The Chennai Banger in Canada | Pragg vs Gukesh | FIDE Candidates 2024

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[@KasamSe-e7r]

100th anniversary ❌ completed 100 years of existence ✅

[@YADAV-ng7qu]

What if pragg moves his elephant to d4

[@anushtupchatterjee9977]

I don't see the reason why gukesh is so underrated. Even in newspaper( TOI) the headline was Praggnanandhaa forces Firouzja to split points in big bold letters whereas gukesh was mentioned later. In my opinion Gukesh deserves as much or even more praise than pragg. PS I have been rooting for Gukesh since Norway Chess 2023

[@harshrajjadhav940]

It's just Pragg has been on the top level for a little longer and has had some interesting matches with Carlsen. Both are gems of India.

[@Rio_arc]

​@@harshrajjadhav940 At top level it's actually gukesh who has played more top events... But yes pragg's game against magnus did catch a lot of eyeballs

[@indianfan1029]

Just a matter of time period. Pragg has been famous since his childhood. Gukesh is a relatively late bloomer. Ofcourse he is just 17. But everyone remembers seeing Prag as that genius 12 year old child.

[@noothangowdaml5167]

Y'all I also saw only praggs news on newspaper , I have never seen vidit and gukesh in the paper..

[@ChabPoha]

Big L , prag >>> gukesh most of a time lol stfu

[@DreamingwithD]

Pragg couldn't convert the created pressure into a win. Gukesh excellent defence.

[@ragas2845]

Thank you. -Mukesh Kumar

[@laveshgoyal9974]

1:34 This is how Pragg likes it😆

[@funnywalatag4440]

😂

[@revolutionarythinker]

Those TWO INDIAN FLAG makes me proud of these two, both have long way to go

[@Animetamilan77]

Correct ❤

[@55555ehnx]

I offered prayers for Gukesh to win before the beginning of the Candidates tournament...I wish he wins the tournament and probably I will be the happiest fan ❤

[@subramanianrs318]

Me too! 🙋 Go Gukesh 💖🌟

[@55555ehnx]

@@subramanianrs318 💕

[@TaraMardi]

You're not alone brother

[@55555ehnx]

@@TaraMardi 💕

[@Parasuraman-ey4wo]

All your prayers worked.

[@priapushk996]

17:18 I was completely unprepared for ChessBAE.

[@vinothv56]

Both are from Chennai and I expected them to be discussing the game in local language with a laugh. No love lost 😂😅

[@Davidl928]

i feel bad for pragg, he's such a strong player...however Gukesh is my favorite...great game by both players

[@forcast0]

Happy for Gukesh😊😊 But Pragg will comeback Strong!!

[@Chess_579]

praggnanandhaa try to knight e7 💀

[@Yuvi1313]

Excellent defence by gukeah

[@BeingOpen-d3l]

Tamil always makes us pride as 🇮🇳 . They manufacture geniuses and preserve culture.

[@Asuthoshi]

Exactly 🔥💪👌🌋

[@gowthamhlife6687]

😂😂😢

[@saditya5412]

Gukesh is Telugu though.

[@BeingOpen-d3l]

@@saditya5412 ok, nice to know thats great.

[@gvk9102]

Gukesh is telugu, not Arava.

[@daverowe1081]

0:29 "Gukesh has arrived early" I know Sagar meant "arrived to the board", but quite an interesting double meaning there. At just 18 years old and challenging for the World Championship, Gukesh certainly has ARRIVED early!

[@insbctvs189]

It is a treat to watch Gukesh play. f5 and Ra7 stars i must say

[@PraveenKumar-pp6rh]

wow well played both, good fight by both . Super Gukesh, good defense

[@Thakur.Vishusingh]

Sagar with mobile recording

[@mayankkrishna6148]

Vlogger shah

[@karanarora1468]

1:30 so it is BANANA🍌here... it was RED JUICE 🍷in Vidit vs Hikaru game ... Keep going SAGAR 😆

[@L-a_w]

17:10 so many folds lol

[@exbricadlo]

won't fit-on in the pocket if the fold 'is big-/-/

[@VS-ve4ef]

well played GUKESH!!!!

[@trashedprogrammer]

Pragg’s head-to-head score with Gukesh is puzzling - he seems to make more mistakes with Gukesh than others.. hope that trend ends soon

[@biniamgirma7954]

Yeah that's weird gukesh is praggs kryptonite 😂

[@vinothv56]

The math equation a>b>c works different in chess analogy. Gukesh > pragg > sarin > erigaisi > vidit > gukesh. It's a chain cycle on h2h.

