Hikaru Nakamura vs. Ding Liren: The Most Epic Speed Chess Championship Match Ever

Experience the drama of this EPIC Speed Chess Championship Semifinal between the top 2 rated Blitz players on Chess.com, @GMHikaru and Ding Liren! Watch as they battled it out for a place in the final against Wesley So!
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[@chess]

Watch the full match between Hikaru and Ding Liren, you won't regret it! ➡️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaeZeWOIf5xmb68

[@simmonitellama215]

Karen dalton

[@hurrij1306]

I think ding is serious challenger for WC tittle, he is good in classical and both rapid and blitz. Fabi is good in classical but he lack in rapid and blitz. I hope he can go to candidates and try to claim the throne

[@eireenelily2302]

I agree, I feel he needs more of that killer instinct to beat Magnus though.

[@chillax9184]

Ding is kind of inconsistent lately but he's the only player in history who beat Magnus in tiebreak. The guy is cold blooded that time that Magnus never had a chance throughout the match. I am a Magnus fan but I support Ding also as I want good chess. Actually I want him to win candidates last time but his 1st half is so bad

[@illusion6559]

Ding also has an amazing record against Carlsen. Kind of his kryptonite

[@eldoreschess2428]

@@illusion6559 I thinkone classcial game Magnus hav over Ding the rest all draws

[@mateosmind751]

@@illusion6559 Let's be honest we don't know Carlsen's kryptonite yet. In 2 years, if Ding is there, we will see. Even if Magnus stays number 1 for 2 years and then losses that match, he will still be the GOAT.

[@Gal26]

8:44 oh my God, Ding's hand is shaking. The adrenaline kick in bullet chess is just real.

[@andyjiang9307]

He tired cuz he plays midnight in china

[@andyjiang9307]

After midnight

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

@@andyjiang9307 this began in the morning (07:00) Beijing Time, I believe

[@andyjiang9307]

@@CaradhrasAiguo49 I thought the game started at 3 am

[@cactusfroth]

@@andyjiang9307 it started around 6am in china

[@Jacob-jl8dk]

New mythical chess player: Not 2am Ding Liren! I really didn't know Ding was this strong a player since whenever I'd see him play, he was usually in China playing in American time tournaments and wasn't playing at full-strength. What a showing by both guys, it was awesome to watch, best chess match I've ever seen!

[@grimrapper5202]

Pulling a John lmao

[@auroraofstars]

I love ding so much, i wanna hug him irl

[@user-zk5uo5io2m]

Ding is the only person who has ever beaten Carlsen in a blitz tiebreaker and was briefly the highest rated blitz player in the world in 2018. He's also been the world number two for several years in classical, and has been over 2800 for over 4 years. He's also currently world number 2 in rapid. He's going to be the betting favorite vs nepomniatchi for the world championship next february.

[@CA_Hariharaniyer2023]

​@@user-zk5uo5io2m wow your comment aged so well. Ding won WCC

[@mmartel]

Such an insanely entertaining match! Ding was so 💪 with his openings and positional play and Hikaru so resilient, opportunistic, and tactically alert especially with his endgame play. This was so, so epic! Felt bad one of them had to lose it. Huge props taking the 3x champ all the way to Armageddon and having his opportunities to clinch even before that. Not his year, but with this kind of performance, it'd be no surprise to see him in a future finals. What a tourney this is!

[@RMF49]

Yeah props to Ding for putting up such a valiant fight… or should I say “war”.

[@wellesmorgado4797]

Agreed. Awesome chess from them. Now, can Hikaru beat Wesley? I think it is gonna be another battle of giants.

[@jesthomas2199]

@@wellesmorgado4797 it wasn't even close.

[@wellesmorgado4797]

@@jesthomas2199 yeahh. i'm quite disappointed with wesley...

[@jjwwfifty]

lol ding world champ, this aged well

[@xootttv7590]

INSANELY good commentary from Daniel. It definitely helps when you can think just as fast as these monsters haha

[@gmansplit]

I wouldn't say "just as fast", but it's close. Daniel is like 2600-2650 while Ding and Naka are like 2750-2800

[@gamesnavy4909]

very true, helped me keep up

[@instinceleonard9728]

@@gmansplit he a gm just like both of them and seen the best tactics that they didn’t even see

[@Clydey2times]

@@instinceleonard9728 There's levels to GMs. Danya isn't in their league.

[@justgonehaywire9201]

THATS OUR WORLD CHAMPION RIGHT THERE

[@dabeamer42]

Such stellar chess, combined with stellar commentary. Thanks, guys!

