The amazing conversation between Nepo and Firouzja captured at the end of the game

[@ChessBaseIndiachannel]

FIDE has completed 100 years of existence and to celebrate that occasion, they have launched their shop. They have good quality clothing, accessories and collectibles. Check them out here: shop.fide.com/ and use the coupon code: CHESSBASE on checkout to avail 10% discount. They ship all across the world.

[@halneufmille]

4 hours of chess is not enough for the day. Let's just talk about chess some more.

[@sequiaonda78]

Best comment of the day

[@kwakakak]

Reminds me some colleagues after exams

[@alexandrefreitas9295]

Any club level player knows the feeling....doens't matter if you played a five hour game, right after the game you still want to talk about it.

[@arunswaminathan9690]

Its amazing how they visualise the position immediately when suggested by each other.

[@gIassfrog]

I don't think it's that special, becaues the game was really long and they were really concentrated.

[@armandomarin371]

@@gIassfrog It's not just this game, they can imagine any position just by listening to it or reading it, they can play without a board and discuss different games without any problem, the understanding of super GMs is beyond your understanding.

[@MD_Suprim]

Ian is really pulling out all the stops. Would love to see him face the Indian players

[@jimhofoss9982]

I’m sure we will!

[@speed999-uj5kr]

​@@jimhofoss9982 not so sure

[@palmtreegal3]

Love seeing the conversation after

[@jimhofoss9982]

nice extra insight from the player’s perspective. Thanks!

[@Chemist_Abdallah_Gad]

Nepo is a gentleman

[@051_cse_mathialagant8]

The language of gods

[@EliL-se3bh]

Love the discussion after the match. More of these pls :)

[@NicolaeBleant]

I just liked Nepo's explanations.I get lost after 2 sentences but I am confident he was right!I think Fabiano and Nepo are the favorites after Nakamura's mistakes

[@Branzlo]

So much better than “chess speaks for itself”

[@mixchief]

How they can discuss squares like this is nothing short of astonishing.

[@SmiffStarz]

@3:49 Sagar-ception in the background😂

[@AnishMendhe]

😂

[@vinothsankar2726]

Reviewing is unbelievable..speak with mouth but analyzing each position which not played before is mind blowing.. Because the possibility is infinity 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@B-fq7ff]

not true there are a finite amount of possible chess games

[@sequiaonda78]

Yes . Buy the amount of them are immensely high

[@lollycopter]

If you play over the board classical, you'll start to develop this ability, even if it's on a more basic level for the most critical moments. Then, the better you get, the more you can discuss without moving any pieces around. Tip: It's easier to start by looking at the board and pointing to squares rather than doing it purely blindfolded. The beauty of slow chess is that you get plenty of time to think about and remember critical positions.

[@Raviraj_Bhukan16]

The lady arbiter keep dropping flags😂

[@nk9996]

3:53 Hello Sagar!!👋😂

[@sequiaonda78]

Nepo is a cool guy. And he deserves to be WCh

[@mutdd3954]

he really is a good man

[@JT11111]

Nice to see Alireza so engaged and deep in thought about what he should've done, clearly any doubt that he doesn't care or is distracted by other things than chess should be forgotten now, he wont win this candidates, but will be a serious force to reckon with in his 3rd and 4th candidates in future, and with so much time in his hands, he's bound to become a world champion one day

[@bisket81]

Why do you say he won’t win the candidates?

[@JT11111]

@@bisket81 I think he's not ready yet and he has not found the form he had 2 years ago when he reached 2800

[@aesaphyr]

He was asked about whether he was still following other pursuits a few months ago (I can't remember in which event this was) and he said not anymore, that he's focused 100% on chess again now. I agree with you, while it would be great to see him ace it at this Candidates tournament, I don't think he's got that form currently, but I do think he'll be phenomenal in the coming cycle.