[@32nishant29]

​@@vinothv56vidit> Gukesh? No way

[@nishamarkose9966]

​@@vinothv56gukesh just beat vidit yesterday

[@anandkrishna3106]

at 13:42, instead of queen g5, imagine if pawn e7 was played, the probabilities which come out are wonderful ?

[@NusratSarah]

Two of my most favorites from India ! ✨✨😊😊❤❤

[@kalpeshlohar4019]

Well done Gukesh. Pragg also played well. Gukesh played very cool.

[@subramanianrs318]

Gukesh ❤ is more of an instinctive, ON THE BOARD innovative player while Pragg. is a well tutored player. Unfortunate that even when Gukesh beats Pragg. people condemn him with faint praise!

[@jramkumarpatnaik2877]

So truly articulated

[@IndiaTides]

I think Arjun and Gukesh are better players. They don't have nerves for the big games. It will improve. Gukesh's ambition is too serious.

[@subramanianrs318]

@@IndiaTides We tend to forget that GUKESH is just a 17 year old kid! As you say his composure will improve with age. Wish him - and all the Indian players- the very best👍✨

[@lowceyn2875]

Gukesh defense was insane

[@atulbesra822]

Prag's deep preparation was resisted and outlasted by Gukesh's deep calculation. It was a match that would go into chess folklore. Prag will do well in the remaining matches of candidates. I am worried about Vaishali. I am afraid she will end up at the bottom of Women's Candidates event.

[@shubomb]

Vaishali's time management is truly terrible, she always end up in time trouble while her opponents have all the time in the world. She ends up making a blunder in an equal position in time trouble and lose. She needs to win today with white against Salimova to stand any chance

[@MajorSaheb]

In Prague it was pragg that was winning. ~ Sagar Shah 2024

[@barthdavid3378]

I see you 😅

[@karthiknarayanan7484]

Just before pragg resigned.. How about queen d8 giving a check... Any kind of perpetual possible?

[@ihsanhusaeri9058]

What if the cameramen accidentally drop the camera and mess up the board?

[@Cityscapes411]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bhargavibhat6086]

Camera is far away from the board

[@Aishaani-lb8ph]

Intrusive thoughts be like:

[@jazzydriven2784]

Gukesh and his team have researched all Pragg games extremely thorough and always Guki has the best answer to all Pragg nuances... Pragg has to do some special preps to beat Guki...

[@nishamarkose9966]

Special prep made him lose by sacing 2 pawns

[@Dil_Say143]

Balancing the pressure of contest as well as the camera focus both are so difficult...well adjusted to everything 👍🏽

[@learwithindia]

15:13 I think pragg should play Ne7😅😅

[@lakshgaming475]

Ne3 was perfect move

[@jalal-extreme]

Woow Oh my God, Gukesh nice defence, Sagar shah excellent commentary, much thanks.

[@chopinder]

Gukesh vs Vidit will be the final of the candidates 2024👑🇮🇳

[@mndlly25]

Pragg should have came dancing to the room.. When he dance,he dominates and gukesh showed why is indians no 1 currently.. What i feel is hikaru and pragg both came to the tournament to play out of theory games

[@avantikaar4169]

Pragg looks like he is 15 year old but gukesh meanwhile looks like he in his 20s

[@girlyyyyyyy]

I'm new to this can someone please explain where they keep going between the moves? are they using the toilet? are they not allowed to see each other's moves?

[@Parasuraman-ey4wo]

They mostly go around watching other games. If you are fighting an uphill battle, you stay in your seat. This has been my personal experience playing chess. I do not think they go to the toilet and they bring refreshments like orange juice with them.

[@girlyyyyyyy]

@@Parasuraman-ey4wo ohh thanks :)

[@EJsGameGalaxy]

my two favorite players.

[@zeus345i9pp5vv]

11:50 Gukesh was about to kill that black guy for continiously moving his head and pretending that he is chill exactly covering on the top of the board the whole game.

[@Trivikram24]

I am new to this ... Why one player is going somewhere every time.. Do they need to play another game simultaneously?? Or just taking break ??

[@matt4477]

Pragg always gives a dead fish when he shakes hands. Someone needs to teach him.

[@NARAYANNE007]

Hope to see Gukesh against Pragg play world chess championship someday

[@mehnaazkhan1740]

I am new to chess. Can anyone explain to me why in the last Pragg couldn't move his queen to d8 to give checkmate? Is that not allowed for queen to move diagonally to end of other side , is there any rule I am not aware of ?

