My Forest Is Much Deeper and Darker Than Yours || Nepo vs Firouzja || FIDE Candidates (2022) R4

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Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2766) - Firouzja, Alireza (2793)
FIDE Candidates Tournament (chess24.com) [4] 2022.06.21
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 Bc4 16.Kb1 a4 17.Nbc1 d5 18.f6 gxf6 19.gxf6 Ndxf6 20.Ng3 Bxf1 21.Rhxf1 a3 22.b3 Kh8 23.exd5 Nd6 24.Qxb4 Rc8 25.Bb6 Qd7 26.Qe1 Rb8 27.Ba5 Nc4 28.d6 Bd8 29.Bc3 Qe6 30.Nd3 Nd5 31.Nf4 Nxf4 32.Rxf4 f6 33.Qe2 Nb2 34.Rdf1 Re8 35.Rh4 f5 36.Rxh7+ Kxh7 37.Qh5+ Kg8 38.Nxf5 Bf6 39.Rg1+
00:00 Hello Everyone!
00:56 Game Starts!
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19:50 It Was In This Position
22:02 Contributions
The 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament is an 8-player double round-robin that will decide Magnus Carlsen's challenger for the 2023 World Championship match, or, if Magnus decides not to play the match, the two players who will battle it out for the title. There is also a €48,000 top prize at stake. The venue is the Palacio de Santoña, Madrid, from June 17th to July 4th. If players tie for 1st place there will be a playoff on July 5th. No draw offers are allowed before Black's 40th move.
The players get 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment only from move 61. A playoff will feature two 15+10 rapid games followed, if needed, by two 3+2 blitz games. If still tied the players will keep playing single blitz games until one of them wins. If more than two players tie for 1st there will be a mini round-robin. Official website: worldchampionshipcycle.fide.com
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[@saryjou2793]

The most impressive thing about Nepo's two victories is that they seemed to be effortless. He didn't have any problems and play them like rapid games

[@redwanurrahaman8644]

But that's also his weakness.he plays classical games like rapid style

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@redwanurrahaman8644 maybe he knows he doesnt personally benefit from thinking longer than he does

[@mno7pro323]

Yeah that's Nepo for you fast mostly accurate attacking moves Winning with the bishop sack against ding and the rook sac here against firouzja is something else It's such a shame we couldn't see him play like that in the world championship

[@adnan4688]

Nepo can't defeat Magnus. He is not mentally strong enough,he breaks down under pressure. He gives too much respect to Magnus,and goes right into his trap, playing Carlsens game instead of his. He can't beat Magnus positionally,he should attack attack and attack against Magnus,in order to win. BUT,I believe Magnus that he will retire,if Alireza doesn't win. Also,Nepo should fire all of his firsts and seconds,if he gets another chance against Magnus,and play his own game,not Carlsens.

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@adnan4688 Magnus never said Alireza winning it was taken out of context he just wants to face a new generation player

[@Cinephile..]

Agadmator as history teacher: Columbus did all sort of nasty discoveries

[@ayanbandyopadhyay7767]

Brilliancy

[@motricalaalan6186]

Underrated

[@Chess845]

Lmao

[@barun9665]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@MrSupernova111]

That bastard. lol

[@ethangilworth7891]

Nepo is an absolute savage. Everyone was so down on his performance against Carlsen last year they forgot.

[@CrazyzzzDudezzz]

Maybe he just got stronger

[@FridolinH]

@@CrazyzzzDudezzz I think its more about the nerves playing the world chess championship. The stakes are so much higher than in the candidates

[@cptnoremac]

Pepperidge Farm remembers

[@etzete7455]

@@FridolinH Also he was facing the best player in the world and now hes "only" facing some super GMs :D

[@Ennar]

@@CrazyzzzDudezzz this is just how Nepo played before the match with Carlsen, remember that he had to win Candidates. It was very unfortunate that he fell apart after losing game 6 which was a draw with best play, but Carlsen grinded him hard, and one single slip in a very long and tiresome game was all Carlsen needed to win, and it shook Nepo heavily. You could say it was against Carlsen, but if you want to be the world champion, it shouldn't happen. But anyway, this is Nepo in his true colors, a savagely good player. If he wins Candidates again, hopefully he can prepare mentally bit better than last time since his ability otherwise is not lacking.

[@swastikkhandelia9859]

Title summoned every bit of my attention

[@eobardthawne7126]

On GOD!

[@himanshudevaliya]

I commented before even watching the video because of the title. Agad knows how to hammer the nail perfectly.

