A Strategic Masterpiece - Ding Liren vs Giri | Sinquefield Cup 2019

Grandmaster Daniel King examines Ding Liren vs Giri from the Sinquefield Cup 2019. Support on Patreon: ► / powerplaychess
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[@ghussws1403]

I always enjoy your videos Daniel, the way you present chess is so unique and elegant, much love from Palestine

[@justinfoley7136]

*Israel

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

@@justinfoley7136 bro have you considered diving out of a 14 storey window

[@gregtechno506]

Ding is becoming a disgustingly strong tactician and i love his games more and more. I think he's got a potential to be a future world championship challenger and it might happen sooner than someone might expect. Not to mention his finesse with moves like 38. Rd5 intermezzo & a calm attacking move 43. g3. This game definitely goes to my top chess games collection. Thank you Dani for a beautiful demonstration of Ding's virtuosity, you analyses are just heavenly.

[@ex0duzz]

Jože Čuden he's always been strong at tactics, if you see his games in Chinese championships from earlier days, his games are wild. The scary part is that his tactics and calculation ability is matched by his positional understanding. Like this game, and the game he played vs Magnus to win the sinquefield cup in last tie breaker.. Iirc Ding gave up pawn for positional advantage and then finished it off with tactics after he had dominant position.

[@bz9031]

You are an amazing predictor lol

[@gregtechno506]

@@bz9031 I was sceptical at first, his performance was very shaky at the beginning and very uncharactheristic of him, he was always so stable and precise both attacking and defending so i was a little bit surprised but he pulled it off at the end. What decided the match was Nepo's pressing in the games, understandably, he was getting better positions in a lot of their games. Props to both players for not just going for 14 draws.

[@paulgreen7906]

Ding is the man to challenge Magnus for the World Championship. This strategic masterpiece would have made Bobby Fischer smile. Great analysis Daniel as always.

[@williamkyburz]

Thank you Daniel for making a complex strategic game understandable. b4 by White, allowing a protected passed a-pawn was extraordinary, pointing out how chess axioms can only go so far. Reminded me of some of Botvinnik's strategic masterpieces.

[@jackkrom]

Beautiful game and great analysis. Around move 28 or 29, it didn't seem that White should have much advantage but it was on account of Black's king weakness in the major piece ending. Ding foresaw that and exploited it. Strategic masterpiece as you titled it.

[@PK-hs7up]

"You might be able to defend if you're made of silicon" I just love that!

[@sameermansour1659]

more beautiful than the game , your deep comments GM daniel !

[@adrianonunesfx212]

As an 1. d4 player, I get similar positions in the 8:00 sometimes. I would never have considered dxc5, I would probably have waited for Black to take on d4. And it's nice to see how "general positions evaluations" can be easily overturned by precise calculations, even if they're not that complex. A very instructive game!

[@benmatthies562]

Great coverage and analysis of the game! It’s very helpful to hear your discussion of the strategy and ideas in the position.

[@researchexpresstitle2161]

Excellent analysis as usual. Ding truly created a Masterpiece with this game.

[@arvraghu]

Thank you, GM King. What a brilliant game this is!

[@honeyinglune8957]

beautiful game by Ding

[@reddevilkev]

These kind of positions is what I like in my own play. Your opponent is constantly defending all the tactics and in the end it's all she wrote....

[@hhgygy]

Great, in-depth analysis, as always.

[@proflaxis6968]

Pure art on the chessboard. Simply beautiful.

[@CraigPendlebury]

What a brilliant effort from Ding, one of his very finest wins

[@mahmoudzeid6284]

incredible game ! how these top GMs use the tactics to improve the pieces and dance is insane ! .

[@sam-lz6pi]

Superb analysis of a beautiful game. Thank you!

[@gabrielmillee8745]

It was truly a masterpiece

[@changotucumano]

Thanks for the video, Danny. Great as always. The best chess channel on KZbin, no doubt.

[@Robster543210]

Great game! Thank you for your coverage of St. Louis games.

[@Bagual133]

'When one approaches the Marvelous one does not know if Art is Tao or Tao is Art'.

[@kannangurunathan7765]

dc5 who on earth would have considered impeccable judgement !!!!!!!

[@jackkrom]

Seeing past the standard knee-jerk wisdom of "don't break up your pawn structure". That's what the best players can do.

[@_madr]

At least Anish didn't draw!! Nice game by Ding and great analysis.

[@skakdosmer]

Great video! Just one tiny thing: “One free day, and then the final four rounds”? No, there are SIX rounds left, which I’m sure we’re all looking forward to.

[@kimtaewoo3274]

Nice commentary

[@Traveller126]

"Keep calm and let the endgame be played".This is what I supposedly saw in your mug :)

[@RadovanJazic]

Super

[@joshuagonzales4009]

Ding's dxc4 was actually the star move understanding it was a good way of increasing or finding an advantage in that position It actually shows deep understanding, and if white lost i'm sure King would blame that move all the way. HAHAHAHA

[@baoboumusic]

I think taking the bishop on b3 on move 28 (13:25) was a strategical mistake. It looks natural, and the computer likes it, but the only source of couterplay black has is against the c pawn, and you can't reinforce the white pawn structure. I'd much rather have the knight on c4, even if the computer doesn't like it.

[@Kobs.A]

Am yet to watch but I believe DIng would win

[@srkbhayo]

So Knight is the key in winning games in Sinquefield? Anand won one his game like that

[@MrRobbyvent]

@ 2:48 I thought it was good for white 15. e4 instead of 15. Qb2, followed by d5 and c4 soon later

[@SumNutOnU2b]

The written description erroneously says Caruana vs Nepo (instead of Ding-Giri). Obviously cut/pasted from an earlier video. Somebody should fix that. Personally I prefer when the complete score is listed in the description, but even if not, what's there should be accurate.

[@subudjj9368]

"You might be able to defensd if youre made of silicon" LOL

[@fravatel]

at 16:22 you mention the trick Bc4 36.Na4 but it seems to go a bit further after 36...Bd3 37.Qb2 I suppose?

[@justinfoley7136]

20:56 white can even go Rh8 followed by Rh7

[@XecutionStyle]

Rc1 and still bxc3? Is that to discourage a6-b5, with an eventual c4?

[@joshpinchuk7061]

Could Giri have forced the rooks traded off the board in the midgame and have rhe benefit of B vs N endgame?

[@flamingxombie]

Well, a French from the white side is always +=. No QB to worry about either. Ding seems to have had some experience playing the French and Caro from the black side.

[@hillsideonly]

He played the Caro in the past, The French I don't think so

[@123okpaul456]

Here's a link to Navara-Leko, Biel 2017: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1880816

[@mastershake886]

Wow, absolutely zero counterplay for black after a certain point

[@Alemiha]

Keep calm, I'm an England fan...really, you had to rub that in our face? :)

[@rajusubramanian9174]

1st

[@melodychest9020]

Did you get a prize from Daniel?

[@patament2944]

This was some of your weakest analysis.