The Immortal Ding Walk!

[@shinewbiez]

celebrating Ding's victory by re-watching all his epic games!

[@ramachandra776]

Hope this game is remembered by future generations as the "Immortal Ding walk" 🙂 .

[@agadmator]

Better title indeed!

[@TechnoRaabe]

lol

[@rahulasthana2070]

@@agadmator Was the title changed from. "The immortal king walk" ?

[@ramachandra776]

@@agadmator thank you 😀 .

[@mbm6048]

Along side the Evergreen ,opera game and game of the century

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

Ding played like Leela Chess Zero. He tied down Magnus so much that Ding had time to walk his King across the board.

[@ex0duzz]

Ding beat Carlsen in exactly the same way a few months ago also, but it was even worse. All Carlsen could do was move his King back and forwards while ding walked his King to the other side of board and used it as an attacking piece and Carlsen had to resign when dings King finally showed up like a boss. Lol I'm really enjoying these games since it seems like no one else but Ding is able to reduce Carlsen to such utter passivity, so passive and hopeless that ding has all the time in the world to improve his position and even walk his King down and use it as the decisive, final, attacking piece lol. I would LOVE to see Ding win the candidates and challenge Carlsen in the WC match. I think Ding is the clear challenger with the best chances. IMO ding might even be slight favourite or at worst even money. I based that on their overall lifetime head to head score(which is basically equal iirc) along with this and the other recent game where ding also King walked after reducing Carlsen to complete and utter passivity. Ding is the only one who regularly gets winning positions fa Carlsen it seems. And not just winning positions, but he also converts them too like this game. Imo it seems pretty effortless for Ding, while most other players not only struggle to get a winning position or win, but struggle to even draw or not lose. Ding is easily the best challenger for carlsens WC title currently. Hope Ding wins the candidates! And then wins the WC match,p also. It would be massive positive result for the chess world. Just the WC match alone would generate interest in China and the world never seen before let alone Ding winning! Can't wait for candidates! .

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

@@ex0duzz - looks like we agree with each other. I'm certain that Ding has learned from Leela Chess Zero.

[@panner11]

@@ex0duzz It played out in an unforeseeable way, but it actually happened!

[@abhishekjain6452]

Ding's king just went like 'Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding' proper Ninja Hatori style.

[@arpanbordia4741]

This comment is So underrated, lol😂

[@vatsalrohilla5878]

😂😂

[@RADHAKRISHNANCK]

Ha

[@The-COP]

Nyc one

[@tawheedfayaz4958]

Only Indian Audience will understand this 👌 👍

[@alpha007org]

This was funny, serious, strange, calculated and masterpiece. I know don't know how would I describe this game. Ding really outclassed Magnus here.

[@nealhardison904]

You could Say that is like your profile picture.

[@kenixk1010]

He didn't just outclassed Magnus here, but both Magnus and Shockfish

[@stanleymaximillian8403]

@@kenixk1010 what happenned with Stockfish here?

[@Sylphina1]

It's also rapid

[@suryaspiritindia3666]

Ah! Masterpiece. I ardently love the chess games in which the King takes King's strides when queens and many materials are on board. Reminds me the long king walk made by GM Nigel Short against GM Thimman. How the seemingly cute steps of King turned into a giant threat is the beauty of chess. I think this is a fresh and modern classic which will be remembered and told with all joy for many next generations by world class players and unrated too mischievous chess player like me also. Gracias. 🙏

[@mbm6048]

The annoying thing is even after this you still get people questioning the legitimacy of Dings wins during Operation Candidates 🤦‍♂️

[@greninjafw]

I don't think it was ever questioning his ability You have tournaments organised, against your fellow countrymen, for the sole purpose of 1. Getting enough games 2. Keep his rating high enough Questioning of legitimacy will always be there, especially when there is that very small possiblity that they can "throw" games so Ding makes all the requirements, especially the rating requirement

[@mawandemdutywa2571]

@@oliviera2198 😂

[@mbm6048]

@@greninjafw bro especially Twitter.It was so annoying. But I get your point

[@amitbhaskar1765]

This is one of the most comprehensive victories someone has ever achieved on Carlsen..

[@gjokogigovski4456]

Great game by Ding. His king march and the final blow reminded me the way Petrosian defeated Unzicker in 1960. Just masterclass.

[@chanky1000]

thanks for mentioning this game! very beautiful too

[@AoyosHolY]

Interesting that Ding had "clear" winning positions in all 3 games

[@ianbergerurra8021]

And Magnus just waiting to see what would happen. As if he were out of ideas.

[@thedeadbaby]

@@ianbergerurra8021 Magnus is done with chess. Can't blame him. he would rather drink and play poker and make more money for less effort.