[@xsolaris42]

Came here for this 😂

[@sanathkumar876]

lmao🤣

[@eobardthawne7126]

@@himanshudevaliya on gang

[@Melovalova786]

Nepo knew he was going to win as he saw this video beforehand

[@greatad2405]

Lappasi mt kr

[@mdashrafuzzamansunny2145]

No he didn't? Agadmator made this video after the match otherwise how would he know the result?

[@QuaterWiZ]

​@@mdashrafuzzamansunny2145 good question

[@imightbebiased9311]

@@mdashrafuzzamansunny2145 It's a joke about how fast Agadmator gets his recap videos up.

[@videogames1926]

r/whoosh to all of you except for Mrs Nagendar Anna

[@KeepSmiling-]

I like magnus but when magnus defeated nepo last year I felt bad for nepo because of his innocent facial expression. Edit: Also heartbreaking questions were being asked to nepo at press conference,we could sense that by his expression

[@siddhantjhaveri]

Exactly. Nepo is such a likeable personality

[@910mikethepole]

Media did him dirty, he didn't deserve that. Nobody would have beaten Magnus last year

[@910mikethepole]

@National Socialism lol at your name. You're right, he blundered several times. Badly. I don't think anyone had a shot at beating Magnus, but Nepo probably could've taken a couple games if not for those awful blunders. Media still did him dirty, he knew he messed up and they were relentless.

[@justinbieber8028]

Yeah I’m not even a fan of nepo or anything but watching someone get destroyed at something they worked hard their whole life for was heartbreaking. It felt like you were watching his dreams get crushed.

[@tonymiller6847]

@@910mikethepole or next year or the year after.

[@diego7425]

Nepo is completely on fire. He has defeated some of the favorites players to win the tournament such as Ding and Alireza in an effortless way! . He is playing amazing attacking chess!!

[@stocktwit6586]

All until he chokes like a 2000 rated player against Magnus lmao

[@aaliyan22]

Ian is a monster. He doesn't care about who you are or what you want he just wants to kill you. He badly wants a rematch with Magnus and this time he will be more worthy and prepared. I don't mind a rematch.

[@aaliyan22]

​@@stocktwit6586 It's not easy when all eyes are on you. The pressure got to him but he came back much stronger. Isn't that enough to tell you that he's much more worthy now.

[@Magg78]

So far, so good. Remains to be seen if he has the stamina to be consistent.

[@MrSaivasu]

@@stocktwit6586 well he did not play for 14 boring draws which most likely magnus does. Magnus is such a boring player when it comes to big stake matches.

[@Nadia-yf3gq]

The game is awesome, but what made it truly entertaining were Nepo's facial expressions. You can just read everything the man thinks about each move and about his opponent's decisions. Legendary

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@detroiter4eva he can, he was the one with winning positions that he drew in 2 games before carlsen won a super long grind game, after that nepo was not mentally there anymore and played silly things

[@aadiruleshah145]

@@eyeofhorus1301 bro the WCC wasn’t close, please.

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@aadiruleshah145 thats my point he mentally tilted and played like a 2300 after the grueling long loss after being winning in 2 games before that. He was tilted that he didnt win when he shouldve and then that he barely lost a super long game

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@detroiter4eva No, they were obvious blunders for any super gm so Carlsen was shocked when he did them. He just got super mentally tilted

[@aadiruleshah145]

@@eyeofhorus1301 he wasnt really winning in the two games before that - both players had time pressure and technically were both at a “winning position” in some point. But both couldn’t really convert because of the time pressure. It was fairly even and no one was in the drivers seat. Then Magnus took over from game 6. That’s what seperates him from everyone else. You might be able to hang with him for a couple of games (like in Nepo’s case) or even the whole classical portion (in Fabi’s case), but he will grind you down and beat you. His endurance is far better than anyone else’s in the entire world

[@toSirius]

It wasn't just a win, it was a total destruction of a 2800 Player. Nepo is a beast. A fox in the chicken coop. Great Game!

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[@bigstan23]

It's nice to see Nepo winning against the only guy that Magnus consider playing in the WCC, I hope that this boosts his morale after the frustration he had to endure in his match against Magnus.

[@rq4740]

"Hey Magnus, remember that guy who you thought was your only worthy opponent? I just trashed him in the Candidates"

[@karbon4628]

yeah alireza represents the potential of a new generation to usurp magnus. candidates is a test to see if he is ready to take on magnus, who is “bored” of people he has played for decades

[@honourabledoctoredwinmoria3126]

​@@karbon4628 TO be fair to Magnus, we have sort of an unprecedented time when the world champion has been the obviously best player for over 10 years at this point. Yet, over that entire time, except for when Giri first appeared (and he's only 4 years younger and hasn't come close to Magnus), the only players close to his abilities are the same ones within 1 or two years of his age, who he has been playing his entire life. There was a period of time where Karpov was the only match for Kasparov, but eventually Nigel Short came on, and then Anand. And although none of them ever had the advantage against Kasparov, I don't think that they were at the same disadvantage that Fabi or Nepo were at, where people were saying before the tournament that Fabi's best result would be drawing 12 classical games and then losing in the Rapids and were expecting Nepo to lose at least one classical game. If Ding were to play Magnus, we'd almost certainly get 12 draws again, with a slight chance of a loss from Ding, although Ding might be only the slight underdog in the rapid and blitz tiebreaks as he has beaten Magnus in rapid matches. So it totally makes sense that he does not want another long slog with any of them.

