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@charlesobekpa73916 ай бұрын
Not sure there is a better commentator of top level chess than GM Danny King.
@ig2d6 ай бұрын
he always manages to weave a narrative
@alansuttie96826 ай бұрын
I agree
@MarkGraves-y4w6 ай бұрын
There isn’t - some of the others even with large followings just list the moves - we can all read the move list ourselves - Danny brings insight
@joketer346 ай бұрын
Agadmator 😂😂😂
@lenz62936 ай бұрын
Outstanding analysis of an outstanding game. Incredible possibilities shown, which had Prag missed. Astonishing, how one of the most experienced players of the Petrov defense, which even had the position after Qg5-a5 allready on both sides,was pressed to think for 40 minutes. What a remarkable prep Prag shows in every game! But also Nepo proved his standard in transferring to a draw. Thanks Mr. King from Slovakia.
@loulasher6 ай бұрын
Crazy round today. Probably 3 games deserve consideration for coverage.
@robinesperoza6 ай бұрын
I had to go to bed after seeing Nxf7 appear on the board. I was so excited about this game I could hardly sleep. Thanks for uploading this so quickly; you must have gotten up quite early to make this.
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
I didn't get up early - I analysed and recorded just after the round was over!
@robinesperoza6 ай бұрын
@@PowerPlayChess Wow, that's dedication. Thanks again. Time for a nap then. ;)
@andrewhaldenby49496 ай бұрын
Wonderful coverage ty, Qb2 what a move! Ty DK
@ig2d6 ай бұрын
the winning idea was difficult to spot fir sure - but it couldnt have been far beyond Praggs preparation. My guess is that Nepo's Nd7! was not only the best practical try - my guess is also that it is the move that took pragg out of his preparation (and just in time!)
@DG-ss2zd6 ай бұрын
Great commentary and lines, that you dont see by looking at the computer evaluation!
6 ай бұрын
Please cover more games!!! You are amazing!!! As much as I've followed Polgard's wonderful coverage along with Naroditski, it's only when I see yours analysis that I can consolidate the telling of a story and understand the game as a whole, at least to have the feeling that I was able to really appreciate the game in its entirety (of course this is impossible)
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
I hope you will understand that to analyse and comprehend what is happening in a game, even to this limited degree, takes a lot of time and energy and I am simply not able to cover other games. At least we have Svitlana who is covering the Women's Candidates tournament. Her videos are excellent! Do check them out.
@danjeory36596 ай бұрын
At the pause the video bit, my move was Bf5 too. I wanted to smash with the rook on h6 though but it's just not working after Nb7. Qe5 was another consideration to threaten Rxh6, but the follow-up of Bb1 and Qb2 is ridiculously good
@bornon2212696 ай бұрын
9:22 De Niro like expression -)
@chesswithivan83466 ай бұрын
Loved this video, one of my faves today. You explain the complexities very well
@LateCloser6 ай бұрын
This was one of the most impressive saves I've watched, live. The live(slight delay) camera shots of Nepo rolling up his sleeves and going to work were incredible. Tremendous pressure by Pragg. To be the candidate someone will have to beat THE candidate and his name is Nepo.
@mcronrn6 ай бұрын
22..Nd7 what a GM move! Nepo needed to get his knight out, and so just gave it away. Nc6 would have been +3.3 - no idea why 🤣🤣🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🙏🙏
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
If 22...Nc6 23 Rxd5 Bc5 24 Qb3 is a stunner, preventing the king from moving back to safety.
@tennisblood6 ай бұрын
Hi Daniel, instead of N:f7, I liked Qh5 and if gh, then Bf5, g6, B:g6. Thoughts?
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
After 21 Qh5 d4. Black is better.
@inguh70416 ай бұрын
It feels so weird, doing all that world-class preparation on openings and spoiling... maybe middlegames and endgames are the way to go after all!
@joylife4286 ай бұрын
Gukesh and Nakamura match was exicity end game matches in round 6 .gukesh match result was surprising at the end 😂
@sladecollider6 ай бұрын
As always i am enthusiastic about your analyses and i really like your courses on the kalashnikov opening and the anti sicilians. In this context, i would be very happy if you could also make a video about Caruanas match in the 5. round. It was a Rossolimo with 4.Bxc6 and 5.d3. This variation has been coming up a lot recently and could perfectly complement your excellent course on the anti sicilians. 😊
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
I don’t know if I will have time to look at those games, but you might want to check out these recordings I have already published on the channel featuring 3…Nf6: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpOtZIusrcmZa6M Karjakin Topalov kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5SokKyCjMaFfM0 Karp Kalmes kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnKuanSrjruUlbc Janik - Pultinevicius
@sladecollider6 ай бұрын
Many thanks for the links!
