Running Out Of Time | Game 9 Recap with Magnus and Levy

[@sarthjoshi6325]

Suggestion : Could you give magnus and levy access to make the moves on the board as it would make it much easier to follow their moves

[@sonnyboy5656]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[@ThatRaisinTho]

No idea why this hasn’t been done yet. The absence of other variations on the board holds them back.

[@Otterworldy]

Yes, please

[@donkeyy8331]

even if they can't I wish they drew the arrows while editing the video

[@xidas.]

I agree

[@StockAnalyst-b8r]

"99 point whatever accuracy to Gukesh is absolutely worthless if he doesn't pose Ding any pressure. " Magnus never holds back from his honest opinions

[@technicalgamingandroid3208]

Previous 2 games he put pressure

[@joegunther1632]

​@@technicalgamingandroid3208weil Manus was talking about his game...

[@shivam_singh_kill_pro]

ye exatly messy games have lower accurecy but they end up in draw and mean nothing

[@ivaerz4977]

Well Magnus shouldn't have pulled out of WC if he is so Concerned just sit back and watch now right

[@-Bloodthirsty]

Not trying to hate him or defend Gukesh. But recently I heard that this world championship was the most accurate in history and I didn't get how this could be true. I remembered Magnus and Fabi drawing for 14 straight games in classical, and the reason that wasn't the most accurate championship was exactly due to this reason. Either player wasn't taking a risk. So then I realized it's easy to get high accuracy if you aren't even trying to push and just trying to play solidly. The reason the current championship is being considered as the most accurate is because of the players' fighting spirit. They are taking risks instead of just playing solid main lines. This didn't apply to this 9th round. Gukesh's opening idea was well explored and the slight twist wasn't enough to put that much pressure and the little chance he had he didn't choose it due to his misjudment .

[@WilliamBox-e4w]

These recaps are getting better and better as all 3 relax into their roles. Great stuff.

[@Nicole-yy1kn]

Levy behaves more normally now, that’s why

[@VivaLaaVida48]

​@@Nicole-yy1kn I didn't understand why he had such an attitude earlier in the series

[@Nicole-yy1kn]

@ he thinks he is a star

[@lanagrossman489]

@@Nicole-yy1knI think opposite being with Magnus make him more KZbinr but Levi has actually more chess variations to explore and explain.

[@jonathanludd]

Magnus for me is the coolest. The People's Champion. He is like just there to enjoy life, chess. Great conversationalist - and, of course, marvellous insight. His positional assessment at one point was a master class.

[@Divyendu-w6d]

The host (Kaja) has great energy and mannerism, great show!

[@Statsmaxxingg]

Frr

[@luizfelipemedeiros7506]

she is sweet

[@marktforce]

She's a site for sore eyes

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

If only her voice was different…

[@Ahmed-Eltokhy]

Sorry, but it is not the nicest thing to say putting into prespective that it is not a thing that she can control or improve Imagine if she read it by chance? ​@@AnjelLee-f8c

[@ramachandra776]

Magnus expression when asked to sing the happy birthday song for Levy . 🤣

[@simenolsen7889]

I don't know about other countries and generations, but for Norwegians of Magnus' age, singing Happy birthday to someone is a deeply humiliating experience for everyone involved. We had to do this in the school classroom whenever someone had a birthday, and we are traumatized.

[@ShekAbhii]

Time frame?

[@GothamChess]

First

[@TakeTakeTakeApp]

go enjoy your birthday now.

[@therealMCAT]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEVY!!🥳

[@umbrella3051]

Take take birthday cake

[@bruhmeowduse]

gothamchess is gay HAHAHAHAAHA

[@jramkumarpatnaik2877]

Happy birthday

[@vatsalgoyal9576]

Out of all the other channels these recaps are the best. Magnus has experienced world championships more than any other player has, and it shows in these recaps. His views are accurate because he has been where gukesh and ding are right now.

[@aayushmohta592]

I believe that's vishy

[@snailmailmagic]

@@aayushmohta592 how? Vishy Entered world championship when he was 31. Magnus was in candidates when he was 16. He understands this more than Vishy. Besides in this video we have Magnus, not Vishy.