[@tonymiller6847]

He went into that match with a loser mentality. Nepo got what he deserved.

[@tonymiller6847]

Liren is not afraid of Magnus, but doesn't have the man's stamina nor his skill.

[@valkyr4u]

Nepo is clearly the NepoLean of the Sicilian. Just another masterpiece

[@vaishnoo1168]

Aim fan

[@harshitpurohit2416]

Nice

[@tonymiller6847]

Too bad he didn't have the intestinal fortitude to play it against Magnus.

[@shin29534]

@@tonymiller6847 magnus is russia when its having a winter war

[@alahiri22]

All the people who reached 2800 without playing Nepo and Magnus are coming back down to where they belong... Nepo is just brilliant so far

[@imperatoresarchitecture6191]

love you man

[@billynollii7396]

I can't help but think Caruana is still going to find a way to prevail in this tournament, despite Nepo's brilliant play thus far.

[@niagra898]

@@billynollii7396 I agree Billy.

[@chillax9184]

@@billynollii7396 still possible. Nepo is known to crumble later in the tournament because of inconsistency

[@DrinkWater713]

@@chillax9184 He won last time, so...

[@saumenroy8710]

Reality seems to hit hard for Alireza. this was brutal considering that he is a former 2800 and usually tactically sound player. But nepo is really playing like a magician. This guy is the best in weird positions. I am curious how he will handle Magnus( considering Magnus said that Nepo is brilliant but can't handle a loss very well)

[@garrettohyeah7365]

Magnus just destroyed him in the world championships

[@saumenroy8710]

@@garrettohyeah7365 Yeah.After the match Magnus said that Nepo's play significantly downgraded after game 6 of their WCC

[@jaikapoor8060]

@@garrettohyeah7365 till game 6th...magnus was not even on driver seat

[@mckwrnck9006]

@@jaikapoor8060 wasn't?! Name 1 single moment where Magnus suffered against Nepo. Nepo is very, very good, but saying that Magnus wasn't controlling the match from the beginning is delusional.

[@jaikapoor8060]

@@mckwrnck9006 bruh...did you forgot magnus was in time scramble as well as in worse position...but then nepo came into time pressure as well and could not follow up....also in one game magnus missed nepo's move and had to sac exchange

[@rajurastogi1222]

Magnus : Ah shit! Here we go again.

[@MR__MAD__MAX]

👑 Nepomniachtchi 👑

[@eduardoaquino8080]

Nepo must have gone through the most intense training arc after his loss to Magnus in the WCC if he’s winning this effortlessly…

[@joe6700]

Hyperbolic time chamber

[@MinhTuan-sm6dy]

Effortlessly bcuz his opponent blunder lol

[@abankhalidansari1364]

@@MinhTuan-sm6dy Bro that's how you win a game of chess...one guy blunders in time pressure or simply because of the pressure of the complicated positions...and That's how Carlsen has won all of his WCC games...because his opponent blundered. How difficult it is to understand???

[@elyas4637]

@@MinhTuan-sm6dy bruh, that's how you win games genius. If you two both play good moves it will be a draw, if one plays bad or slip up someone will win.

[@tonymiller6847]

The tourney's not half over and you're all reaching unassailable conclusions. Have none of you played chess matches? I got to 2206 barely, but performed at 2300 strength in 14 matches for the Ventura Chess Club Championships (1999= 2015) I don't quite know why or how that happened, but it did.

[@bobbyjean830]

I love to watch Ian play, he has such a creative and expressive style.

