Ding vs. Nepomniachtchi: It All Comes Down To Tiebreaks... | FIDE World Championship 2023 | FINAL

[@akattom]

4:27:55 moments before the ballsiest move in the history of chess

[@exploreravishek4653]

OP❤

[@subhankarbhadra781]

When you really do not want to play blitz with Ian 😂

[@demirairlines]

Why i. Not understand this moment

[@leery_swan]

​@@demirairlines ding pinning his own king with rook, since majority people thinks the rook can do something to threaten white king

[@demirairlines]

​@@leery_swan thx bro😊

[@jacovermeulen8739]

Ian : Offering rep & draw. Ding : "Oh you want to go to blitz? We gonna blitz this right now"

[@scrumpymanjack]

4:37:50 - the moment when Ian's hopes and dreams - his entire world - came crashing down. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Leans forward, involuntarily pushes the pieces off the table. I've never seen that before in a top-level chess game. Wow!

[@Xull042]

That shows the investment and the emotion, although is it an hearthbreaking scene. His hand was even shaking (a lot). Very good match !

[@Enfant666Terrible]

Seeing Ians hand trembling at the end... the pressure, the emotions, I felt really sad for him. Well played by both. Ding deserves this title.

[@JadenYukiBruceLee]

Second place isn’t bad either

[@nichijou2406]

He lost two world championship in a row

[@DantheV]

Very very sad. But he has to remember that he is in the top 3 in the world and he can win this title in the future

[@biharek7595]

@@nichijou2406 third time's a charm, they say

[@nichijou2406]

@@biharek7595 will he get to fight ding again tho?

[@PiyushGupta-bi3sh]

4:28:21 gutsy moment 4:37:56 World Champion!!!

[@ramintravel]

Congratulations to Ding. But also congrats to Nepo for creating this amazing spectacle. Huge thanks to Fabi, Tania and Robert for an unforgettable and epic commentary to one of the most exciting matches in living memory. I think I speak for all when I say we are eternally grateful for this amazing display. I wanted Ding to win, but feel very sad for Ian, who also deserved it. Its one of those where you want both to win, but eventually one is crowned and one goes home heartbroken.

[@jameslog3431]

4:27:57 is the difference between Ding and Caruana. One is willing to risk everything for victory while the other would like to take the safe route to fight another day.

[@TheInitiateInvestor]

Agreed, and later he says "it actually looks like a brilliant decision" LoL

[@Lokikikiki]

When you lose 2 world championships in a year. Damn.

[@uelidrogba8382]

Just came here to show my future kids that I have witnessed arguably the best Chess World Championship live. What a day for the books!

[@nocternbemsi5619]

Quality wise it was poor if not bad. But dramatic and entertaining

[@RicochetAQW]

@@nocternbemsi5619 who do you think you are bro? you just said a match between the two best players in the world was poor in quality 😭

[@gorilla2284]

@@RicochetAQW magnus is the best so it was between the 2nd and 3rd best players)

[@RicochetAQW]

@@gorilla2284 true, but there's no way he just called their match poor quality 😭 no way he's above 1500 elo himself.

[@nocternbemsi5619]

@@RicochetAQW nagga pleese

[@mofalaufkultur46]

4:28:20 The biggest commenting BLUNDER, Ding trolls them all!!! ❤🎉🎉🎉

[@jatna77]

I hope Fabiano Caruana wins the Championship someday. He is such a cool, smart and humble guy.

[@backseatsamurai]

Nepo will be devestated by this result. He had it in the bag and blew it with unsound play. Brutal loss.

[@Safad_Via_Damascus]

I do feel bad for Ian, but in post match interviews he's incapable of giving Ding credit. He puts it down to being a 'lottery' and says his opponent 'made the penultimate mistake'. He's a sore loser who did deserve to win, but so did Ding and he can never seem to acknowledge that.

[@BakedPotatoYT1]

He's just salty rn, give him some time. Lmfao

[@BestofBadminton]

LOL I went to watch the post match interview he actually does say this. That's hilarious

[@amberxv4777]

I mean he is kinda right. You hear Fabi confirms it. He had the match at his grasp and let it win. Ding won because of his mistakes. So he has himself to blame. Besides blaming it on Ding being a better player than him is first a loser mentality and second not true. If Ding was a better player they wouldn't have played 14 matches and 4 rapid ones afterwards.

[@mentle6330]

@@amberxv4777 If Ian was the better player he would've capitalised on Ding's weaknesses and won.