[@ferosekhan2389]

Magnus is the greatest player of all time..his knowledge and in depth look in chess is above anyone else so it's him who can give the best response to these matches

[@noxone6609]

​@@snailmailmagic Vishy is not an entertainer, neither he loves doing that. Magnus is partnered with TakeTakeTake, he wouldn't come out entertain anyone for free either. And it's not about age either, if it was, Vishy has been playing Top Level Chess before Magnus

[@subith2926]

​@@snailmailmagic if I'm not wrong vishy played his first world championship against Kasparov;in 1995 when he was 25 or 26 isn't it?

[@pias-04]

Magnus wishing birthday to Levi must be the best birthday gift ever in his life. Happy Birthday, our sweet birthday boy Levi!

[@anonnona6940]

Levy

[@pias-04]

​@@anonnona6940😭😭

[@pias-04]

@@anonnona6940 (╥﹏╥)

[@pias-04]

@@anonnona6940 I know but 😛

[@JayGatsby-b2j]

Bro had a happy birthday that makes you go damn sorry I was born brooooo anywaysssssssssss lmaooooo 😂

[@jakbo6744]

after a view recaps you groove in so smooth. i like levy getting more confident while filling the gap between magnus brain and the rest of humanity with his great ability to introduce a broader audience to the game. in the end super nice combo!

[@khann2159]

One thing that I like about Magnus is that he is always very honest and never beats around the bush, like Max Verstappen in F1

[@kanhaiyayadav4417]

It's great that Magnus looks very happy these days, it literally gets me a smile 😊 btw love those recaps ❤ and Happy birthday Levy, you are awesome.

[@Qpidon]

This is amazing! As a 2200 ELO amateur, I relate to Levy. Sure, he’s an IM and I’m not, but he asks the questions I would! Magnus, one of the greatest ever, answers so thoughtfully and intensely. It’s incredibly valuable! Magnus never underestimates Levy’s questions-he responds in ways the whole chess world learns from. Magnificent! Imagine having video interviews like this with Morphy or Capablanca-what a treasure that would be for chess lovers. Thanks so much for this! 😊♟👏

[@ujwh2498]

I'm 1680 rapid, what things to do to become 2200 please tell your experience

[@Qpidon]

@@ujwh2498 Join a chess club. Read books. Study a good book with the pieces on the board. And, last but not least: play thousands of games, especially analyzing the ones you lose. But the real question is: who am I to give you advice?? 😅♟

[@loc7909]

Couldn't agree more. Magnus is giving off great energy & great answers to Levy's thoughtful chess questions.

[@liammorin5775]

@@ujwh2498it all depends on how you learn best. to get to 2200 rapid you pretty much just need a decent understanding of the openings you play, a good tactical eye, and good endgame fundamentals.

[@noneofthese94]

​@@ujwh2498 don't get obsessed and chase numbers. What's important is to play a beautiful game and the numbers follow. Chasing numbers gets your nowhere

[@doughnutsrus]

Big appreciation to the TTT team. Kaja, Maud and Hammer with the grest commentary and Levy/Magnus with the awesome recaps!

[@Satire-v1c]

10:27 Magnus: What Ding has done has reeked of being unprepared or surprise 🤣🤣🤣

[@loc7909]

Magnus & Levy are so fun to listen to! Perfect duo. Best chess communicator & the GOAT!

[@Nicole-yy1kn]

Awkward and smart and Magnus is smart

[@sonnyimmortals21]

I love these recaps. More about psychology of the game rather than specific over analyzing

[@sarangtamirisa5090]

This is chess, there is no such thing as over-analyzing.

[@sebarozt]

Im very grateful for the work that you guys are doing. The great charisma on Kaja that brings Chess closer to the general public like me, the expertice of Jon commenting and educating, magnus and Levy! This is great work of all of you! 🙏🙏🙏

[@pias-04]

What we fans really love about magnus is when he is happy he laughs and doesn’t hide it. I like his genuine reactions.❤❤

[@homelander98]

As everyone is mentioning these recaps are the best. It seems levy brings out a chill side of Magnus that is fun to see

[@hitandrun117]

Loving these recaps! Very cool getting to hear the thoughts of Magnus, best player in the world and Levy, the person who helped get me into chess!