[@ryanflanagan9624]

great videos of encouragement and hope God bless kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4vHp2CKqc6Aock www.youtube.com/watch?vBdHogVWU9p0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipjddZKvg8mUmaM

[@sevenstarofheaven6673]

Remember Viswananthan Ananad, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov also lost their first title match 🙂

[@pacific2956]

I found Bb6 without pausing but with pure intensions of "lets harrass the queen"🤣

[@julesandrewsusvilla4657]

I also found it while watching live and the way I thought about it was that "I feel like there's nothing to do so I guess I should attack the queen"

[@Jayhawk92]

Same, had no idea what it would accomplish though. Incredible play by Nepo

[@simonx6767]

My forest is much deeper and darker than yours My forest can walk right through the door

[@agadmator]

I lived on SOAD for years as a teenager hahaha

[@j.prt.979]

Lol

[@smaklilu90]

Magnus: I won't play WC if Alireza is not my opponent. Nepo: I ate Alireza for breakfast 😂

[@IAmDavid91]

And Magnus eats Nepo as a midnight snack

[@omenoflaherty1294]

FIDE Ratings: Ding and Alireza are the best players in this tournament. Actual Results: Hold my last place spot.

[@bezzlebedeviled4756]

Carlson: "Myeh. I'm not defending my title unless Firouzja wins the Candidates." Nepo: "Im'a beat yer boy like a spotted dog!"

[@alexandervesterlund8091]

I am both pleased and impressed with Nepomniachtchi's performance in this year's candidate's tournament. After the rollercoaster of emotions that must have been his championship match, he's up and fighting with great vigour for a new shot at the title. He's not to be counted out from the top contenders yet! Though it must be said. From what we've seen this far, none seem to be in the shape and level required to take the title from Magnus. Great performances overall, but the King will still be the King.

[@strategicsage7694]

Depends on which Magnus shows up. He's been inconsistent lately.

[@jesusrodriguez-gomez4469]

No one is king forever, much less in chess: Steinitz, Lasker... Tal...

[@kolbenfresser9108]

He not only cant be counted out from the top contenders, he is the top contender right now. Fabi does look equally strong to me so far and im still believing in Alireza. Tough Luck for him to have his brilliant Prep in R3 unrewarded and running into equally brilliant prep from Nepo today. I think it’s between these 3.

[@alexandervesterlund8091]

You're probably right on that. Though I must admit that a Caruana rematch is dear to my heart. Including 'yet' at the end gives the appearance of an expectation of him dropping off from the top placement(s) in the candidates. A poor formulation as Nepo has shown himself to be in real good fighting shape.

[@tonymiller6847]

@@kolbenfresser9108 There's still a lot of chess to be played by people , not machines.

[@Zahrul3]

Knowing how Nepo (+Anand) play makes me appreciate Carlsen's dominance at chess

[@Glukgluk-be6bn]

Thinking the same thing. “Yeah but magnus owns these dudes anyways.”

[@pranav3813]

This time Carlsen shape in classical chess is not so great...he might get to loose title or rather this WCC will be very tough for Magnus. Magnus is now declining down from his peak...soon

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@pranav3813 hearing that for 6 years now, he is still the champion. Considering he has 70 rating points between him and 2nd place, doubt anybody else has any chances at all.

[@pranav3813]

@@kunalsingh4418 If Nepo reaches .he will defeat carlsen this time..

[@liborkundrat185]

Carlsen's dominance at the World Championship also comes from the format, which makes it much easier for defenders to win rather than challengers. And that's due to sooo many reasons. 1. It's much easier to peak once than to peak twice, and the challenger has to peak twice - in the Candidates' and in the 1v1 Championship. 2. Form changes overtime. The most capable player of challenging the defender at the Candidates' time isn't necessarily the most capable player of challenging the defender months later. 3. Candidates require a different skillset than the World Championship. In Candidates, you must win classical games. In World Championship, you "only" need to draw your way through to the rapid/blitz tiebreakers. (as seen in 2016 and 2018) The player most capable of beating guys outside top 5 in the world isn't necessarily the player most capable of beating the World Champion in 1v1 best-of-14 format. 4. This is not measurable, but theoretically speaking, if a player is 2nd best player at the time of the Candidates' and 1st best player at the time of the World Championship, and the defender is 3rd best at the time of the Candidates' and 2nd best at the time of the World Championship, then the defender will defend the title. Despite the other mentioned player being better at all times. 5. Candidates are a bit chaotic, as players don't treat all games equally. If you get a tough game one day, you might take a quick draw the next game, which makes sense in terms of strategy and entertainment, but it does bring randomness into the tournament. And randomness increases the chance of the best player not winning the tournament. Which once again means that the defender might not play the strongest challenger in the Championship duel. To show some numbers, out of 17 last Championships played this way, 14 were won by the defenders and only 3 by the challengers. (Kasparov 5x as the defender, Kramnik 1x as the challenger + 2x as the defender, Anand 1+3, Carlsen 1+4) This is gonna turn to 15 out of 18 if Carlsen defends his title again, which is an insane statistic. Now, I'm not saying that Carlsen (or Anand, or Kramnik, or Kasparov) wouldn't win all the Championships they did win. I'm merely saying that their route to defending the title would be more difficult. I think this put Carlsen's "dominance" into true light: Unlike in other sports, having a single player win multiple Championships in a row isn't nearly as impressive as we all like to believe. All respect to Carlsen, I'm very sure he'd win at least 3 out of those 5 Championships even if the format was different and more fair, and I don't think no one can doubt his quality as a chess player when looking at his games, rating, etc. However, as much as most chess players don't want to admit this, I believe we shouldn't ignore the fact that these "dynasties" happened with the Championship always being biased in the defender's favour.