[@VIKASSINGH-pw3xd]

Both semifinal such a nail-bitting competition.That show's the level of chess nowadays.

[@JiangweiYu12]

Watched this live and was screaming like in an NBA game full of clutch tough shots! Just epic.

[@scheimong]

They didn't include the bit in Armageddon where Ding blundered a knight fork in a near-winning position. Then amazingly he clawed his way back to having an advantage despite being down an exchange. It's so unfortunate that he lost in the end - he got so close so many times.

[@lucasmatsuoca]

It was not near winning though, white was better, but not near winning

[@antifreestyle7953]

This guy called ding is actually good at chess. If he work hard he probably has the chance to become world champion.

[@dannybabannyyy]

I doubt it, he seems overrated a real Champion is someone like Nepo

[@usemeasdislikebutton420]

@@dannybabannyyy **cough cough**

[@GarciaPics]

This was an awesome match. Maybe the best match all year. Great work by the commentators too, great chemistry together.

[@nickpulido2109]

Watched this live and it was fire 🔥

[@ericmortensen791]

Well that was the best speed chess match I have seen.

[@zoneoff668]

Going back here before the tiebreaker. How can Hikaru say ding is not a favorite in rapid ?!

[@dexydex514]

Bcuz ian played more rapid matches, it's not that ding is bad, but recent activity plays a role in quality of your games

[@abdulazeezbarboza5662]

@@dexydex514 boom ding is the champion 🔥

[@dexydex514]

@@abdulazeezbarboza5662 bruh i was explaining what hikaru meant , my comment is after ding became champion

[@stormbreaker7166]

Still the speed king, shoutout to Nakamura ✌️

[@dhruvyadav7715]

supi?

[@yayeet4250]

@@ciprianchirilov1039 no one asked for your opinion magnus fanboy

[@NinjaTheBoss66]

@@ciprianchirilov1039 Magnus literally lost the last time he played. Naka won the tourney that year too

[@MRBONES-xo1ku]

@@ciprianchirilov1039 14.5 - 13.5 lol

[@EOh-ew2qf]

@@ciprianchirilov1039 lol your comment didn't age well

[@LMironono]

Great commentary, great great match

[@cmcsolutionsllc6065]

Catching this match live was nothing short of amazing. If you missed it you missed out.

[@yassiraharroun6366]

this is so enjoyable than WCC

[@TheCrazyChessasian]

True….

[@blinddig7525]

fr tho classical time formats are for more advanced players to analyze while these rapid games are better for the general audience

[@TheCrazyChessasian]

@@blinddig7525 agreed but the fun in speed chess is not wcc…

[@askill8695]

They're a little different

[@theroyalereplay2294]

Yeah WCC is boring

[@aerialkiller5948]

Someone please make sure this man never has to play another tournament at 3 AM again.

[@wg0016]

I watched the final game live and it was 10:30 am China time. So the match started at around 6 am for Ding.

[@aerialkiller5948]

@@wg0016 He's been playing the majority of this year's tournaments at a much more suboptimal time and as a result he struggled a lot, leading to people wondering why he's world number 3

[@painpainlan]

After watching every single SCC matches in last 4 tournaments, this one is no doubt most exciting one to me.

[@williamholden7644]

Best chess match I've ever watched

[@abcxyz-py8ui]

DING HAD IT!!! Should've played for the win on that game 4

[@qw6939]

They both hate to lose and it is so fun to see!

[@ajaymarathe9570]

Best speed chess match I’ve ever seen!!

[@ranlit7717]

Here after Ding won the “armageddon” game at the Candidates vs Hikaru, some sort of revenge, I guess

[@rakeshmehra6321]

I thought Hikaru would dominate, but Ding almost proved him wrong.

[@dhruvyadav7715]

you on drugs how could hikaru dominate ding 🥴🥴🥴

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Well considering it was a razor close match, Ding DID prove him wrong. Not "almost"

[@bobroberts5820]

@@dhruvyadav7715 Hikaru has historically been a better blitz and bullet player. The odds were in his favor and expecting him to comfortably win isn't unreasonable

[@dhruvyadav7715]

@@bobroberts5820 there's a difference between dominate and win comfortably 🥴🥴🥴

[@dhruvyadav7715]

@@bobroberts5820 and naka can't win against ding comfortably I knew that before the match 🥴

[@andrewchen861]

Who else watched it live? 👇

[@brettpoole7888]

Definitely a top tier SC match probably one of the best I've seen.

