'Today was a bonus' - Carlsen vs Ding Liren | Sinquefield Cup 2019

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[@jamesknox64]

This is simply marvellous stuff danny and I have subscribed and sent a few quid a month so you keep going. I'm only a club player but this is just invaluable insight and I'm really grateful for it. Keep it up mate.

[@PowerPlayChess]

@@jamesknox64 Thanks James - really appreciate that.

[@Gamatov]

13:58 THAT is VERY nasty.... should become a meme :)

[@tennisblood]

I like Ding's play. I've been following him for several years now. He's a quiet, soft-spoken genius. Big contrast to other top GM's. His win against Caruana in this tournament is a superb example of his deep strategic understanding of complex positions. Pleasure to watch a true master at work.

[@reddevilkev]

Truly deserved champion. Magnus was just outplayed and he looked very vulnerable especially in rapid and blitz. It only shows that Carlsen is human and it wasn't his tournament. Like he said it was damage control until the end.

[@jeffgreen3376]

Yeah, that Ne7 move was incredible. For him to make that move in a blitz game is absolutely mind-boggling. He also had two fantastic wins vs Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri. King Ding is going to be a force to be reckoned with, in the years to come. I really think that he will be the next World Champion.

[@anandhua2313]

The presentation of Danny is much superior than any other commentator.True genius

[@SuperJuiceman11]

Thanks to GM Daniel King and his wonderful videos Ding has been on our Radar for a long time. GM King has such a superb eye for chess talent and games!

[@skakdosmer]

A WC match between Ding and Carlsen would be a dream! Finally a foe who wouldn’t allow Magnus to get too bored to play up to his best!

[@phiggins54]

Ding Liren: Humility and genius go hand in hand!

[@YesPlease1]

I was amazed just how humble he was in his post-game interview

[@maikarets2361]

Thank you very much for your videos Mr King. I watch one at least once a week. This was a great game, and the more I play through the moves the more it becomes clear just how strong black's play is here. The queen can sometimes cause havoc in the enemy ranks because of its tremendous scope and power to double attack enemy pieces, but here, everything is always defended. After ding takes on c1 and his rook ends up there, it's allowing the black bishop on a8 to come to c6 while still defending the knight. After Qxa3, Bxg5 defends the loose rook, and I guess Ne4 from white simply runs into Bishop f4 check. Everything is held together like a strong web. Just brilliant.

[@arvraghu]

"Ding"field Cup, it is!

[@arvraghu]

Such drama and emotions, in the way Danny presents this great game and what genial coverage of this tournament! Thanks so much Danny, its been an absolutely marvelous last 10 days, following your coverage. Will we be back on the Road to Reykjavik soon? ;)

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thanks Arvind. Yes, I will resume the Road to Reykjavik after I have caught my breath! It's been a busy couple of weeks.

[@arvraghu]

@@PowerPlayChess Thank you very much, Danny. Looking forward keenly to that!

[@KillianDefaoite]

Ne7!! What a cracking move to finish off the game. Fantastic analysis throughout the whole tournament GM King, thank you and please keep up what you are doing.

[@proflaxis6968]

Congrats GM Ding. Magnus was well confusciused there with your superb play. Congrats GM King on your superb coverage of this great tourney.

[@jackkrom]

Ding now enters the rarified air of the elite 2800 players , I think this is good for fans and good to see a new talent on the scene! My own feelings are that the blitz armageddon matches are not so important as the main tournament itself, but for spectators the blitz play is exciting. Thanks Dan for great coverage.

[@piyushnarsikar1923]

@George Parasol 😆😆

[@krushgroovin7513]

I felt it was the immortal tie by Magnus. It followed by the immortal tie breaker win by Ding And I was happy to see Magnus smile for once afterward, as he now gets a well needed break! ‘Grats to Ding who surely deserves this win! And I still stress No Magnus does not need to retire, but that’s mainly for another channel!! Cheers Ding & Sir King 🍻! Great stuff Sir!