[@epicchess2021]

That opening music freaks me out so much 🤣

[@leonardomeloni677]

I expected you to have more likes lol Used to follow you but dont have as much time anymore

[@MSV94]

Gives me white lotus vibes, I like it

[@dallanby]

Ha! Epic. Thought I was the only one. What a relief.

[@Dub_Squirrel]

I really like it

[@willyuan1]

it doesn’t fit the channel at all. sounds like the beginning of a horror movie.

[@b_tang]

Wow, Magnus makes even a "boring" game like this sound exciting and full of pivotal moments. Great recap, TripleT

[@richigarciacastro]

I love these recaps. Magnus and Levy such a great combination

[@DVNJ1]

Happy birthday Levy! Wishing you many more happy returns of the day!

[@TruthLivesNow]

Great show you three! Stockfish says this game was played at: Ding 99.5% accuracy Gukesh 99.2% accuracy, and that the average accuracy in the match so far is Ding 95.8% accuracy Gukesh 95.3% accuracy. I have decided only to watch GM Hikaru's recap and this one, they both have the best understanding when accuracy is so near perfect. The common idea of Hikaru, Magnus and Levy I found as follows: * Gukesh should have tried another opening. Ding is too familiar with the Catalan. This led to "Easy Moves" for Ding, that there was not enough pressure. The fact that they played a perfect game is not going to win the Match. As Magnus said, "It's absolutely useless if he doesn't pose Ding any pressure. * The time trouble the Ding gets into and then comes back is stated by both. What I get from this is that Ding plays better intuitively, and that may be a problem for Gukesh is they get into a Blitz tiebreaker. I already saw the advertisement for Anna vs. Odin, and when 40 years old is OLD, well...I will shut my mouth on how ancient I am...older than Pia.

[@hermionegranger2601]

Great recap Ding for sure prepared alot for World championship so there must have been equal expectations then for sure anyone can say that both player are playing equally well apart from few lost opportunities. Super excited ✨️

[@ApocalypzysXIV]

That was an amazing job by the host in how she handled Levy’s birthday situation. Wow.

[@daiko77]

6 seconds ago is crazy Take take take taking the chess world by a storm fr, congrats to you guys and the work you're doing. You acc got me back to chess. Best of luck onwards! And happy birthday Levy!

[@luckyshotjpg]

Nice to see Magnus show some enthusiasm despite it being a relatively boring game. Some of the earlier recaps it seemed like he couldn't be arsed 😂

[@jonathanludd]

Ding goes straight to the middle game. But... it's like Ding is playing not to lose, rather than to win. You only see the real Ding when he is in trouble.

[@prenticeanyonywright]

It seems like although Gukesh comes to the games with excellent preparation, Ding's experience and understanding of Chess is strong enough to protect him from the worst of it

[@dennymac850]

When interviewing 2 or more people, say the person's name you want to answer the question. This way they won't talk over each other, answering at the same time. Happy Bday Lev, don't forget your wish.

[@andrestorresjr]

Love all the Intros. Absolute great choice for the intro and outro song. Great job all around 👍👏🔥

[@Debbie2324]

These recaps are the best things to come out of this world championship match.

[@jeffburge9145]

We have same birthday!! Love you Levy!

[@curio78]

ding has a good strategy. He knows gukesh is too young to have intuitive strength for faster format of chess. So he is planning to draw the classical part of the playoff. It is a really smart approach. It is far easier to play for a draw, given Gukesh's strength of deep calculation why even play for a win in classical when he will be so much easier to take down in rapid. The only reason I come here to here is for a honest unfiltered opinion from magnus.

