The most emotionally charged game of Candidates 2024 | Firouzja vs Gukesh

This game will go down in history as the most emotionally charged game of FIDE Candidates 2024. We have Alireza Firouzja taking on D. Gukesh in the 7th round of the FIDE Candidates 2024. Check out this amazing battle with the commentary by IM Sagar Shah. Don't miss out on the amazing emotions at the end of the video.
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[@ttggamerx328]

Heart breaking 💔 match for gukesh and all Fans😢.

[@ericastier1646]

It was a pleasure to see Alireza's win because his style was beautiful and he made classy moves while Gukesh did not respect his opponent's game enough and bit the dust. I think he realized that when he got checkmated .

[@TanishqGuptaXC]

​@@ericastier1646 there was not a single moment when Gukesh does not respect his opponent , it was all time pressure Stop talking rubbish

[@ericastier1646]

@@TanishqGuptaXC Gukesh practices passive aggression it's Indian national sports. You can disrespect by not doing the minimum human contact.

[@Entertainment45-bf3tv]

Hoping for Gukesh's Greatest Comeback & resulting in winning the Candidates 2024 🏆 Now, this loss can make him manage Time in 2nd half of Candidates

[@ptj1ptj172]

You have 2 hrs to make 40 moves, and you make those opening 5-7 moves in 2min, and still find yourself in time trouble, with having to make 10 moves in 4min, which meant you had played the middlegame for about 1hr 50min to make just 25 moves, approx 4 min per move - can imagine the kind of depth they would have thought through various lines at every move. Chess at that level is simply incredible!!

[@Iconic_Ak_Achiever_akash666]

😎Sagar bro Ur efforts deserves a huge applause 👏🔥& ur Contribution in chess awareness to india is relentless & i noticed three things that really clinched my intuition 1) Your voice showing excessive hilarious expression , 2) Tone according to the sence, 3) your underatted mentorship 🌍❤😎✌🇮🇳 Truly Up lifts our spirit

[@svenkefa4552]

sagar is the super grand master of chess presentation, he deserves a chess oscar! 🏆♟️🏆

[@Iconic_Ak_Achiever_akash666]

🌍🏆Gukesh is my best friend Since 7 years although Gukesh your performance have been marvelous & have score of 4 out of various matches & Defeated the pragg and nijat abhasov like top players. So do not worry just by one lose because success doesn't come without fearlessness but we can derive success by taking next step courageously so keep hope gukesh bro, U will be back to the pavallion & Conquer's The upcoming wins🔥✌🇮🇳 all the best.

[@fxstreamer238]

He will do as magnus predicted. -2

[@subramanianrs318]

So venomous a comment!​@@fxstreamer238

[@saipavanthej7482]

He already proved magnus wrong

[@jazzydriven2784]

Wow... Very motivational... Guki mentioned in some interview there is someone who gives him the best emotional support.. He didnt't reveal the name. Is that you?

[@ajayaandoo]

Does Gukesh know that he is your best friend 😅

[@honestloz]

What a brilliant game 👏 👏 we all feel for GuKesh, but you have to give so much credit to Firouzja. He has not had the best of tournaments so far!! So to come and play like that and find such amazing moves while under immense time pressure was extraordinary. Let's hope this game kick starts Firouzja tournament and I hope GuKesh can put this loss behind him and carry on playing as good as he has been doing. I know that will be hard, but he has to find that inner strength now.

[@bunhead8]

"Gukesh respects the game"... "respect to the chess board" great commentary...no one is bigger than the game. Class act Gukesh.

[@ericastier1646]

He got smacked for not respecting his opponent's game. He was outclassed, amazing moves by Alireza. Gukesh learned a defeat lesson here.

[@dan7291able]

Watching live, that was MASTERFUL by alireza at the end there, he had 3 minutes left, gukesh had 13 minuts, and gukesh loses on time after some sensational bullet moves by Alireza to win with 8 seconds left, that was WILD, what a game

[@relax_sounds523]

I am Alireza's fan...but what an amazing player Gukesh is...he is already like a mature player both game wise and personality wise

[@mayanm7105]

then, why he is acting so much after just losing the game, as if he never lost a game in his life.... so point is still maturing !! ha ha

[@relax_sounds523]

@@mayanm7105 Even players like Hikaru or Magnus acted like that after losing...that is not a sign of immaturity if you show emotion

[@kpNov23]

Gukesh is 22 years old.

[@kalyanbala4784]

​@@kpNov23 He is still 17

[@ericastier1646]

Nice to see another Alireza fan.

