UNBELIEVABLE!!!! DING VS GUKESH ROUND 8

[@AxP3]

Before posting, Hikaru made sure to double-check he doesn't upload round 9 by accident to spoil it for us.

[@niwlarosejio]

😂

[@37pancake]

😂😂😂😂

[@lesblues1203]

😂

[@dwarikaprasad1765]

?? ❤❤

[@AnkitKumar-ix7mv]

😂😂

[@craigkapan6312]

Things that are guaranteed in life: death, taxes, hikaru premoving a recap

[@MrKkay1234]

Hikaru is too slow, l thought he would premove the whole tournament

[@insolentMinx47]

And ding chillen

[@nevermore_ind]

If anyone is hating a 18 year old, the youngest ever to play World Championship, who qualified for it at the age of 17 and playing such amazing, aggressive and attractive chess , they need to contemplate on their life. It is impossible to hate both Gukesh and Ding. Period it.

[@tm_aaransh256]

Man in chess age doesn't matter even you can see at the age of 18 gukkii is playing world championship and by winning a candidate .... And those who are hating him or even ding they are not a chess fan and you can see this time those who doesn't play chess also watching livestream and after seeing gukesh is winning and at the end game end as draw which is disappointing to them may be this is why they are hating ... Btw no one deserves to be hate ...- Thorfinn karlsen

[@nevermore_ind]

@@tm_aaransh256 in chess age matters, the life experience can't be compensated in anyway, we are not talking about a random prodigy kid beating a bellow 2000 rated player. It's a World Championship. If Gukesh isn't special then why there haven't been players of his age reach this position before?

[@tm_aaransh256]

@@nevermore_ind bro this is what I said age doesn't matter in chess this is why gukesh is there...

[@itzyuzuruclips]

People hating on em are prolly 500 elo

[@howboutdis3908]

If anything we should blame Magnus. He is the reason why we have this boring matchup for the highest title in chess.

[@EnigmaticEntity30507]

Can't believe you uploaded the recap so late, the press conference has already started

[@abhigyanmukherjee9927]

😂

[@rustic9923]

[@agentraydg839]

True that

[@KaumanoHarshiko]

😂

[@EventsKiosk]

It’s my turn to post this next game.

[@dolfinw4179]

Ding must be an exceptional artist since he is so good at drawing, no matter winning or losing.

[@mrlion9719]

Not me googling art he has drawn 😂

[@lordofblood2024]

Anish Giri left the chat. 😂

[@ajitkaliya]

He is playing safe. He is waiting for gukesh to blunder.

[@Vdryd-u2x]

Heis actually waiting for 14 games to be over and then beat gukesh in rapid. Gukesh is mediocre in rapid and blitz ​@@ajitkaliya

[@dineshothamkumar]

😊😂

[@isaki4869]

Gukesh : Puzzle rush before the game Ding : Adrenaline rush during the game

[@MrGaryStaples]

Underrated comment

[@evex222]

@@MrGaryStaples nah the comment is opposite

[@QuoteBlink]

G1 - Ding Chilling!! G2 - A Quick Draw! G3 - Gukesh Equalized!! G4 - A Perfect Game! G5 - Ding Disappointing Draw! G6 - Draw Gambit Accepted! G7 - King In DefenDing! *G8 - ¡!¡! A Chaotic Draw ¡!¡!*

[@System.Error.]

fast fast fast but G8 is slightly inaccurate, I guess

[@choudharyratnadeep]

Hahaha nice one , do continue till game 14. All the titles :)

[@KindaHawks]

You should have named g7 "DefenDING"

[@isaki4869]

G8 : Ding just wants to eat after given winning chances in losing position

[@karthiknarayanan7484]

I was searching for your comment only. Can u pls spoil tomo's result

[@SomnathM004]

1:55 "against a famous streamer guy Hikaru Nakamura" - Famous words from The Pineapple Guy

[@MixbOOsted]

the THIRD POV 🗣️🐐

[@annisa_alhabsyi]

Ding played safe, Gukesh was ambitious, but Hikaru’s expression was always like, "I need to check your Elo."

[@ibrahimyetis6015]

Position was unclear.. you can't blame him playing safe to be honest.

[@lolnoob1742]

how r u so fast always

[@pg_64_03]

@@lolnoob1742 hikaru's another id

[@System.Error.]

Ding needs to do more prep in unorthodox opening

[@johnpeter2609]

Bro is a professional commentor on chess recaps

[@abecascade]

The title is not as insane as how insanely fast Hikaru uploaded this video.

