He Is UNSTOPPABLE!!!

[@rohitkumarjha2657]

The glasses are sponsored by CHESS MAFIA

[@Jacob99174]

Christian simply “loved” your comment He cannot confirm nor deny 😉

[@Harley.1]

He’s literally in a dark room inside - cringe level 1000000

[@xCupressocyparis]

​@@Harley.1Always makes me think of that Ed Sheeran song - "He wears sunglasses, indoors, in winter, at night time" 😂

[@Abhinav004kM]

Alireza when under time pressure or pressure to make only moves🗿 Alireza when candidates pressure 😵 Not mocking him,i think he should win next candidates .

[@bobing1752]

A Gukesh vs Firouzja match would be a thrill to watch!! Both of them seem to be dominating in their own way, I think such a match would cement this generation as a greater one than the previous generation

[@Young-ep8ik]

@@bobing1752 It's going to take a lot more than that to trump the magnus generation. Firouzja lost to magnus how many times in a row in the finals lately? How can one match not involving magnus cement anything regarding surpassing the previous generation? You are out of your mind for saying that.

[@farzein4002]

Fide need to drastically improve playing conditions and select properly trained staff and arbitrators. Otherwise he might boycott Fide classical tournaments.

[@Abhinav004kM]

@@farzein4002 magnus also does not like fide that much ,looks like alireza is on correct path

[@farzein4002]

@@Abhinav004kM Toronto candidates was a mess. FIDE technical committee introduced arbitrary rules and regulations ( in addition to what were in contract and agreed upon) on the eve of opening day. AF protested however other players agreed He appealed and then reappeared but was denied. And then arbitrator, mid game, asked him to walk slowly in the rest area ( yes not in the playing area) and AF complained against arbitrator but that complaint was also denied. He was no in mood to play the chess from opening ceremony day to the last day. Plus FIDE's mistreatment of his father was unnecessary. And they cancelled Elo of one of his tournaments. So both AF and FIDE had a mutual dislike for each other. FIDE is ruled by same incompetent people. President can be changed after a decade but underlying incompetent people remain the same. Anyway he is winning GrandChessTour, many online tournaments and in person chess960 so he is earning lot of respect and money already.

[@billsicander7371]

Very nice analysis and comments, thanks

[@Janet_Airlines802]

Imagine if Firouzja didn’t take that fashion break? It did hurt him for a while but he’s definitely back in form.

[@michaelf8221]

Firouzja officially replacing Naka as the next blitz king

[@dragosbalan1738]

when was nakamura the blitz king?

[@michaelf8221]

@@dragosbalan1738 it's been Naka and Carlsen as the only people at the top in the blitz events for over a decade. But since Carlsen is the GOAT we gotta give some props for Naka at least keeping it interesting in blitz.

[@adityabiradar9031]

​@@michaelf8221you right though. Naka king of blitz, Carlsen god of blitz.

[@bobing1752]

Obviously Magnus is the king of blitz but Hikaru is a close second (or third to Alireza maybe)

[@dragosbalan1738]

@@michaelf8221 what did he win(naka) to be in that top? don't get me wrong, I know he's a top player, but you can't put zero and six in the same category

[@xCupressocyparis]

Haven't watched the video yet but I have to express my appreciation of the thumbnail 😂

[@drorange2261]

Hmm, really nice games, still feel that rapid is a bit shallow. MVLs knight sacrifice was findable in a slower game, and very beautiful. Alireza is an amazing player, it seems that Magnus also managed to make rapid more prominent in the chess world. I just hope we will still have classical chess in a few years time.

[@EliL-se3bh]

At this level, Alireza is favorite to be the world champion for blitz and rapid in december in new york.

[@jwatson181]

No..... he just got destroyed in blitz by magnus in the speed chess championship. His win in this tourney was very flukey and he was lost. The no increment rule is stupid otb.

[@nikhildawani2913]

Fav??magnus is 90% fav to win both events,alireza is 2 % fav to win,first let alireza win by skills instead of luck then we can increase 2% to 5% as he do not have experiences

[@Young-ep8ik]

Relax. It's going to be at least another 5 years when someone else will be the favorite to win whatever tournament magnus is in.

[@botwin5977]

It’s look like you didn’t watch the games in the video at all. He was lost every single match, and manage to win because of time scramble. But in classical game it would have been a 0/5

[@Fauxcault_]

As soon as Alireza put his Candidates nightmare behind him he has been straight fire all of 2024.

[@tipaire9261]

Thank you

[@NotTheWheel]

Alireza confuses me I'm hoping he becomes world champion someday - until then his consistency is a question mark. He preforms at the highest level in most settings yet slacks in the most important tournaments.

[@MukundanS-p7d]

It's not slacking, it's simply unimaginable pressure when it comes to performing in tournaments like Candidates.. It's not easy to have a mindset to withstand that. Magnus is one of the few who can.

[@eternalblueboy]

I think he needs some big names behind him in tournaments like candidates. If like Gukesh he was back by someone like Anand, he would absolutely destroy the tournament

[@DanRaj-o8y]

@@eternalblueboy Friouzja has been backed by Magnus. He even went to one of Magnus' world championship training camps. But I don't see how just having mentor can help. It's all about ability to handle pressure.

