FIDE Candidates Tournament | Closing Ceremony |

The second part of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 was held in Yekaterinburg (Russia) from April 19 to April 27, 2021. The winner - Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) qualified for the world championship match with Magnus Carlsen.
Eight grandmasters took part - Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Wang Hao (China), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Ding Liren (China), Kirill Alekseenko (Russia).
Tournament's website: candidates-2020.com
#FIDECandidates #FIDEchess #chess

[@ashishsam]

Anish came wearing a t-shirt("Keep Staring") under his coat😂

[@Holfast1000]

46:27 Can you not see the joy in their faces !

[@nizura8962]

Even nepo seems dead inside

[@enriquezacur7252]

No normal person smiles when a national anthem is played.

[@masteryoda5237]

it's 4 am bro.............you cant be making me laugh like that lmfaoooooooooooooooooooo

[@vonneumann3571]

😂😂

[@saurabhkumarpathak2724]

Grischuk deserves more respect than Nepo in Russia for stopping Anish giri 😂

[@boshi9]

We have nothing against Amish, he’s also our guy.

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Stoping giri? Please indian... nobody take giri serious... he didnt even finish second

[@oldschool90]

At least Nepo won against Giri in the first round. Well, that's destiny, everyone deserves respect:)

[@yowadrian6755]

Funny moments of the ceremony 40:25 Wang : over here or over there ? 40:59 you are holding it wrong , here it goes . Aleksenko : who are all these guys ? 41:20 competition of awkwardness between Grishuk and the guy who is supposed to be in charge . Grishuk : hmm nize ztuff inzide box 41:50 Ding awkwardly waiting his prize 42:30 Caruana was supposed to be in front of all the previous guys as he is better qualified but he awkwardly walks practically out of the picture 43:40 Anish forgets for a moment where he is and just waits in the same spot he received the prize 44:20 Maxime performs flawlessly and with class. Hallelujah 45:08 Nepo : wtf ? Are we in Hawaii ?? 49:37 Grishuk : hmm nize lady pleaze accept flowerz

[@JiangweiYu12]

I love how Caruana just went straight to the farthest spot

[@chiragmittal3313]

Sasha's expressions are just priceless edit:- 41:11 43:24 49:35 pardon me if I missed some

[@gul6379]

@Maximilian Dario квв

[@urlfacilearetenir]

41:34 upon seeing the contents of the box

[@aini9027]

Just love ding for his simplicity and generosity 2023 is coming

[@new2reality89]

Grishuk gives his flowers to Nepo's Girlfriend! Classy

[@arun-it9gr]

You'd have to ask Nepo about that! Boy was downcast after that happened. Could be my imagination though. We don't know much about Grischuck anyway.

[@tushaar50]

This award ceremony is like the one they used to do in my school. No direction, everyone is confused, "Did you take the picture, can i go now?

[@khann2159]

People saying shit about Nepo. The dude has positive score against Magnus and on his first time playing candidates won the hardest tournament on earth. And what about you , complainers ???

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

leave them they say anish is better😂😂😂😂 this is 2021 top joke

[@stutisabarwal6461]

Lmao Grischuk😆 spent a few seconds looking what's in the box, and held it the opposite way eventually. You can count on him for the fun.

[@hobodawg9364]

This whole video is just one long source of potential memes.

[@jaitelyaditya03]

True tho

[@EveningAsylum]

You can feel cringe tension in the air, when young chess players brought to the atmosphere of boomer ceremony. Several times Yan or other players tried not to laugh at this absurd meeting.

[@marcususa]

I love how they don't tell the players where to stand when they come up. Wang Hao was completely confused LOL

[@kristoff3529]

Fabi looks like he's attending funeral

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

hes always like that , seems like he suffers depression

[@littlecrazybolt7659]

44:07 MVL: But keep the gift box, how I'm going to take it I already have the flowers that annoy me. 44:16 The woman: Quick get out with it all. I'm not going to take anything back.

[@nileshw1368]

Awesome ! Best wishes to Magnus and Ian for their preparations ♟️🙂 Nice musical performance by the artists 👏🙂

[@savilahmed9859]

15:40 cute ding 🤣

[@jeffwads]

He was just admiring that dude's suit. Apparently he approved of it.

