Flying start | Ding Liren vs Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE Candidates 2022

[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@eljanrimsa5843]

One of those painful games where you find yourself in your type of position and know how to play it, and many roads are open, but somehow your opponent makes the better choices every time and only 10 moves later you end up with every piece getting stuck in a different way and in the end position you can still recognize the traces of the plans you started that didn't work out.

[@timkokesh1968]

It’s shocking that, while it seems like White has a lot of pawn cover for his king, the blockaded clump of pawns really stopped White from bringing any sort of aid to his beleaguered king.

[@TheJesseWu]

Props to you. Been watching since 2014 WCC before I found out about streams and other channels. Your explanations are always clear and easier to follow.

[@nickjackson6962]

Powerplay to 100k!!!

[@mark.m4954]

Amazing game. Nepo played very impressively. As you said, it is very rar that a player as strong as is crushed so quickly.

[@andreadiotallevi5780]

Despite the great chess analysis I am always fascinated by Daniel's articulated way of conveying concepts and storytelling - I take that as an inspiration.

[@peterhavord5984]

Ding also had a poor start to the 2020-21 Candidate's Tournament. His play here looks tentative and overly cautious, perhaps due to nerves. In contrast, Nepo seems to always look for ways to take the initiative.

[@user-cw5ml6uu6n]

Thanks Daniel. I really missed the candidates previews like you did last time but good to have you back with two games from first round.

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A crushing attack from Nepo, or do I mean cruising. Thanks Daniel and keep up the good work work

[@rossholec3610]

Just got back from vacation. Got a big smile on my face when I noticed there were four new power play chess videos to watch.

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Wonderful Daniel ty! What do you think of Nepo’s chances? I wonder if he learnt a lot from the world championship experience, and may be more formidable in this tournament as a result

[@AlonsoRules]

that game is a masterclass in piece activity and centralisation

[@Max_Superfoxi_der_Assessor]

besides you being a great commentator and analyst I just love the various way you use the english language e.g. "...has begun" instead of "got started" - beuatifully of yours. thanks! in the tournament I pick Jan Duda :-)

[@gio-bb4hz]

I get your point but has begun it's pretty common

[@Max_Superfoxi_der_Assessor]

very well, thanks. I´m not a native english speaker and to "us" the use of US english is common and PPC uses a lot of great phrases that I have not been aware of brfore:-) master of imagery language I´s like to put it. Yet it´s chess that matters and in my view he´s awesome at it. cu

[@crazymulgogi]

@@Max_Superfoxi_der_Assessor welcome to the real English, haha {ducks}

[@FrancescoOmissis]

Thanks King!

[@Forest_Knight]

Thanks! What an exciting tournament.

[@DG-ss2zd]

Great coverage, thank you!

[@AroundWayOther]

What a game!

[@sam-lz6pi]

Well played by Nepo, but I hope he doesn't win the tournament. We need a different challenger this time round. Many thanks for the excellent video.

[@LateCloser]

I don't know if I've ever seen Ding get crushed so easily before. Probably have, but this really seemed like he didn't present any issues to Nepo. Nepo ran him over with a truck and then backed it up and ran him over again just to make sure. The look on Nepo's face when Ding made the final blunder was priceless. He looked right at Ding with an expression that said "Are you F'ing kidding me???". I know these guys are really good, but for Nepo to instantly have seen the entire thing to the end, puts just how good they really are in perspective.

[@akiva7774]

Nepo's cunning plan is to win the tournament and then Carlsen won't play and Nepo is the new WC. It's ridiculous that we have to wait and see if Carlsen can be bothered to play.

[@denizCM]

Great videos

[@CraigPendlebury]

Any super GM event doesn't really happen until Daniel posts the video analysis

[@rickdynes]

ty!

[@tennisblood]

so why did black not play e3 instead of Nf6 ?

[@Plexippuspetersi92]

Wait, what happens if Carlsen refuses? Do they just do another tournament? And aren't there contracts for these high profile tourneys? Especially between organizers and cities hosting the tournaments.

