Entire Chess World In Freefall After World Chess Championship Game One

[@TheMoogleKing93]

The Advance variation was named after the Game Boy Advance when a grandmaster jumbled his notes with his children's Christmas list.

[@epicchess2021]

haha

[@padraiggluck2980]

I’m proud of Ding, he showed the world that he is not world champion for nothing.

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

This guy is hilarious Bruce Lee

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

I know imidiatly he is acting fool 😂😂😂

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Hate when I'm trying to enjoy my day and gravity gets broken by Gukesh moving a bishop on the other side of the world.

[@BrianBailey-r2c]

Ding showing why he is world champion,love his comeback from being written off.

[@Overeasyeggsoee]

World Champion* with an asterisk. Magnus is the real world champion and everyone knows it

[@infiniterer287]

​@@Overeasyeggsoee who cares? MC resigned the title

[@Overeasyeggsoee]

Everyone calling out Ding for avoiding Gukesh earlier this year--feeling pretty dumb right now

[@SoulYard7]

1:37 Can't believe Gukesh missed KxRh8. I'm sure Kramnik would've looked at it and go "Pfoooh, what a move!"

[@sp4nky66]

Best commentary on YT

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot!

[@ktuluftagn4eva]

Agreed. Disliked, unsubscribed and blocked. Every time.

[@kunibald128]

This is the third recap I've watched of this game and by far the most clear (not to mention entertaining.. although I have now.. ehm.. mentioned it). Big kudos for Epistemic Chestnut, who never disappoints!

[@thomasstephenson4043]

DING IS BACK BABY LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

[@Shroomdiffnuclear]

Everyone underestimates Ding for years. Dude is a beast!❤

[@benfoad1416]

DING JUST DONGED!!! HELL YEAA !!!

[@-yeme-]

well, not many people were expecting that. but if we learned anything about Ding last time round, it was that he can handle pressure

[@tonyb9735]

Not really, no. What we actually learned was that he can handle pressure better than Nepo, but we already knew that Nepo collapses under pressure. Nonetheless, a great start for Ding, that will have done wonders for his confidence, which will hopefully make for an exciting match. Let's not get carried away, though, this was one game and there's a long, long way to go.

[@-yeme-]

@@tonyb9735 yeah ok, re watch the final game and tell me that Ding didn't have balls of steel to go for the win in the first place and then pull it off.

[@threethrushes]

Great to see the championship for World chess No.2 finally start.

[@noidph]

Saw the game live. Nb2 was brilliant, a positional masterstroke by Ding Liren! Gukesh would later say that he underestimated that move. What a thrilling start to this World Chess Championship! Applauding from the Philippines!😊🙏💕👏

[@padraiggluck2980]

I thought Gukesh used the wrong rook to protect the c-pawn. He should have played Rfc1.

[@wonderingatom8203]

Ding played like a demi god. I am beginning to think he downplayed his form all year to spring to life. The dragon has been awoken. A 1-0 lead is not quite terminal but against a draw making specialist like Ding, Gukesh has got quite an uphill struggle.

[@und3rgroundman865]

Only an absolute wiener schnitzel lets a non-springer have the freedom of das rimmer .

[@isaacambi1914]

I love how you keep the time down, not above 15minutes

[@Patryyyyck]

i hate when they stop me from playing king to h8 at 1:46, people over 1700 already expect that one 😂😂

[@chipsafan1]

Wow, everyone seemed to be sleeping on Ding Liren...amazing game

[@someoneelse293]

Thanks for not telegraphing the result with that thumbnail... ding went in

[@dallanby]

So I jump on KZbin thinking 'I'd love a play by play of the game today...wonder if ANYONE has had time to do it?' ...and me ol mate Epic has churned out a wonderful stinky bit of cheese for us all. Appreciate the dedication!

[@wolfdogalsatian]

gukesh could be an ATC, resolving traffic jams

[@aryangupta6578]

Ah yes...the king xh8...top move of the engine indeed!

[@epicchess2021]

i like to share the deep stuff on this channel ! haha

[@Shadow-7295]

@@epicchess2021 Had to run my engine until depth 69 to finally get Kx8 show up. Incredible find!

[@tombodenmann980]

Dings not workings out for Gukesh

[@cz19856]

e6 was a mouse slip, he wanted to play e5 so he had to improvise. This is why he spent 30 minutes to play a5.

[@blaze1148]

OTB mouse slip 😂

[@olaf4559]

A great game by Ding

[@gchomuk]

I watched the entire game. Great game by Ding.

[@blaze1148]

Best game from Ding in years - Ding Dong !

[@karezaalonso7110]

I am glad you are doing mostly analytical commentary, with a small amount of entertainment for audience engagement, especially considering the quality of this game.

[@Keizer-v9c]

Ding played some 'interesting' moves in the middle game according to Vlad the impaler

[@ianstopher9111]

Yes, the French Defence: has had a resurgence by the top players such as Hikaru Nakamura, as mentioned by Hikaru Nakamura.

[@AlwaysBeKaning]

Both looked nervous. I'd be sweating with the 200k prize for every game won as well!

[@ryanc2115]

Epic Cheese with another banger of an upload! keep it up!

[@Ezek2517]

Entertaining analysis - love it

[@chrisd.2831]

I think more of a rise than a fall

[@Jacob99174]

Freefaaaaaaaaall!! 🪂

[@stevenstudler5507]

Dongs not gonna be happy about this.

[@thenakedsingularity]

So proud of Ding!

[@billbennington4444]

BDE BIG DING ENERGY

[@corpclarke]

Welcome back everyone... (I sleep) EPIC CHEESE 🧀 (I wake)

[@alexhidell663]

Why isn't Ding's opponent called Dong? WHY?!?!

[@epicchess2021]

Haha

[@Seven_Dics_2023]

Ce n'est pas le français défense Mais on dit la défense française😊 🎉

[@daviddurbin7682]

How Gukesh missed king h8? Just a winner. Should have listened to chatgpt

[@imeprezime1285]

I like Guki, but Indian histeria is too irritating to me. I still remember their overhyped prodigy Parimarjan Negi. Go Ding!

[@jebespolitiko]

bro get some sleep bro

[@epicchess2021]

I know looks like it but is actually a reaction I’ve had round my eyes so annoying!