[@brennanshrider65]

These non Magnus world championships show that most players don't play 100+ move positional grinds that end in draws, it's mostly just Magnus

[@sohanmaji6742]

Tbh I like these non Magnus matches more cuz with Magnus on board the matches feel very much one-sided. The opponent always takes a defensive stance from the beginning and it feels like they are playing for a draw unless Magnus does a blunder, which is again very rare.

[@mikesmithz]

The entire reason Magnus wins so many games is because he grinds them down in the end game.

[@TrollMeister_]

The difference is Magnus keeps powering himself with orange juice for the long drawn out games while his opponent sits bleary eyed sipping water.

[@ManiS-wd2eu]

You hypocrites non chess players who never have anything just tell what magnus done in the Olympiad till now for himself or for his country. Last Olympiad he also played for his country, but what he achieved. But Gukesh youngest player to win individual gold and also team gold for india.

[@vidhubhardwaj9672]

Hikaru: Yes "Are you time traveller" ?

[@HARSH-vn5jj]

he even premoves replies 😭😭😭

[@anonymousperson4466]

this was good one😂😂😂

[@SBStudioYT]

Game-8: Guki winning! Guki loosing, Guki winning!!, Guki loosing!, Game drawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Pottahverse143]

Yup everytime

[@shivamarya5225]

The life Story of every grand master except Magnus

[@itsme81317]

​@@Drake45731 so what does gukesh loosing mean in his comment 😂

[@Vineeth_Shankar]

Losing. Not Loosing

[@AmritSharma-s1c]

others delay - Analysis 😭 Hikaru's delay - Thumbnail 😔

[@GMHikaru]

We premove the thumbnails too - I have 5 more in my stash -- the editor

[@theycallmelonley]

@@GMHikaru the comment was premoved

[@Sumedhadiehardfan]

Lol😂​@@theycallmelonley

[@walterdowney9999]

Imagine Hikaru forgets his anniversary but he remembers his 16 move loss in the Hawaiian international tournament on August 25th 1997

[@danishpathan18]

Its my birthdate😭😭

[@donsurlylyte]

in that case, there will be no mating.

[@suchetarampure]

1:59 praising yourself in third person is just...damn

[@MMAGurusMom-zm3tn]

Welcome, new visitor of this channel. We love when he does it because you can obviously see he thinks he's hikaru

[@gauravagarwal3270]

@@MMAGurusMom-zm3tngoing for a similar reply .. u did it better .. good job 👏

[@gauravagarwal3270]

It’s super cool when the legend himself likes my comment 😭

[@msheriff-dot-com]

lol I was gonna ask, did anyone notice him saying, when Vishy anand played against the famous streamer guy Hikaru nakamura 😂😂 (said what??? is bro reading from an AI written text? 😂) and then goes, back when he was trying to become a professional chess player (yep, news reader AI confirmed, lol)

[@JayGatsby-b2j]

Aye man it's a goat strategy I do this too and women love it 😂

[@priyavratatiwari7788]

Fide has asked Hikaru not to pre-moves all the game and reveal the winner.

[@kawumaderrick6952]

1:55 “Actually played this move against that famous streamer guy Hikaru Nakamura back then when he was trying to be a professional chess player.”😅

[@ShauryaSingh001-01]

Ding face 🥰🥰 Ding defence 💀🗿

[@shivvu4461]

He is DefenDing very well

[@arshluthra3678]

It's Hikaru vs Anish now 😂

[@shivamarya5225]

Even that combo wouldn't result in these many draws

[@JoeARedHawk275]

@@shivamarya5225Nah, did you watch previous WC games? Very common to have a lot of draws.

[@shivamarya5225]

@@JoeARedHawk275 I know but they were also really accurate, they weren't draws after blundering the advantage

[@StoryTelling-so8ev]

​@@shivamarya5225 I think then you could play better. Looking at the evaluating bar then guess the move is easy. Those are advantages according to advanced bot which could be ignored by players some times. Here Gukesh is nervous and doing blunders. And he is very young to handle such pressure as well. Ding is not at his prime.

[@Kirtikumar_patil]

Hikaru’s reviews: where every move looks obvious, but only after he explains it.

[@vedantpawar2343]

This streamer analysis so good, he should play competative tournaments 😊.

[@world6412]

Hikaru's way of speaking resembles a school teacher giving an English lecture in class.

[@Watermeloncat257]

Very true

[@KaustubhRayrikar]

Drama is Ding cant lose and Gukesh Cant win, Hence a Draw, Unstoppable Force meets Immovable Object ...