[@dubyalast3734]

@@amberxv4777 ​ ​ ​ couldn’t you say the same of Ian? “If Ian were a better player, they wouldn’t have gone 14 matches and 4 rapid ones afterwards” I don’t understand the point you’re making with that statement. Besides, the ‘luck’ Ian is referring to was him missing a blunder by Ding in that last classical game… that seems like more of a knock on Ian than Ding to me. Let’s say Ian had capitalized on that blunder by Ding and won the championship as a result, would it have been “fair” of Ding to say that Ian got “lucky” that Ding blundered? Luck at this level of chess is a ridiculous idea and an insult to the players.

[@mr.coolrunnercr7042]

It is so hard for Ian. I hope he will have a great comeback and takes the title next time finally. Ian just keep it on although it will be ultra hard. GO FOR IT AGAIN❤

[@nossenkanter]

Didn't age well 💀💀💀

[@gifordmomanyi9321]

Rg6 move of the year, congrats 👏 Ding

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

Yes, that put commentators of the seats😅😂

[@isracusa1781]

Ian played slightly better all through the match and had his chances to decide it. Then he blundered, look at game 12. His time management was quite dubious, moving fast in critical positions when he had time to spend. Ding Liren played very sharp and brave at times, and was very precise defending worse positions. Also had some winning chances and missed them. This entire match was as tight as some of those tennis finals who end 7-6/6-7/7-6 and when you see the stats everything is just almost equal. Such are elite sports. Cruel and fascinating.

[@HeSpeaksFluentJapanese]

Nepo's face at the end when he looks to the side of the table is something out of a PTSD Vietnam flashback. Congratulations to both players.

[@imaloony8]

The craziest World Championship since Spassky v Fischer. What a match. I can't even imagine how devastating it is for Ian after all that to see it just vanish before his eyes. Who knows if he'll even be mentally recovered in time for the next candidates. And what if Magnus decides he wants his title back? Just utter insanity.

[@buenchiko007]

Ding's balls of steel paid off right at the end, what a way to bring it home!!!!

[@prcbras]

That last game was one of the most exciting i've ever witnessed! Congrats to Ding, rooted for him all the way, what a journey!

[@gigas81]

One of the things for me World Champion Ding Liren shows is his finding of resources across the board is insane. His immortal game adds to his accolades even more now.

[@koalabrownie]

After all the nonsense said about Tania in the chat, she's the one who called RG6

[@pedroakjr2371]

When last game finished Ding was like "so many blunders, how am I going to show this game to my family? I'm a shame to my parents. Hope they forgive me for the blunders. At least I'm champion."

[@ivana_frank]

I was rooting for Ian but honestly he blundered his advantage a lot while Ding found multiple brilliant moves and that decisive draw refusal omg. the win is deserved definetly. although Magnus is still the best and we all know it

[@heartofmanproject9198]

Congratulations to Ding!! Wonderful Achievement! Well deserved and well earned!

[@isracusa1781]

Many thanks to the broadcasting team. Great work, entertaining and polite, clever and instructing. A match for the history

[@phantorang]

What does the Fox say: DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING

[@WuhSuhDood]

EPIC THROW BY IAN. DING CHILLIN

[@Enfant666Terrible]

4:20:00 Especially in the last game I was really irritated by some of the commentary. I thought it was pretty obvious that Ding Liren is playing for a win and does not want a draw. He knows the rapid games are his best shot, he has a 70 points rating lead to Nepo in rapid (while slightly behind him or basically equal in classical and blitz) and his best results against Nepo are in rapid. Liren avoids drawish lines, Liren avoids moves which give Nepo the possibility to trade off pieces, Liren takes (calculated) risks, Liren doesn't go for a repetition when he could, and still the commentators are surprised each time when Ding Liren avoids a draw.

[@rohungupta8435]

I supposed Rg6 was different in the sense that it literally walks into an immortal pin but with the passed pawns the decision made sense but required guts

[@umangmehta2348]

Congrats ding. A comeback for the ages. 🎉❤

[@sleazeberg]

Nepo broke my heart. I really thought this was his redemption after the game six blunder and subsequent meltdown last year

[@escaayr]

A new era of chess arises

[@fixipszikon6670]

Wow. The world champion is a player who was not going to participate. Reminds me of Denmark winning the european football championship in 1992, despite failing to qualify. It was the Yugoslav war back then, it is the Ukraine war now that had a crucial effect to determine the outcome.

[@danielhicks4826]

Well fruck, never been so sad for one and happy for the other at something in my life. Man what a rough ending so damn close ooh that heartbreaking for one amazing for the other.

[@adamwasilewski736]

Seems the reason why there was a white shirt at the press conference is that all the buttons on the blue one were torn off with one movement of the hand in the restroom.

[@davidcopson5800]

This whole match was a great ride! Congratulations Ding.