[@ivanzamora2473]

Disclaimer: the people in the comments think this is twitter

[@reyanrahman]

where is this ding in the world championship?, we really need the rapid ding back for today

[@reyanrahman]

And we got it what a fabulous game was it

[@muimui_ice]

@@reyanrahman game 4 rapid, I was thinking about how ding put up a fight against naka in this match..if they were to go blitz

[@RomanSteik]

danya be seing moves faster then them while commentating

[@antonnovo695]

Hikaru only laughs when his opponent loses.

[@zarron221]

Superbowl game 😳 wow

[@d.tbichnga3448]

Ding don't be sad! Magnus sometimes still has struggles with this rock Hikaru 😂

[@joonpak]

1:00 Ding Liren looking like he just found out that, thankfully, the baby isn’t his

[@natelung]

This was like Hamilton vs Verstappen at Abu Dhabi (without the controversy)... they both probably deserved to win in the end. No matter the sport/game/event, when both opponents perform so admirably, it is the absolute best to watch!

[@bertfru3269]

Thanks for the spoiler in the thumbnail. Was about too watch the full match when I saw this...

[@FelipeGualberto]

These guys are monsters.

[@noelzhu1986]

It was so close. Ding finds so hard for that mate but it just isn't there. So unlucky for him.

[@kobe51]

They're both fantastic 🙂

[@soumyajitroy5239]

While Hikaru maybe the man you send to kill the Boogeyman, Ding is the agent 47

[@dhruvyadav7715]

what boogey

[@limitlessfantasy6735]

@@dhruvyadav7715 Magnus

[@FWCC1]

What an EPIC BATTLE!!

[@gpet-dr2bs]

Hikaru actively thanking the chess gods for dings mouse slip🙏

[@andresv.8880]

as Daniel said, the intended move woulve still been bad for ding

[@angrygary122]

That punch omg 15:55

[@OmegaIL]

First spoilers on Instagram about World championship, now this here.

[@ivailopavlovski5894]

Only a ninja can defeat other ninja

[@simssherzad9018]

6:46 insane move

[@manueltola4544]

10:35 Clean

[@the_shadow_caster]

Ding listened to Magnus when he said "Sit at the board and play with yourself" at 1:00

[@jimgu2578]

Props to both players for bringing us this super intense and enjoyable match. I’m especially happy for Ding to still play at this insane level, and here’s hoping for more success in his career.

[@cjmorphy]

no worries 😉! mate he's now our fide world chess championed ( classical ) ! only hikaru can dreamed of ! hahaha ;-)

[@danny208YT]

I like danya commentating

[@exterrrgamingpubg3602]

But did he qualify for FIDE finals.

[@rnbPGTV]

And ding won when it mattered the most i.e. last round of the candidates and then went out to become a 🏆🏆🏆

[@johnnytwotimes7854]

Feel bad for Ding, he was so close and must be crushed

[@oomn2596]

Please use a audio filter i can't hear your...robotic voice

[@Soul0890]

I watched this whole match. It's the best example I've seen of Hikarus mastery of the lower time controls. Ding outplayed him probably 85% of the time. He was better out of the opening almost every game. And Hikaru still won. So he beat a top 5 classical player (and a pretty heckin good blitz/rapid player) on a not so good day. Wesley is great but I just think Hikaru will be too much. Only people I'd give even odds against Hikaru in these time formats are Magnus and Alireza.

[@Krysslander]

This is a scenario where you can't apply the phrase "there's always an asian better than you. "

[@RAM-fh5ec]

Let's go HIKARUUUU

[@maelstrom57]

So much better than the trash final we got.

[@koomloom]

Hikaru is an awesome player. It is just that Magnus exists.

[@tacochess1279]

Both players compete to top level. I dont understand people flaming Hikaru. He is a beast in chess, one that people that comment will never be. Lets stick to his chess skills while watching a chess game and discard whatever his personality might be

[@pedrochalaco1]

Because they dont like hikaru. Thats all

[@yayeet4250]

Is his personality really that bad tho? I don't understand why ppl hate him that much. I get that his body language can be annoying at times but it's not like he's personally attacking you or smth

[@tacochess1279]

@@yayeet4250 I have no idea. I dont find him that bad tbh. Havent seen him alot but so far he seems ok to me. Maybe i miss something

[@milklover2830]

I think its because how he approach some ideas. Sometimes its condocending, but smart and that does annoy people lol

[@sandsmarc]

Meanwhile he plays coffee chess on the street with normal players for no pay. And laughs it up and gives everyone a good time in their stream. I don’t see too many of these other gms doing public goodwill service like that.

[@attention_shopping]

so close! wp ding!

[@Em4gdn1m]

Did he not even see Ra4?!?!