[@gamingmacha3757]

Hikaru premoved the recap

[@kenkiz100]

Seeing him pause mid stream realising that Gukesh is not taking the draw is hilarious 😆

[@kekw77]

Khelega free fire?

[@tiktik9413]

aaja ladle​@@kekw77

[@gamingmacha3757]

@@kekw77 id dhe bhai

[@agentraydg839]

Anish did it first

[@FlorenceTerry-j1i]

A draw results from the drama of Ding's inability to lose and Gukesh's inability to win; unstoppable force meets immovable object.

[@Alex-bl8uh]

good comment

[@usamadgheim4517]

If Ding wins you could write the same comment

[@kaustubhxdd]

You mean Gukesh's "ability" to win?

[@AxP3]

@@FlorenceTerry-j1i Immovable object meets, Unstoppable force, And none is beat, But there is heat.

[@zackr.7628]

Immovable force meets unstoppable object

[@anujdhyani9915]

In all the games so far, gukesh is pushing for win. Ding is defending marvelously. Dont know if guskesh is prepared how to deal when ding pushes for a win. Maybe his strategy is to take it to next shorter formats. Everyone had underestimated Ding. He is a world champion for a reason.

[@shrirangbondale2263]

atleast give editor a vacation after world championship, that guy helping you to publish videos this quick is so appreciated.

[@TamasDavidPop]

Hikaru is so fast with his recap that Gukesh and Ding watch it to see how the game ends

[@RackAttack101]

5:15 almost didn't say center lol

[@polloverkko]

Classic BBC 😎🫡

[@priyamtarafder8122]

2:38 Biiig Black Centre

[@greatdad7514]

Guys im from future its 106 round and still draws and hikaru is on streak

[@nathanclarke7162]

Physicist will go crazy when they find out Hikaru posted this before the big bang.

[@Solitary_Knight]

Game starts, Gukesh ambitious, Ding chilling, Draw.

[@mihirumrotkar6534]

The line where hikaru says anand playing against a streamer hikaru who wants to be a chess player is so damn funny 🤣😂

[@TruthLivesNow]

GM Hikaru, thank you again for a great recap! Stockfish says Ding played at 91.7% Accuracy, Gukesh played at 91.5% Accuracy, there were not Billiant moves, and one 1 Missed move, I am assuming the one Hikaru talked about here. That is a super accuracy level, and as Hikaru said Ding is just playing amazing when in tremendous time trouble. They both are played great. If Ding gets a win tomorrow, Richard should get Ding a strawberry ice cream cone on his day off. Just saying, Ding's English is so much better than 2 years ago, and Gukesh, (as most younger players), his English is super.

[@Noir_nordic]

Brilliant moves are made up, they're subjective and doesn't come engines.

[@TheChessSquire]

I have documented the history of the bongcloud for all you Hikaru fans

[@JonBestSpiritualCoachonEarth]

Congratulations on all your accomplishments! And when I organized a tournament in Cambridge, MA, I recall Sunil making the trek to play.

[@benjaminohloff7819]

Many games in top level chess end in a Ding. Maybe every perfectly played chess game ends in a Ding. If you ding conclusions though just from those games between Ding and Gukesh you might be wrong about the dingish nature of chess.

[@msafdaralikhan9498]

nice

[@ninja88ninja88-f9u]

it is more clear, that the one who will win this tournament is the one with the most draws.

[@genesis_blizzard]

All Ding has to do now is start swooping pieces in his pocket after the matches and he’s basically Anish Giri

[@monkatheatre1901]

Ok u guys r thinking like if Gukesh doesn't take lead he will lose...Even if it's a tie breaker....there is a chance Gukesh can win!!!....It's like passively everyone wants ding to win....Top dogs don't want to see an 18 yo chess champion lol

[@Hadesian]

Personally I much prefer Ding's play style and attitude, but it would be great too if Gukesh was to win. Objectively speaking, maybe Gukesh deserves his seat across the board more than Ding does, but Ding holding the title isn't something to mock either. They're playing good chess and that's all that matter, even these draws are interesting.

[@monkatheatre1901]

@Hadesian yup that's true....here's a thing which is total speculation....no proofs....Everyone thinks Ding is a peaceful innocent man...Attitude is something that we ourselves create ourselves(which may or may not be real)....The way he checks on Gukesh reactions during the game....then he goes to the rest area and gets his snacks while watching gukes on screen....He is more of a hunter...he is not a prey...An innocent man with that kind of attitude which he shows can't be a world champion bro!!