[@DavidEsotica]

I love Magnus but I look forward to a World Championship challenge by Ding.

[@MrRobbyvent]

Yes, and unlike Caruana this time he is good also in rapid tie breaks!

[@synchronium24]

@@MrRobbyvent Ding has improved tremendously in rapid and blitz, even more so than in classical. He got massacred by Magnus in a rapid and blitz match a couple of years ago.

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

@@MrRobbyvent Is Ding a machine head like Caruana too? (A really booked up player). I mean nowadays, they all have to be, but some take it too extremes like Anand. I heard Anand in a post-game interview recounting a game where he didn't find a single move that didn't come from his preparation. This is why he has stayed in the top 10 for so long and why he will not play Chess960.

[@Algolxxxxxx]

Why you no support Ding? He Chinese.

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

@@Algolxxxxxx I don't know enough of about him but his ethnicity has little to do with it. Everything I have seen of him is positive. He seems like a very humble, thoughtful man. Where in anyone's comments do you see any reference to his race?

[@zogzog1063]

This is a game for the ages. Ding Ding Ding. Great credit for Carlsen for acknowledging Ding's play.

[@CraigPendlebury]

Ding's best game, and it was good to see both players finished in good spirits. Magnus shook Ding's hand twice to show there were no hard feelings

[@James__123]

Thanks for the commentary of this tournament, really enjoyed it!

[@anandhua2313]

Terrific Knight move

[@mixolydian2010]

Brilliant. Well done Ding and thanks for the coverage from you Daniel, take care.

[@RangeWilson]

Very entertaining coverage of the tournament! Thanks as always for the quality analysis combined with a human perspective!

[@synchronium24]

Ding when informed that he was the first person to defeat Magnus in a tiebreak for over a decade: "Yes, I know this." His modesty makes him even more intimidating at times.

[@luckystrke]

Thank you King! Stellar as always 🙏

[@Ajedrez_90]

Great coverage of this event, as always. Must be said it is a bit ironic watching this tournament in 2024, when now Ding is the world champion, but he is not playing at the level he was in 2019. I hope he can recover :)

[@stefanpribicevic7008]

Great stuff !

[@hasanelias8878]

Magnificent report!!!

[@allistairelliott]

Elegant, stylish and devastating. A marquee game from a marquee player. If he can handle the pressure from the Chinese public, which other Chinese sports stars say unambiguously is extraordinary, then he must have a serious Candidates chance. Go Ding. That was fantastic.

[@tharkanzox1493]

Instant Classic game (even if it is blitz) and as always, powerplay offers the best analysis!

[@ElyaneTalk]

Ding made a magnificent performance against Giri in round 5, a spectacular performance against Caruana in round 9, and an immortal play off game against the world champion Carlsen in Tie-breaks. We already have the world champion challenger guys!!!

[@johncoates6392]

Ne7!! what a move, no wonder Magnus smiled and resigned!

[@synchronium24]

By contrast, Magnus really had to force a smile at the closing ceremony when they announced his second place. I think as much as Magnus hates losing, he has heaps of respect for Ding.

[@mohamedabdelhady8784]

You were always one of my favorite commentators

[@yarabamba]

Daniel's covearge of the tourrnament: superb.

[@paulgreen7906]

Enter the Dragon! Magnus has met his match! Ding will be World Champion in the next two cycles! I am about 2000 rated and if I sat at the board and had 6 hours I couldn't play half as well as Ding played and its blitz!!!! Superb analysis GM King as always.

[@bacarozzo361]

You are the best!

[@frankieshankly5368]

Ding really gave my fellow norwegian a harsh lesson, still a little bit shocked but he totally outplayed Magnus so congrats to him. Hopefully MC finds his footing again :)

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

😃👏👍👌💯 Love The Channel!

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

Fine analysis . A great result for Ding, will make for a sharper challenge next year if he can manage to win the candidates. I think the match against Caruana and its’ aftermath shows that Carlsen will be well prepared. Good to see also that Magnus is only human.