[@JT11111]

@@aesaphyr even if he’s 100% focused it wont mean he is back to what he was at 18, Im sure he will get back to it and even better, but for now I think he still wants to do stuff outside of chess, the only downside here is Pragg, Gukesh and Nodirbek will not be taking breaks etc and they are already at his level, if he slows down too much he will be well caught up by one of them in the next candidates

[@aesaphyr]

@@JT11111 Sure, it's an exciting time in chess to be sure! Although I think Nodirbek should actually probably slow down - I feel like he played nearly every day in the past year and hasn't done as well as in recent years. My reply was only to say Alireza seems to have reinvested his attention in chess again - which I think many people don't know and still think he's only half-heartedly playing.

[@aesaphyr]

An interesting discussion not because any of us can follow it (none of us can) but because of the body language. Alireza is usually upset after a loss (as anybody would be!) but this time he seems sad and tired. He held out well against Fabi in round 3, hopefully he'll make a comeback and get some wins in the coming rounds.

[@susta1815]

Only you and the 1000 elo bots can’t folow the conversation. Do you think we are all crap at chess ? The lines mentioned there are not even hard to see nor to understand. You seem completely clueless about this game. Stay with the botez stuff and move on buddy.

[@nyxicsulfur]

@@susta1815 its amazing how personally you took that comment and lashed out on OP for it. good luck in life, you seem to need it a lot.

[@stmaur0]

@@susta1815 Spoken like a true 9-year-old.

[@Diego14SU]

It's actually not so difficult to understand if you're a casual 1500 elo player, and obviously if you've followed the game.

[@aesaphyr]

@@Diego14SU Obviously I wouldn't make this statement if I could follow it. I'm a casual 1800 online. And followed the game. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TanvirHossain-f3g]

How is the audio quality so good at the end!😲

[@srinjoy2003]

it's sagar shah. his production level is better than fide itself lol.

[@Ayush-ye3wy]

Yeah man the audio was crazy good.. The arbiter was pretty funny..the flags fell atleast thrice 😂

[@seya_2]

​@@srinjoy2003 These videos are collected from fide. There's a big watermark below right corner

[@lollycopter]

15:53 Because the microphones are very close. Listen to the sound of the clock buttons, as well as Nepo's pen on paper.

[@Jannacek]

Chessbase India best chess channel in the world

[@linudandeniya6511]

In the title it says “let’s draw” 😂

[@haithamebrahim3403]

Love the green jacket though 💚

[@Ooooooooookkkk]

You all are brainwashed you see it in everything

[@Ooooooooookkkk]

Your brain does not think chess but only religion

[@Ooooooooookkkk]

Your brain does not think chess but only religion

[@ordro107]

I love how Alireza when he's analyzing says "Check, check, check!"... He loves the game so much he dosent mind to play crazy and lose 20:30

[@heavybattle6650]

I genuinely dont get how is this even fucking possible. Do their brains display for them invisible holographic screens that show their thoughts in front of them? How the hell can you even imagine all this stuff, talk in numbers, letters and positions and talk about it logically at the same time?

[@emregeylani]

yes, these guys can play tens of blindfold matches simultaneously. this is nothing for them.

[@aesaphyr]

I can't follow this kind of discussion at all and think this level of discussion is truly prodigious, but I think it's also worth remembering that they've just sat there for 2-3 hours literally thinking only about this game and countless variations for each move. We know they're very quick at seeing lines and tactics so I can only imagine just how deep they're going with the analysis in their heads as they're sitting there during the game. So after the game, they get to verbalise these things they've been pondering non-stop for hours. Still, I can't wrap my head around the kind of brain power they have. It's incredible.

[@gIassfrog]

@@aesaphyr Exactly, they were focused for a long time and had to really analyze the game closely.... That's impressive, but probably possible for the average person. I'm sure when you had really long exams you could remember pretty much the entire paper after the exam...

[@LoffysDomain]

I like the editing

[@cjh-bk4pn]

It must suck being able to realize what move you should have played after you played a different move. I wouldn't be able to concentrate for the rest of the game

[@eliasdariohougham1716]

its amazing how they memorize and visualize each move with the board completed...my goodness it seems easy from outside...je

[@jangstajr5111]

I have a shot at understanding Sanskrit more

[@AkivaTurk]

Please play out there conversation over the board on the same screen....(:

[@artificercreator]

Oh. that was a nice talk

[@tonysols5354]

That analysis tho 🔥 🔥

[@thelegend7406]

Add a board with the discussion next time yoo

[@TheMrBennito]

This whole visualizing process demonstrates how superior the human brain can be. If we would only use our brains for the good, as these players do....