[@gaminghut2519]

Your way of explanation is awesome, best on KZbin!!

[@kingmarin5820]

Nah he is missing a lot of interesting stuff.

[@gaminghut2519]

Bro u can see others also and then compare him...he is far better than any on KZbin!!

[@rahulvignesh2775]

Was waiting for this!!!!! What a game.. Added to my playlist

[@Pushpendra_singh96]

Nepo: *Really? Is he the one magnus was talking about?*

[@mriswith88]

IS THIS YOUR KING?!

[@Mikeys616]

Thank you so much for making these excellent videos Antonio!

[@disco_sugar_g]

such an intense game. what a perfect capture and expansion of it. #agadmatorknows

[@MrSupernova111]

Sick game by Nepo! A real masterpiece! The young Alireza ran into a wall on this one! Very nice!

[@KenLongTortoise]

Alirexa is not mentally strong enough to beat Nepo and therefore you can discount his entire future....hear how stupid that sounds? writing Nepo off permanently is just as stupid

[@I.AVI.I]

This edition of the candidates is already legendary... wow

[@cchirag4]

I was waiting for this but I'm 26 mins late since i last checked lol :p great speed agad ✌️

[@peacefuldawn6823]

I really hope Nepo is able to keep up such spectacular play!

[@himanshudevaliya]

Before I watch the video I would like to say that the quote deserves a like for its own.

[@alexdotdash7731]

What a complicated game, but super well done by Nepo. Great video!

[@CristianMorenoPakarati]

It's shocking how Nepo gradually squeezed the position until Alireza had simply no good moves at all.

[@TheDeatheater3]

The thing is you cant tell if Nepo had this prepared because he usually blitzes its opponents.

[@gunz300]

When we see Nepo in this kind of form, it's just hard to believe he could make the kind of blunders he made in the last WCC.

[@JapanLovez]

because it was so boring if he would not make blunders because Magnus was not trying hard to win. Magnus was playing safe.

[@gunz300]

@@JapanLovez Ah, no.

[@JapanLovez]

@@gunz300 so yes. All openings were for draws.

[@tonymiller6847]

@@JapanLovez Right again!

[@violethill2527]

Thank you for the video!

[@mikebevibevi]

Couldn't wait to see this video! Thanks Antonio, you're the man!

[@raoulhery]

Sicilian is too risky at this level+our boy Alireza lacks experience at the highest level, he lost his nerves. He has been schooled by the older guy

[@hannicutie0.0]

Firouzja: *goes for Najdorf Sicilian* **boss music plays** Nepo: **transforms to Ian Deep-omniachtchi**

[@markodurrigl5483]

Love the videos I just wish we could see the standigs after you show the games from the given round.

[@ayushdwivedi2039]

Bobby Fischer's quote on the top of the board makes it a lot more wholesome..

[@nickr.4120]

Brutal. Nepo just schooled him from start to finish. The time situation, the positional play, the brutal attack. He just suffocated Alireza.

[@Lunitarium]

Longtime subscriber and casual player at best. I absolutely love your channel and insights. Thank you so much for your work.

[@mustbehypno]

XD XD XD

[@martynonions6268]

"...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple." HR Wakefield

[@jeremiahakinlabi7232]

Incredible positioning from Nepo. He might just win this candidate again

[@blokin5039]

Are you pregnant?

[@imightbebiased9311]

I think if Nepo ends up winning again, Magnus is definitely gonna be like, "Nah, been there, done that."

[@ramanandnayak305]

Then again nepo did beat "the only guy magnus would consider playing" fr though if ian works on his morale problems he is one of the best challengers

[@gandalfthewizz3219]

If he decides to not play to defend his title, that's just disrespectfull to everyone who plays the candidates, like Firouzja is something special, havent won in 4 games. Wow!

[@philipmorse-fortier5499]

Yeah, Magnus fans should be hoping that Nepo doesn't win the Candidates. I give it like 10-20% chance if Nepo wins that Magnus defends. Which is a shame, he's really good and fun to watch, but with the way the last WC went I think it's pretty certain.

[@eyeofhorus1301]

@@philipmorse-fortier5499 But Magnus has the huge problem that if he just gives up the title he makes unworthy nepo the world champ and that would be lame.