[@Stockfish-u3g]

These players are very unstable on the chessboard. They make many inaccuracies. They're far from my level-I mean, Stockfish.

[@kanhaiyakumar2685]

Stockfish can beat the whole earth

[@choudhary5037]

Chatgpt enters in the chat

[@raycome9073]

alpha zero wants to know your location

[@Stockfish-u3g]

@@kanhaiyakumar2685 Your words are true and real.

[@Stockfish-u3g]

@@choudhary5037 In fact, I am an artificial intelligence that analyzes chess and can write messages.

[@Rajinikanthan-x4y]

1:40 - 2:05 Hikaru talking about himself as 3rd Person.... 😂 ✌️😎👍

[@Fanaro]

Why don't they give 0.6 points to Black and 0.4 to White in draws? This way there would be pressure on White to take more risks and avoid draws. It would be way more interesting.

[@twa9342]

That's way too much. 0.53 0.47 maybe

[@JoseAntonio-qu8nk]

Each draw would cancel another one. To break that tie, there would need to be someone winning more games than the opponent anyway or to have more wins with white than with black. I guess that would only affect the final rounds, but it doesn't seem fair to me to value winning with a color more than with the other.

[@grievous5243]

No don't talk about chess ever again

[@shaded076]

the fact he had to redo his premoved recap when they continued to play 😭

[@yuvrajsarathe6421]

The last time someone wasted this much chances Gukesh won the candidates

[@emmanuelizuonisokien8551]

Are you talking of the Fabi-Nepo game 🤔

[@怪人-b1x]

Ding really wasn't lying when he said he spent only 3 weeks to prep. Crazy to see him still holding despite his poor form these 2 years + minimal amount of prep

[@anastasissympas]

Hikaru be making recaps before the show is even over

[@reyrayo2502]

That was yesterday's top comment 😂😂😂 come up with something better ok

[@krishpatel696]

Flash :- I am fastest Hikaru :- hold my recap 😂❤

[@ChiIIguyy]

Hikaru bhai wo Anish giri kuch bol rha tha aapke baare meh .... mai toh na sehta 💀

[@husnaintahir5584]

lol 😂

[@W31rd_w4ffl3]

Ding got underestimated but he doesnt care cuz hes just a chill guy

[@iceyroo]

Ding couldn’t be chilling any harder 🥶

[@chrisbeatty743]

Gotta love a Big Black Center when playing chess. Makes penetrating the queen and king very tight, but Big White Centers are starting to rival the strength of Big Black Centers

[@JohnSmithEx]

The worst disappointment is when all expect you to have a big black center, but then it's revealed that it's just an average black center. Luckily the size of your center is not so important. The more important thing is how you use it.

[@whaaaaaaaat6919]

For ding and gukesh it was the most crucial game of their lives, for Hikaru it was Tuesday 😂

[@tejas238]

Everything’s temporary but “todeyyyyyyys match” is permanent

[@NobodySpecial420]

I really wish Hikaru was playing for the championship. He really deserves it. An amazing chess player. I really appreciate his insights

[@SahilG23]

You should appear in ChessBaseIndia live commentry as a guest that will be so nice.

[@confuse-e-asitis]

I am going to buy the server Guchess.21:27

[@krishna-wv9db]

Thanks for explaining why moving d knight was better than "a" knight ... I could never understand it myself

[@shade5554]

21:26 Ah yes. "Guchess" You thought I wouldn't notice Hikaru?

[@QuantumConundrum]

Weirdly, despite his play style, I find Ding to be one of the most interesting chess players. Actually excited to see the next games, regardless of win or lose. Can't say that for prior years

[@PranavKoppa-c9y]

After fumbling two winning positions, I believe Gukesh must not think about it too much and move onto the next game, at this stage of the championship, its very critical to stay calm and positive.

[@amitaggarwal4587]

Ding becomes stockfish in time trouble

[@rat2244]

Wow that was a mighty fine BBC (big black center)

[@creative__brothers]

Both players ended the game quickly to see Hikaru's reaction

[@vivekagrawal5608]

Gukesh knew the risks but still didn’t go for the draw. He is trying his best to win games and not settle for draw. I don’t know how Hikaru missed to see this.

[@saityusufbulur3366]

That Draw guy is truly a rising star in chess, he won 6 out of 8 games in the WCC.

