It's NEVER Easy! || Aronian vs Praggnanandhaa || FTX Crypto Cup (2022)

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Aronian, Levon (2793) - Praggnanandhaa (2751)
FTX Crypto Cup (chess24.com) [4] 2022.08.18
A22 English opening
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 c6 5.Ngxe4 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ng3 h5 9.e3 h4 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.d4 Qf6 12.Bd2 Bd6 13.a3 Bf5 14.Rc1 Rd8 15.Nc3 Qg6 16.Qf3 h3 17.g3 Bg4 18.Qxd5 O-O 19.Qb5 Rfe8 20.Be2 Nxd4 21.exd4 Rxe2+ 22.Nxe2 Qe4 23.Bg5 Re8 24.Be3 a6 25.Qa4 b5 26.Qxa6 Qxh1+ 27.Kd2 Qf3 28.Re1 Qf6 29.Nc3 Qe6 30.Qc6 Rc8 31.Qd5 b4 32.axb4 Qf6 33.b5 Bb4 34.Ra1 Bf3 35.Qb3 Bf8 36.b6 Bb7 37.d5 Bc5 38.Re1 Bxe3+ 39.fxe3 Ba6 40.Qc2 Qxb6 41.Kc1 Bc4 42.Rd1 Bb3 43.Qf2 Qa5 44.Kd2 Rxc3
00:00 Hello Everyone!
The 2022 FTX Crypto Cup sees Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Liem Le, Hans Niemann and Praggnanandhaa gather in the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Florida for the 2nd Major on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. $210,000 and a $100,000 Bitcoin bonus is at stake in the 7-round all-play-all tournament. Each match consists of 4 rapid games on the chess24 Playzone, with the winner earning $7,500 (3 points). If the match is tied there's a blitz tiebreak, with 2 blitz games followed, if needed, by a single Armageddon game. The winner earns $5,000 (2 points) and the loser $2,500 (1).
For each rapid game the players have 15 minutes for all their moves, with a 10-second increment after each move. For blitz games it's 5 minutes and a 3-second increment, while for the Armageddon game White has 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. No draw offers are allowed before move 40. Official website: chess24.com/tour
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[@anthonysellers6455]

The way Pragg fights his way through the middle game is just spectacular and probably worries many grandmasters

[@R4J4N]

Incredible speed chess at the end by Pragg!

[@shifeq9770]

I know only prague country

[@randomd_dued_45690]

"Quite similar but much much difderent" ~ Agadmator 2022

[@akiontube1]

Spell check my guy...

[@mariosasselo]

In other words... I'm speachless

[@valimaa1006]

Lmao Levon even said something along the lines that the player who confuses him the most is himself. He truly outplayed himself. He didn't lie hahaha.

[@utsavpatra6045]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kaptenkrok8123]

I think this is true for all players in a sufficiently complicated position

[@pt7258]

4 years back in your channel you were newly featuring Praggs game and he was so close becoming youngest GM but missed. You said if Pragg continues to play like this you will have to open a new channel only for Pragg. I think the time has come.

[@kwakuowusu-mensah8789]

Link?

[@vidhyachan6494]

Which video?

[@pt7258]

@@kwakuowusu-mensah8789 the video was in this channel a match between Pragg and may be it was Xiong or Awonder Liang.

[@Steven_56]

Link of the video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuqaparfZ6Ag8U

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@hikmatmohammadi]

Pragg will be world champion one day. Absolute machine of a player

[@rajair235]

Pragg during interview : “ I believe i am kind of Underrated in Classical Chess “

[@CoolEntertainment]

Prag calculates everything 🔥

[@adarshchoudhary8255]

what is the format of this tournament bro

[@delayedcreator4783]

@@user-yz2xl1tu6t huh?