[@garridobenja]

The Lady who takes part in the ceremony wears a very ad hoc dress for the occasion. Beautiful and elegant closing.

[@musicalneptunian]

It's a chess pattern dress.

[@NIKOLAP7]

It definitely suits her.

[@zandervela2977]

NEPO GIVE US A GOOD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

[@-romaric1419]

No chances

[@sitting_nut]

very likely.

[@kirtikanth]

Nepo might be the best trickster but he is not competent opponent for Magnus.. As Magnus said, he could have been far better than how he is now.. Anish could have been better or maybe Fabi again could have been better..

[@sitting_nut]

@@kirtikanth then why do they have lower ratings than nepo? and unlike nepo, negative scores against magnus? and fabi already had his shot and failed. so why don't you wait till the match and enjoy its progress, instead of uncritically parroting magus, or spouting sour grape nonsense from anish 's mainly indian fanbois, or st louis buy the championship failures.

[@kirtikanth]

@@sitting_nut I am sorry buddy, nothing to take away from the Nepo.. He is one of the best undoubtedly.. I would want only Chess to win. Like you said, I will enjoy the clash of titans.. Cheers..

[@nza1804]

Amazing that Maxime got 2nd despite entering as a wild card

[@carlosdecervantes]

@Papa Papa rajabov doesn't give a shit about him

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

mvl looks really sad , i know all of them look upset but they just seems tired and bored and wanna go home , but mvl really looks disappointed ☹️ 2nd is good it was a tough top lvl tournament

[@nza1804]

@@mahmodabdalgafer8994 not just top, it’s basically the toughest tournament in chess. Some World champs have said that winning the candidates is more difficult than winning the world championship

[@sitting_nut]

congratulations!. nice ceremony

[@joshmorganelli6327]

They all look so happy.

[@hellostranger2012]

49:35 Grischuk offering Bouquet, such a gentleman

[@bravovespa3736]

Magnus vs Nepo,maybe it is time for the world champion to return to Russia😇

[@askaryerzhanuly3451]

Yeah we are with YAN!!! btw there was no russian champs in history but USSR so it’s kinda incorrect to quote “return to russia...”

[@user-fo9rh9vf7w]

@@askaryerzhanuly3451 why you are forgetting Alechin and Cramnik?

[@mikeyoung9810]

Just need a player stronger than Carlsen.

[@yuriypopytayev1646]

@@askaryerzhanuly3451 , not sure anybody understands the meaning of your comment, from USSR - Karpov is Russian, Smyslov is Russian ethnically, Spasski is Russian, Alechine played abroad ethnically Russian if if that is what you are referring to by Russian, after USSR ceased to exist - Kramnik is Russian. Next one will be Nepomniaschii, he is Russian. Do some fact checking before writing total nonsense.

[@shreenathnair9060]

@@yuriypopytayev1646 wait, kasparov wasn't russian?

[@johnasst7012]

beautiful and elegant performance to begin the event

[@user-sb8vw7jx6z]

56:05 onward. How exhaustive they look. Sometimes I forget how physically and psychologically demanding playing chess on this level is. Seriously impressive.

[@user-yd3tl1im1s]

Шипов С.Ю. - молодец! Шура, Ян и Кирилл - молодцы!

[@rajasrivastava5663]

Congrats 🔥

[@mrmo7818]

Nepo and Sasha will polish those bottles off

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

🤣🤣while laughing about fabi mvl anish

[@oura-stuff9388]

Good job nepoo

[@SaeedAcronia]

Sasha not taking the stairs.

[@stutisabarwal6461]

Was Ian about to break down when he went up the stage ? Beautiful ceremony, ofcourse neglecting the confusion of where to stand.

[@jonathancuellar5107]

nice ceremony, greetings from Colombia.