[@ex0duzz]

Lol, poker is not easy to win big money, it's a big grind, more than chess. For someone like Carlsen, chess is easy money. Carlson gets paid just to show up, and even if he loses he willing get paid a million just to play in the world championship match. Doesn't get easier than that. I doubt Carlsen will get paid a guaranteed half a mil to a million just to show up and play even if he loses.. And if he wins, he will get a million, and a guaranteed another half mil to a million for the next match vs the next opponent. That's not even counting all the other tournaments appearance fees and sponsorships which he won't have as a poker player. Carlson also doesn't even need to study much if anything, since he's so good already and he will get paid even if he loses or just shows up and plays, unlike poker. If Carlsen didn't enjoy chess still, then why does he still play online for fun? If he can play dozens of games a day online for free, surely he can still play ten games for a tournament or world championship match and be paid tens of thousands to a million or more. I mean it's an excuse to go for holiday to various places in the world, play a few games, be paid handsomely for your time, etc. what more do you want? Why would you give that up at Magnus' age? He's still young, and if he wanted to do other stuff, he can since chess doesn't take up that much time. He can pick and choose to play just the world championship match, and just play one or two high paying tournaments in places he wants to visit and holiday in. I don't get why Carlsen is thinking of giving this up or retiring. He still has a few challengers like ding he needs to beat before he can say he has nothing left to prove. IMO nepo was a bad challenger and never really had a chance. Ding would be the ideal challenger not just due to his skill and chances, but also because he's Chinese and could generate a level of interest never seen in chess before, along with the prize money that would also bring, and the exposure chess would gain if ding won would be awesome for chess. If Magnus is going to retire, he should do it after playing and hopefully losing to Ding. That would probably be the best outcome possible for the chess world. I hope it happens. Magnus retiring undefeated would be pretty bad for the chess world and would leave an empty gap basically. Kinda like Fischer who refused to play. Except Magnus doesn't have any political or mental baggage like Fischer did at that time and this would 100% be his own decision.

[@lord_voldemort44]

@@ex0duzz he should be allowed to leave whenever he wants though

[@ex0duzz]

@@lord_voldemort44 of course he can, but im just saying that wouldn't be ideal for chess world.

[@artpak2761]

Not the first time Ding walked his king vs Magnus , I remember an other game

[@rnbPGTV]

Tata steel India, blitz and rapid.

[@Lupinicus1664]

Interesting game. If Ding emerges as the Challenger it would be hard for Magnus to step aside without inevitable whispers.....

[@adedotunomidiji1997]

I have been hoping for that. That's why I root for Ding to win the Candidate Tourney

[@wunknownbeatbox7980]

If Ding becomes World Champion he fulfills the prophecy "There's always an Asian better than you"

[@talphazero1036]

@@wunknownbeatbox7980 Aren't some parts of Russia considered a part of Asia? If so, many Russian players have been world champion, hence this was always true for chess.

[@TheGrandChieftain]

@@talphazero1036 75% of Russians live in the European part, and I doubt the Asian part is as developed due to its low population density. However, there were Soviet grandmasters who hailed from Asian countries incorporated in the USSR.

[@785lucky]

@@wunknownbeatbox7980 was already fulfilled when Anand defeated kramanik, topalov, gelfand etc before losing to carlsen.

[@Logini69]

Love Ding’s style. Can’t wait to see how he performs in the candidates.

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

The most accurate title for this video would be: "Ding, ding, ding, Ding, ding, ding ding."

[@woofmeow3722]

Ding played really well and that king walk was incredible

[@erickblancasmeza]

There is another game where Ding made a similar king walk and won the match against Magnus. Definitely one of the contributions to the world of chess from Ding

[@georgekous9749]

Notification sounds made me alt tab 😂

[@helmutalexanderrubiowilson6835]

Ding is literally a calculation machine... brillant strategy idea to send the king the opossite side since magnus was almost without moves

[@BlazeSLK]

I hope Magnus’s recent struggles inspire him to defend his title, no matter the challenger. It would be a shame for a new champion to have that “what if” or talks of an asterisk

[@MsUncleKevin]

Yep to defend! 🛡🛡🛡 and oh boy he got attacked and kicked by Ding! 👑

[@Soham_X_Souradeep]

Notifications be like: Ding... Ding... Ding... Ding.......................

[@individuotipo]

This game was all about ding ding ding. You should turn off your notifications.

[@trishanksaharia]

Ding always famous for his King walks

[@richardlindquist5936]

Wow! Sometimes wins against Magnus look "lucky," but Ding anticipated the closed game Knight action, and moving the King was unexpected, I think, by Magnus. What a great battle!

[@KM-mm7hd]

Agad left the notification "ding" sound on for this Ding vid

[@xethnyrrow]

Wow, what a game. Ding basically humiliated Magnus here. There's no way if Ding wins the Candidates' Magnus can refuse because it'll damage his rep and legacy too much.