[@josephbloggss7286]

@@adarshchoudhary8255 15 mins + 10

[@adershgr]

This explains how those pragg vs nihal bullet matches ends in a draw, as both players at time pressures finds only brilliancies

[@suyashsingh9924]

Pragg sucks at bullet (by his standards)

[@Just_a-guy]

Please dont give spoilers in comment. I watch lots of game here for the first time and would like to keep ending secret before watching them :/ Edit i saw this comment with pragg and draw in it during watch and stoped reading until i watched the whole thing and now I see that it talks about sth completely different

[@ayomikunsethadegboye2805]

Naaa you can't compare prag with nihal please.. nihal is a beast in bullet and ultrabullet

[@sivakumarbala2413]

@@ayomikunsethadegboye2805 Nihal is like t20 player he can't play good chess at high level just over rated but prag,gukesh ,arjun are playing well and also some exciting games.nihal is only for bullet let him there don't make him play here.say one game where he stunned any player like this.

[@ayomikunsethadegboye2805]

@@sivakumarbala2413 nihal at Olympiad wasn't even bad at all... If you follow prag and nihal on lichess, you will probably change your mind and attitude towards him

[@faresmohamed1945]

I see in his eyes that chess speaks for itself

[@MrGouldilocks]

Pragg is playing some incredibly creative chess at the moment, looking like one of the best in the world.

[@FloydMaxwell]

Pragg beating Levon (with the black pieces) signals a near era

[@yourstruly1234]

Prag seems to be very good in endgame, always plays the best moves even under time pressure..

[@AmmoBoks]

Even for Rapid games, they keep delivering amazing games!

[@solomonadeishvili9538]

#suggestion Eric Rosen vs Baadur Jobava Round 3 from Abu Dhabi Masters Tournamemt. Amazing game!!!

[@user-yz2xl1tu6t]

I know no one cares but i watched the game live on the real board just wanted to say

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

It seems that Pragg has become one with his pieces as his mind was fueled with all the lines he had to calculate and was victorious in the end. Just great stuff.

[@hsemarubab]

Pragg only needed a draw in this game.. and he went for this line 😀

[@TomTom-rh5gk]

Pragg ain't a grinder. He invents an opening and plays a brilliancy against one of the top players in the world.

[@dhrubaganguly7758]

This adhiban baskaran opening from black is so sharp that it would be full of "pause the video" moments...but no one would be able to find not even magnus.. because it's full of absolute absurd engine lines..which are even absurd at the engine standard also..no one knows what happens in this line..fresh least explored opening..perfect choice for a rapid game..tactics flying all over the board...blunderfest absolute pandemonium..black will be constantly asked to prove his compensation for the two pawn sacrifice throughout the game..lil bit if slip from either side and the eval bar will go crazy

[@panty_sniffer69]

Levon makes a terrible move Antonio:- "incredible"

[@WgCdrMadhusudan]

First minute : "...game 2 which is very similar but quite different". Agad's aphorism can be understood only by regulars 😀

[@4ndy_f886]

I wish i had the mindeset of one of those top tier players. It is really stunning to see finding all those brilliant moves with such limited time. Very enjoyable to watch and thank you for showing us all those great games!

[@rcstockton]

Wow! This is one of the most exciting games I've ever seen! Young genius Praggo is a problem!

[@billcook4768]

The level these guys are playing at is insane. 50 years ago Bobby Fisher though traditional openings were all solved. Glad to see how wrong he was.

[@jorgec7028]

Thanks Agadmator this was an incredible video!!

[@ibragimabrahamov6507]

Thank you very much! Very interesting!

[@dejobajkovic]

Ja sam iz Budve I redovno gledam tvoja videa. Bravo! Imam jednu sugestiju, bilo bi lijepo da stavis onaj kao bar sa strane koji pokazuje kimpijerirski prikaz kvalitet a svakog poteza. U svakom slucaju hvala sto si me vratio sahu. Pozdrav iz Budve 😊

[@OussamaOussama-gt7fd]

That dog in the background knows more than me about chess..

[@masumbulbulislam5406]

Hans Chess will speak for itself Neiman's chess is not speaking at all🤣

[@masumbulbulislam5406]

@Inner Worlds yup, i agree with you on that.

