The Ding's Indian | Krikor Mekhitarian vs Ding Liren

[@TessaTestarossa]

I love Ding, I love King's Indian, I love Daniel King and it's uploaded right for lunch. All I need is to suddenly become rich and I'll have all the good things in life all at once. :D

[@Space-lb7be]

I love this comment!

[@thomaskember3412]

That’s the best common on a chess game I have read.

[@roqsteady5290]

Am enjoying the Ding series!

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A great attack by Ding. Thanks Daniel.

[@jbarryirl]

Really enjoying the Ding Fest Daniel, please do continue. I'm curious as to why we don't see the King's Indian being played by Ding in his later years?

[@thishex]

Fascinating game. White seemed to be a step ahead, but it evaporated instantly

[@nickjackson6962]

Powerplay to 100k!!!

[@zeezmusic7245]

Powerplay to 1.000.000 subs !!

[@jonshive5482]

Corridor Mate after Queen sac. A rather mundane name for a subtle yet spectacular finish to a double-edged, nerve-jiggling game..

[@NiallMurphy]

I mean, if you’re going to do that, it’s only a short step to Daniel Ding

[@amiopuaa]

Just sounds like a form of cultural appropriation to me.

[@tamboresdomundo8156]

😂 true! Love this series on Dings games, fantastic

[@jwizansky]

Great game and brilliant final combination. So after Black's R takes the B on b6, White has two tempi before D-day; he uses them to shuffle his Q back to d2, which... didn't help. Can I assume there's nothing else he can do to avert his impending doom?

[@PowerPlayChess]

By that stage White is utterly lost and Black actually had several ways to win.

[@LateCloser]

The Ding's Indian, unorthodox and very complicated. I thought Qxg2+ worked the move before he played Rb7 with the same idea that mate was unstoppable. Interesting game.

[@roland_k1889]

I thought that too. I checked with an engine and found after: 34. ... Qxg2+ 35. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 36.Kh1 Rb7 37. Nc7 Rxc7 38. Rb7 and the fun is over. That's why Ding played Rbb7 first.

[@skakdosmer]

Does King ever play the Ding's Indian? I did play many games in this opening, though rarely anything this spectacular, I'll admit. I wish I'd known about Ding and his games, but he was probably not even born at the time.

[@adamrubinson6875]

At 11:25 instead of ...Rf7, Why not ...Bxf1 as planned now that White's Rook is not on 2nd rank??

[@pranavchinmay]

Good question. It seems Qxf3 is forced to defend g2. But then black has Bxg2. I guess white can play Qxf8+ Kxf8 Rb8+ Kf7 R1b7+ but that doesn't seem to lead anywhere and white is down a queen for only a rook.

[@wall0511]

​@Pranav Chinmay I think the line is: ...Bxf1, Qxf3 Bxg2, Qxf8+ Kxf8, Rb8+ Kf7, Nd8+ if ...Kg8 or ...Kg6 then Ne6, if ...Kf6 then Rf1+ followed by Ne6.

[@pranavchinmay]

@@wall0511 I see, the line up to Nd8+ makes sense. But if black plays Kf6 there is no Rf1+ since the bishop is on g2. So Nd8+ Kf6 Ne6 Qg4 Nxg7 and any bishop move should be crushing for black, right (just Bf3 Kf1 Qg2 Ke1 Qe2#)? White could maybe try Rf8 instead of Nxg7 but black can just block with Rf7 and I don't see what white does.

[@fib1478]

The title of the century

[@amiopuaa]

Grow up

[@fib1478]

@@amiopuaa Nope

[@tamboresdomundo8156]

Is growing up not liking funny titles?

[@chesspoet6430]

A game that featured a great Attacking Dingstinct!

[@amiopuaa]

There are puns and then there are just dumb lame attempts.

[@tejas4039]

Not covering superbet classic?

[@PowerPlayChess]

I'm on my travels at the moment, so unfortunately not.

[@tejas4039]

@@PowerPlayChess Giri vs Ding from Round 7 is worth a look once and if there is some time later. Travel safe- enjoy!

[@jefferydarensbourg2706]

I love the videos, but if Ding is Black here, then the game should be listed differently, with Black listed as the second player, no matter who they are.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Just an unintentional error. Fixed.

[@christopherdavison4400]

There should be a chess opening course called the Ding’s Indian.

[@amiopuaa]

Why?

[@joaodias5626]

GO BRAZIL

[@abhishekkj9664]

Isn't Ding Chinese ?!

[@bonghunezhou5051]

From the People's Republic of China ~

[@amiopuaa]

Are the awful title puns really necessary? Seems disrespectful to the player. I don't recall you makng any puns of other players' names.

[@tamboresdomundo8156]

I really liked the title and find this whole serie of Dings games very respectful and nice. And with fantastic games!

[@DrZygote214]

I don't find it awful. Maybe overused at worst? But it's not clickbait and it's not atrocious in-your-face thumbnails so i would not complain at all.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

@@DrZygote214 ...overused - to the point of being BORING~

[@amiopuaa]

@@DrZygote214 Unless your name is Ding Liren, your opinion isn't really going to matter.

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

Efficient review.

[@bonghunezhou5051]

(Not *INTERCHANGEABLE* ) Since Mekhitarian is the W player, his name - per convention - must be presented _before_ Liren Ding (or Ding, Liren)! ...(hours or days on) FIXED 👍😎