[@siddharthchhetry4218]

Chees with sagar sah commentry >>> IPL

[@siliusseth9558]

He really loves to talk! He's Preaching and Analyzing alone and doesn't pay any attention to what Alireza's saying! No wonder Magnus is avoiding talking to him after games!

[@tarendraverma.2933]

How do they remember all the moves in the game ?

[@blundernator7794]

Cos they Play more than 4 hours and the are endlevel Player. Sry for my english. They can also Play blind xD

[@adhvikasinha6200]

I THINK VIDIT IS GOING TO BE THE WORLD CHAMPION

[@brbcrew9957]

😂

[@blundernator7794]

I really Like you all Indian Guys and you have 3 badass chess Player in this Tournament but again Nepo or Caruana they need more expirience. But they are Young, i think one of them will BE in Future the world champion. Sry for my worse english

[@hakim7894]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adhvikasinha6200]

@@hakim7894 I THINK YOU ARE LAUGHING AT YOUR NAME HAKIM WHAT A NAME YOU HAVE

[@proxima713]

My guess is gukesh

[@MrTheZephyros]

would be nice to have a board following their explanations

[@ultranoob9591]

Vidit,gukesh,nepo im rooting for them

[@blundernator7794]

I am for Nepo but i really enjoying to See this Indian Young badass chess player

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

99.99% of the population have no idea what they are talking about.

[@dublintvcontent2023]

Nepo or Fabi will win this tournament. calling it now!.

[@christophebonnery561]

Hope you did not bet too much 🤣

[@dublintvcontent2023]

@@christophebonnery561 Made a killing actually. Bet on Gukesh as the sark horse and he came true brilliantly.

[@HaleG9]

whoever is able to decipher excited half-Russian-English and tired half-Persian English ...

[@mikejulz87]

I'm waiting for Pragg vs Vidit game analysis

[@mikejulz87]

@@abcmagnusopum1291 he beat Hikaru though

[@pifflesticks]

Her sleeve is the real winner here. 2 flags and the bottle didn't stand a chance.

[@Bl00dWolf]

🤣🤣🤣

[@heremansmarc]

Nepo to Firouzja, after this: Cash or credit card? It's 200$ for the lesson...

[@baksteen123]

Let's draw. Put on your noisy shoes and dance the blues. Let's sway. Sway through the crowd to Abasov's space.

[@albertoberto4714]

I am sure it is all very interesting for whoever can follow up.

[@oswaldocaminos8431]

palmtreegal3: Yea, I agree.

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

They are speaking Chess

[@arsinous_1_1_1_1]

Nepo in candidates is like Australia in icc world cup

[@ВиталийКуликов-ы6д]

What do you mean

[@JG-ce3pu]

@@ВиталийКуликов-ы6дhe means that Nepo on candidates is like Australia in icc World Cup

[@B-fq7ff]

@@JG-ce3pu what do you mean

[@PranitSuman]

​@@JG-ce3puYou just repeated the same thing 💀

[@devidattapradhan6517]

@@ВиталийКуликов-ы6д australia is generally the best team in cricket worldcups

[@BobbyJean-rk5sf]

OMG, how I want to talk like that!

[@ChessSGM]

Nothing to comment but has to comment because i want to ..........

[@ChabPoha]

what is flag of Ian ?

[@MagicSmoke11]

Yes, it's not Russia😮

[@AdityaPal_sciencepal]

FIDE flag

[@AnshulSharma-gq2vn]

He plays under the FIDE banner as currently the Russian Chess Federation is banned by the FIDE.

[@MagicSmoke11]

@@AnshulSharma-gq2vn When India not playing against Pakistan, in Cricket the whole world crying don't mix politics with Sports.Now what is this ?😊😊

[@Physics646]

​@@MagicSmoke11 just western hypocrisy 🤌

[@anmol.........]