[@ScienceFan33]

@Inner Worlds agreed

[@KancerKowboy]

Wow this line is unique, never seen anything quite like it.

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

*What's worse?* 1. NEPO C5 blunder 2. 13:40 Levon rook blunder 3. Twilight sequel

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

I feel sorry for Levon in this game, he had it and then threw it away to the clock. Congrats to Pragg though, he's playing very interesting chess these days.

[@visheshtyagi8041]

Pragg was under time pressure... Levon had like 4-5 minutes..

[@supbro125]

Levon will come back strong 💪

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

@@itsmikko1798 I got that, I meant Levon wanted to pressure Praggu with quick moves so he'd run out of time, but that probably cost Levon the game.

[@NWRIBronco6]

@@schwindsichtigaderechte5293 They were agreeing with you about this, and said basically the same thing. Their response was addressed at the first comment which seemed to be challenging you on the grounds that Pragg was in time trouble...

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

@@NWRIBronco6 Thanks, it's rare for me to get confused by people trying to clarify things.😅

[@aqikaxar9995]

Praggu is my 2nd favourite Indian chess player after Vishy. Such a great talent

[@primeobjective5469]

"... and that's when I took it personal". -probably Pragg

[@parvatiyaproperties7899]

Amazing moves at a timely pressure situation by Pragg.

[@menpower1]

This seems like one of those times when your opponent is low on time but you are the one playing under more time pressure because you are trying to get your opponent to flag. It is also strange that Levon Aronian was trying to win by flagging when his OTB position at 12:00 was noticeably superior. Is he scared of Pragg?

[@curiouscat9]

It's also because when the opponent is low on time, you don't want them to think too much while _your clock is running_ (which is basically free time for the opponent). So you make your moves as fast as possible so the opponent doesn't get a chance to calm down.

[@aristosachaion_]

Most GMs are at this point lol

[@menpower1]

​ @Curious Cat My chess coach once told me: "People do not flag simply because they have little time on the clock, they flag because they have little time on the clock AND a bad position on the board". So while I understand what Levon Aronian is trying, and I have attempted the same myself, it is risky to compromise on the quality of your own moves to increase the time pressure on your opponent. Someone like Pragg needs but a handful of seconds to checkmate an opponent who is playing sub-optimal moves against him, and this game is stunning proof of that

[@troytheriot8679]

Players rely on engines so much they often miss the great combinations that came in the old masters games

[@youturbo992]

What a attacking chess by pragg..... 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@incessantyoutuber9318]

Absolutely incredible game by both players.. what a masterpiece ! Pragg has got lot of guts

[@emylrmm]

it would seem to be a poor tactic to try to make your opponent lose on time, especially at that level of play

[@RangeWilson]

39-year-old: Ima flag you. 16-year-old: WTF grandpa u lose.

[@suryanshdwivedi9043]

I am indian and love watching Prag's game but in this tournament, you are probably showing every game of him. Please, there are other tournaments as well like abu dhabi masters..please cover them as well and also other matches from the crypto cup.

[@nishitd]

FTX crypto has top players, so understandable that more focus will be on that tournament.

[@pashapasovski5860]

There are also other chess channels, you see how that works!?

[@Phurngirathaana]

@@nishitd SECRET CHECKMATE IN THE SCANDINAVIAN kzbin.infoFPPYW3XX-wY?feature=share

[@Shreyy17]

''We have a completely new game''. Also then ''Pragg plays Bf5 like he did in game 2''. We love Agad XD

[@TheOnezinho]

But levo plays a different move ...

[@Shreyy17]

@@TheOnezinho ?