[@Justacommentor777]

“To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” -Mikhail Tal

[@curio78]

​@@Justacommentor777" it's all fair in love and war, the only goal is to win"

[@AhsanGaming133]

⁠@@curio78he is not too young to have a good intuition. Alireza at his age had an absurd intuition, say it like it is, Gukesh is not an intuitive player and that is just the way he plays

[@curio78]

@@AhsanGaming133 Its all about repetition, which eventually becomes pattern memory. That is all intuition is, Gukesh is far too young to have hard wired enough of it. Now this is not the same as magnus, because there Magnus is a different thing, a freakish working -long term memory capacity. Which means he can memorize patterns. Magnus calls its intuition, but no its his freakish memory. And his ridiculous working memory means he can process more short depth lines very very quickly. But also means he is compensating for the relatively normal deep line calculations with years of built up game memory. Gukesh will take time to build that and he does not have that working memory advantage so he is unlikely to be the top in speed chess. Argun seems to exhibit a little more of it but not at magnus level. Now alireza is a product countless hours of online play drilling those patterns into memory. But he has the issue at the other end. which is deep analysis. I have seen alireza stumble of simple lines if he has not encountered them before. Which is why I think he is there product of drilling through so many games.

[@AhsanGaming133]

@ Alireza built his intuition as a child like 12 years of age, gukesh is 18 which is too old to build that type of intuition as you say, at best he can be an ‘average’ 2700 player

[@giulianovelli6774]

Mandatory mention of Levi’s match in Sweden 😊 6:46

[@toddstark878]

Levi uses as a reference to the World Championship … everyone else Anna vs Ode… which why it was so ridiculous he played force draws and ruined the content.

[@iamboredbru...1118]

😂

[@JH-en6ql]

At 18 mins, Magnus rattled off a bunch of moves that Ding could have made, but nothing was shown on the screen. Wish they would actually show those moves that could have been made.

[@katieevans6017]

Historically, Ding has been hard to beat with that 100 game unbeaten run, and I think we are seeing how hard he is to beat, even when he's only playing at 80%. He seems to have improved on his 2024 tournament results. Gukesh is still the favourite though.

[@Phantom_Zone]

I feel like Ding's play style is more or less a soft counter to Gukesh's playstyle. Like at lower time Ding gets a boost on his defense. If Gukesh let this go to tie break, there is a legitimate threat Ding would win. The fact that Gukesh was such an overwhelming favorite yet Ding is holding on is a sight to behold.

[@GaugeSymm]

Gukesh is now only a slight favorite, and not because of his chess skills but rather because of fighting spirit, Gukesh will try hard to push every game now and Ding's defense will likely crumble, if not, then Ding probably wins the rapid tie-breaks.

[@spramanik158]

Magnus's Analysis is awesome 😎!! And the Take Take Take app is getting better everyday... "IF THE APP CAN SHOW THE ACCURACY LEVEL AND THE QUALITY OF MOVES WITH SIGN , THAT WOULD BE GREAT "

[@mickdonedee1]

26:52 I think Levy was looking for the word "effectively". The game 9 draw was effectively a win for Ding given that Gukesh only has two games remaining with White and Ding is favored to win the match and retain the title if the match goes to a rapid chess tiebreak.

[@nadiyabdelkarim5100]

Kaja is doing a great job hosting this, it's great to see how much more comfortable she's getting with the whole chess lingo especially coming from a non-chess background

[@darthbelicheck3559]

she has been doing chess broadcast for over 5 years now. She should by this time.

[@234dB]

THX for the patience Magnus

[@afterneet4421]

35:08 their smile is so infectious ...really makes my day lol

[@Russ09734]

Magnus is hot and cute when he smiles

[@GertLanser]

shoutout to kaja, she´s such an incredibly charming host, i celebrate her energy, thank you!

[@steveperryman8102]

There comes criticisms whatever moves these guys make. They are between a rock and a hard place. To my mind, if Ding just holds out until the tiebreaks he will always be a clear favourite, so let him advance in whatever way he feels comfortable. I would have thought Magnus could relate to that having been in tied matches ... then he reached his comfort zone ....

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

The difference in magnus's matches was that both Sergey and fabi in their matches just didn't wanna play a game against him, going for extremely concrete lines and trying to out prep him, therefore leading to many draws. Iain tried playing against magnus and was crushed, and so was Anand in his two matches against carlsen. As hikaru mentioned that magnus has one of best feel of the game and therefore no one wants to. actually play him, they just try to out prep him in an extremely concrete line. On the other hand Ding's lack of confidence in his classical ability is stopping him for pressing for wins in better positions, he is overthinking too much, basically he is seeing ghost.