[@rohan1864]

@@gandalfthewizz3219 that's why he said that he's not going to defend in general, and only made a slight suggestion that he would play Alireza, which everyone understood as being open to being challenged by a new generation of upcoming chess prodigies, and not people who have played in the same league as him for years and whom he's already topped. But honestly, take into consideration that he is still a human, and he might just not like the routine he's been put in by having to defend the title every couple years. If he doesn't feel it anymore, who tf does he owe his own life in your opinion?

[@TomislavPatarcic]

We've been waiting for, alright. But not too long. :D

[@philipstrange60]

Been waiting for this!!!

[@Barry_L]

I think the scars that Nepo got on game 6 against magnus just made him stronger. It is good to see Nepo playing effortlessly

[@shirishsharma6888]

Nepo's face was priceless after firouja blunders

[@luciidusal]

Great to see all the Neko love in the comments. Got his mojo back!! This game will be a great confidence boost. I won't be surprised to see him kick on from here.

[@sammainer8728]

Nepo's third name should be stockfish,i mean he is just spectacular, spectacular!

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

such a dumb comment. Ian is defo nowhere near the most accurate chess player,so idk how he is akin to stockfish. Only magnus can be called stockfish

[@adityasharma3150]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 Dude, get a job

[@stephenw5628]

Nepo just seems to find absolute monster moves, despite being inconsistent sometimes, he has such a great eye for just being able to find something incredible

[@kunalsingh4418]

Carlsen perhaps slightly overestimated Alireza. He himself never fell below 2800 after reaching it, and maybe he thought Alireza would be the same considering their similar rating growth. But its feels now that Alireza needs atleast one more candidates cycle to really win against the top GMs.

[@donramanayake1505]

I reckon Carlson was playing mind games with his opponents when he said that about Alireza. Not taking anything from Alireza, who is a phenomenal talent of course.

[@iarnithin]

J'ai regardé la partie en "live" avec les commentaires de Laurent Fressinet. La préparation de Firouzja est excellente, il n'y a rien à dire. Mais Nepo a su répondre sans sourciller pour déboucher sur un jeu positionnel dont il a le secret. Après de longues réflexions, Alireza a pratiquement toujours joué les coups justes et pourtant, tant de possibilités dans le jeu de Nepo que ça ressemblait à une lente descente aux enfers... Merci pour ta transcription du jeu et tes commentaires.

[@alexescajeda4012]

I know it’s still early in the tournament but remember when Alireza qualified everyone jumped on his bandwagon and anointed him the Challenger the Magnus? The super GMs in this tournament are really putting on a show

[@BlazeSLK]

I couldn’t find Bb6, but I did realize it was a situation of needing to find the continuation, so partial credit I think. What a fascinating game. It’s amazing how such a well-known opening like the Sicilian can lead to so many different end games

[@banibratabiswas8121]

i found Bb6, only because i was looking at the squares that the knight controlled.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

me also - but I didn't see that Queen move after it for White. This was the best game of the tournament so far.

[@ramachandra776]

Alireza is playing like Fischer in his first candidates tournament . Extremely well prepared in the opening , playing aggressive chess but squandering his advantage in the middle and end game . But Nepo is Nepo . This time he surprised Alireza by matching his speed and then flattening him by finding incredible moves in less time .

[@matthewstrauss1377]

Great video, thanks😁

[@coxscorner]

I really like Nepo's play. I can't say Im rooting for him yet because I think Magnus will resign the title rather than play the same opponent twice. I hope not, but....

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

it's probably going to be Nepo or Fabiano, so either way Magnus not interested in either of them, but Magnus respects Fabiano more.

[@HakunaMatataAquatics]

I feel the same way.

[@PivotStickmanAnimations]

Who would turn down 1.200000 euros and one gold trophy?

[@ndnd7614]

Nepo is going to win the candidates again! Alireza is disappointing tho. He got lucky he didn’t lose 2 times (rapport match).

[@Dax_Maclaine]

To his credit, he did play great against hikaru and probably would’ve beaten most super gms with that game. What hikaru did was one of the best defensive showing of all time imo

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

@@Dax_Maclaine he didnt play great against hikaru tho. He had insane prep which hikaru managed to defend. Alireza has definitely been very disappointing. I never followed the preposterous "alireza can only farm 2600's" but the statement seems to be somewhat true day by day. Since the start of the grand chess tour,alireza has played 13 classical games and won just 1. Thats terrible.