[@1vs4gaming51]

If this happens,black simply play his rook to f8 preventing check and it's a discovered attack to white queen and then also white will be in check and white queen cannot be moved...so ultimate white will loose his queen and loose the game...!!!!

[@devam_1100]

Pragg is on fire

[@Deepanjli-wf2fr]

Who notice his back side are playing America vs india

[@erdalserpen]

Bu oyunda prag hayal dünyasında yaşamış blöf hücumlar yapmış beyazlar kendini Tal sanmış

[@chinninaveen000]

Telugu boy gukesh what a powerful mind bro... Congrats, hard luck pragg

[@MJ-qr5xw]

Indian boy Gukesh is one the 👌

[@chinninaveen000]

@@MJ-qr5xw I learned this from northern guys mainly from punjabis , delhi and mumbai sports guys always hype their states and cities. Never mention india at all.

[@rjesh2062]

​@@chinninaveen000Doesn't mean you should adopt that. Moreover Gukesh is Tamilan with Telugu Parents. Stop attaching states first its north south after that telugu tamil😐

[@chinninaveen000]

@@rjesh2062 what did I do wrong? I just said his origin that's it....i learned it from proud northern athletes, You come up with all that tamil telugu stuff ..

[@factscheck4450]

​@@chinninaveen000 I never seen any northern why you try to Insult our state we Tamil proud Indian. Yr dividing policy don't work here

[@AyushIIT-B-w3q]

The way they both put kings at the centre.😊😊

[@Differentboyy]

Who is the winner

[@Thankan6969]

Gukesh

[@Differentboyy]

How gukesh win ? This match is incomplete... So how gukesh win the match ?

[@aravindhegde8241]

Sagar bhai board ke sath time bhi lagadoge to accha rahega, and thank you for this osm video

[@aeonsleo2]

Pragg lost because of going for the win. He miscalculated his chances.

[@Fe-ironman]

also because pragg whent into gukesh's strong zone, gukesh is very very good in on spot calculation, logic and solving for from complex position but is very less experienced compared to pragg

[@Mrsaysaw]

Someone explain me. Why both players going somewhere and come back and playing. I know how to play but i don't know this rules and regulations 😢😢😢

[@vinodvenkatesan]

There can be several reasons. They may want to use the restroom or just stretch. Players are allowed to leave their seats but need to stay within the building.

[@Mrsaysaw]

@@vinodvenkatesan no time limit,??

[@vinodvenkatesan]

@@Mrsaysaw The time keeps ticking but the players can be at the board or elsewhere. They only need to be at the board to make their move. So say Gukesh's clock is at 11:00 minutes and his opponent's clock is ticking. It means his opponent needs to make a move. Gukesh goes for a walk and his opponent makes a move and hits the clock. Gukesh's time starts counting down from 11:00. Gukesh is back at the table after walking for 2 minutes so his clock is at 9:00 now. He thinks and makes a move. Remember, these guys are GMs. They don't need to look at the board to analyze it. The position is in their head so even in his "walk", he's actually analyzing the position and thinking about what his opponent can play and what he can play etc.

[@passionateaboutmath1690]

chennai sir, note it

[@RujaalCawil]

Please sugar what is the reason pragg he can beat all strong gm as abdusatrov hikaru vidit but he can’t beat gukesh i suppose gukesh understood his techniques am i right if you believe like me put like in this comment also you can suggest what you believe reply

[@anushtupchatterjee9977]

Praggnanandhaa with a banana lol

[@jazzydriven2784]

Naughty😂

[@anushtupchatterjee9977]

@@jazzydriven2784 actually praggnanandhaa and banana rhyme. That's why I wrote it. No pun intended

[@wanderer_solo]

So Pragg is not very much excited about the tour without Magnus... His greatest admirer

[@ringtonestar83]

Gukesh very safe moved 😊

[@neweins8864]

I've lost faith in Praggs ability to win, After all these years, his time management is still poor, which makes him lose so many games. With his solid style, his journey to win this years candidates is almost over until some miracle happens. He now probably need to win at least four or five games. Nijat will lose to Fabi twice most likely, So 9 .5 will be winners score.

[@bcdefg]

you are the best narrator sagar

[@manika1977]

Page handler it very well ❤❤❤

[@rituchandel1925]

Pragg might have defended by moving d1 rook to d4. Anyways happy for gukesh

[@studyoholic1070]

Gukesh played very well

[@Atif-Anwar159]

Which chess board and pieces they are playing with

[@broishere-ru6ll]

So both are from Tamil Nadu??