[@steveperryman8102]

@@neerajnongmaithem392 You forget that Magnus suffered a heavy defeats to Ding in rapid, and he went on to say he was fearful of Ding because he has a great feel for dynamic positions too. Ding is the Dunning Kruger effect at the opposite end of the spectrum. A great player who underrated himself.

[@michaelhiggins1945]

I agree. People are overly critical. Gukesh is doing his part as the challenger - taking risks, pressing. Ding is doing his part as the defending champion- defending, and bringing the match toward a point where he has an advantage (the rapid tie breakers). Both players are trying to execute their strategy without overextending themselves or taking too much risk, which is extremely fair, they’re following their plans. There are still many games left for one to begin to execute their strategy better than the other.

[@lanagrossman489]

Maybe one of the problems for Indian player that before match Indian was amazing and Chinese was just horrible and everyone including Indian thought he would crash Ding but in this match ding is perfectly ok and all this expectation disappeared

[@Lastninjaxoxoxoxox]

@@steveperryman8102 That was precovid Ding though

[@danuka_sandaruwan]

TakeTakeTake Birthdays: Magnus 30th November | Levy 5th December | Hikaru 9th December

[@afterneet4421]

🎉

[@afterneet4421]

Same like magnus said hikaru is good no 3 😂

[@luizfelipemedeiros7506]

you forgot to mention the taketaketake actual itself birthday, Which I have no ideia tbh

[@ethanguo4219]

GMs can each play at 99 if the opponent doesn't put any pressure on. They basically have 10 good moves each turn. Against stockfish, which always puts maximum pressure on your position, they would not get anywhere near 90%, and would lose every single game without exception. Accuracy is just an artificial metric for human learners. For stockfish, there is only one best move it plays and countless wrong moves in every position

[@potatoonastick2239]

There isn't just one best move, there are many positions where there are a lot of viable options that are equally good and it comes down to a stylistic choice. Otherwise I agree with what you said

[@lesarnolfinis6775]

Please let Magnus and Levy move the pieces on the game board. You want to make the game accessible but in the end Magnus tells the variations like “the rook take the bishop, the rook goes to the seventh rank” and it is even harder to visualise because the pieces don’t move on the board.

[@MC4IOSgamer]

I love how blunt Magnus is at times haha! amazing

[@eenayeah]

She introduced Levy like a WWE wrestler 😂

[@ashutosmisraa]

Magnus not answering any hans questions 😂

[@jojo428428able]

This intro song hits so hard I need the full version of it!🔥🔥

[@ganesankrishnamurthy8658]

Take take take is 99 percent good.❤❤❤

[@yashmehta9299]

17:30 Magnus desperately trying to avoid using notation when describing a tactical sequence is hilarious

[@lanagrossman489]

I was thinking the same. Why he is doing this ??

[@Astro_Guy_1]

Happy Birthday to our favorite Chess yapper. Be more confident in the recaps Levy! You are bringing valuable insight and are an amazing bridge between The very tippy top like Magnus, and the average chess player.

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Yes, Levi is the reason K started watching.

[@ItsAsparageese]

He really is excellent at this. There are things I've disliked about Levy in some of his content, but he's a FANTASTIC chess communicator. Really has a knack for asking questions/making comments that are juuuust the right amount of open-ended, to bring out the best from Magnus. Magnus is a one of a kind diamond, obviously, but Levy is one heck of a gemcutter who finds the best facets and setting

[@koho]

50-50: big statement by Magnus

[@janjet169]

Would be really cool if Magnus and other super grandmasters would be at the actual conference and ask questions. It’s always some journalists, no disrespect, but I think Magnus etc would ask way better questions related to the game, would he way more interesting

[@camilodiaz9008]

How the turns have table. Now Magnus is using Gotham for content. The cycle of life.

[@leandrokansuke5222]

I am loving the chess class Magnus is giving four us....

[@rahilmalhotra001]

28:54 Strong statement but i agree

[@studyonly9994]

Wrong statement tho...what you expect from 2 contenders competing for the title? Even magnus himself have drawn all games with fabi! And here ding has all 95+accuracies too! So it's not easy

[@Martyyri]

@@studyonly9994 Him saying that match is now 50-50 chances is wrong? Did you even listen to Magnus statement?

[@bariseker4193]

Host girl doesn't know chess so can't comment, keeps saying wow, ah, uhg..