[@vaibhavmishra9241]

30:28 When "give this man a goddamm medal" becomes serious This man deserves it

[@hellostranger2012]

43:26 Grischuk is that friend who would always look at what others get😁 & compare

[@surojpaul14]

Magnus vs Nepo; Come On🔥

[@pilarojeda2500]

50:06...🤩...Nepo

[@chrome2102]

Ян молодца ! 👍

[@Guitare_picking]

I feel so sorry for the poor Wang Hao

[@commentingonly7337]

What's the music at the beginning? I'd like to listen to it in better mixing.

[@maipranavhoon]

Anish❤️

[@kzmOP]

Grischuk the BadAss!

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Is this a requiem or closing ceremony?

[@sajadmarvel5048]

Sasha stole some heart right there

[@nottoday9406]

00:42:30 AG ♥️

[@afnaankhan47]

U may want to edit this as they changed the video length ❤

[@afnaankhan47]

00:42:30

[@nottoday9406]

@@afnaankhan47 arey thank you 😂🙏🏻Fide chess be editing videos

[@sahilchalak2582]

Hahaha. Nepo at 45:08 is too funny

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

hes like i can't carry all that !

[@david111davies]

does he have any chance ?

[@vincenttang0912]

Wasn't expecting so much second violin with my strig quartet

[@scruffysean3640]

I know, right? As a celllist, I felt slighted.

[@jeffwads]

45:38. The group photo.

[@somshekharpatil270]

Am I only one crying?

[@DanielKurganov]

ceremony for 1 second violin

[@johnw6610]

Why was there only one microphone and why was it on the 2nd violin of the string quartet? 😭 Such a shame. 🎼🎶 🎻🎻🎻🎻

[@user-yd3tl1im1s]

Ян с венком на шее прикольный получился :) Яну пожелания такой же получить после матча с Магнусом!

[@kirtikanth]

Nepo has nice expressions always.. I hope he will prove Magnus wrong.

[@Gamesoc]

I need more string quartets in my life.

[@ioga1977]

Everything looks like a ceremony for soviet young Pioneers :(

[@mr.nobody2515]

Шахматы из-за такого вот проведения церемонии и слабой раскрутки и не считаются интересным спортом для большого круга людей....

[@ioga1977]

Как минимум ,мне стало обидно для игроков такого уровня ,которые должны терпеть ету глупость .Вроде бы очень долго все ето .

[@aar1843]

Right on Point!! Well Said!!😉🌟

[@mrmo7818]

They forgot to say Nostrovia at the end😳

[@Lifeisinruins]

Nepo talks with a completely different voice in Russian.

[@sofiad.1752]

Where does he actually speak Russian? I really want to hear it.

[@nileshw1368]

47:04

[@sofiad.1752]

@@nileshw1368 thanks!

[@nileshw1368]

@@sofiad.1752 ✨ you are welcome 🙏😊

[@xinjiekyouheicai4765]

Nepo's face at 45:08 😂

[@xinjiekyouheicai4765]

"Miss me with that over-the-top shit" face

[@abhinavghosh725]

feeling so bad for fabi. lets be honest he is the only one who can defeat magnus in classical at the moment.

[@chingishansuyunov271]

21:21 - 21:48 the best part

[@hellostranger2012]

43:26 Ding & Grischuk expressions

[@randombanana640]

46:20 49:34

[@clasesdeajedrez8128]

Is that Grischuk trying to win the heart of Nepo´s girlfriend?

[@jeffwads]

I like how she got up and moved....haha.

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

Lagno will kill both

[@JlecHuk]

@@user-gd9bi2hg5m lmao

[@clasesdeajedrez8128]

Sure, this time the joke will have a cost

[@leonsundermeyer]

Why does nobody say anything about the string quartett microphone of the second violin. How does nobody notice that wtf.

[@FrancescoOmissis]

42:05 "FabianA" in italian is a female name :)

[@mr.nobody2515]

In Russian we pronounce some times O like A)

[@gunaysoni6792]

At 49:36 who does sasha give the bouquet to?

[@sowhaaaaat]

Nepo's girlfriend

[@jeanjean7801]

y"avait-il des masques (et vous pouvez constater la date en arriere fond, sur le mur!

[@user-lb4hu1fq5l]

another potkin's boy for candidate after karjakin

[@AnubhabLeo]

Fabiana Caruano The New Chess God

[@surferp89]

The names should be announced like the do it in WWE more fun

[@mr.nobody2515]

Yes, and translator nearly ruined all...