[@neviswarren]

I can only stomach this match because Hikaru makes his recaps so brilliantly entertaining. 💯

[@afsgjd8308]

18:18 Bro didnt think about the hard working recapers

[@ashtonhellewell4738]

I think if these draws continue, I think it’s going to hurt the viewership of the game. I really enjoyed last year’s game because it was dynamic and lots of changes of who was winning. Here, it’s been a win for either side and rest of the games are draws. I basically skipped to the end of the video just to see the results and went on with my day. In summary, if the draws continue I guess that it might kill the viewership of the game.

[@kaushalbhandari3456]

White king on B1 and pawn on A2 Black king on C3 pawn on A3 and bishop on g7 This position gave 2.3 advantage to black but I can't figure why with the engine also, Please clarify. Love from 🇳🇵

[@stevenrix7024]

No comment on Ding’s centralising Kf1 move. If instead Kh1, then he could have increased the diagonal pressure on Nc5 / Qb6 faster by playing Qd1-g1 to back up his bishop. In the game, he had to play Qd1-e1-f2 to do this. Against that, White would lose the possibility of exchanging the Bg2 or playing Bh3. Thoughts?

[@mattsikaz8920]

KING DING IS THE NEW KING BOOKER 😂

[@StartingChess]

Great recap! Ding chilling 🙏

[@eucri]

Gukesh realistically only needs one win to put all the pressure on Ding, since I'm not so sure than Ding could get a win in a must win scenario. He's just trying to reach the rapid portion.

[@limitlessinformationcentar5581]

I think that chill man 😎😎 have some Icecream 🍦🍦today. So he defended very well. 😂😂

[@shashanks4190]

This game is a personification of the expression "bruh".

[@chesskachaska]

Hikaru starts preparing once he sees the first move and clicks upload when he sees 40 moves ahead during middle game ;)

[@mejirearigbe1174]

The arbiter prolly watches hikaru to confirm the result

[@jeffreybuffkin9108]

you can tell from the things he fixates on that Hikaru thinks pretty differently about chess than the other commentators/analysts

[@lolnoob1742]

16:45 LETS GOOOOO🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@hardikMittal-bw2wz]

I blinked after match Oh hikaru dropped game review😂😂

[@EdanSolViamar]

I think Hikaru is recording these reaction videos from the future and just waiting for the game to finish before posting them

[@slatelgtgaming1986]

Hikaru uploads so fast that my gf says to me that i last long😂

[@user000-i8f]

19:56, Just a little correction, Ding offered the draw, btw love your work..

[@SampannaDhakal4]

18:05 bro is so pissed

[@ashi6838]

Hikaru: ”in tomorrows video, theese moves were played!”

[@SreyashRaj]

2:38 Classic BBC- Big Black Centre

[@dipayanbairagi616]

I would like to see Hikaru a comparison on the level of these games for with previous world championship matches.

[@SuhandiWijaya]

Ding still chilling.

[@SohamPandharpatte-p1z]

Your analysis was great! I would recommend you to play chess, you could become a GM someday

[@JohnSmithEx]

There is another streamer who also analyzes these games, Magnus something is his name, who also shows great potential. In a few years the two streamers might clash against each other.

[@tonysu8860]

A second chaotic game in a row. Young chess fans probably don't understand how unusual these games are, for most of modern chess post WWII World Championship matches have uniformly been to minimize risk and pounce when an opportunity appears . All this risk taking and unpredictable play is more typical of common non Championship play, not playing for a world title. I wonder if Ding will play his normal style to play d4 and outmaneuver his opponent rather than playing provocative ideas like the rook lift Hikaru attributes to computer creativity. Playing normal d4 openings isn't a guaranteed draw and Ding has played an entire career playing almost nothing but d4. You'd think he would feel that's his advantage to have probably played probably more than 10x the d4 openings as young Guresh.

[@hoipolloi5929]

Computers literally don't care :- Hilaru Namakura.

[@JohnSmithEx]

Emotional Stockfish enters the room, and it's very angry and resentful: "You killed my father. Prepare to die”.

[@hoipolloi5929]

@JohnSmithEx Liberals be like...AI has feelings tooo!!

[@droidgeist]

It's Gukesh not Goo-kesh. Short vowel, emphasis on second syllable.

[@jadezippert7601]

watching it live is such an experience

[@RonzArganda]

Bro the live hasn't even ended yet 💀

[@ScaryBadUncle]

Being honest I never used to watch chess but nowadays, just because of new talents coming up It got more interesting to watch.

[@DoujinKayouNarutoCards]

I'm waiting to see a joke about hikaru talking about building a big black center lol

[@alexandrequillien4068]

Hikaru, you're still a professional chess player. You don't play the candidates if you're not. Embrace it!