Game 9: 2023 World Chess Championship | Nepomniachtchi vs Ding

Featured is Game 9 between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren from the 2023 World Chess Championship match. It’s a Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense but without a queenless middlegame surfacing. By move 15 we can observe a mostly symmetrical position. Nepomniachtchi’s knight on g3 and Ding’s knight on a6 act as the primary positional imbalance as play sharpens. Going into game 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi leads Ding Liren 4.5 to 3.5. The 2023 World Chess Championship is a best of 14-game match being played in Astana, Kazakhstan. The first player to earn 7.5 points will receive the lion's share (60%) of the approximately $2.2 million prize pool and claim the most prestigious title in chess: 'World Chess Champion'.
Image of Ding Liren courtesy of Lennart Ootes
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[@ChessNetwork]

I didn't blunder the coordinates this time. 😎 PLAYLIST of all games: kzbin.info/aero/PLQsLDm9Rq9bHigEUKIRCX2-9yIfDesfwb

[@noahmiller91]

I am LOVING this series and as always, your amazing reviews Jerry. Thank you!

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@vipulvalia469]

Keep making more videos man. Your videos are better than gothamchess and agadmator.

[@chriskeith5742]

Jerry's been making videos pretty much since youtube started. I'm pretty sure he's going to keep making videos🙂

[@zwischendurundmoll3968]

they are not even comparable xD

[@vipulvalia469]

Yeah.. Have seen all of his videos.

[@mute52]

Yeah usually trying to rush out a video for quick exposure isn't as good as taking the time to make a proper analysis video

[@zwischendurundmoll3968]

@@chriskeith5742 I'll be one sad individual the day he stops

[@miguelpanta]

thanks for covering this event so excellently°

[@rolfstorz3745]

Excellent commentary 😊

[@nixthenamed]

Fantastic analysis as always! There's tons of channels doing analysis of these games, but to me Jerry's is the clearest at explaining the ideas and WHY moves were played. Keep it up.

[@InfernalLegion84]

I've been watching this WCC recaps on this channel recently. Just crossed my mind to check how long am I subscribed to this channel, and it's since May 16, 2007. I was like GAWD DAAAYUM I'm that old 😖. Wasn't a very consistent watcher tbh, watched a lot of other chess youtubers in the meantime. There are really so many channels these days, where one can find interesting chess stuff :). Used to watch all the Gotham's recaps and loved them. Just recently wanted smth different, maybe a little more chill and less distracting, and it's perfect here :). Not saying Gotham's recaps are bad or anything like that. I also like Ben Finegold's WCC recaps :). So people, no need to hate on others, they just different :)

[@ChessNetwork]

If you subscribed on that day, you’re officially my longest subscriber. That’s the day I created this channel. 👍😎

[@InfernalLegion84]

@@ChessNetwork Ahh chatgpt lied to me about how to check when I subscribed to a yt channel, I made a bit of a fool of myself lol. This date I was looking at was the date you created this channel 😝. Seemed a bit wrong. I googled a proper way to check sub date, and it was actually 17 January 2013, still pretty long 😝

[@mahdialanazi4948]

Many thanks for the amazing coverage

[@gerokron3412]

Great recap, thx a lot!

[@Mrcheesedonut]

In response to the question of draw offer at move 32, wasn't there a rule preventing early draw offers?

[@willmunoz1638]

High quality analysis as always, keep it up! 👍

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you

[@jeremyhuffman101]

So instructive! Thank you Jerry, you one of the very best.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thanks Jeremy

[@ΑχιλλεαςΛυδακης-η7ι]

Now that is a proper WCC game , reminds me of 2018

[@muneermwahed2543]

Chessnetwork,,my favourite chess youtube channel,,keep going bro u r the best

[@ChessNetwork]

👍

[@piepie3295]

ty!

[@trentonrothan9724]

I looked at 15 Ba2. It looks like the only way for white to improve his position is Nh4 targeting the f5 square. If you don't see Nh4, it is hard to find a way to improve the position for white. It is about equal and nearly symmetrical. It would explain the strange waiting move Ba2.

