Gukesh Dommaraju vs Ding Liren | Game 7 | World Chess Championship 2024

[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@JS-ec3xc]

Love the calm voice, much appreciated. Way easier to follow when compared to other recaps

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thank you!

[@SurfinScientist]

Yep, this channel should have more subscribers. I have been subscribed for a long time, and never been disappointed.

[@marchelfman9828]

@@SurfinScientist Totally agree. Took the words out of my mouth!

[@planet_achu]

Danke Herr King für Ihre Videos, ich liebe sie und verfolge sie seit Jahren! ❤

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thank you!

[@lasershark111]

Love the analysis. 🎉🎉

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A great fight by both and a great summary by you. Thanks Daniel.

[@chessroo]

Thanks Daniel. Long, detailed analysis. And then watching Magnus and Levy as well I find the differing viewpoints provides additional invaluable insight. Your comment on the "opening with no name" perked my interest. So I consulted the gold standard, The Gruenfeld Defence (RHM press) by Botvinnik and Estrin. And indeed, looking purely at Chapter headings there is the Russian System, Hungarian Variation, Smyslov Variation, Flohr variation, and so on, but then "systems with g3" and within that lines with "Nf3". Indeed an ugly duckling. Although on wikipedia it apparently it may have a name - Kemeri Variation named after a tournament (not after a person such as "King's" gambit 😀). Although it has been played a lot recently, maybe Gukesh had the right idea in that the line had not been analyzed to death like the Exchange System.

[@conovan5081]

Impressive save by Ding, rooting for him I was already feeling depressed in the middle game.

[@davidcopson5800]

Me too.

[@mark.m4954]

I feel honored that I could watch this game live. It was amazing.

[@jimgu2578]

Instant classic! Thank you for your analysis. ❤

[@musician1770]

Thanks for these great recaps. Incredible resilience by Ding here to save this.

[@tomgeraghty3466]

Thanks!

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thank you!

[@marchelfman9828]

Glad to see Daniel is up to 19K views for this game. All the other commentators on KZbin go too fast for me, so I really appreciate Daniel taking his time to explain each move. I also appreciate the enthusiasm (and his British accent doesn't hurt) he brings to his commentaries even though he's been doing this for a long time. It's nice to see that someone can still make a living in chess even though they're no longer competing.

[@kencusick6311]

Nice recovery by Ding. This game emphasized Fischer’s observation that at this level you have to accurately press home your advantage. One inaccurate move and it slips away.

[@davidcopson5800]

Very true. And Fischer was very accurate with these situations.

[@aarongifs]

WOW! I knew it was going to be a good one when I saw 27 minutes. Really surprised this didn't end decisively

[@jozefserf2024]

Gukesh got the surprise in first - Re1. If Ding had played b5 he'd have been asking for it.

[@lazyatthedisco]

Yes I don't think Ding would've seriously considered bxc4 without preparation. But his C5?! is definitely bad when you just played c6 precisely to block that g2 bishop

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Wonderful game, great match!

[@DG-ss2zd]

Great coverage, thank you!

[@Chessldk]

I finally understand the Sicilian Defense thanks to you.

[@davidcopson5800]

Excellent analysis and presentation Daniel. We are in safe hands as we follow this match.

[@tHazza2745]

Probably one of the best drawn games I have seen in a while.

[@davidcopson5800]

Almost as good a Tottenham V Roma!

[@matheusvanderlinden9693]

Well explained Daniel and even though you are not fast pace talking like other commentators are, you keep the tension and excitement as you walk through the game. So, I compliment you by just sticking to your own style, giving us some time to think as well😊

[@thomasherbst6771]

I like Gukesh's move 19.b4 very much. It immobilises the black pawns and wins an important square for White. The fact that Black gets a passed pawn on c4 in return is of secondary importance. The idea of the move reminds me strongly of Fischer's 20.e4 against Spassky in the 6th game of the 1972 World Championship match.

[@-dizzoj-]

What a battle! Fantastic game.

[@lalocura9052]

What a game!!

[@osgubben]

Magnus said King to e1 was a big blunder, and f6 a fantastic defence.

[@danjeory3659]

I prefer these than watching the game!

[@PowerPlayChess]

I watch the games so you don’t have to :)

[@davidcopson5800]

@@PowerPlayChess Great response. I'm in a situation at the moment where I'm not able to watch the games live, so I much appreciate being able to watch your presentations as though they were live.

[@sentefmi]

19:11 "Nothing move" -- in striking contrast to Magnus himself who found this one of the most impressive moves by Ding.

[@paulgoogol2652]

you mean that poker guy? all Insee f6 does is it advances a pawn, limits the scope of the white rook and improves the black rook

[@PowerPlayChess]

You pays your money, you makes your choice. Didn’t look great to me.

[@jabbarmohammadi6857]

even a draw could be beautiful if a good commentator reports. Thanks Daniel

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thank you!

[@zahirruh]

The moment when Ding plays 30...Qxc2, the engine says the best move was 30...g5. That is indeed a very interesting suggestion. I hoped to see this in your analysis as well, but unfortunately, it was not there. Still great analysis by you. Always love watching your video analysis of important games. Thank you!

[@skriabinfly]

23:26 there is also Re3 Nxf2, Rxe5 Nd3+

[@rasimofeliya421]

So many questions for this game🤯

[@SerLaama]

Love to see it Daniel Btw nice hair!