[@erzhaider]

Was rooting for ding all the way and am happy that he won the title and gets to bring it home but seeing Ian's final 30 seconds before losing was terrible. Very hard to feel happy for ding in that moment. Both deserved the title, now I can only hope Ian will ein the next one and not always get 2nd place

[@barakjoe]

Gratulation Mr Ding

[@Die.Like.a.Legend]

what opening thet use ?

[@XmasTablet]

What an amazing final, congratulations to Ding, let's go 🇨🇳 holding both World Championship titles 😍😘😗😙😚

[@jasonquinlan731]

Congratulations Ding! Nice guys do finish first!

[@DrZygote214]

Champion Ding will make a great ambassador for Chess, not just in China but in the whole world.

[@harisahmad3440]

In ding we believed

[@TheKyleBrah]

4:37:44 I felt that, Ian 😢

[@SteveSmith-tm4up]

Great match! Great commentary! Well done Ding you deserve it 🏆

[@artificercreator]

Congratulations! good games!

[@Treideck]

Poor Ding. The Title cursed him.

[@raydarable]

Amazing!

[@astroparrot7617]

i feel so bad for nepo

[@BeSmarts]

4:37:35 World Chess Championships 2023 conclusion !

[@theplayzpaidoff]

I think Nepo can make a come back next time, but I don't know. I feel like after certain losses to magnus and now this that he might never get into the mindset that he needs to be in. I feel like the mental game is where his game is weak, and as a result he can't focus and can't see certain moves that should be apparent to someone of his caliber.

[@WuhSuhDood]

4:37:40 is the moneyshot

[@fadighassan111]

Really sad for Ian.. he was able to win but threw a game away..

[@nocternbemsi5619]

Don't worry Putin TV will find an excuse

[@robinmontgomery9160]

​@@nocternbemsi5619 Wasn't Ian not playing for Russia though?

[@nocternbemsi5619]

@@robinmontgomery9160 he played for your dad, refused to identify as a Russian player

[@Wondering..]

@@nocternbemsi5619 rightt

[@leerobbo92]

Can I just say: as much as I've liked the commentary lineups this year, I really do miss Jan Gustafsson and Peter Svidler doing these.

[@scrumpymanjack]

Congratulations to Ding. Well deserved - though super close and super tough on Ian. As for press conference, first question to Ding: how do you feel about Astana? Lol. What a joke of a journalist.

[@ShowTheOreo]

DING CHILLING THE GOAT

[@achmadfaisal4452]

4:37:57 What if Nepo took Ding's F4 bishop?

[@quoderatdemonstrandum7215]

Ding could queen with c1 Queen and taking the bishop after that.

[@King.Mark.]

they should also have to take the chess men out of the box them selfs ,would make it a bit of fun and releave a bit of stress while they sort them out black from white and put them where they go on the board after they pick a hand what color they get

[@chessaudiobooks3079]

Victory to the bold

[@MaxMustermann-zj6zc]

Amazing Finale 4:28:25

[@edilsonguirengane6448]

Yeah, Kids, Papa WAS HERE!!

[@Antediluvian137]

Looking forward to Ding v Nepo 2024 :_)

[@blue_red_screen]

Carlsen might come back

[@Antediluvian137]

@@blue_red_screen and we'll see Nepo > Carlsen and Ding > Nepo again. It has been written.

[@zackarysemancik5491]

​@@Antediluvian137 Nepo > Carlsen?? What??

[@Antediluvian137]

@@zackarysemancik5491 in the next candidates. I didn't say it's a popular opinion, but fate is fate!

[@da96103]

@@Antediluvian137 Entirely possible, Magnus lost to Anish and Abdusattorov back to back in classical games at TATA Steel this year.

[@FranzJHaydn]

Nepo choked this championship. Truly sad.

[@willoschOG]

I wanna huh Nepo. Hope he will compete again in 2 yearsA

[@sleazeberg]

I sometimes think Magnus gave up his title just so that he can make it a bigger deal when he reclaims it in the future

[@Dudenier]

I always come back to watch overconfident Tanya eat her words😂😂😂

[@AlinTrinca]

why was this filmed with a shoe?

[@maks8751]

Nepo will came back!

[@blevyzgos]

nope

[@walterwhite210]

Magnus will come back next year

[@maks8751]

@@blevyzgos yes, he played batter than ding

[@walleater2079]

KING LIREN!!

[@markangus3252]

I always laugh when I hear Tania say "clarssical".

[@vivekpal368]

What if carlsen comes next year yo challange ding

[@nonoodleno]

They'll play it out, if Magnus wins the candidates, I suppose.

