MVL Beats Nepo, Blows Candidates Wide Open! | FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament

In Round 7 of the 2020 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave faced tournament leader Ian Nepomniachtchi. Even with being a last-minute replacement for the 2020 Candidates Vachier-Lagrave held his own and defeated Nepomniachtchi to tie for first place in the standings! Check out GM Simon Williams's video breakdown of this crucial Candidates battle!
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[@xthebumpx]

People who read comments and complain about seeing spoilers there do it to themselves, but no one can avoid spoilers if they're in the video title itself, please stop. edit: this goes for the some of the livestream video titles when they get posted too.

[@STJukes]

I like the suspense of watching the analysis and not knowing the result. Title spoils it.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

But would you have clicked? Perhaps you would have assumed it was a draw and not bothered

[@Intedujag]

@Jos Pickering not everyone's quarantined @ mom's basement you fetus

[@MartinUToob]

....and out of nowhere! It's MVL! (La Marseilles starts playing faintly in the background.) ♔🎶 Colossal commentary. 👍

[@meathead919]

MVL is off the chain! What a thriller candidates tournament!

[@hchitluri]

French defence against the French man

[@samuelbruyneel]

Yeah, and I play that cheeky move as well. And I play the Italian opening against Italians.

[@MG43eee]

I enjoy watching this the most when Simon is commentating on this!!

[@mathieublake1670]

stop putting spoilers in your title bruv. stupse

[@Melodo]

@Jos Pickering Nah fuck off, I'm watching it on Powerplay chess and I keep seeing them in the sidebar by accident.

[@Melodo]

@Jos Pickering Not really for the videos I've watched. Perhaps after a bit of watching you can ascertain who the video title is referring to but it still keeps you guessing. This is just a blatant unavoidable spoiler. And you're being insufferable about it. Is this personal to you or are you just a dick?

[@romainviry3185]

excellent job m8 , go HARRYYY ! french defense players knew from first king move and especially c4 that you may face total destruction against and attacking / dynamic player like Max. Great game, allez Maxime ! Tomorrow is a HUGE day against Fabi Caruana.

[@hreedwork]

Great game review! 👍

[@aakilla3880]

ahh PLEASE don't spoil the results in the title! I was looking forward to the in-game suspense

[@aakilla3880]

Jos Pickering 6am in chicago! Tough ask son

[@virajdusane128]

i have never seen an analysis like this on any channel on utube!!

[@whereverthewindblows99]

Love Simon’s commentary~ yo da’ best'

[@richardwaldron591]

Love Simon’s professional demeanor and delivery here. He knows his chess, too. Thoroughly enjoyed this video

[@motherbrain2000]

you are a great commentator my man

[@LudwigDeLarge]

MVL is the MVP ! :D

[@beatme1902]

:)

[@CircusNarcissus]

Nice colours !

[@carlkligerman1981]

When Nepo blew it by pushing the c pawn I couldn't believe it, got to go down as one of the blunders of the tournament!

[@AyushBahuguna]

Fide blew the tournament open wider

[@theazrael4423]

10:45 rb4 MVL dangles shiny object., the irony is, that is something cheeky Nepo would play, then stick his tongue out when you go chasing after it

[@olivierp7433]

One Ding to rule them all they said

[@Blaxpoon]

Allez la France !

[@theazrael4423]

Genuine question here from a fan of the game: Why would a GM play anything other that a variation of the sicilian against white 1. e4?

[@dannygjk]

MVL is a Sicilian specialist so that would be riskier than necessary.

[@leg10n68]

Plus mvl needed a win and sicilian is the sharper variation

[@fourtime7]

Optimal

[@AndrewBackhouse1]

Killer attack by MVL

[@StojanOdVeles]

After 14.cxd3 why not 14...Qe5+ instead of 14...Nd7 ? That was a free pawn ?! Or perhaps not ?!

[@peej2164]

doesn't look too good after Ne2 with Bf4 coming, just too much activity

[@louiefelipemurphy]

Is it just me or does this game seem easier to follow than others? For the first time in a while I could follow the logic behind every move.

[@unk884]

Its not about you or the game. Its about how deep the analysis is.

[@louiefelipemurphy]

@@unk884 The analysis is about the game. Which i remarked was easier to follow than other games.

[@menandmice]

@@louiefelipemurphy You have right! The game was quite easy to follow because the winner' s moves were logical and black did not succeed to create any meaningful counterplay. Black played back and forth and changed plans too much. So white could follow his plan quite logically.

[@theazrael4423]

Looking at the board at 5:04, MVL is free to roam all over the board at will, Nepo is cramped in his half, perhaps this was never going to end well, fun game though, most high level games with stakes this high can be quite boring, perhaps Nepo should have simply played for a draw against the tournament #2

[@maxalberhasky8201]

Does Simon know how to pronounce Nepo's full last name?

[@Mrpallekuling]

It's quite easy: Непо́мнящий

[@ledjiphil1196]

Don't know but Daniel King is the only (not french) to pronouce Maxime Vachier-Lagrave correctly

[@richardcochrane1966]

6:35 Simon's comments on dxc5 are extremely interesting, & after 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5, the English IM Michael Basman advocates 5 dxc5!?, on the principle that (a) it opens the position for your (potential) bishop pair & (b) that if Black is going to capture on c3, then 5 a3 is a wasted move....I have had fair success with this idea over the years....

[@menandmice]

I do not understand the complain about "spoilers". Everybody knew the result when hitting here. It is not a big deal.

[@xthebumpx]

Not everyone knows the result when seeing this in suggested videos

[@sneakyvictorsneakyvictor7658]

Summary: The French Defence is bonkers, don't play it! (says the guy that plays the Dutch and Benoni 😂)

[@12jswilson]

And the Black Lion

[@noidelaplatja]

@@12jswilson agree don't play the French, nor the Pirc nor the Philidor (Kramnik to the indian prodigies)

[@dannygjk]

17 minutes is too short for that game! Yes you read me right I want game analysis vids to be longer. XD

[@edwardshowden5511]

I would like to see Carlsen Nepo Nepomniachtchi, Ian beat Carlsen, Magnus 4 to 1, with 6 draws.