[@ravivaradhan4956]

Gukesh is an amazing talent. I feel that he sometimes takes one too many a risk. He could learn from Vishy how to manage the risk. This is especially important at critical moments when sensing that the game might be slipping away. In this game, when he missed Alireza's Qb3, he should have pulled the brakes and settled for a draw. Oh well, as they say, hindsight is 20/20!

[@bshm_y]

Uff yar 😢😢....koi na....come back stronger

[@FormostPanda]

I like your commentary. Your enthusiasm is contagious. In the end, it looked like a bullet game.

[@circles3446]

The ending of this game was tough to watch for sure! Seemed very unfair. Still I don’t completely agree this is the *the* most emotionally charged game of the tournament- imo it’s Hikaru v Nepo : the prep was fireworks, we hadn’t seen such positions on the board before and the fact that Nepo was so uncomfortable, draining his time while Naka blitzed moves only to finally crack the game by move 40 and hold Naka to a draw! That was just crushing to watch…that draw was more painful than a loss!! That entire game was an emotional roller coaster 🎢 - I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the game of the tournament unless Pragg (with his creativity) comes up with something better in the next half

[@theNfl_Esq]

Gukesh is great but he falls behind in time in a lot of games even though he was well ahead of Ali. He should be in 1st

[@NotEqualjee]

gg gukesh you always proud us no matter you loose this match not the candidate BOL

[@jeanmarceil8924]

white for the second game , but london system was not the only surprise three years it s a step for him i m sure he will succeed for a long time . M. Gukesh is a great player he s becoming a other man yesterday . all the best for him 💗

[@ericastier1646]

Alireza was much stronger, it is despicable to hear the indian commentator saying he was lucky. Gukesh is not good enough,

[@Madhav.7070]

props to firouzja for this massive comeback but really feeling sad for gukesh.

[@Umeshacharya0000]

Thanks sagar bhai

[@abhishekpalav1358]

absolutely gut wrenching... 😭😭

[@Mystical13]

went from a losing position to absolutely dominating, wow!

[@nk9996]

0:10 Come on Sagar I know you will support Gukesh for that you can't just stop Alireza to sit on his chair 😂😂

[@circles3446]

😂 that was funny

[@faizanmath]

Brutal Ferouzja is Back ❤️🥰

[@Ritiks1947]

Atta mila ki nahi bhai 😊

[@Ankitkumar-cm1sn]

This was a exciting match throughout but Alireza managed the pressure very well at tge end.

[@LoffysDomain]

Thanks for all your hard work Sagar

[@ericastier1646]

i don't like him no more, he is biased in these games.

[@siobhanrachel2969]

Thanks Sagar ❤❤❤ Love your free mentorship

[@32nishant29]

In candidates, time increament should be there... Gukesh wouldn't have lost in that case. He is obviously best right now in indian classical chess

[@fxstreamer238]

Vidit is still your best shot. These kids dont belong to the top

[@kunalvishnoi8405]

​@@fxstreamer238something's burning you should check your back😂😂

[@32nishant29]

@@fxstreamer238 You are comparing Vidit with Gukesh? Bro really? 😂

[@LuisFernando-ot9yv]

I think that these Indian GM kids are all phenomenal. I don't know why but I think Pragg is better than Vidit and Vidit is better than Gukesh. But this is a marathon and anything can happen without increment.

[@rahulgamer4574]

​​​​@@LuisFernando-ot9yv you can check his stats against vidit. gukesh always dominates vidit

[@pankajkumar-zr4cf]

Well played firoujza 🎉🎉

[@priyanshijain4228]

Can someone pls expalin how it was a checkmate?? The black king could move to h7 or g8? The digital board was removed in the end thats why i got confused😢

[@100Saksham]

People who felt bad for gukesh 😢 ⬇️⬇️

[@Chessteacher26]

💯💯💯

[@DifferentGamer7]

Yep

[@sahilahmed6701]

😢 😢

[@miami420]

Congratulations Alireza 🎉

[@front331]

What a defense by Alireza in a complicated position with little time on the clock.

[@TORAN9221]

Firouzja IS MONSTER

[@kuldeepvarma7772]

One his day... otherwise he was loosing in this tournament

[@banchoteining4778]

Please dont use that word loosely ''Monster'' only few deserve that title in whatever they strive to be a monster in. Someone who is not good under pressure in the most important moments of their career, like when they start to shake because their nervous cause of the immense tension instead of remaining calm in the most dire situations to put down their prey. This kid has been nothing but prey so far in the both of the candidates surrounded by predators even in this match he got himself another losing position he has no control over unless his opponent was to mess up which he did toward the end luckily. I know of and seen real monsters and he has not yet proven to be one hopefully he can change that but so no evidence to title him a ''Monster'' hes cute though and a pretty good player.