[@JoataVideos]

@@studyonly9994 Carlsen's statement is independent of how he would've played, it's merely an assessment on *Gukesh's* chances of winning the match. About the comparison between Magnus x Fabi and Ding x Gukesh, when it comes to the influence on their chances by going to tie breaks, Magnus is much more akin to Ding than to Gukesh: at that moment in their careers, Carlsen and Caruana were pretty much equal in classical chess (the then-world champion had an advantage of 3 points of rating over the challenger), while there being a clear disparity in rapid and blitz. Thus, being on the opposite side of the situation, even if you limit the credibility of his words by his experience, he knows first-hand how tie breaks can transform a +0, =12, -0 score into a +3, =0, -0 (and, by extension, a +0, =0, -3) one.

[@sourishghosh8958]

If this goes to tie breaks I think Ding will definitely win. Oh and happy birthday Levi, thanks for all you do for chess!

[@sumitsarkar3148]

I think Ding is banking on that too. He wants to put pressure on Gukesh

[@kieran1990able]

Magnus putting strong statements against Gukesh, Ding, Giri and even Leko LMAO !!!!!

[@FongYukYu]

10:10 💀💀💀 the simultaneous giggles are so wholesome

[@afterneet4421]

33:11 i really like magnus treating pieces like human being

[@mikem668]

This match is proving that the decision by Magnus to not play World Championship matches was correct. Memory contests aren't chess.

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Happy Birthday Levy. 🎈🎈🎉🎉

[@keithwald5349]

While other top GMs are perhaps just as confident in their own analysis as Magnus is, I have to assume - because he's still world #1 - that his analysis is still the best. I wonder if the solidity and sureness of his understanding came from his early tendency to be independent as a youngster learning chess. He even limited his coaching sessions with Kasparov because he just wouldn't buy into the particular training regime Kasparov was pushing. And earlier than that, they say he spent a lot of time (I hear like Fischer did) actually playing games against himself, and analyzing by himself. In a lot of fields, people can become excellent technicians by following structured training regimes laid out by others, but perhaps "self discovery" might still be the best way to develop truly deep understanding of a subject.

[@atharvbindal9100]

Happy birthday Levy 🥳🎂🎈🎉💐🎁💝

[@BabzTheGenie]

"Where should we dive into this game?" "The beginning as always"😂😂😂😂

[@aarambh9788]

Happy birthday lewy and good recap mangus

[@violetapelaez734]

Happy Birthday Levy!!!!! 🎉 May you keep bringing love for Chess and you become a GM!!!! ❤

[@venkat4167]

Gukesh is playing safe and overthinking too much. He is scared that he will fail 😅

[@kuldhirsingh]

Pundit is sanskrit word meaning expert/priest

[@francescomacheda3721]

17:26 I don't understand Magnus suggestion for last move.. "taking the bishop"? Maybe "protect the bishop"? can anyone explain?

[@leroymorgan-xu2cn]

When Magnus talk show the moves respect to the number 1 player on planet earth

[@cormacmacaongusa]

This world championship really makes you appreciate how good Ding vs Nepo was

[@kongfooyee2508]

Yes, both ding and nepo played some excellent games and moves in last year's chess championship

[@log-907]

last years championship was so exiting. what a story. this one is interesting too tho.

[@aCullenG]

It was much more exciting than this one, but I've heard Fabi, Anish and Magnus saying the level was very low.

[@himaaboruah9347]

Happy birthday levy!! 🎉❤

[@lanagrossman489]

I can bet that many people wish to know what ding thinking for 30 minutes and after Indian response Ding AGAIN thinking !! Magnus was saying the same how ding again spending 20 minutes on next move when he spent 30 minutes for previous??

[@FongYukYu]

Whoa, Levy and Magnus's birthdays are fairly close! It's a sign!!!!! (of what, idk 🤷🏻‍♀️)

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

I wonder how you will react after knowing that Hikaru's birthday is in 4 days...

[@gollumchess]

Watching magnus speak 😍🥰

[@newbie4789]

Magnus is kinda cool NGL. Very honest

[@katongolecharles5213]

Ding is a silent burner...a TIME BOMB.