[@ibrahimyaish3402]

Honestly it's even simpler he was not focused on chess after reaching 2800, now he has said he is back fully focused on chess and paused the fashion phase and the results have been very good, at candidates he didn't focus early enough just like trying to cram for a test at last minute so it's no surprise

[@eternalblueboy]

@@DanRaj-o8y Candidates is the most demanding chess tournament and experience in every aspect of it (mentally, technically, strategically and even physically) plays a big role. Arguably harder than the world championship itself (as said by Fabi). Not as simple is having "ability to handle pressure". Much more than that...

[@azctw]

Lol, NIhal didn't play a single move where the piece landed on its intended square. No arbiters ftw. Also, Firouzja sneakily gave Maxime overwhelming advantages - Unstoppable!

[@andrewclastic2835]

I'm not sure that Alieriza is the best out of the next generation. But I'm beginning to be convinced that he is currently the best player in the world to defend a World Chess Championship. Outside of Magnus, Hikaru, and Fabi. In other words, if he BECOMES the WCC, then he'll likely be able to hold on to the title. I literally have my doubts about every other player on the planet doing that outside of the 3 mentioned above.

[@bullymaguire8266]

Sweet argument, how many times has he won the candidates btw? :)

[@bullymaguire8266]

If he becomes the wcc, if bobby fischer had computer, if my grandma had wheels she'd be a bike, if my mum had balls she'd be my dad.

[@prajwalbharambe343]

haha gukesh will destroy ali in classical

[@mustaphamohammed8537]

​@@prajwalbharambe343 Alireza defeated Gukesh at the candidates. Not saying he's batter than Gukesh in classical but Gukesh can't destroy him.

[@Alekhine-lr9cp]

Magnus is a menace 😂

[@SmartOez]

Last game was extremely dodgy by him. MVL was just too timid to take advantage of it. He has been bluffing a lot against MVL and it has been working so far.

[@milankotevski1663]

They don't play with engines, you know.

[@eudesgeoffroy8416]

He was unstoppable in the Candidates. Also at the previous Candidates. But hey, the guy making the video firmly believed the K+N vs K+twoBs was an easy draw, and probably taught it to all his paying pupils. Red thumb.

[@Phymacss]

I thought this was a hikaru video from the thumbnail😂

[@bobanderson4722]

Awesome analysis, Alireza is dangerous!

[@prussia9255]

24:46 I wonder how this game would have gone if Maxime played 6... Qb6! tying down the bishop to b2 and threatening f2. The only way to defend the f pawn is to play Nd1

[@chess_poemschess]

how about when one player reaches under 30 seconds (or so) they move the game online. It would be a hybrid form but a way to avoid these sloppy OTB scrambles with no increment.

[@stormixgaming8389]

Such an interruption would take much away from the game. Hybrid tournaments are interesting potentially. Hybrid games not at all.

[@RG001100]

Having a 1s or 2s delay before the timer counts down would allow for time to move. Actually punishing illegal moves would be better, though.

[@confucianismdaoism1586]

What's ur ratings Christen?

[@TheBorinken]

C-Squared - Fabi = C.

[@botwin5977]

No csquared - c only = c if c= 2 !

[@eddsmith6187]

Flaggireza Furiouzja

[@bevs9995]

I read that without the L and got offended

[@ChinmayDhake]

Who's this guy?

[@botwin5977]

I love Alireza very much. But what I see here, is five lost positions, that he manage to win because of time scramble of the opponent. For me nothing has changed, if he continues to play like that, he will never be able to win the candidates. We will win the candidates if he learn how to make a draw, when he has a small disadvantage.

[@bingrongjiang2381]

these criticisms are easy with an engine in front of you

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

Just a general suggestion to all the chess channels, can you please cover DIFFERENT games? Rather than watching the same damn game on 10 different channels, can we see some games of other players please. Svidler, mamedyrov, abdusattarov, maghsoodloo, and all the women players, you know they are playing too. It seems nobody is covering their games.

[@write-only]

Views are the name of the game

[@zaftnotameni]

lol are you seriously asking for second and third division when you have the absolute best playing? what absolute nonsense

[@aliyaansafi2601]

bro said svidler ...lol

[@UnknownUser-j3n]

Are you guys brain-alive? Do you watch the same games with 20 different channels? Why not have some other games covered?

[@NON_biodegradable]

So why this Chanel has to cover other games ?

[@endymion12321]

At this point, it's safe to say the Alireza is better than Magnus at fast time controls, especially without increment.

[@moussakaba7676]

I'm a big fan of Alireza, but he'll have to prove that in the upcoming World Rapid and Blitz Championship. Magnus is still the best in my eyes

[@jgreen802]

Magnus beat him badly at the SCC recently. One day he will prob surpass Magnus, but it will prob be a couple years from now.

[@Abhinav004kM]

Without increment alireza with increment magnus

[@endymion12321]

@@jgreen802 What about the online event before the SCC? Firouzja beat him there. Looking at the quality of games, firouzja is definitely better

[@Abhinav004kM]

@@endymion12321 quality of games you say 🤣 Looks like you have not seen his match against magnus and mvl he won because of the clock situation And magnus defeated him in recent rapid 10+1 online tournament twice and became champion Alireza is my 2nd fav player

[@ThePranks4life]

I hope you don't get too comfortable posting videos without Fabi no offense

[@Harley.1]

holy hell those glasses are cringe