[@cankercanison92]

I'm sure the winner of the candidates and the runner up play for the title of Carlsen won't defend.

[@Evilanious]

The winner and runner up play each other in a match.

[@jonchess8844]

A total disaster for Ding. Excellent attack by Nepo.

[@sharanteja9486]

There is no volume 🙄

[@travispetit2410]

What would happen if Carlsen refused to play the WC? Would the candidate winner be the world champion automatically?

[@coconutz247]

how did the black pawn at e4 survive? it had to go.

[@TessaTestarossa]

Thanks, I hate it. :-D I love Ding very much and I think he's the only player who has any chance at all to dethrone Magnus. But he seems to be cursed, candidates-wise. I hope he can get back on track this time and win it.

[@bdpv025]

I hope Ian wins and rematch carlsen🔥

[@bobdole7292]

Does anyone know the game played by nepomniachtchi within the candidates (I believe it was candidates of some year) where nepomniachtchi wins the game down the exchange, only rooks and minors left of the board, and his opponents king (don’t remember who) is completely open with no pawn cover

[@poprockssuck87]

Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, and Wesley So are the only ones who would stand a chance against Carlsen in a WC match. Why isn't Wesley in the candidates?

[@LateCloser]

He failed to qualify. You needed to secure a place by doing well in the qualifying tournaments or by rating(Ding), or by being the previous WC challenger(Nepo), or by Wildcard(Radja-Covid exemption). Wesley's a great player, but I think he plays it too safe to get the kind of performances necessary to be in the candidates consistently and to win it.

[@sharanteja9486]

Please check..not able to hear your voice!!

[@timpani112]

This is a problem on your end, the audio is just fine.

[@sharanteja9486]

@@timpani112 now it is fine .. i watched when it was uploaded.. i think it is fixed now

[@ranlit7717]

Kinda miss the old format where every round had a “report”, focusing on most important moments of the whole round instead of a whole game. But I guess this one video = one game format generates more casual views, which is all good too

[@PowerPlayChess]

There is another video coming soon!

[@the117man]

Was rooting for Ding here. Not looking forward to a Carlsen v. Nepo rematch after Nepo's mental collapse at the last WC

[@davidportwood233]

Is it my imagination or does it seem like every guy whose name contains 5 consecutive consonants is nicknamed "Bubba"?

[@Opferschach]

Ding only played against lower-rated opposition recently. When I looked through those recent games he played in China, I got the impression his opponents were told not to win against him, in any event not to damage the chances of the Chinese star to qualify. But even in those games a lot of middlegame positions Ding ended up with were simply bad. A 2500+GM can still lose from those positions to a near-2800. But a world-class player who has prepared for you can not. I expect Ding to finish in the second half, he is certainly not one of the favourites.

[@yzfool6639]

I disagree completely with your argument. First, What bad middlegame positions did Ding end up in the run-up to the Candidates? Stockfish doesn't believe you, and neither do you since you said Ding never ended up in a position that he could not win against a 2500 player ("A 2500+GM can still lose from those positions"). Second, your implication that you have to play against 2700 players or you forget how to play chess at this level, is contradicted by Nakamura's success. My counter-argument is simple. Unless someone has improved in strength beyond him in the past two years, Nepo is the 2nd strongest player in the World. Ding respected Nepo's preparation too much ("Ding, take the pawn!)", and that's why Ding lost. I do agree that Ding is not among the favorites, but it is because Ding does not believe in himself, not because he has suddenly forgotten how to play chess.

[@dylanmorrison3731]

@@yzfool6639 I agree with you. Also, Ding had a lot of interesting counterplay on the queenside, which was unfortunately too slow. An idea I saw while watching the game live was undermining the knights defence such that the d-file would be completely ceded to white's rook.

[@davidblack2970]

In addition to qualifying for the candidates there is also a restriction that the player has to have played a certain number of games within the last year which Ding had not. That's why all of the Chinese tournaments with second tier players.

[@elend1236]

He ended up getting second lol

[@arwanpawar419]

I just surprise that Ding plays look confused...as of Ding showed us something totally new fattern. I really don't understand Ding this first round ...ugly.