Press Conference after Game 12 | 2023 FIDE World Championship Match |

[@soothingsongs3650]

Nepo is a great sport. And Ding has become very confident in the press conferences! Great to see two good human beings. A Championship with human moves, nerves, errors and extraordinary analyses. Great match!

[@francescozennaro6855]

Mi sembrano due brave persone

[@OddClancy]

What an insane game. Some actual good questions in here for once.

[@turnermarius4471]

So many blunders makes me feel good about my games, if GM can blunder so badly my blunders have no meaning.

[@volvogaming3591]

agree

[@BlindBishop]

Ian was much more composed than I expected him to be.

[@Felixrobinson]

@@jire9831 hahaha savage

[@claptonmbano5579]

@@jire9831 yet he's still a trillion times better than you can ever hope to be.

[@peedless4844]

@@jire9831 :D böse

[@lorebreaker4970]

To be fair the last 25min of the match was just him composing himself. He knew already he was dead lost

[@BlindBishop]

​@@lorebreaker4970 Okay yeah true

[@baka1984]

Ding has gotten a lot more comfortable talking to press already versus where he was at during the start of the world championship

[@winston2831]

the confidence and relief after winning this game today probably helped him

[@Wargasm54]

It’s pretty easy to be cordial under the circumstances 😅😂

[@roncho]

Nepo is a gentleman after this horrible loss he is composed to attend a press conference

[@thxepsilon8292]

Yes, and it was good to see that, wasn't it? I imagine that the respectful attitude from Ding (as always) and the journalists (eh...maybe not as always) made a difference.

[@pato20995]

Well he has to attend

[@SecretSauce8]

FIDE fines them if they don't attend

[@armanmuhi618]

Right.

[@vibovitold]

​@Jasper Percabeth well, it's still better to get 800k than 760k :) especially if all you have to do is sit through five minutes of bullshit

[@Claude-Vanlalhruaia]

Ding is always humble and responsive in his interview, getting better at his english and composure.

[@louielouie1]

I'm Team Ding all the way! But poor Nepo. Really felt for him today..

[@noahniioi1732]

Still no one asks the most important question of that pawn push by ian. What was his calculation after that move. But yeah there's improvement.

[@martinm3422]

@@noahniioi1732 He lost his nerves...you can see it because he did not use his time, he moved literally immideately. I think this loss is so severe for his mindset, that he will loose the match, maybe already tommorrow.

[@razvan8292]

There was no calculation. What I think is the game came to a point that he couldnt just read the game anymore. Complete mental boom.

[@juddc1559]

I'm in the same boat. I'm heavy team Ding but I wanted Ding to win because of quality play. Now I almost want Nepo to win because of that collapse. Almost.

[@vladbocharov3246]

@@martinm3422 yeah, stronger wins, so let's hope for Ding victory ✌️

[@abhinavk0929]

I like how both players have changed at press conferences from the starting of the match. Ding looks much more confident and less timid while Ian is still composed after a loss as opposed to earlier in the match

[@kukazyamra7191]

The way Nepo smiled after the host said that Ding won the game

[@rayfangrui]

Ding's English has gotten better too. As he said, he's probably feeling more relaxed now. Things are looking up for him!

[@sumithjayarathna2132]

ding english and confidence getting better 🔥🎉🔥

[@Ray-ru3pc]

nepo makes move me: nice evaluation bar drops commentators: whoa bad move! me: nepo why u move there???

[@philipprapp9356]

Nepo is his own biggest opponent. He has the skill to be world champion but not the nerves.

[@villardileonardo2411]

Pains me to say it, cause i love them both, but they are simply not cut from the same cloth as magnus, kasparov, fischer, etc... This match was all about nerves. Magnus would NEVER allow it. U want to beat him, u beat him with good moves, not with pressure. They are simply not as mentally strong as magnus

[@khalidcloud4342]

@@villardileonardo2411 until magnus loses to a 2699 and start crying about cheating. Look, yes magnus is far more better at grinding and much composed on end games...and deffo much concentrated esp in very long games, but he does have bad plays and he does blunder... Funny enough, the issue is the fact that he is magnus, many players trust him not to blunder and get blinded to miss a blunder then he equalizes a losing position... Simply psychology.