[@123string4]

@@banchoteining4778 Alireza is a monster when it comes to fast time controls just not classical. On any given day Alireza is up there with Magnus and Hikaru in bullet. It's why in a time crunch Gukesh didn't stand a chance against the super fast calculation of Alireza.

[@ericastier1646]

@@123string4 well explained. Alireza is a monster and Magnus is never comfortable playing him as he is fearless and never looses on nerves like so many players that Magnus like to intimidate with his petty antics. Alireza internally finds that entertaining instead.

[@banchoteining4778]

@@123string4 A monster is well rounded and has little to no psychological weakness especially when it comes to fear and the names you mentioned ''Magnus'' and ''Hikaru'' have publicly brought to light that they sense very obvious fear in him especially at highest stages like the candidates real monsters don't have to worry about that weakness that nervousness, he should train his psyche better for those situations as it would help in the long run then only maybe you give him that title of ''Monster'' because yes everything you said is correct hes a great player and has his strengths but what use is all that talent if you're going to let you're biggest moments consume you with fear than all that hard work is for what?? if you're losing because of your own psyche its unhealthy because you start to realize you're just beating yourself once you understand there is no reason to be afraid of anyone or anything. Once again its been stated that hes scared of certain players and high pressure situations which can have a big impact on improving his chess further hopefully he can solve those issues sometime in the future, best of luck to him the rest of this candidates.

[@ckdeena]

It was heart breaking to watch. I thought he had it till the very end. He had the skill to win it just that time was against him. He would definitely learn from this and come back in the next round.

[@mmdurante1616]

With 12 moves to go Gukesh had 13 minutes and Alireza less than 3 minutes. Time was not against him, it was for him. Alireza, though, is the fastest thinker in the game, according to Magnus. Gukesh should not have gone for the knight sacrifice. While it was the best move according to the computer, it led to complications which favor Alireza's style of play. Gukesh should have just consolidated the position and been ok with the ensuing draw which still would have kept him in the joint lead.

[@ericastier1646]

@@mmdurante1616 Stop finding excuses, Alireza was stronger and better. Gukesh one pawn ahead meant little, Alireza dominated and was never in trouble.

[@mmdurante1616]

@@ericastier1646 I think you have a reading comprehension problem, besides the fact that you don't know chess.

[@puithangyong7749]

what a amazing knight move to checkmate!

[@kal-el-shadowfax1189]

I could literally feel his pain 😪 … but the Sun will rise again tomorrow 🌞

[@kh3777]

Wonderful that Gukesh participated in the ensuing press conference, sign of a future great player and chess champion.

[@groupstudywithme]

What a game!!

[@vishalbhardwaj2853]

this is the experience which motivated him to win today

[@zorba8033]

he'll come back stronger 💪

[@ericastier1646]

not really, this is a defining loss in this tournament watch what happens next.

[@zorba8033]

@@ericastier1646 see i told you :)

[@ericastier1646]

@@zorba8033 Vidit's play was abnormal. Honestly i suspect a foul pre-arrangements, it's possible Vidit was paid to loose after gukesh humiliating defeat. If he had lost another game it would have cracked his confidence. Rich billionaires are chess fans. Other 1 vs. 1 sports also see this happening like boxing. Vidit plunged for money.

[@zorba8033]

@@ericastier1646 ok 😂. why so salty.

[@ericastier1646]

@@zorba8033 lol, why so dumb ?

[@DeElSendero]

Hey Gukesh, don't let it get to you. You're tied for 2nd so you still have great chances to win this thing. Learn from it what you can and move on. There is still a lot of chess left to be played. Hang in there Gukesh! Excellent coverage by Chess Base India by the way!

[@stanyog]

Gukesh, don't be disheartened!! Entire India and many from Asia are behind you, Pragg and Vidit !! Please take the lessons from this game, like, not to get impatient or impulsive, manage your time more carefully. You are just half a point behind the leader. You are doing very well. Please do meditation just before going to sleep and in the morning immediately after getting up.🎉😊❤

[@sriharimulukunte7881]

In the dinner meeting with Anand and the other 3 Indian Candidate players (Pragg, Vaishali and Koneru) , prior to going to Toronto , Gukesh had said that it is okay if he gets defeated before the rest day and the same thing happened , (manifested).