[@Dax_Maclaine]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 it's not as if Alireza let an advantage slip or anything though. Even after he was out of prep, he still put hikaru in tough situations that required only moves to maintain equality. Ultimately, chess is likely a draw, so when there's perfect defense, a perfect offense is still a draw

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

@@Dax_Maclaine i didnt say he did anything wrong in the hikaru game. The biggest advamtage he had in the endgame was +1.1,which is defo a draw. Im talking about his other results

[@picksalot1]

Nepo looks brilliant, until he has to face Magnus. Then the lights go out. Maybe it will be different this time, but Magnus loves a challenge.

[@apolicum]

Magnus only plays Firouzja. So if Nepo wins the candidates, he will face the second one from the candidates.

[@vivekpal368]

@@apolicum thats not official.. he could change his mind.. if money and situation are good enough

[@picksalot1]

@@apolicum Didn't know that. Great way to lose viewers. 😵

[@dahchessmaster4616]

Perfect chess. A stronger, more confident #Nepo... I look forward to the rest of this tournament #FaSho #FIDE2022♟ #Candidates ♟ #ChessLivesMatter 🎗

[@azixy_web]

It's very clear that nepo prepared this whole thing for magnus during world championship, and that's why magnus never defended with the Sicilian back then 🤯

[@peterpapushi]

Nepo winning with swagger. Beating a fellow 2700+ GM like it was nothing. Firouzja is probably not feeling very 'chosen one' at the moment.

[@grcfalcon]

Too bad Nepo doesn't play with such confidence after the candidates duel, during the match with the world champion.

[@clivethereddevil3178]

18.f6 has been played 4 times before. A.Voranenen - J.Salonen 2011........M.Cornel-L.Sorbi 2014.........C.Osman - H.Boyce 2011 and firstly K.Herzogg - E.Meiners 2008. With some transpositions all 4 games ended up in the same position after 18.f6 gxf6 ; 19.Ng3 Nd6 ; 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.Bh6 Kh8 . 3 games continued with Qg5 and the other Bxf8.

[@wellyleo]

I learn chess on every channel you upload and also learn to analyze and you are good at analyzing every step

[@squareroots6003]

When your prep runs into Ian's prep!

[@unknown-vt8cf]

After wc loss that forest is turning more deeper😾

[@Asgardians3t]

Damn that was smooth af!!! Game was awesome!!!

[@subuddhparekh]

A new move as of move 18. Its getting further and further back. Great videos as usual Agad, however, a few too many diversions in the beginning going down less than interesting lines and breaking the flow.

[@lastprophet9904]

Ali reza was super frustrated with the draws and tried too hard...with the hype going on. Poor lad.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

Nepo destroying the favorites effortlessly, but Magnus absolutely humiliated Nepo, just shows how much better Magnus is, if not for computers these guys wouldn't even dare to face Magnus.

[@Dax_Maclaine]

Tbf, Nepo was toe to toe against Magnus in the first 5 games. Game 6 was legendary, and Nepo wasn’t the same since. If Nepo holds game 6 I think the wcc is completely different. Magnus still might’ve won, but not like he did. Nepo is back in his peak form. The question is if he can hold it start to finish this time

[@rvlglobe]

Wow, what a game. I think Nepo invented a new chess theme! It is like the inverse of a Zugzwang. Creating a position where almost no matter what you play you are improving your position, or winning. Simply spectacular.

[@kasparov20]

Agad gave us the hint about the move to find ,and I found it in a couple of seconds

[@taongabwanali8073]

I really think a lot of us were under-estimating Nepo!

[@claudiog7692]

You all were just over-estimating Alireza

[@priyabratamallick9230]

Once you prepare for the world championship, you gather a team and train. It helps to reach a different sphere of chess knowledge. Nepo showing just that

[@siddhantjhaveri]

Right. And then there are multiple times world champions like Carlsen, Anand, Kasparov, Karpov, etc who are in a different league altogether. Imagine doing this preparation 5, 6, 7 times, challenging and beating the world champion and then defend your title every time there's a challenger.

[@SK-tk6bi]

Exactly. The number one reason for Nepo's strong play here. Fabi also did that but Nepo is the more recent challenger.

[@davidcopson5800]

Pity he didn't show it against Carlsen.

[@Teccler]

Was Alireza's innocuous n-d7 the losing move? If he had started his attack with p-B5 instead, would he have avoided being a tempo behind from then on?

[@dunemeister5718]

Just wondering cause I’ve never been to a chess event but when a player offers a handshake how do you know if it’s a resignation or offering a draw??