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

People should not be shocked. No one can stay on top forever, although this may only be a bump in the road, it seems to be a real loss of form especially in his blitz ability. A hangover from St. Louis perhaps. When Carlsen chewed up so much time in the first blitz game, I knew Ding had him. We shouldn't put the cart before the horse though. Ding still has candidates to win. I still think Vladislav Artemiev could be Carlsen's toughest opponent, although he has had a couple of lacklustre tournaments and hasn't even qualified for the Candidates tournament. It would be nice to see him in one of these tour events though. Qualification is supposed to based on rating and you have guys like Nakamura and Aronian down at 19th and 15th respectively. It is very hard for an outsider to breakthrough. These guys on the tour draw with each other endlessly so no one loses many ELO points.

[@elvest9]

There are many chess channels but this is my favourite.

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

Beautiful piece coordination by Ding . About to pass Caruana on live rating too...

[@ibrahimseck8520]

impressive showing by Ding !

[@colinmorris5464]

All hail, King Ding! 👑

[@PowerPlayChess]

You know, I was so close to being a seriously strong player: Kaniel Ding? Would that have cracked it?

[@maxschmidt666]

Finally a competitor for Magnus Carlsen in Blitz games!

[@sebastianapolo8515]

Reminds me of the Rubinstein game with the two bishops.

[@PrashantKumar-os7mx]

These results are heartbroken for me indeed, that's why I wasn't opening my youtube app.

[@schoong001]

Rook for Knight at 8.20. Queen for Rook at 11.40. What an entertaining blitz game! Was it just instinct, or did Ding calculate?

[@PowerPlayChess]

He said that he had seen ...Ne7 in advance, but he didn't have time to check it!

[@schoong001]

@@PowerPlayChess Ah. I now understand what you are saying. My goodness that was 6 moves after the Queen sacrifice! Amazing!

[@Algolxxxxxx]

On 40. Ne7! Carlsen immediately looked at Ding and said "nasty ass bitch". Got up and left in a huff.

[@mstefa007]

ad the very end. after f3, Bf3, Bf1, Rc2 is mate. No need for Nf5.

[@mstefa007]

umm no.. Bf2 is possible so..

[@honeyinglune8957]

Ba8 is very nice!

[@gonzalolagomarsino]

Hi King, a question: Why not Qd8+ in the move 43 making perpetual check?

[@PowerPlayChess]

?? There is no move 43 in the game.

[@A.mostafavi]

Ding wow👏😮

[@AnandSivaram22]

11:50 it was brave of the Bishop to..

[@ribxni]

it's the gem isn't it?

[@suyashsharma6745]

I was just wondering about what magnus actually did with barrels of whiskeys which he got from abbey.

[@PowerPlayChess]

They are still sitting in the distillery as they haven't actually matured yet.

[@wilsonrosemberg7866]

Genial. Ding

[@JAIGOLOKASW]

Like nice 👌🙌🙏

[@maxwelljann5462]

I want to see the first game where Ding won

[@PrashantKumar-os7mx]

What happened to Magnus?

[@PowerPlayChess]

A bad day at the office, that's all.

[@prashanthm6477]

hitting carlsen without a queen... wow... carlsen must b so so upset... wish this happens more....

[@MEME-qe4ze]

ding is no chump!

[@sameermansour1659]

DING DONG !! he is .

[@sharanhot234]

Congratulations Ding Liren but I am not sure if he is really a WC contender now based on his performance solely on a single tournament. Magnus played an unprecedented streak of tournament victories the first half year, gained sky high rating points and as soon as he lowers his sword just a tiny bit, questions emerge about his supremacy ! May I suggest a simple, plain, down-to-earth reason? Fatigue! When you have been more active within 6-7 months than any other world champion before you, it's very likely that you eventually lose a bit of your motivation - that you simply get tired of the intensity of high-end games and feel that you have more than proven yourself. What did the others achieve in those 6-7 months? Well, Liren is now bound to win his first really strong tournament, albeit with the aid of a tie-breaker. Sure, he was middle-of-the-road in the last candidates, but nothing more. Sure, now he beats Carlsen after having had a completely disastrerous rapid-blitz match against him not so long ago. He may have uplevelled his game, maybe, but the others are also very eager to show their best in the candidates - where it really counts. Let Liren win the candidates or whoever, and then let the fortunate prove that he is BETTER than Carlsen, not just a player holding up his shield to parry the master's strokes. Sorry for the medieval metaphore. :-)