[@jazzydriven2784]

Looks like this could be the turning point for Ali Reza in candidates 2024🥰🥰

[@medhatelabasiry142]

Very respectable Indian player

[@ericastier1646]

I feel passive aggressiveness from Pragg and Gukesh i don't find that respectable.

[@Strugglinggamerzerotohero]

Why no time increment??

[@ChessBaseIndiachannel]

Only after move 40. Until then players have 2 hours for their 40 moves.

[@Strugglinggamerzerotohero]

@@ChessBaseIndiachannel ohh thanks for informing 👍

[@ericastier1646]

Amazing playing and win by Alireza who was superior to Gukesh, making 4 amazing moves while Gukesh understimated his opponent. Amazing opening by Alireza. Fearless and unfazed player with a lot of positivity in his playing.

[@Mashrafi_Ahmed]

Next time We wait 😢😢

[@Prachtbart]

Gukesh awesome

[@neyyarfish4148]

Gugesh is very nice person

[@vinothv56]

Gukesh was dominant until the knight and rooks of Alireza took over. Still he could have moved f5 pawn to save the game for a draw.

[@epsyuma]

I like de way Fallujah plays.

[@Liza-pe5ux]

ALIREZAAA COMEBACK

[@vijaybgood]

This IS chess... A double edged sword... What your thought would slay your opponent eventually backfires.. Cause the opponent fights with a double edged sword too!!

[@achessgirl]

it's fine gukesh you will bounce back stronger☺😎

[@youbarani]

This game is splendid example that depicts the difference of talent between gukesh and praggnananda. Pragg won't take big bites and lose like gukesh.

[@Loudjazz]

maybe... a larger board on the screen?

[@Tuh_qh90]

You already know the result. Already analilyzed the game with stockfish. But why are you acting like you are watching it for the first time

[@AndresDanican]

Flo Jo tiene los récord mundiales no solo en los 100 m también lo tiene en los 200 m,pero actualmente la mujer más rápida del mundo es Carri Richardson.

[@Rakshit_chauhan]

Man this is so sad he would have lead the tournament 😢

[@htser3397]

Wow 😮

[@atulkubare2352]

Sagar turned Harsha Bhogle in the end

[@achessgirl]

it's okay gukesh you will bounce back stronger☺😎

[@kuralarasane6879]

Gukesh Indian fan ❤

[@ericastier1646]

Alireza French fan ♥.

[@judenilanga8897]

Gukesh our Champ and Our true Gentleman.❤

[@viswajith5032]

Firuzja such a monster in end games

[@ayushrajsingh1583]

More power to gukesh ❤❤❤❤

[@ericastier1646]

less

[@aarons3014]

a3 instead of Kh7 doesn't work. White can play Rxa3, "sacrificing" a rook. But Black can't take the rook, because it leads to checkmate.

[@yourpranjal9762]

Sagar bhai grandmaster ban jao

[@ashutoshmathur2804]

He is going to be next champion mark my words

[@user-tc2sz3wu4v]

You will win gukesh no matter what happens

[@ericastier1646]

a return ticket. He will win a return home ticket.

[@rahulgamer4574]

​@@ericastier1646😂 your 4eyed choker is in 7th place🤡😂

[@ignitecrane4992]

After queen b3 wasn't it good to take d4 knight with rook

[@drslyone]

Class act Gukesh, that we can all agree.

[@ericastier1646]

disagree

[@anshumann]

​@@ericastier1646The opinion of someone with 600 elo doesn't matter ☺️

[@ericastier1646]

@@anshumann Shows your pretentious arogance. Class has nothing to do with Chess ranking. Look at Magnus, a barbarian .lol

[@anshumann]

​@@ericastier1646I saw all your comments, and it seems you're a hater of Gukesh just because he's good! 😂 Keep hating on a 17 year old prodigy, we chess lovers love it

[@ericastier1646]

@@anshumann Strawman fallacy just because i don't like him does not mean i hate him, but it's much more convenient for cheap talk like you to slander your strawman, except your beating your own presomptuous arrogance, not me.

[@10raju09]

Here to see the only loss Gukesh had in the tournament, could have won this so easily. But as the saying "all is well that ends well" \m/

[@krishnamanikalita1612]

Last time mei bandh kyu kiya bey...

[@NabajyotiMedhiofficial]

Knight sacrifice was a turning point I guess. Gukesh could win it normally with defensive play

[@ericastier1646]

lol, wishful thinking. The stronger player won this game.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

His last loss wasn't due to playing badly, his opponent just played like an engine. But this loss was entirely his fault. He had the win in his pocket and blundered it away.