[@DonFreeq]

It's actually a tricky one. There are no hard rules about it as much as I know. The custom is that if you offer it silently it is considered as a resignation (doesn'y apply to high lvl chess obviously). Therefore it's wise to say "draw?" when offering/accepting a draw which might be not necessary but definitely doesn't cost you anything. In case of a disagreement over the course of action arbiter steps in with guidelines but no strict rules. Most often than not you won't get robbed but there is definitely % of cases where you will if you accepted silent handshake as as a winning side. Have heard about such cases. The real issue nowadays is that people at the local tournaments tend to cheat so you need to watch out. Especially in rapid and blitz. I had multiple cases in rapid when the opponent after a lose went to submit the score before me (winning side submits the score). Once guy manipulated clock so I had lost tone of time. Other time dude reported me for incorrect castleing (didn't happen), few times for using second hand for hitting the clock (technically against the rules, in blitz normally nobody gives a fuck). You really need to watch out at local tournaments if they aren't hold at some good chess club. The real problem with regulations is that nothing can happen to you if you try cheating apart from using some sort of assistance. Sure, you may be disallowed to continue in tournament but that's basically the hardest punishment and extremelly rare. Other than that you can have 1 forfeit or time penalty. Cheating in chess based on regulations is almost free so people do it if they are hobby players. Edit. The good thing about it is that arbiters very often take inexperienced player side if he is being accused of sth. Usually you end up on top, but if you have fucked up arbiter things may get nasty.

[@dunemeister5718]

@@DonFreeq thank you for the detailed answer. Shame to hear that so much cheating occurs.

[@DonFreeq]

@@dunemeister5718 Attempts are quite often but they are tbh rarely succesful. It's simply that they is no real harm in trying. I have a smart tip for you when you go for your 1 tourney: before games start ask the arbiter to show you how the clock works. Doesn't matter if you know it or not, just act like you don't. He will remember you and have an eye on your table. This will discourage any attempts of cheating on you. Frankly speaking that is just a tip of an iceberg. I'm from Central Europe and knew for sure couple years back places in Poland, Ukraine and Czech Republic where they sold IM norms. In Balkans that also happened. I remember that sth like 5-6 years ago IM title in Central Europe cost around 5000$ (3x norms) if you knew where to go. You actually could buy it xd I mean even at the very top there was that Ukrainian/Romanian GM (not certain if he got it fully viably) who fucked up system and was like 2-3 in blitz in world for a couple of years. FIDE couldn't do a shit. Chess is dirty as fuck until you get to the professional lvl.

[@tonymiller6847]

If you''re a real player, you know.

[@seyedsinanaghibiirvani5161]

The Curse of The Birthday Game's Next Game!😂🤦‍♂️

[@lessgogeezers]

This is something similar to when Fischer faced Tal for the first time.

[@navtresolutions640]

You can't compare dogs and Lions

[@tonymiller6847]

Bobby lost the first four times he played the "Magician from Riga"!

[@hobit7585]

Years and years go by but still he finds Nepomnisi young.

[@xethnyrrow]

This game was the perfect storm of Nepo's great prep as well as Alizera defeating himself by not managing his time.

[@bisket81]

Alireza was lost already before getting into time trouble.

[@KeepSmiling-]

Nepo is an artist of chess

[@iarnithin]

Un artiste avec un sabre entre les dents !

[@MorphyBDubov12]

Round 4 just finished and this is already out. Agad truly is speed

[@michaelrocke5721]

Sensational Coverage. The return of Nepo is on the Horizon.

[@TalEl59]

Wow! Where was this against Magnus?

[@samarthmath2952]

The Nepo playing candidates 2020 and 2022 is a different human being than who played World championship.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

yeah, because in the WC he didn't play a single game how he plays in the Candidates, he just played super safe going for draws every single game and after Magnus broke him down, he didn't even try to fight back.

[@andrewmugisha2241]

Nepo, that was brutal!

[@brooksrussell5695]

I am glad to see Nepo bounce back so strong after, what I am sure, must have been a heart breaking defeat in the WCC. Also seeing how Nepo plays the worlds top players, really shows just how good Magnus is. I hope whoever wins this will have the chance to actually play Magnus for WC even if its not Firouzja

[@arares7233]

The best part of chess is that with a simple move you can change the entire balance of the game.

[@arydias85]

I love you man. You always crack me up 🤣. It’s impossible to watch an entire video without losing composure. Brilliant stuff. Thanks for reviving my interest in the game♟️.

[@Mikesco10]

Firouzja realising there is a bit of difference between the 2600s he beats and these 2750+ players...

[@blokin5039]

Why are you boasting? Are you better than Magnus Carlsen? I don't think so.

[@tmsztrsz]

Nepo doesn't always win, but when he does, it's usually an impressive win

[@viniciuscaldas4143]

All of his games are intense even when he doesn't win.

[@petermorcos1519]

Not enough love for this great title for the video!

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[@user-hl2kq9ic4b]

That instant bishop play by Nepo totally destroying every single hope was brilliant. Just impressed - that was supertop...