[@lucag.b.5994]

Levon made a new move but pragg played the same moves as last game anyways

[@Shreyy17]

@@lucag.b.5994 but it wasn't a "completely new game" tho

[@itrig7679]

New game and same move are 2 different things

[@rickharold7884]

These guys have great games. He should’ve definitely use his time to think about his moves since that was his advantage, even though it gives time to everybody. Still very interesting match up these guys

[@animesloversunited9069]

12:22 Ne4 i saw it during the live match but levon just behaved like gukesh vs Nodirbek, he played very passive

[@krawek445]

Bxc5, Rxc5 and then Ne4 is even better. If Ne4 is played instantly then black plays Bxe3 and the fork doesnt matter anymore since its a trade of bishops with check so the queen just moves away

[@toussaid5340]

But if you play Bxc5, then black can start to check the king and your fork won’t happen

[@chitrak5258]

EXCELLENT

[@JJBA1000B]

For the first time I'm able to guess the winning move 😅..really happy

[@misternewoutlook5437]

I'll admit, after all these years, I've never really explored this gambit for black. It puts white off normal planning in the English. It almost forces white to consider 3. g3 or a defensive d3 first before developing that knight.

[@aadeshshah7223]

well done my boy

[@marksolvent3259]

Funny thing is I’ve been in this situation a lot. I have a few minutes and my opponent has 20 seconds and somehow I get checkmated when trying to flag in a completely winning position and time

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Pragg is something special for sure joining the cast of GMs Fabiano Alireza and many other Great GMs of the day Nordibek Mamedyarov Wesley etc so many rising stars really making for exciting Chess

[@rockmyworldmusic]

Imagine having 10 minutes to your opponents 30 seconds, and you blunder a Queen Rook fork!

[@Saiganesh2108]

why arent there any timestamps in the past few videos?

[@cricketcsk03]

#suggestion Rosen v Jobava.. Happened yesterday

[@maheiluwang515]

Loved the Quote

[@alahiri22]

Pragg is dangerous

[@mg-jo9kg]

quite similar but much much different :) yet still its meaningfull that is how chess is great👍

[@mohammadomarfaruk4711]

I think pagg future world champion

[@untitled6391]

Maybe

[@pegasusofdark]

It was a game with so many turns, tricks and tactics... As if everyone got a share of happiness of winning and finally one won at last

[@jsanon1634]

Prag is so flexible and focussed with a non stop attack on white Amazing game.

[@ovechkin100]

every single video is just a thumbnail with praggs beautiful face now haha

[@dariuszkopec2567]

Aronian had a winning advantage and he blundered game so now he is back in shape again.White rook e1 to d1 pure brilliancy for black bishop protected by black queen so you see he is also very generous player.

[@predsfanmyrtlebeach4542]

Yes I DID enjoy this!

[@emmanuelmawanza2328]

Incredible Pragg...bu dont get too used to winning in 30 secs

[@lalitsharma1252]

I just saw that pragg had about 3 brilliant moves and 6 great moves in this game💀

[@neelofazrath]

Make a video on Gukesh vs Epishenko

[@obsidaisy7776]

Sometimes in chess if you play an extremely attacking game, it will phase your opponent psychologically. It puts them in a defensive state of mind, all they can think about is defence, and they can't even consider offensive moves, even though the best defence is almost always an offense. That happened in this game.

[@jro3213]

"Attack! Always attack!" Anderssen

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

Not really

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

Levon defeated himself 🤣

[@msalty2823]

Pragg is on fire. I can't wait until he faces Magnus.

[@abdullahiohida2419]

The subtitle covers the white side of the board so we i can't see what is being played. Tnx

[@lynk_1240]

This is one of those situations where black's position is just easier to play with fewer options that are mistakes. While white might be objectively better for a calculating machine like a computer, for a human black's position almost plays itself.

[@igorperkov570]

Pls link for this match live

[@ericrobinson7184]

Pragg is the new Magnus.

[@timothyacowin9761]

Lemon just dropped 1000 rating points in the last ten moves

[@rvijayann]

Fabulous

[@l.d.t.6327]

This was more blunder by Aronian than brilliancy by Prag…

[@jaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Yes but winning the winning game is the toughest thing in chess

[@hiteshparmar1479]

He has won against almost every GM.