[@aesaphyr]

To be honest with this result maybe Magnus might actually consider playing the WCC if he went to the Candidates and won. If the opponent was Nepo again, he would definitely not play.

[@aaronkristien8148]

the world chess championship should be 24 classical chess game not this toilet format

[@bgshorts7533]

mayonnaise carlsimp has been dethroned

[@Wondering..]

What

[@zeindart]

ding deserve it gratzz

[@luisbenites4825]

Why do all commentators look like someone died after Ding won?

[@ersotalla-my4rl]

RESPECT IAN NEPO

[@lilpeace2622]

Has magnus give his title away? What did I miss.

[@cuberious1419]

3:27:32 😂😂😂

[@dm3829]

ding legend

[@llouma3851]

Sadge ian

[@jaimecallejas17]

crazy!!

[@strong8705]

It was emotional and interesting enough. No need to deprive Chinese guy of translator. Torturing him and public.

[@danielhicks4826]

He requested it that way Ding did, it's not some punishment or act of meanness lol.

[@strong8705]

@@danielhicks4826 Tnx for info. Wow.

[@nguyenvanthanh2206]

Poor Ian :((((((

[@joebloggs396]

chess24 taken over just means less choice

[@josephnelsonuy9711]

Nepo miss the win

[@ArceusRiver]

gg Ding!

[@HanMoP]

Ruzzianz looses on all fronts...

[@FranzRusel]

What a show 🎉 espectacular magnus matches so boring 😅

[@binsonvarghese7197]

All these Tania Hess And Caruana still with the engines and joint analysis still look stupid with the players ingenuities ...they should understand they are witnessing two brilliant minds at work and they are still far inferior with their analysis ..what they should atleast do for next world championship commentary is to try to unravel what the players are trying to play instead of saying prematurely draws and playing fantasy chess that they predicted this move......

[@rusydin2039]

Exactly

[@ragnarkisten]

Liren won, that means that he is a better chess player than magnus!

[@blue_red_screen]

Lol

[@qwert_au]

ah, I like Sachdev but she's way too energetic for commentary, I gave up watching the recaps through all the way back 7 games ago.

[@patel100able]

king ding

[@gaboelexo]

❤

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Without Carlsen this championship is not complete.

[@readingrainbow8112]

Once again, Russia taking a nice L

[@danielhicks4826]

They got far more wins than losses, for example there president is an actual man and leader not some pervy old weirdo, oh and they dont chemically castrate or confuse their own children and mutilate them with trans nonsense/madness.....so id say thats more winning than most other nations of the American/Western European variety.

[@thepharar]

What flag is that of Ian? Wtf is that? Can't you put a russian flag up there?

[@AbhinavShah]

3:28:00 tanya and her overacting

[@jyam2b]

EVERYONE KNOWS MAGNUS IS STILL THE BEST AND THE WORLD CHAMP!!! 😂😂

[@SeanMaddenBMX]

he isnt the world champ

[@cihangiraytekin]

Whenever ding win the game nepo deserved to be world champ

[@cscoetzee]

Why? Ding won - fair and square. What a pathetic and dismal comment. Ding is the World Champion and he deserves it because - why? Because he played better. End of story.

[@doji-san]

@@cscoetzee I agree!!

[@Kaneki]

results would disagree

[@amberxv4777]

@@cscoetzee if it was that obvious they wouldn't have played 14 games plus 4 rapid. It was a luck that he won. He played so close to Ian. It could have went either way. Actually Ian had more chances, but nothing came out of them

[@cscoetzee]

@@amberxv4777 That is not the point. The original comment says - with zero justification - that Nepo deserved to be World Champion. This, after being beaten in a gruelling 14 games plus rapid playoff that went down to the wire. But Ding won this, which makes HIM the deserving champion. That he won by the skin of his teeth doesn't change this fact one little bit. In fact it endorses his win: He is the one who managed to handle this incredible pressure the best, without folding. Saying that Nepo is the one who deserved the win is incredibly poor-spirited.

[@leapingfury]

I don't understand why Nepo is fat. Isn't it logical that for the world championship you would workout and get 6-pack abs or whatever the ideal body fat percentage is. It's unprofessional to show up with a double chin, it's so lazy. The rest of the year he can be fat but not for the most important games of his life.

[@zackarysemancik5491]

He's probably more focused on chess lol

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

It is true that Fischer and Kasparov worked out to be really fit.

[@88mphDrBrown]

Congratulations to Ding for winning the World Blunder Championship!!! With so many great blunders it's hard to choose a favorite, but my vote goes to when Ding decided to live action role-play as a statue as his clock ran out. 😆 🤣 😂