[@tomjensen618]

The Bear is back. Watch out !

[@VivekKumar-dk6xf]

Anish ♥️

[@audriuspetrikas883]

I wonder if I will change the colors of my chess portal or will this event look the same? Well really, I’m a weird chess fan, I’ve defeated four world champions. Because I was a marshal then, and he has four stars.

[@abw9085]

I would like to know why Caruana was made to stand on the left, whilst everybody else was in order of where they finished in the tournament

[@JCMH]

He wanted to stand there.

[@JiangweiYu12]

He went straight there

[@Mrpallekuling]

I guess Fabi now can afford to buy (or rent) a proper jacket.

[@user-dw9iu4vz6c]

Красавчик Дворкович

[@user-pq3jq5uz4x]

46:24 -46:34 Хорошая была бы сборная России по футболу, ой извините по шахматам)

[@EngineVSEngine]

Seems ridiculous we have to wait until November to see the winner play Magnus.

[@dfv671]

Preparation

[@mahmodabdalgafer8994]

actually it makes sense for nepo he needs to rest this was hell of a tournament , let the man comes ready

[@DK-ek9qf]

One shouldn’t explain to a chess player where he should stand except by telling him his coordinates on the imaginary board. In this case it is coordinates of eight pawns.

[@HardCorn12]

no face off between Magnus and Nepo like in the UFC? with Peter standing in the middle like Dana White in case they start fighting?

[@aman_singh__]

They will start spitting chess openings to intimidate each other

[@haniallelli9196]

Thumbnail is at 45:10 Like if u came for it :)

[@user-gd9bi2hg5m]

Аниш такой скромный

[@alasdairmacintyre9383]

We need to get a russian punk band to open

[@alexanderzhidkikh7536]

Молодец Ян! За Россию !

[@EveningAsylum]

Фига они на этот интернешнл заморочились... Нави дави!

[@user-eo6gp1tl5t]

Надеюсь Ян не будет пробовать винный приз ,чтобы он не стал Троянским конем .

[@aar1843]

Wow...Throwback Ceremony..More Russian Chess than Global Chess...Lasker or Alekhine would be quite comfortable there..Nepo looked embarrassed..MVL indifferent..Ding looked relaxed..Caruana wanted to hide...Wang Hao looked bemused... GLOBAL CHESS..not Russian Chess!!

[@IADANAMADA666]

Яньчик напьется перед Карлсеном, чтобы легче игралось. А так, Непо молодец.

[@aziretable]

FROSTNOVA EBASH!!!

[@netmindmap]

Ахахахаххахха, ору с Яна, когда ему попытались венок повесить

[@MarcoRomeroArt]

Please, we must still be wearing a mask

[@randombanana640]

yea but they all tested negative so they feel a sense of security

[@BattleslashX]

42:05 Fabiana Caruano

[@musicalneptunian]

I'd like to say my piece about that commentator Morischenko. [spelling]. When I was "complaining" about sponsorship in the chat , I was NOT saying that sponsorship was bad. I WAS saying that I couldn't see what on earth fertilizer had to do with chess. That guy is the most brainless commentator of the lot. All publicity is good publicity anyway. I will say phosagro [spelling?] five times: phosagro, phosgro, phosagro, phosagro. phosagro. Humour-deprived zombie, if I were the commentator I would have turned it into a joke about chess players needing fertilizer for plants. Some of us in the chat have some BRAINS even though someone like Morischenko would never credit us with any. p.s I allow for the loosest connection between chess and a sponsor. Kaspersky. OK.

[@hauntinghaze5161]

Its a shame it had to be held in russia

[@Alexey_Rayn]

Как-то мало пафоса.

[@user-mm8dw4bp6q]

А с какого перепугу лавровый венок? Претенденту ещё за него только осенью бороться предстоит.

[@kzmOP]

Magnus Carlson!

[@matrix4704]

strong USSR vibes

[@user-lm7ut5xd4c]

Да с венком переборщили

[@yankorusev]

What an awkward presentation