[@theechelonofmars]

There are some great Super GMs in chess but the games produced by Magnus and Ding are out of this world!

[@dimitarzitosanski3105]

Zdravo Agad, veliki pozdrav iz Makedonije!

[@greninjafw]

11:12 An opportunity for "great dings are expected for him"

[@BrianBrinces]

Ding! The New. World Champion

[@FcBreakdown]

Agadmator giving Ding a tribute by keeping the Facebook ‘ding’ notification sound on haha

[@FloydMaxwell]

Great play by Ding. That knight capture/bishop exchange was the beginning of the end.

[@ganapathyshankar4420]

10:25 The dead face while uttering "Magnus Carlsen resigns" 😬😬, its such a pleasure to watch agad on carlsens losing games 🥳

[@rogerstone3068]

Words you don't hear very often.

[@gabozalaba]

Well fitting title, "The Immortal DING Walk" cuz the dinging from the discord notifications sure were immortal in this one

[@andrujo]

Second time I remember seeing a king march from Ding against Carlsen. 🤣

[@wilsan2190]

One of those games that open you to new possibilities

[@CarlDaneMichaelRLopez]

Pretty Excellent Game from Ding! Always giving Magnus a hard time. Good Luck for Both Praggnanandhaa and Ding in the Finals!

[@trevormuchenje1553]

Every time Ding does his king walk,he defeats magnus

[@evendvergsdal6545]

Please turn of the sound of your notifications during recordings 😌

[@divangibran8007]

Ding's king do be chilling ❄

[@upsan01]

Please turn off those notifications that go off during this video.

[@anissbenthami]

Incredible understanding of Chess from these players

[@x0cx102]

reminds me of that famous petrosian king march game agadmator also covered where petrosian similarly moved his king all the way to the other side before launching an attack, and his opponent saw this but couldn't do anything about it. great stuff!

[@jellymop]

Ding is nuts dude.

[@Squatsheldon]

Bada ding ding ding ding boing as a puff from de chalice I fi made from a sprite can

[@TwoToo_]

ding invaded the recording as you can clearly hear a ding every time agad gets a message

[@peaty32]

Hello everyone and welcome to a most exciting game between the current classical champion . . . . . . . . . . . And magnus carlsen

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

very fun and complicated game. excellent explaining for amateurs understanding!

[@coldspine3697]

4:07 the rookc3 move is also a clever way to defend the e3 pawn from the queen. If queen takes Bxh7 picks up the queen 🙂

[@giovannicorno1247]

How quick he opened the center to exploit black king's exposure!

[@patriciopaunel2192]

A magnificent walk from great wall...

[@borismanev2353]

I remember a game where Ding had similar king March with black pieces beating Magnus Carlsen again. This one is like Ding's King March v 2.0 lol

[@ex0duzz]

Pretty sure Ding had the White pieces in that game, it was played only a few months ago iirc.

[@hitchensghost]

I love the pun in the title. no need to change it in any way.

[@burimsaliji23]

What an amazing game,Ding and Praggu in finals 🥳🥳

[@jx14aby]

Great game! Medo was beside himself with excitement!

[@pudiapura]

At 12:54 instead of Rook f4-f7 why not other rook f8-f7. That way after the queen exchange if the white rook captures the black rook, the white bishop can be captured by black rook on F4. Thereafter, the black king can gobble up white pawns to bring parity of the game.

[@v4vun]

You'll check with queen and when the rook block, you move your queen away, it can protect the bishop or create some threats

[@felixfabio1473]

that was too much of notification sound bro

[@johnnypanrike8505]

You see a Ding-Carlsen game published by Agadmator. This is a Zugzwang. Only one move available: you HAVE to watch it!

[@mathswithgarry7104]

That was sensational! Normally it would be a losing strategy to spend that much time just moving the king from one spot to another, without any actual threats to counter, but because Magnus was trying to keep the position closed and couldn't really do anything dangerous, it worked a treat.

[@johnangeloperez9866]

just rewatched a video about the current world champion and the former world champion. 😉

[@robertkamenski9248]

#suggestion great game and coverage! But if you could mute messenger notifications it would be even better :)

[@menohomo7716]

8:48 Ding is up material the whole game as the opening was a pawn sacrifice from Carlsen, so when Ding sac the exchange for a pawn, material is in fact roughly equal. (exchange for 2 pawns). If we exchange queens and a pair of rooks, the endgame is probably drawn, so I have to disagree with Agadmator there.

[@Nyg5618]

It’s great to see guys like Pragu and Ali Reza come up in the chess world.

[@frednimzowi9852]

Ding has apparently studied Petrosian's King marches games. It's interesting that Magnus had problems against a similar idea by Karjakin in their WC match, even though Karjakin's later inaccuracies allowed Magnus to save a draw and later the match.