[@TheDustAutumn]

>unprecedented streak of tournament victories winning tournaments by drawing everyone and then winning once against the opponent rated 200 points behind you is not that impressive. Nor that unprecedented either. Kasparov was winning tournament after tournament, and usually with +3 or +4 or even more, Karpov was doing the same in his prime.

[@odin1313]

@@TheDustAutumn The competition was not as strong back in kasparov's days.

[@odin1313]

Ding has showed a lot of strenght in this tournament, in all 3 time controls also. None other has held his own in all time controls against Magnus. Nakamura and MVL have held their own in blitz and rapid at times, Caruana holds his own in classical, but they are no match with carlsen in blitz ( Caruana) and classical (Naka, MVL) and so it's very hard to see scenrarios where they could beat Carlsen in a WC match. Ding has shown that he has what it takes. Carlsen is still the favorite of course, but it'S more like 65/35% than the 85%/15% odds I'd give to the other contenders.

[@TheDustAutumn]

​@@odin1313 >The competition was not as strong back in kasparov's days The competition was a lot stronger back in the days when players were not relying so much on memorizing lines from engines and had to actually think for themselves and improvise otb. The fact that Anand, a 50yo man, is able to go toe to toe with people half his age implies that the current field is not stronger than what used to be, just more prepared

[@piyushnarsikar1923]

@@TheDustAutumn What??You are saying Magnus is drawing every elite player and defeating lower rated players to win tournaments??Did you even follow the Zagreb GCT tournament?He went +5 in a tournament where there were no "outsiders",i.e,the lower rated players. He defeated Anish,Ding,Ian,Maxime and Hikaru in that tournament .Now this ain't a list of players "rated lower by 200 Elo points than him".These are the absolute top GMs. And please don't compare Gary's and Magnus' competitors.They are always the best players in the world at their respective times.

[@MartinUToob]

Whoops! It looks like Carlsen got....... Ding-ed! A ha. Ha ha. 😅 🤔💭🍕👙.......😭

[@Kobs.A]

lol this guy hates the Queen against Carlsen

[@nirmalnath7801]

Carlsen lost

[@stefanlang3178]

Sorry to correct your usually great comments. This was not a fantastic tournament due to a ton of draws. Thank god there was one player who made it worth and who deserved the win. Great it was Ding.

[@veselinjokanovic3032]

But very few of those were uneventful draws. And there were many deciding results later on, only first few rounds were kinda slow.

[@chrisiver8506]

Draws are expected if you think this tournament was a let down then you will always be let down

[@ContriveAI]

Says the 1200 player

[@andraspongracz5996]

In fact, a high proportion of draws is an indication of a very high quality tournament. The tournament game Carlsen vs. Ding stands out as a good example: Carlsen surprised Ding with some great home preparation, and Ding just reacted perfectly over the board, annihilating Carlsen's initiative. That was a game for the books, ending in a draw. Top chess often produces games like that, don't expect one player mopping the floor with the other in a spectacular fashion. As a counterexample, look at Nepo's record. He was involved in half of the decisive games with 3 wins and 3 losses. I am sure he is very dissatisfied with his performance. If he wants to be an absolutely top player, he needs to be more steady, which will unavoidably result in a less entertaining performance (according to your evaluation). A 1W,10D,0L score would have been much more desirable to his 3W,5D,3L record. I am sure he would trade.

[@dfv671]

One solution to the draws is to have you play in the elite tournaments.