[@ReiAyasuka]

Ding! 🥳

[@swisspil09]

You say move 30, white obviously avoids Queen exchange, but Be3 instead of Qf4 allowing queen exchange gives white substantial advantage as engine shows. The follow up line is simple to understand why Be3 is better than Qf4.

[@AroundWayOther]

what a save!

[@davidcopson5800]

Nearly as good as Gordon Banks against Pele.

[@RAFAELSILVA-by6dy]

The detractors of this match underestimate how accurately these two are playing. The mistakes in this game were very subtle. That said, they both seem to be playing unpretentious openings. Gukesh, in particular, seems content to relinquish White's natural advantage (Re1) in order to get a new position. I think Gukesh took a big risk getting so low on time after move 40. He could easily have blundered and lost.

[@arwanpawar3260]

Wow...Ding too slow motion.

[@dharmendrasharma256]

I now believe that Ding will take this world championship again

[@postyoda]

Was a very exciting game, best one so far imo.

[@geonerd]

Very tense, with victory/defeat hanging by a densely tangled thread!

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Gukesh got everything he wanted: A pawn up, a protected passed h pawn, bishop against knight with pawns on both sides. I guess Vishy will explain him something about playing against a knight when low on time.

[@Playergamer02]

He was impatient with h pawn push, should have prepared it with Rc8 as Daniel pointed out.

[@tennisblood]

Huge miss by Gukesh to go ahead in the match; Daniel your 2 suggestions were much better continuations to seek a win than what Gukesh actually played. Bg5 instead of Q:f5 and Bd1, sacrificing the b pawn is what he needed to play instead...I'm surprised Gukesh realization of a small but steady advantage was sub par in this game...Maybe he ain't ready for the title...

[@thomasherbst6771]

I can't hardly believe Gukesh didn't win this game. In my simplicity I would have simply swapped the knight on e4 for the bishop (instead of Kd2). The rook ending with the free h-pawn, which is also an extra pawn, is clearly won. Sometimes I get the impression that these master players think too complicated. But be that as it may, even if he didn't win, Gukesh played the way you have to play with White if you want to win a match and not, like Ding Liren, coyly offer a repetition after only three moves of his own

[@RangeWilson]

Watching this live, I was struck by how abrupt the G/30 time control is. There was a ton of play left in the position, but neither player had the time to get it right. I'm not sure what happened to the intermediate time control (e.g.40/120, then 20/60, then G/30) but FIDE should really consider bringing it back.

[@Playergamer02]

I think they prefer faster time controls now to make it more interesting probably.

[@davidcopson5800]

A very good point. I agree with you.

[@Eleuthero5]

Great play-by-play analysis. I wish the games were that good but the games in this match have been tactically dry in my opinion. Both players' openings have generally been tame.

[@aarongifs]

Way to get a sponsor for your "you have a think, i'll have a drink" segment. I would consider keeping the board on screen during the ad though, replacing your video so we don't lose track of the position.

[@Whykonen]

Brilliant. That is real high end gear. Do they also have something in range of dgt pegasus, low end chessnut etc?

[@dorincucos2197]

I can see it already - the ad on 3/4 of the screen, the board on the side, and above it Daniel enjoying his warm cuppa.

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[@alexandershorse9021]

I hope Ding grows in confidence after that save and/or his team challenges his negative self talk because he showed his skill and fighting spirit.

[@ДенисЮденков-ь5ж]

Please , review some KK games with this open

[@MostlyBrenda]

Ding somehow escaping some awful rime management.

[@davidcopson5800]

He was having the rime of his life.

[@philipstevenson5166]

ding gains rating

[@michaeloberly6129]

Plenty of mistakes, but what a tilt.

[@fakeplaystore7991]

Gukesh repeated moves because he knew one of Ben Finegold's lessons: "always repeat".

[@staygoldpwnyboy923]

can't wait to watch!

[@DKarkarov]

To quote a video by Hikaru today.... "SO CRINGE!!!". While I think some pros are being overly harsh (maybe) Carlsen, Kramnik, and Hikaru all agree this was a bad game that Gukesh has no real excuse for not winning, and even Ding had a chance to win only to blunder with a king move. Though to be fair to Ding he had major time crunch and that can't be ignored. Ding is doing better than people thought he would, but people wanted to see a repeat of the last WCC where it was a serious fight and a real battle. Instead we have 5 draws in 7 games. This is absolutely not the most accurate WCC of all time. With half the games to go though who knows, both players may turn it around and start playing sharp killer moves, but the closer we get to game 14 with the score even the more and more likely it is Ding retains.

[@ДенисЮденков-ь5ж]

Last Grunfeld was played in Wch matches by Garry K!!!

[@sircosm]

Hey the Anand vs Gelfand WC matches featured the Grunfeld too.

[@TheMachine2000]

​@@sircosmAnand Carlsen too

[@tejas4039]

Hurts so much as an Indian! But then one feels like he didn’t really miss much- it was winning but not so easy either! Don’t know how to react. Mixed feelings.

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Thats a good way to describe👍 Respect to Ding, i think almost anyone would have lost to Gukesh.

[@whaddoiknow6519]

This has to count as a loss for Gukesh.

[@jonacasals5]

Thank you king (pun intended)

[@michaelblankenau6598]

What’s the pun ?

[@benz4399]

Hi Daniel great analysis as always. One suggestion please add real time control of the players also.