agadmator has new intro thats a great effort by him

[@darking-rayleigh]

Wow agad's intro caught me off guard. That was unexpected yet phenomenal

[@Warriormanners]

Hey agad could you lower the volume on the added sound clips from the WCC or the sponsorship?

[@rogers3142]

Thats a great opening stinger for your videos. Nicely produced.

[@rajasaha354]

Excellent analysis, Agadmotor ❤

[@BlackPro2307]

man you have a beautiful intro now. huge !!

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

The ICC intro segment gives Gukesh and Ding the extra time they need to finish their game before Antonio uploads his video of their game

[@GeraldM_inNC]

This game screamed out DRAW from early on.

[@cloudtheavegner1000]

Welcome to Dingapore.

[@SimplyAwesomeOriginal]

Bravo on that introduction 👏 👏 Very nice!

[@MrXxblackopsxX]

Meadow should definitely specialize in the Fried Liver Defense hahaha

[@danielturunen7237]

I miss seeing Medo in the videos... I still remember him sleeping on the couch in the background of the old videos! 🥰

[@lefalipali8520]

That's the good stuff

[@UnknownOne100X]

Ding : 1.5 Gukesh : 0.5 G1 - Ding Won G2 - Draw

[@m.ashuraim6678]

Pls mention rating performance of both players

[@abdulrahmanalsheikhali3162]

what an intro with authority

[@sravanreddygaddam4381]

Ding have no concerns on draw🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@Collin5719]

@@sravanreddygaddam4381 Ding chilling 🥶🥶🥶

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@Collin5719yeah he chilling until my guy Gukesh starts putting it on him than it will be Ding illing 😅 time will tell 😊♟️

[@dan7291able]

I hate that I cant see it live?? What time are they playing like 4AM ET???

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

*Chess game:* Handshakes without eye contact. No tension at all. *Boxing match:* Eye contact without handshakes. The tension is palpable.

[@HamAraAym]

When can we expect you to cover the games before they even complete?

[@douglasbarrett512]

At 5:30 Gukesh brings knight to d4. Agreed, don't trade knights, but why not knight to e5 and pick up the pawn? And is rook e8, then knight can go back, or can go to d3 and explore some weakness on Gukesh's Queen side. Looks like you can get 2 pawns over there. Also, the new drum solo and that sardonic cartoon face are both jarring and terrific! thank you !!

[@Yamaecooking]

I thought the same! Why not grab free pawn?

[@swaillidan5558]

Indians tend to have funny names to foreigners. Gukesh sounds really close to "gukash" (гукаш) which means to coo in Bulgarian, so whenever Agad says his name, I say "Gukash. Gukashto bebe goo goo ga ga" (Гукаш. Гукащо бебе гу гу га га" which means "cooing baby goo goo ga ga". That's pretty ironic and fitting since he's still so young

[@michaelmassaro4375]

India has a very rich culture in their customs and beliefs I’m not even up on it but I’ve read a few things as far as different Gods they might embrace

[@icyy9864]

They have different school of philosophy as well my favorite is advaita vedant

[@Radlee.]

Agadmator, what move were you referring to as "the ultimate move" in the Italian Game, I'm dying to know? Please 2:38

[@naveed8022]

I think the Evans Gambit

[@Noelito40]

Be four you ask that, you have to know! 😉

[@Radlee.]

@@naveed8022 ty, honestly not THAT bad of an option for top chess

[@aries2764]

@@Radlee.i mean, if Stockfish plays it against 3500 elo engines, im sure it is ok 😂

[@rogacz25]

As far as bot suggestions go, I really miss the old Martin that you could just absolutely hammer mercilessly. I want a bot that will never take a piece, that will never see a checkmate coming, that always makes the worst possible move, that lets you move one pawn all the way up and queen and then take all the other pieces and queen all your pawns and then rearrange all your pieces however you want without getting stalemate. It's just really cathartic and therapeutic to do that sometimes.

[@ZeeZeeFaa]

Didn't feel like a world championship match without the world champ playing

[@xethnyrrow]

Medo bot should always play the Evan's gambit. Dogs are reliable like that. Also a strong bias to playing B4 in all other situations, both when playing black or white.

[@agadmator]

Suggestion sent to team

[@jeremywilliams5107]

Would it be possible to replace the ELO Scores with "world champion" and "challenger" as the ratings hardly matter in this case?

[@_Vk23]

Y not much analysis?