[@villardileonardo2411]

@@khalidcloud4342 hans IS a cheater, that much is not up for debate. Regardless if he cheated or not in that particular game, its infuriating. Magnus lost many times to many players and wasnt a bad looser

[@olavirannisto3552]

@@khalidcloud4342 ”he does have bad plays and he does blunder”. Of course, no one is perfect. But it's not just about psychology if the elo list starts: Carlsen 2853, Nepo 2795, Ding 2988, …

[@khalidcloud4342]

@@villardileonardo2411 he never lost to such low rated player. He drew with low rated players and he really didn't like it and showed it on the board. Whether hans has ever cheated on the board remains to be proven and people are innocent until proven guilty... Isn't that how the law is?? I am not a fan of hans at all, but I am not gonna be saying that hans cheated vs magnus when actually magnus played so badly that game.

[@jasonquinlan731]

Really happy for Ding. The chess isn't great but the entertainment level is high!

[@HorukAI]

Exactly. But I’m not so happy knowing that Magnus would likely crash the new work champion... Chess to me means the genius level of understanding the game but also consistency and fortitude - and that's what Ian and Ding are missing (they are geniuses)

[@peedless4844]

Dings answers are just the best ... just gotta love the dude

[@buk1733]

Looking at both of them makes me want to cry. But for completely different reasons

[@thxepsilon8292]

Thank you Ding and Nepo for a fantstatic, memorable game. And thank you press conference for good questions and not trolling the players today. This game might not have been to the liking of the Lilliputian fans of the catenaccio approach to chess (a la Ulf Andersson). But if you want to see more games like Argentina vs France, this was it. Of course, for some, the perfect game is one of those Belgium vs Switzerland 0-0 snoozers...which unfortunately has become too easy to engineer with the help of today's robots and databases. Some of us had given up--Grischuk's famous "RIP classical chess" after 12 straight draws in the Carlsen-Caruana match seemed pretty final, but this match shows that if both players are willing to go after the win, it can still be 6-6 after 12 games with PLENTY of decisive results. It's true, they will have to put up with silly, even ignorant comments from the spiritual descendants of Lilliput, but for the rest of us, thank you, you're both worthy champions, and we'll be glued to our screens in a few hours for game 13!

[@francescozennaro6855]

Oggi è stata fantastica!!

[@fabianhauser708]

Good comment 👍

[@carlkligerman1981]

The spirit and humility of both players throughout this amazing match is surely a great example for any young players coming up. Both Nepo and Ding are a credit to this elegant game!

[@fabianhauser708]

Dings answers overall were very insightful especially when he mentiones that when he was behind in the game that he "had to comlicate the waters". 5:55

[@braveeee774]

Ding is always loveable.

[@beefysupreme]

ding chilling🥶🥶🥶

[@Khigha87]

Well done Ding. Hard luck Nepo. Wishing you both all the best for the remainder of the tournament. This has been so entertaining and intriguing, my first chess championship has been awesome!

[@Kevin-pr1te]

I think there should be a chess board showing the lines the players are explaining because not all of us have chess boards in our minds 😂

[@dynedoctama4026]

Congrats Ding 👏🏻🥳

[@Wds__99]

Great entertainment today. Even more to come now. Go Ding!

[@JohnnyGuitarWhelan]

I love you Ding!

[@VaSavoir2007]

Is this censored? Why didn't it end properly? Where are the questions from Twitch? We don't even see the players get up. Did any of you who saw this live know if this is censored, and if so, where I can get the whole thing please? Thank you.

[@Jaco-up8xd]

What a great question. The first media one. About the engines 'knowing' and than the way the players judged it at the time. Sorry for Nepo.. must be hard for him. But happy the show goes on.. 👍👍

[@khalidcloud4342]

"no, no, that was the middle game. I was totally lost" with a smile lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@nossenkanter]

Medical professionals around the world owe their thanks to this match, for it has proven that choking is a contagious condition.

[@thxepsilon8292]

Hmm...do you think Ding was infected by Hikaru Nakamura at the Candidates?

[@shannonwaipouri1730]

Mad as game awesome this series has been so fun and interesting to see I hope that Ding wins but if Nepo wins I wouldn't be to upset outstanding series gentlemen love from New Zealand

[@michaelf8221]

Wait why did the press conference get cut off? I thought there were more questions coming!

[@EliL-se3bh]

Nepo was mostly unfriendly at press conference at beginning of the match. Now even he lost he was composed and answered the questions respectfully. I think it is because of Ding contagious smile and honesty. If magnus was there, nepo will be different at press conference. He will be very negative.