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@hiteshparmar1479 that's not relevant. Prag has won many games in a brilliant way, but Levon just gave this one away.

[@ritul2345]

It would have been brilliant had there been no time pressure. If Prag had 5 more minutes to calculate then he would have finished that game without giving Levon a Chance.

[@prabhatmishra5667]

@@l.d.t.6327 agree

[@vishnu2407]

At 6:05, couldn't Bb4 also be played?

[@francisbryan2]

Chess has originated in india in of chatur anga, or four corps.

[@happygouki]

hey antonio the level on your mic is a tiny bit high.

[@pankajbaher]

brilliant game

[@vivekagrawal5608]

it appeared that it was Levon, who was low on time throughout the match!

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

13:40 😂😂😂 *(Now I am confused who is better at making blunders,,,,, NEPO or Levon?)*** I have made that queen bishop blunder 💯 years ago & never repeated that, even in 3 min blitz game I hardly make such a move,,, one of the worst move played by Levon, also lost his b file pawn also he left E3 pawn hanging

[@tawheedfayaz4958]

It's Quite similar but much much different - Agadmator

[@UglyApprentice]

I hate the fact that Pragg is younger than me but almost twice my rating

[@areebansari1995]

Levon is out of his mind, he lost the won game

[@startrek9219]

Why are u giving spoilers 🗿

[@HITNUT]

Praggu is out of his mind, he won the lost game

[@nishitd]

he said in the interview later that he was not feeling well. It happens sometimes.

[@anarchistmaverick9507]

@@nishitd excuses

[@areebansari1995]

@@startrek9219 Read the cmnts after watching the video

[@chess_48]

perfect

[@pawan5248]

Levon Choked in the end

[@ScienceFan33]

This kind of game black would play when he has to win. All Prag needed was a draw. It is littlle confusing for me. Why did he go for such a sharp line? Why to give two pawns and be forced to justify it throughout the game? Why to walk into such a volatile position where one small inaccuracy and game is lost? This is exactly how Levon should have played if he was playing with black not prag. He could have made it easy.

[@menpower1]

While you are correct strategically, the mindset of a world class chess player should be to push for a win until and unless it is no longer viable. This is how Magnus Carlsen plays -- he recently sacrificed his Queen in a game he only needed to draw. Magnus has also intimated that he is unhappy about how Nepo, his would be World Championship competitor, is too easily satisfied with draws

[@billcook4768]

Any time else in my life we would have seen something like a Berlin snoozefest. I don’t know what’s going on, but all of a sudden the world has changed and everybody wants to play exciting chess. I like it.

[@medelfilali10]

"it's never so hard" magnus

[@smitherskro]

Someone explain why at @12:27 Levon can’t play bishop captures c5 Rxc5 Ne4 forking rook and queen?

[@kirankaranth1]

After Ne4 then Qd4+ and black is winning. Will either win the Knight or the rook next after Qxb2+

[@TCPUDPATM]

The fact that they think this quickly is incredible.

[@arq_9235]

That thumbnail scared me

[@ramilparedes9930]

Nice game Pragg

[@Ahmed-qc3ll]

Amazing game

[@Homer-je1pz]

prakgpsdhakdshalks is really good. I feel like he'll be a real threat in the future!

[@Greatermaxim]

Did Pragg really have 30 seconds or is there that unfair increment of time?

[@Clawmusic]

I have a quote for you: lIt’s quite similar but much much different “ Agadmator 😁

[@Alphamikefoxtrot5]

E for effortless by Praggnanadhaa😂, but well play by both players

[@kitelooper311]

Does Aronian ever win games on this channel? I can't remember a single game that he ever won here?

[@timothymcbride5092]

Seems like having more time is a disadvantage at this level.

[@Pavan_Aiyappa]

No matter it's black or white Praggs pieces develops quickly and starts attacking ruthlessly !!! If you survive the mid game then chances are Pragg can lose ....but unlikely the way he is playing these days

[@howdyhoneybadger8074]

At the end after bxc3, completely winning is qa2+