Alireza is surely gonna take tuitions from nepo after candidates 😂

[@khenmats54]

" two of the most creative and uncompromising players in the world of chess". What a commentator Sagar is

[@firozshah4260]

14:45 why he didn't play queen f5 nepo would have lost his queen

[@kashifhussains2951]

It can be defended with queen e4

[@flutethyagu]

Great prep Nepo

[@Pacalolo04]

1:05 Sorry, Firouzja is 20 years old, not 22.

[@mono1931]

In case anyone is wondering, the reason why there’s no Russia flag is because of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

[@rossowen3918]

Firouzja is 20. Not 21 or 22

[@lukeflanagan9247]

got to feel for Alireza

[@ogandreyka]

Really upset you didn't make the moves on the diagram which they were discussing, i came here expecting it to understand better :(

[@thesurrealist7]

Why isn't the Russian flag present for Nepo?

[@Canard_Ivre]

It’s banned by fide

[@thesurrealist7]

@@Canard_Ivre Hypocrites. Based on that logic, American players would never be able to have their flag on any table.

[@123-t6z2t]

Who won ???

[@aesaphyr]

Nepo won, if you watch the video you will see Alireza resign...

[@jorgeidelsohn]

Un capo Nepo.!

[@dhavalpatel4123]

Firurza become lazy day by day and show low energy body language

[@hakim7894]

What? He just lost a game in the first round and it's not the best feeling ever. What are you expecting him to do? Cheering around and invite everyone for a dinner? You high bro?

[@aesaphyr]

​@@hakim7894 Technically it was round 2 but otherwise you're correct. Also, Ali was in a winning position during the game and I think he knows it. It's always extra disappointing when you lose a game you could have won!

[@silverpassion3588]

I think is always good to show the final position for a while longer instead of shutting down straight away after the resignation to give viewers some time to analyse. Why need to shut down so immediately

[@nandanprasad2871]

You can pause the video.

[@silverpassion3588]

@@nandanprasad2871 Of course can be done. But the window period is so tiny you need to always playbackwards and if scrub backwards too much then you end up wasting time. You get it? Why not they pause for a while to make it more user friendly

[@FunnyPianistUA]

Vidit is coming for you.

[@luatala8008]

Alireza will quickly fade away, his time at the top is over...has been for a few years now...waste of time and money what he did to get into the tournament.

[@omsagar8241]

yeah but Alireza is not commenting on a youtube video of some better than him and being mad because you cannot reach him

[@dublintvcontent2023]

Firuja totally overrated.. Has zero chance to win this event but he will have some good wins and big impact on the standings. Probably end in the bottom half of the field.

[@lostriver5328]

yes magnus favorite player and former 2800 player is totally overrated!! 😂😂 really, are you high?!?!?!

[@katieevans6017]

1 point behind the leaders, he can still win it.

[@hakim7894]

​@@dr.brocoliHe himself chose not to concentrate 100% on chess and instead pursue fashion design. Chess is actually boring to many players. You have to have something outside chess.

[@mandmurat2605]

Alireza crying

[@alfredoortiz7487]

QUÉ MALDITA pronunciación.

[@Chris.M]

Eh not so amazing

[@AmitGega-gl4jy]

first

[@mohansharma651]

Nepo's gonna bulldoze everyone again

[@fxstreamer238]

Alireza thought for 30 minutes to blunder a whole piece then convinced by 20 second 5 moves line by Nepo that Qh5 and Qh1 then back to Qh5 was ok. what was that 30 minutes calculation for then if you cant calculate the most obvious idea? "I couldnt make it work" . then "Yeah it was ok for black". get the f out of here. I saw him when he played that dumb move Na4 instead of Qh5 just saw the clock and reluctantly played it out of spite . Thats not how you play chess. I would give him a big slap if I was his coach

[@nandanprasad2871]

I'm sure all the ideas were obvious for you, with Stockfish and eval bar. These Super GMs are dumb for not calculating everything and making mistakes like humans.