[@Srendnekolymsk]

I already noticed that with Nepo. He's usually sufficient at press conferences but when he loses, he's more friendly

[@DaaimShabazz]

Not really. Ian answers in a usual candid and direct way. In Dubai he was praised for the way he conducted himself at the press conference. He was not negative at all. I was at the press conference during the last game when he lost the match.

[@WallySoto-yi8fz]

Nepo's hallucination became Ding's clarity...fascinating activity

[@nomoreblitz]

No one knows how Nepo felt. Sure, many of us have experiences when winning a super important game that we then lost. But the greater the importance, the greater the fall & the suffering. This was among the worst possible. I can barely even imagine Nepo's pain. Yet somehow we still expect him to shake it off and bounce back as quickly as possible.

[@DartsGondel]

Ding is so cute, Ian is devestated

[@dmaxpr]

Is there a part 2 of the press conference? It was cut abruptly.

[@happyhornet1000]

I've been watching the WC since the early 80s and this is the most interesting and compelling WC I've ever seen.

[@adarsh601]

9:45 lmao he asked ding if it was in his prep to be losing in the mid game basically

[@hikabongnakacloud4944]

Compared to first day, Ding has become a good English speaker 🙂

[@thangavelt4726]

Congratulations for Ding

[@Anonymous-pq5xc]

After such a horrible result The way Nepo talked is Quite Impressive and remembered me the quote that 'Chess is the Gentlemen's game'.

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

Wasn't that cricket

[@filthyrat2181]

He's relieved because he knows he will be cuddling with your sister tonight

[@soirism]

​@@filthyrat2181😂😂

[@greatpretender83]

The momentum, the confidence is with Ding he has the edge, but if Nepo can overcome his emotions they will go all the way to tie breaks.

[@prcbras]

Poor Nepo, but i'm so happy for Ding!!!!!!

[@claptonmbano5579]

All the best, Nepo. You got this

[@tomimbek]

It amaze me how much Ding has improved his english during these 12 conferences. Much more fluent and confident. Great training!

[@CounterStrik614]

I wonder what language do Ding and Rapport use to communicate then

[@sahariiiii]

Why did the part where Ian was about to respond in Russian and they interrupted him to respond in Russian piss me off 😑

[@felixhuang99]

Did the last guy really ask Ding whether the losing position is his prep???

[@ppgf]

Go Ding!

[@Good__Man]

Nepo, go to the win!!! Удачи, Ян

[@Wargasm54]

Ian somewhat composed on the outside. Shattered internally. He had the crown and threw it in the lake of despair. 😅

[@VinayKumarT1302]

Ding chilling 😎

[@jodybigfoot]

The first press question was based

[@JohnnyGuitarWhelan]

Ian, I love your suit!

[@evesolis6133]

Wiiiiild, wild WCC!

[@TheOne-fc4er]

This seems like it was cut short compared to the other press conference videos

[@browncony3897]

Interviewer needs to be a pro to be able to ask these questions.

[@boooringlearning]

great

[@mr.anonymous5961]

Bro Ding spitting lines in this press conference like a rapper💯

[@NikhilTheGreatest]

Why does this press conference feel incomplete

[@joshuakei8925]

no twitter segment lmao

[@romz777]

Ian, mi tebya lubim ! ti luchiy i viigrayesh ! Vse za tebya!!!

[@zancospancos]

Ding must become King!

[@jhonnyola]

Great pc

[@negociadorz6163]

Ding❤

[@evesolis6133]

Why no twitter corner this time

[@AbhishekKumar-uu4uj]

Mike klien is not there

[@gernot4490]

the press conf is incomplete!!!

[@javiermarchenahurtado7013]

I feel like Keti should slightly prepare the chess variations in advance. In 3:44 when she asks about 29.Bxg6, and Ding replies "what happens after 29...hxg6?", she should have prepared the fact that 30.d5! is the key. Then we could all understand better why Ding missed it.

[@villardileonardo2411]

They dont even have a freaking BOARD on the conference... what do they think ? That every chess enthusiast is a GM that can recall the position from memory and calculate inside their head ????

[@resonance4789]

@@villardileonardo2411 your point? he literally was asking for a continuation after hxg6. What does the presence of a chessboard have to do with that?