@johnisaacraj89086 ай бұрын
Danny King is one of the best storytellers!!
@nestoralves73376 ай бұрын
Good way to show us a great game ande analisys please keep to your great job Sir !
@YesPlease16 ай бұрын
Bb1 and Qb2 would be a gold coin moment! 🪙🪙🪙
@johnkom23396 ай бұрын
The Vidit-Caruana game featured a King Rossolimo (3...Nf6). But only a draw. Fabi has made a lot of draws so far.
@dilejjja6 ай бұрын
Well, not a lot of games were played yet. You won't see a lot of decisive results in these kind of tournaments.
@estrategia_vs_tactica6 ай бұрын
Brilliant!!!
@ticalamarian85006 ай бұрын
very nice explanation, thank you Daniel !
@paulgreen79066 ай бұрын
The queen retreat is a difficult computer move to spot. Prag didn't and drew the game. Might come back to haunt him. Anyway my head bet was Gukesh and he is in the lead. Caruana my heart bet is still in touch. Go Fabi!
@johnkom23396 ай бұрын
Any retreating move in chess is difficult. I'm thinking of Spassky Fischer match Game 11 and Spassky's Nb1!! move
@AroundWayOther6 ай бұрын
moves like Qb2 are insane
@northshores73196 ай бұрын
Why do these strong young players spend so much time and effort on memorizing the Openings but then when they need to find the one devastating move they fail to do so. I think they need to study the games of Tal, Spassky and Geller as those were men who shined in the Middlegame. After d5 I thought of Spassky's games where he played that move as it often led to a win for him, especially in his second match against Petrosian in 69'. Good show as usual!
@bhadreshpatel14386 ай бұрын
D1 to H5 would be close to mate to black instead of knight played to G5 to e7
@mescey50596 ай бұрын
Nice cup of tea
@Phurngirathaana6 ай бұрын
Why exactly is classical chess dead?🤔
@loulasher6 ай бұрын
Audience & sponsor attention span.
@bandwicker6 ай бұрын
The naysayers can stick to Gotham Chess videos with 7 exclamation marks in the title if classical chess is too boring for them
@robinesperoza6 ай бұрын
The funny thing is; people have alway said this. In the 1920s it was argued that opening theory had been figured out more or less completely by some of the top players. Hillarious.
@zachhaywood15646 ай бұрын
@bandwicker *7 exclamation points with an extremely vague, clickbait-y title like "HE WON!!!!!!!" so people will go, "Who?! Who?!" and give it more clicks.
@kozhinwolf74476 ай бұрын
It's dead only for magnus
@alexandruvasiliev46156 ай бұрын
Thank you
@cymeonn6 ай бұрын
How can you be Prag and not find Qe5?? Even I found it...
@mcronrn6 ай бұрын
You should be at the Candidates 🤷🏻♂️
@cymeonn6 ай бұрын
@@mcronrn yes indeed!
@fundhund626 ай бұрын
As always, the strongest players are in the audience..
@ErVChess6 ай бұрын
thanks !
@dr.deepakgore10796 ай бұрын
Pragga missing wins ,hard luck
@mikesmithz6 ай бұрын
Crazy how strong nepo is...until it matters. I find it hard to believe that Nepo can wriggle out of advanced prep (against a very strong player) yet falls to bits when he's in the big games. It's crazy!
@LateCloser6 ай бұрын
Well, he "fell apart" after six grueling games against the GOAT. The last of which was an epic marathon that losing would devastate most humans. He went "15 rounds" with Ding and came up just short. None of us know the pressure he experiences from outside the board. As a Russian does he have to deal with other things that others don't? I suspect Ding has to deal with this to some extent as well. Possible state sponsored factors. I think it's not too difficult to believe that one as talented as he is can succumb to extreme pressures and who knows what else is going on in his personal life. Only he knows the real story. And the final chapter of that story has yet to be written. It might have a happy ending. Who knows.
@Meleagru6 ай бұрын
I have to say the games so far have been very interesting and unbalanced, I was expecting some boring games but pretty much every game so far has had significant ups and downs.