[@pk-fi1ok]

Anyone else not catching on it completely? (lol)

[@user-hx9rp4jf4w]

Hikaru is strong enough to play against World Champ .What a Japanese)

[@darksoul9391]

hes american tho

[@cody6950]

Why are there so many Hikaru haters?

[@lukahj]

maybe that was a decent question in 2019 but in 2021 the answer to that is pretty well known

[@jddrew00]

People have publicly become rather fed up with his repeated rude and classless behavior

[@leavethebasket7435]

Hikaru is petty, immature, arrogant, rude, lacks sportsmanship, etc. He has 0 charisma

[@illyrianprinc100]

@@jddrew00 you can say the same thing about michael jordan (NO I'M NOT COMPARING HIKARU TO MJ). He just has too much exposure if you compiled the worst moments in your life and have hundreds of thousands of people seeing them you would also look like a pathetic weasel.

[@RMF49]

People virtue signal as a way to cope with their envy.

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIPKIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

Hikaru is a like a supercomputer. Calm, cold and calculated when in the thick of it. Dings hand shaking after the 8:43 mark shows the pressure. Meanwhile Hikaru keeps on calculating solutions.

[@damiester1]

Except Hikaru barely won lol.

[@jaghobjaghobi9427]

Mr Nako R beste Chess chess player⚘❤🙏

[@chessenjoyer9657]

China vs Japan part 2

[@320speed]

Well done Ding

[@mukmin01]

Wow Ding is good. He might win WCC 2023 against Ian after long good fights

[@qaish4781]

are u 2 days late

[@hkexe]

​@@qaish4781 I think he is joking...

[@luisitogonzales3169]

It should be "the most eric speed championship because of the draw" Eric rosen: coughs😆

[@chrismusix5669]

Portents!

[@heath_00000]

Ding is so good. Why didn’t I know this before?

[@ex0duzz]

Hes been ranked clear 2nd for the last 5 years or so now. Basically only him and Magnus were 2800+ for the last few years. Everyone else was like 2780 and below. So yes, he is so good.. he was clear second best in the world for last 3 years until Nepo had a good run last year and ding had bad run. Now ding is ranked 3 with 2788 rating and nepo second with 2795. That's the rating both will have going into the world chess championship match which starts in 4 days time.

[@diptodeepmajumder9746]

Probably because you weren't paying attention. Liren had a monster streak of 100 consecutive unbeaten games in classical and only Magnus was able to break the record. He was by far the 2nd strongest player in the world till 2019 end, when COVID derailed him.

[@DoNotSin]

Nobody: hikaru: 2:15

[@pputnam100]

Hikaru is only the 8th ranked player in the world compared to ling who is 2nd to carlsen

[@charles2521]

A bit unfair for Ding due ping.

[@joshuabarnett7128]

Wowzers

[@crypastesomemore8348]

That last game seemed like Ding could’ve drawn it (rook vs knight and an extra pawn). Why resign?

[@jagz8945]

A draw in the Armageddon format is a win for black

[@LephariaGaming]

It's armageddon. A draw is a win for black.

[@skystar7824]

It's armageddon, white gets extra time, but loses if it's a draw.

[@chiz161190]

I think that in case of draw Hikaru would win the whole match anyway because he was playing black in the last game.

[@acpliego]

Did anybody mention that in Armageddon a draw is a win for black?

[@pilzz03]

Wow

[@songsboosh6098]

Would it be wrong to say that 光 won by the skin of his teeth?

[@dhruvyadav7715]

what is that 🥴

[@bangyrm]

Wawww amazing...

[@Yunas5575]

Ding will win

[@SeanKroner]

Hikaru better!

[@dartwithit7247]

Gg

[@zandrosoliman3513]

Hii

[@andrewr8144]

Hikaru is my favorite player and he should step in now that Magnus doesn't want to be world champion.

[@VibrantRL]

First ;)

[@thomasgilson6206]

Hikaru won because of a mouth slip.

[@fletch84]

He would've won the game regardless of the slip

[@dhruvyadav7715]

yeah ding mouth slipped 🥴🥴🥴

[@noamaneslaitane]

hikaru had a winning position before that

[@1scoobyy]

yeah he won because of a mouth slip

[@lqztee]

a chinese man vs a chinese boy

[@imUrViewer]

lol cant help but to feel ding is kinda a fluke world champ because magnus is not playing, can never be the real world champ without dethroning the real champ

[@chikachika1058]

Magnus ran away like a coward.

[@clubkr6517]

Hikaru pressed the doorbell and it made a Ding Dong.

[@lolhiya384]

Lol if you said "made him a dingdong" instead of "it"