[@ericastier1646]

not at all, being one pawn ahead is trivial, Alireza defined this game, Gukesh was playing reactionary and at a lower level than Alireza who smack check mated him beautifully. It's savory to see the Indians poor sportmanship removing the chess board in the video not showing the last moves and final position which was one move from checkmate.Is that your best player India ? Learn to respect opponents next time especially Sagar.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

@@ericastier1646 I feel like we were watching two different games.

[@ericastier1646]

@@GeraldM_inNC Sagar live comment were biased as hell, going by that is easy to misinterpret who dominated this game. It was not Gukesh. Alireza was making the moves, G played a reactionary offensive game.

[@revive__]

Gukesh comeback arc?

[@Omkar7K]

💔💔💔

[@yugandhartorane2365]

Sagar Shah commentating as if it's a live game. Man, act normal for once

[@arkokibria1971]

I actually like this style of commentary.

[@yugandhartorane2365]

@@arkokibria1971 good for you

[@AryanSingh-oq1lw]

don't watch it if you don't like or else watch it on mute. No one asked your suggestions

[@yugandhartorane2365]

@@AryanSingh-oq1lw I left the vid after first 10 seconds, your replying to my comment brought me back to this vid. Use your brain before commenting, 8 y/o

[@homeGitty]

Yeah true and suggesting moves like “h4 might be a good move and he plays it, it’s on the board omg yada yada”. He is acting like he didn’t see the game.

[@charliegarcia6677]

The fact that gukesh looks like a mid to old 20s and reza has the baby face of a 18 year old

[@user-zv1bt3ik7w]

Nice

[@eppietimisela7118]

He will strike back!

[@chandranimajumdar6803]

it was a check but how was it a mate at last, can any one explain pls

[@Chris_1024_]

It was mate in one by Rook G7. But he let the time run out. So not mate exactly, but it would have been one on the next move..

[@subramanianrs318]

So sad for this kid

[@XaviGarciaBarber1]

What to do! What to do! 😂

[@rajimolks3536]

Iam sure that Gukesh will strike back❤

[@indianfan1029]

Can someone tell those photographers to let the players get to their chairs. So annoying. This is supposed to be a world class event, not some Sunday afternoon park game. Look at how Firouzja had to literally push his way in.

[@VishalKumar-fy9lk]

What I find STRANGE & NOT ACCEPTABLE is that - After a Game, I see that the Arbitrators rushing in immediately and Pushing for formalities 😬😬without allowing the players to go through their range of emotions OR the POST MATCH Analysis....Here GUKESH clearly Wanted a moment with himself and his emotions of an unexpected loss from a winning position and the Arbitrator didn't let him be & instead asked him to fill the move list 😯....That's NOT CIVIL Behavior...Clearly a sportsman needs some time to get to terms with a loss or a bad result...The Arbitrators should stay back and NOT hurry after a game...They should give as much time as the players wants to Get over a loss Or Let the Players discuss after the game. Many times I see in games when the players are going through the moves after the game.... the Arbitrator just STANDS OVER THEIR HEADS in a way coercing them to end their analysis....not acceptable....Some Post Match rules should change here...CHESS HAS TO BE MADE EMOTION FRIENDLY..like in soccer or other sports...the audience participates in the emotions of the players and so the audience connects better with the game...So in chess too the audience should be allowed to participate in the emotions of their favorite players....by giving them time to express their emotions.

[@wernerschacht7642]

Its this feeling after a loss: "Damn, how can I be so stupid" He will make a draw tomorrow and then catch a win

[@ericastier1646]

Gukesh should not feel stupid, Alireza is a much faster thinking and Magnus like player.

[@brjnm]

Gukesh can’t be 17 he looks older than Alireza

[@padmakumarke2063]

Knight sacrifice can be avoided,unlucky this time.

[@wwayimran6911]

17 years boy full grown beard how!!

[@jamesbuie5017]

Impressive composure for a 17 year old kid.

[@karanarora1468]

Vidit's game pls..

[@Darkfish16-dj7gm]

Hi chess lovers 🥰

[@manangupta1305]

Please take this pic of sagar shah off every thumbnail.... it became frustrating now

[@JeevanEkJang]

Goku don't worry we will make it

[@karanarora1468]

He lost on time

[@Chris_1024_]

Yea. Avoided mate in one by letting the time run out.

[@ericastier1646]

lol, he lost on everything including acumen, nerves and vision.

[@thetaxiucla]

Wow, when you put your hand over your face like that it’s the ultimate show of distress and disappointment.

[@stanlearner5102]

dont let that haircut fool you. Firiouzja meant bidness.