@iainsneddon30106 ай бұрын
Chess has become a bit like football in one sense. A 2 goal lead is no longer assumed to be safe given how dynamic today's play is at the top level, the same can be said for the time gained by sacrificing 2 pawns. For these guys the time gained by sacrificing 2 pawns outweighs the material advantage to the defender
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
I like the comparison! Certainly Brentford are never safe when leading the game.
@iainsneddon30106 ай бұрын
@@PowerPlayChess Cheers Danny. Big tick on the Kalashnikov and Anti Sicilian course too, very good!
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
@@iainsneddon3010 Thanks. Anti-Sicilians manuscript sent to the publisher at the end of last week. Version 2.0 after the Chessable course!
@jaspreetmodi6 ай бұрын
Who leaves a free bishop ! That's insane
@rhysgriffiths96756 ай бұрын
I can't believe Pragg missed Qe5. It's only the first or second move after his prep ended and he blew his entire advantage. He only thought for 10 mins on that move with a 45 min clock advantage. Very sloppy play. Qe5 is rather easy to find, it creates a threat and the whole sequence is forcing to an advantageous endgame. If he had this as a puzzle he'd solve it in seconds. This is just lazy play, he didn't take the time to look for tactics and he dropped a potential win on the player leading the tournament.
@rhysgriffiths96756 ай бұрын
I should mention that Nb7 is also a very obvious refutation of the Bf5 line that Pragg played - even more reason for him to look for better alternatives.
@patrickkirby50796 ай бұрын
I don't think he missed Qe5, he didn't see the crushing advantage after the follow up Qb2, and decided to play safe by going into a slightly better endgame. After Bf5 he maybe has 20% winning chances and can never lose, after Qe5 Qxa2 he can lose if the attack doesn't pan out.
@rhysgriffiths96756 ай бұрын
@@patrickkirby5079 He may not have seen the continuation after Qb2, but he had 90 mins to Nepo's 45 mins and only spent 10 mins considering the move. That's the problem - in a critical position position with a huge time advantage, he didn't search for tactics, made an impulsive move and threw away a win.
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
LOL
@rhysgriffiths96756 ай бұрын
@@PowerPlayChess Honest opinion? :)
@Opferschach6 ай бұрын
Team Praggnanandhaa has a superior preparation, Team Ian Nepomniachtchi has a superior candidate.
@parthsharma98526 ай бұрын
12:58 is a Fork, not a Double Attack.
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
Same thing in my book!
@ДенисЮденков-ь5ж6 ай бұрын
Alireza too disappointed
@CosmicGoat-d3o6 ай бұрын
Arjun Eragaisi would have found the tactics which Vidit and Pragg missed. What a shame he is not playing. Thanks for covering this game.
@joylife4286 ай бұрын
Why .he didn't qualify for candidates or what 😂
@PowerPlayChess6 ай бұрын
Conjecture! Would he have reached that position in the first place? We will never know. In your own way, you are expressing your admiration for Erigaisi's current form which I share!
@robinesperoza6 ай бұрын
I'm not so sure. The idea is really hard to spot for humans. Would have loved to see Arjun play though.
@padmakumarke20636 ай бұрын
Arjun is a clear miss like Nodirbek or candidates should have a different script.
@robinesperoza6 ай бұрын
@@padmakumarke2063 I agree; but there is none of the players who got in who I'd like to kick out. Even Abasov in lowest seat adds some fun to the tournament (and he quallified by playing great chess, so I don't mind him having the chance.)
@iceicebaby69806 ай бұрын
I gotta be honest with you. Say it how it is. Be real. 100. You understand chess.
@KirubanithiKiruba-vo6ih6 ай бұрын
Pragg is mentally upset because his Guru Vishy Anand like Duronaachar asked Pragg to lose against Gukesh [Arjun in Mahabharat period] because of Gukesh is high class people. So Gukesh is riding on Vishy Anand shoulder without knowing a rabbit will always seems to run fast but in the middle of the tournament Gukesh [rabbit] will sleep but Turtle 🐢 Pragg will win candidates tournament
@subramanianrs3186 ай бұрын
Weird comment ⁉️😵💫
@otherguylb56296 ай бұрын
I doubt Vishy would tarnish his legacy with this unsporting behavior. So Vishy forced Prag to lose against Gukesh? Vishy is a legend and well-respected in India. And also he himself has enough honor not to do such a thing.
@robinesperoza6 ай бұрын
Right... and you acquired this information how exactly.