[@trentonrothan9724]

I just now noticed Qe2 is another way to improve for white. The point is to control b5 and prepare Ba2. Perhaps he messed up the move order, overlooking the difference.

[@gbu32]

Good job. Well done!

[@RicardGomes76]

Best chess channel, by far. Nuff said.

[@DrZygote214]

I wanna see Ding take it to the house...the Chef's House.

[@d0lvl0]

I didn't like this game that much, compared to previous games in this match. This game felt more like one of the Magnus world championship gameps than this world championship match. I've just been spoiled so far with all the incredible games this match :)

[@NHRebelsthoughts]

That was great Jerry

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Naturally Ian did not go for the pawn grab line with his a2 bishop becomes a clown. He’s not Ian Nepogliacci.

[@kyle8068]

He had no opportunity to do so seeing as Ding played Rb8 protecting the pawn instead of Bf8 offering the pawn to white.

[@lzappa9109]

Grazie Mille.

[@ahmedelatfy6273]

amazing

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Enjoyed especially analysis not played.

[@HamedAbdulla]

Thank you Jerry

[@projectryan88]

I wonder about on move 10. Why not Nd8 to e6 instead of Nb8? Then black can aim for Nh5 to f4. Similar to what white does in the ruy lopez sometimes. Especially when white plays 12.h3, 2 moves later. It seems like a knight landing on f4 would be really strong since any g3 would hang the h3 pawn.

[@faznaz7455]

I don’t think black should play Nf4 at all if the e5 square is under white’s control because then white can take on f4 with the bishop and push e5 himself which in turn makes the f4 pawn very loose. Since the Bishop on b5 has done it’s job, i would drop it back because I don’t want the bishop trapped when i play Nc4 because you have c6. Therefore i would prepare Nc4 by playing Be2 or Bd3 and I don’t think black is even in time to play Ne6 either without some positional concession. Black still lacks some coordination of his pieces. The knight on f4 may look appealing but concretely, the white bishop on c1 will snap it off the board and white is the one who controls the initiative therefore black has to respect white’s play with Nc4 pressuring e5 by switching to a different plan.

[@projectryan88]

@@faznaz7455 Thanks for that explanation. It makes a lot of sense now. Nc4 is really strong, I didn't see that. Black would not be in time to go Ne6. I believe you are right. Black would likely have to go knight back to c6 and defend e5 after Bd3 preparing Nc4.

[@MoonBurn13]

Jerry, if possible, can you let us know, or best guess in these games at what point the players reach a brand new position?

[@ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the tip. 👍

[@AroundWayOther]

super stable game !

[@suyashpandit5057]

18:15 Draws by agreement are not allowed before move 40

[@PushyPawn]

Can't stop a draw by repetition of moves, especially if both players want to draw.

[@embeleco2342]

tnx jerry!

[@BenSpitz]

I don't understand the reasoning behind Ding giving up a pawn on move 38. Isn't that pawn passed? Seems like an important asset to lose but I'm sure I'm missing something

[@austinbenzing9900]

Jerry is the bomb

[@fourtime7]

We all missed things. Hard fought game.

[@TalsBadKidney]

DING CHILLING

[@lucasphillips2177]

goofy

[@hhigh_af]

Chess is based

[@chessfan5108]

Looking forward game 10 with Ding as white

[@joeybeann]

Kneepads out?

[@moocowpong1]

Congrats Ding on holding a draw. He needs a win at some point here to even up the score, but perhaps not with the black pieces.

[@sjoerdglaser2794]

As someone who is not too invested, I would love a small recap of the score at the beginning. You did that at the start, but stopped that now. Something like 'score is X to Y in a first to Z'. (I don't even know the score and Z at this point, that's why I am asking.) I know Iapomnitchi is ahead by 1 point, but I am interested in how much games Ding has left to catch up

[@Abwehr9]

This was game 9 / 14. Standing before this game was 3.5 / 4.5.