[@GIJane69]

Davit Gasparyan - you're the man!

[@dilejjja]

Well, 1. e4 was wild here. Some would say game of the century.

[@AxisofHonor25]

Ding trying to channel his inner Tal with that stare.

[@krushna4181]

Gukesh taking a draw with black pieces after a loss yesterday with white pieces is a boost to his confidence.

[@BobbyCorwen42]

I understand loving 1. e4, but personally I really crave a 1. c4 game. Also maybe a Marshall from Ding's side at some point.

[@petewest3122]

_Ding makes eye contact_ _Gukesh offers a handshake_ The immovable object meets the unstoppable force force.

[@robkirchhof133]

I hope you still livestream Game 6

[@Acme633]

Any prediction who would be champion?

[@RobDurham]

As someone who will never play competitive chess, why is eye contact such a big deal? Is there no pre-game sportsmanship? Would it be that intimidating or revealing? Would love to hear perspective from an experienced player on this...

[@jaspernatchez]

I'm a novice so I'm sure this is a dumb question, but after Gukesh knight to d4, why couldn't Ding take the pawn on e5?

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

Wow, didn't expect something that conservative after the first game.

[@Chilhva]

I love this channel

[@Xepent]

I was recently gifted a book from my Grandpa who is 78, it has Tal's signature from a chess tournament put on in a town hall built by the guy who sold Hugh Heffner his mansion.

[@thinkaboutit__]

#suggestion Hey, Agad! Can you please play the intro first and then begin with "Hello, Everyone!" Just felt like it. You may give it a try and then whatever the majority likes you can continue with that. Btw thank you for the coverage❤

[@niravsavla1470]

#suggestion they should add custom sounds for check, imagine having medo's woof as a check sound😂

[@mathdeep]

Magnus: "We are not going to see an Italian tomorrow" Ding: * Proceeds to play an Italian *

[@absolutetime8881]

Man game may close to anger chess gods but Agad never fail to entertain 👍

[@Shrey_J]

Much needed draw for Gukesh !!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Yes it was Phew 😅 I am so Glad Ding put a scare in me with that first gem I hope Gukesh maintains from here onward he will be ok

[@Dooces]

not a fan of that very loud music intro. humble feedback for consideration, maybe others really like it?

[@sivm_k]

Hey, you need to talk about the Vantika situation.

[@guestdroner6757]

@agadmator - I was hoping you'd review this detail - was a5 a poisoned pawn? The engine recommended to take that pawn with bishop b4. Gukesh did not play it. And Ding eventually killed that option by exchanging bishops.

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

I m sure Ding had prepared some trap for that line. Gukesh did well to avoid that temptation.

[@rodolfo6reyes640]

Medo should be like a 1500 hundred player, and make brilliant sacrifices convos every now and then

[@m.x.1853]

At what move was it "a completely new game"? You couldn't have forgotten this one...

[@BeautifulBCHomes]

Ding looks different this year. Looks dialed in and confident.

[@aacoaf1984]

when is the first rest day?

[@AsadHasan786]

From being favourite, Gukesh has quickly become the underdog. Ding's plan is clear. Put in a goal early, and defend. Gukesh does not have the firepower to dismantle good defense. Alas, he is no Fischer!

[@guptayush179]

4:47 Why didn't Gukesh capture on e3 sir? It would ruin Ding's pawn structure one more time.

[@JoeKell365]

that intro would fit a lot better if it was placed before the "hello everyone". it was really awkward when you paused to play it after you started talking

[@abdulmojid656]

5 minutes ago is crazy

[@lexera]

why is it only gukesh vs ding? is it not a full tournament bracket?

[@mehmetkemalozdemir7311]

Did I miss the moment 'Now we have a completely new game!'

[@usmankhatri8278]

I mean i have seen all the chess players commentering on this match, but you are the only guy that sounds sense.

[@seanscol111]

love your channel and watched 90%+ of your vids - A BIT DISAPPOINTED IN THESE WORLD CHAMP VIDS! please explore more lines - like you did for the previous world champ matches. i understand you want to get these out as soon as you can, but these are the highest level matches, and you hardly explore the lines. there is so much interesting stuff going on that you aren't covering (but often do cover).

[@guptayush179]

5:17 The trick, of course, is in what counts as "early". Is it move 10? move 12? move 64? What, no? 64 doesn't count as early? What about 63? or 62. or all the numbers leading up to 62? See, no clear definition.