[@allanjesu23]

Yes

[@fredricprabu7815]

Yes

[@sanjay-uc2uk]

They both are from same coaching centre from Chennai and they are best friends from childhood ❤

[@hareeshkumarg1087]

11:45 where pragg over thinked , but still Indian won the game 😅😅😅😅

[@noothangowdaml5167]

At 9:42 , after BishopC8 can't gukesh take the knight as pragg cannot recapture it as it is pinned??

[@abhishekks1668]

No. If Gukesh captures the knight, then pawn takes would come with a check.

[@noothangowdaml5167]

Oh now I got it thanks bro! ​@@abhishekks1668

[@anandkrishna3106]

Is Rook d4 a good move for Prag ?

[@perryhandiqueshorts2364]

Bro that was sick💪💪💪

[@Tabacc-wk2dg]

1:28

[@shubham_sangeeta_rathore]

Sagar bhai try to post quickly

[@lakshgaming475]

There is still a hope pragg should do knight to e3? How's this?

[@Predre_Amrna]

3:35 why gukesh didn't move bishop at f8 to b4 for check???

[@priyamvadasamriya1445]

At 15:30 why did Pragg not movie king to H1, how was it a checkmate?

[@Crafthutzmoshita]

Yeah!!

[@tariagaming9077]

Praag among us jadha Play ker ne leg gaya 🙃

[@rohangoswami5593]

Sagar bhai great analysis and content as always! . . . Maybe we can avoid acting like we are seeing the moves for the first time, that just makes the commentary look a bit artificial.

[@deepak_su]

Why did the organisers want the Indian players to play each other in the initial stages @Sagar Shah

[@HariPrasath-yb6fd]

So that they can't fix matches at the end of the tournament..lol

[@hdmotivated]

Wasn't just indian..fabi had to play hikauru as well in the first match

[@deepak_su]

@@hdmotivated I know that...but I wanted to know the reason

[@hdmotivated]

@@deepak_su so no collusion. Or perceived collusion

[@lazarusq1]

So there will be less possibility that the candidates from the same country will be challenging for the final spot, much more entertaining & elements of drama 🎭

[@milindvikhe2984]

Why Gukesh did not take R×f7 when pragg's queen was pinned by gukesh's Bishop

[@adityakarante280]

because PxF7 is check and White can protect it's queen.

[@RujaalCawil]

If you took the night i could take the pawn then your king would be check that’s why he couldn’t take it

[@krizhnankanna5817]

4:58 how come Pragg can Castle?? Because of his king got checked with black bishop at 4:02 According to the chess rules king can't castle if he got checked with opponent piece Can any one explain!!

[@JAISHREEKRISHNA348]

If the king move from the position then they can’t be castled

[@anithafriends]

Sagarshah is recording the game by mobile

[@saurabh-ib2bh]

Where are the going again and again

[@deepakthakur1901]

I have seen indian players not analyzing the game after match when playing against each other whereas they do it with foreign players , is it a sign of being extra Competitive against each other.

[@ShrutiKumari-u9p]

Who wins??

[@TaraMardi]

gukesh

[@wgoyt]

Pragg to lose today from vidit, pragg will get many chances in future but vd may not

[@_dreamgirl_17]

Jita kon???

[@Theworldpresident940]

He come lately because he have to continue Magnus carlsen legacy😂😂

[@TaraMardi]

he couldn't (magnus wins he got smoked)

[@yousha.lol1]

what's wrong with qd8?

[@SoulofSoul639]

Who won brothers

[@mungeruniversityupdates5719]

Gugesh is Better than Pragya . I like his Approach ❤

[@rajasekharkraleti]

Pragg approach is way different Gukesh is classical Pragg on the other hand is aggressive Because Gukesh knows Pragg techniques very well he won it else its impossible to calculate

[@absvlogmacintosh]

Pragg did the same against Rapport recently!! Why need to push himself so much if nothing exists on the board!!!!!

[@GANNU17]

Is it sagar who commentating😅

[@cat_1810]

Is that hikaru back there? 😂

[@priyatapashwi2745]

Yeah

[@saivenkateshwaran9299]

I saw hikaru nakamura

[@viswajith5032]

That rook killed pragg

[@Chess_579]

praggnanandhaa try to knight e7 💀

[@Supervi11ain]

Ey is Pragg sister single👀

[@jaydevashreeganeshaa911]

Why are they leaving their seats for some times

[@GameX.vishal]

At the last Why pragg not capture the Pond by queen to Checkmate

[@30sunique78]

14:16 pragg why not played the knight e7

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