[@villardileonardo2411]

@@resonance4789 my point is that they are ill prepared. They dont even have the basic (the board !!!), how can u expect continuations ?

[@resonance4789]

@@villardileonardo2411 you dont need a board to prepare variations....

[@_Brennus]

Game 13 will be epic.

[@omarsaanouni9569]

Please fide put a board on the screen in the conference it's chess conference come on

[@chessylove]

First 30 seconds, When she said, the game was won by Ding Liren, Nepo's reaction, every chess player feels sad for him. What a match, still could not believe that happened. Hopefully, Nepo makes a comeback and we witness something exciting!

[@tr3l4m3]

bro in the end asked if move 29 was prep lol

[@scorpion-be2qd]

What is the name of the journalist who spoke 8:13

[@NekysAcherontios]

lol that preparation question!!

[@Maaruks]

well done Ding ! Ding will win ! well done Ding ! Ding will win ! well done Ding ! Ding will win ! well done Ding ! Ding will win ! well done Ding ! Ding will win ! well done Ding ! Ding will win !

[@ukashk1071]

Their designation should be "world champion contenders'

Thanks to Magnus.... we have human chess again...

[@traceler]

Ian concede the point to tight the match and move to rapid chess.

[@veenabhugwant-8733]

Chess is the only sport where I just want the best man to win

[@rileycomeaux3712]

Ding has ice in his veins

[@FAonYoutube]

That last guy probably doesn't play chess, because that question was... well...

[@joymahadevbishal2212]

"it was completely wining if I don't kill myself tonight,i gonna live thousand of years" Ivan shuk

[@tinygiant3495]

Dumb question: Are the players allowed to speak at the board?

[@Jade-zm2tg]

I’m pretty sure not during the game, unless a conflict comes up.

[@thxepsilon8292]

It depends on what they agreed to before the match. In the old days, yes, but IIRC at some point the rule became that all communication had to go through the arbiter (Karpov vs Korchnoi might have been when that started). It might not have been the same for subsequent "friendlier" matches, but I don't know.

[@zzzcherryzzz]

That first question is a disgrace, the players haven't seen the almighty evaluation bar analysis, wouldn't know 'every move is a mistake'. Also the pressure must of been high for these players, they are due more respect, and Fabi may comment like that but he didn't finish ahead of these two players did he.

[@JoeCJK]

The quote was from Caruana though. Surely his opinion on the nature of the match can’t be discounted so readily.

[@zzzcherryzzz]

@@JoeCJK Hi, i'm not saying to disregard his opinion, i'm just saying this thing isn't fair to say before the players themselves look at computer analysis, like, the first thing you hear after the game is that lol. Also, it isn't true that 'every move was a mistake'!! Anyway, my annoyance is centered on the question by interviewer, at that time, not at Caruana.

[@nihar7382]

What about Twitter🐦🐦 questions

[@armanmuhi618]

I was wonderimg why they imposed on Ian to speak in Russian when in fact he can also and is already answering in English, and is good.

[@BlunderBunny]

I assume it was the questioner who was uncomfortable with English, since Ian has no problem with it.

[@x3r1x_18]

Some of them were for russian media

[@85kanadmayekar26]

Interviewer seems to copy Ding's accent 😂

[@vixr9557]

spectators would think some ones funeral

[@aytaccevik9693]

The last match was the last interesting one, mistakes were plentiful.😮

[@WallySoto-yi8fz]

The London or Colle systems is what Ding needs with the white pieces. Nepo is literally clueless when either of these set ups r on the board. Why doesn't he venerate these systems? I guess is too programmed with the opinions of others to give them a try at these levels of chess.

[@meta1ke]

Chess is pain

[@bonkyabeans]

They kissed!

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

They are both human beans

[@akattom]

I find it interesting how most comments are about Ian behaving like a normally. How do losers behave in your world that someone acting normally is a sight to behold for ya’ll??!

[@christophrode7035]

Very short

[@arkline9937]

they need to get a better translator...

[@francescozennaro6855]

La donna ghiacciolo...❄❄❄😬😬😬

[@thxepsilon8292]

8:02 Feel free to thank me.

[@MbowCzn]

i don't understand why that russian journalist asks questions to ian in russian if she can perfectly speak english

[@MrCorrupaco]

"Nepo is a monkey with a granede in hands" LOL 😂