[@terry-gk5yh]

30:21 DOOOOGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@sharamall]

magnus hair situation is crazy

[@FreethinkingSecularist]

Not morally, but morale boosting.

[@wizzraa]

26:53 he meant 'psychologically' I think

[@FreethinkingSecularist]

@wizzraa I am of the opinion that given his use of the word, "morally" he was looking for an adjective form of the word "morale". But that was a whole lot of videos ago, and I don't really want to go searching for the spot to hear it again. Your suggestion seems to make good sense as well. I just wanted to point out the train of thought that led me there.

[@sogevids]

30:21 is by far the best part of the video

[@timjkoala7556]

Love Kaja as a host

[@technicalvertex]

This Magnus guy looks to be knowing some real shit abut chess game. He should consider participating Chess Tournaments!

[@PSR-0001]

😂😂😂😂

[@lanagrossman489]

Maybe he needs to try to play matches and become champion for once

[@ismailhossain964]

Omg. I fell down after reading this. 😅

[@novicenabid535]

I can't comprehend a shit of their chess conversation. But i am still liking it. I dunno why😂

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

It’s not too hard to learn. I am just catching on since this world championship match.

[@novicenabid535]

@AnjelLee-f8c That's great. I am interested to know what is ur elo. No intrusion intended.

[@jairovandewiel5194]

The intro's of these recaps are so good and fitting!

[@ConClasher3]

Let’s go Ding!!!! Prove them all wrong

[@steveperryman8102]

@ConClasher3 Yes, I love that the meek, likable Ding who was written off by them all is proceeding nice and quietly, without all this "alpha male" stuff. All that is very much a western thing; the banter, the testosterone driven posturing, etc. Magnus stepped away because he couldn't handle the commitment any more, and his fear of losing, despite being stronger, as was a possibility against Karjakin, sort of took the wind out of his sails. So whoever is prepared to put in the effort will be the true World Champion, and that will be the person who prevails over a long stressful classical match .... not a bunch of rapid or blitz games, even if it ultimately comes to that.

[@thevidsard]

Bring the 50 minute recaps back🎉

[@marktforce]

Magnus is incredibly articulate and seems like a normal guy who just happens to he a super chess wizard. We have grown to expect geniuses to behave extremely wierdly full of nervous tiks. Magnus doesn't display any nervous tiks physically or mentally which is a good surprise. Testament to his excellent upbringing. His Johnny Bravo hair is hilarious but why not. Levi's hairline is going crazy for 29 year old but bro works hard so i understand. Happy birthday boys. Kaja's energy is unmatched doing the full game coverage and post game is crazy but she does it so well. I've been following the world championship for first time ever and the take take take app is not bad at all especially for such a new app. Why not stream KZbin coverage on the app too? Congrats to all the team.

[@NotTheWheel]

I really want Gukesh to win but the closer we get to the ending the more I think Ding might pull a repeat of 2023. And win sort of last second to avoid tie breaks. Which isn't something I want to see happen ever again... people can say this is more exciting but that's pure cope to me. Which is a real shame. I keep watching these games seeing Gukesh with an advantage only for it to disappear by the time I come back. And not to take away anything from everybody's favorite Ding - but these draws have less to do due with Dings defensive prowess as they do with Gukesh just sabotaging his chances.

[@trecheary9765]

You never know, you know. What if God has a different plan.

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

His team needs to help him with his middle game and his finishing. He is not finishing well. That being said, Ding has found great moves in the previous game when he was under pressure.

[@jamak3401]

The Only Person who has the right to roast them is here, what a chad !!

[@bryguy4446]

It's kind of hilarious to hear Magnus in these recaps. He clearly does not think much of either Gukesh or Ding. He is not impressed and he's giving off a "I would crush either one of these guys" vibe. Basically, Magnus is saying without saying "This is why I have no interest in playing a classical world championship anymore. Nobody can match me and it's obvious with every game Gukesh and Ding play".

[@mikeyoung9810]

Happy Birthday Levy.

[@kangmule]

Levi! you can also disagree with magnus Lol

[@afterneet4421]

3:05 levy's dream come true moment

[@diegon93322]

Levy 😩😩 💦💦

[@diegon93322]

Levy 😩💦