[@SavingSergeantLiam]

Read the description 😎

[@Abwehr9]

@@SavingSergeantLiam fair. Nobody does that tho

[@ChessNetwork]

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[@pianissimo7121]

​@@ChessNetwork KZbin has this feature in mobile app(not sure about website) that auto plays the videos in recommendation. It played it for few seconds and when i opened it the video started at around 15 seconds i think. Cause even i missed the points mentioned. But i didn't realise that intil i saw your link. I don't know if there is a option to disable this feature but it's kinda annoying. I think the same might have happened to the commentor. Anyway thanks for the link haha.

[@azmoz]

Bro I hate king and pawn endgames I'm soooo bad

[@funnybunnyh8303]

Hardest endgame type depending on how many pawns are still on board, so don't feel too bad.

[@pianissimo7121]

GMs argue it's queen endgames. But i feel they are both so hard that in my eyes it's about equally difficult

[@fgb3126]

Jerry, re: the Nepo thumbnail image, can't you find a better? That one makes him look dumb.

[@StormiGenshin]

That’s totally on you though 😂😂😂

[@pianissimo7121]

What do you mean? He looks normal.

[@KF1]

:)

[@funkmaster39]

Super recap! One suggestion- the tale of the tape at the end is great, but could you also put an Eval bar on the side of the board? It'd be super helpful visually, especially when you deviate from the game to potential other lines.

[@AlintraxAika]

I think the evaluation bar spoils the game mainly when the position is complex and it's hard to evaluate

[@Ryan-yi6uu]

Bad suggestion, don’t do it jerry!

[@ChessNetwork]

Thanks. Including an evaluation bar isn’t feasible with my setup.

[@funkmaster39]

@@ChessNetwork No worries, great recap regardless :)

[@nicbentulan]

Jerry, who has a better list of role model players? Ding Liren: 1 - Veselin Topalov 2 - Garry Kasparov 3 - Magnus Carlsen Me: 1 - Vladimir Kramnik 2 - Bobby Fischer 3 - Wesley So ?

[@dodekaedius]

You're a muppet

[@Brooder85]

These guys literally play like computers. Incredible.

[@judemorales4U]

I want a chess commentary channel that details the game but leaves out the "what would happen" if they moved another way. Maybe in an intense end game, to show how they could have won but beginning and middle game, I just want to follow the actual game. One of my fav commentators started doing more "but if" variants than the actual game. Anyone get what I'm trying to say? If so, what's your thoughts?

[@jimmyvanhorn4831]

Really though, the whole concept of chess positions are "what if this" "what if that" .That is what is going on in the position. The piece positions and tensions are apparent for anyone to see on the board if you know how the pieces move. What is happening, however, are the possibilities in the position. That is how a game is covered. Perhaps it's too in depth for you but I personally think Jerry's ~25 min analysis' are perfect.

[@judemorales4U]

@@jimmyvanhorn4831 I am new so you are correct. And this channel is one of my favorites. It was more of an idea than being critical. Agadmator was my first fav. He is professional and "no drama show". But he does so much of that, that I found myself going to other commentators. So, your comment is well taken, it's just me and the learning curve I'm in.

[@WarblerObserver]

Commentators go through the "what-ifs" because it's the best way to explain the reasoning behind the moves. If hypothetical lines aren't explained, then the only things you're left with are vague, shallow strategic principles, which are only a small part of why players choose to make specific moves.

[@judemorales4U]

@@WarblerObserver thanks Kurtis, I get that.

[@mathistruth9105]

These videos are way too long. I see 25+ minutes and I'm not encouraged to watch.

[@mmmmlemons]

But you took the time to click on the video and comment? Matches like this deserve a thorough analysis and that's where Jerry thrives!

[@njstuckey]

I have a hard time understanding why your username is "math is truth" but you can't pay attention to a highly mathematical game for 25+ minutes...

[@colinhicks6607]

Then don’t watch the whole thing or watch at all. If anything I would welcome even longer if Jerry wished. Chess has endless possibilities and looking at all of the variations is instructive especially at the highest level

[@pianissimo7121]

If anything i feel 25 min is too short for such complex games. But i understand. I myself watch these on weekends mostly.

[@andersjonsson8403]

Thanks Jerry for a another soo Good analyses game! 😊👍♟

[@frelihboris]

Ja 9 partija se.prv.2023_april/maj