[@ex0duzz]

This is the second recent game where Ding did a king walk and beat Carlsen.. Although in the other game Magnus was completely locked down and reduced to utter passivity, and in the end ding walked his King from his corner of the board to carlsens side of the board and used it as the final attacking piece that allowed him to win the game. Ding is a beast and IMO would be the best challenger to Carlsen. He always gets good positions vs Carlsen even if he doesn't end up winning, but he also wins regularly too like here. Compared with other top 10 players who seem to have a hard time even getting winning positions/chances at all, it seems to be a regular thing for Ding against Carlsen.

[@hnalike7778]

Happy for ding. Way to go ...

[@vincenzo6503]

props to ding for always pushing for a win! congrats

[@sameerlule5781]

Even the sound (probably from agad's PC) was ding...ding...ding.

[@scarfacepug4844]

Ding playing like petrosian with that king march

[@williamandres1042]

Wow instant classic in Ding's repertoire.

[@jonathanlechman]

As always great analysis and insight.

[@NotElusivePanda]

Ding isn’t the only one that’s dinging

[@Shabasam19]

This game has just made me happy. Can’t wait for the candidates...

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

That's why you don't give your opponent ten moves in a row to protect his king in the most optimum way possible.

[@johncollorafi257]

The king walk was almost reminiscent of Lasker in its shrewdness.

[@SamuelPearlman]

"Walk Like an E̶g̶y̶p̶t̶i̶a̶n̶ Chinese Man!"

[@antar7475]

I like the way Magnus tried to blockade everything

[@kha0123]

It is the second time that Ding beats Magnus by walking the king to the other side of the board! My question, is walking the king like that pouplue in the high rating games?

[@EternalHappElements]

I'm just a spectator but I think two conditions need to meet: 1. Position are better than opponent such that no straight forward end game can be reached via trading 2. Position is somewhat closed by your opponent's decision Point is that Your opponent can't mount an intercept or direct assault within 5 or so moves. Ding tied Magnus's pieces down and it's in Magnus's interest to keep the position closed. Ding can prepare faster than Magnus could rally the defense.

[@v4vun]

No, but it happened before

[@ex0duzz]

No, it is super rare especisllt against Carlsen, and top 10 players. Which is why this is so impressive, even more so since ding did it twice to Carlsen in the last few months and Carlsen is reduced to complete and utter passivity.

[@vivvpprof]

0:08 someone's getting into agadmator's BMW 👀

[@luigisaintil413]

Dings revenge😂 not over thinking any move just get the king safe and finish the job😂 great game.

[@erandeser5830]

While Ding spends 8 tempi to hide the king, in all that time MC cannot create an advantage. Sounds incredible and I really would like to know AlphaZero's reflexions.

[@joemorgenstern9846]

Notifications go DING

[@erra4electronics]

Would be great to give the video this title: "The immortal Ding King Long walk"

[@juliusvillalon6816]

Ding loves closed positions

[@elyas4637]

This game reminds me of a certain game played by Tigran Petrosian where he also walk the king like that.

[@vitorguidorizzzi7538]

Magnus Tastes The Ding Walk! Magnus Tastes The Ding Magnus Tastes The D

[@peterr1396]

#suggestions hey agad, it would be awesome if you covered the Quarterfinal match of Wei Yi vs. Praggnanandhaa, Game 2. The game was one of the best games of the year so far.

[@JohnnyMacNChee]

It took me forever to figure out that the notification sounds I was hearing weren't coming from my machine, they were part of this video 😆

[@jesseferreira2339]

Fun & brilliant maneuvering from both players

[@limbolegs]

think u left notification sounds on by mistake!

[@mbm6048]

One Ding !!! to Rule them all

[@math819]

Next ding liren vs magnus carlsen should happen in a match format... Like 4-6 games.. Like this 4 game format with higher time control... One is the world champion who never lost his title.. And another is new world champ..... ❤❤

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

One Ding to rule them all!!

[@khann2159]

Ding has to win candidates.

[@Telis3456]

How hard is it to turn off notifications so we don't hear them in the video?

[@yousefmoan]

There was a game ding vs Magnus couple years ago with the same walking king.. i will look for my king walks from now on.

[@ex0duzz]

I think it was just last year. Not long ago at all.

[@BarcodeDatalink]

At 8:28 the kniight went to B3 - anyone have a solution if the knight went to E4 instead? Could black have won?

[@Just1nBa1ley]

Top 50 game all time. That king walk!

[@adibonts]

Dear Agadmator, the notification sounds on your messaging app is distracting and confusing. lol

[@Noelito40]

What a crazy game! Beautiful! 👏👏😁

[@nolosetudime67]

Just answer her, man! Chess can wait