Will It Backfire? | Game 10 Recap with Magnus and Levy

[@amazhobner]

My man Magnus has been in more rooms in these 10 recaps than I've been in my entire 27 years of life 😭😭

[@julienngalo4605]

I was about to say the same thing. He is always on the move.😅😅

[@ritik84629]

Traveling for new york blitz?

[@humphreybumblecuck5151]

Touch grass

[@albinojose8479]

​@@ritik84629no he has cct finals in oslo ryt before that

[@umbrella3051]

I appreciate that take Take take

[@gls7203]

Worrying that these recaps are starting to be more interesting than the games.

[@SatishKumar-fj7uc]

gukesh will most probably surprise us tomorrow

[@thomasbyrne9127]

They are for me

[@rvo757]

Starting? They are already.

[@KnightToRemember]

@@SatishKumar-fj7uc I predict another rather boring draw, I hope I’m right

[@VivekMishra-vq2xn]

@KnightToRemember well well well

[@alicewilson1913]

Ding is trying to force Gukesh to overplay his positions. He lets Gukesh go for the draw if there's a draw, but he's hoping that Gukesh will be desperate for a win and will put himself into a risky position like in game 1. Ding chooses setups for white where black has to be the one to take risks to unbalance the position. Gukesh hasn't done that yet, but he may have to in his last couple games with black. Idk if this is on Ding's mind, but there's a concept in Chinese philosophy called 'wu wei' or 'doing by doing nothing', where from a certain perspective passivity is active because it still has an effect. I think that kinda explains what Ding is doing. All of the pressure is on Gukesh to produce a result, to find advantages against someone who's playing it so safe that there's no intuitive or safe way for Gukesh to push for a win.

[@yatinazad8294]

W take

[@slimshady2100]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 I don’t think “India” said that. It was the whole chess pundit community who did that in response to the ruse by Ding of being “ depressed “ about life

[@martinwilches6583]

this is not true, Ding HAS put Gukesh in those positions, but never capitalize on them.

[@slimshady2100]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 More bs from you. Here is Vishy’s quote said a month ago - “ it is good that Gukesh can approach the match with confidence but he is smart enough to know that the match is won, not elected “ At the end of the day this is a match between an 18 year old challenger against a 32 year old world champion arguably in his prime cognitive age. The fact that Gukesh has fought this to a draw up to now is remarkable.

[@slimshady2100]

​@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 Here is what Vishy said a month ago - “ it is good that Gukesh can approach the game with confidence but he is smart enough to know that the match is won, not elected. “ At the end of the end of the day this is still a match between a 18 year old challenger and a 32 year old world champion in his peak cognitive age period. The fact that Gukesh has tied the match so far has never been done before in this setting.

[@arnabroy832]

Ding trying to make Gukesh take more and more risks. The less games they will have Gukesh will take more risks, thats what Ding is going for. It may not be a full proof plan but not bad either

[@asli_hai]

Not good for sport tho

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

It’s the strategy of a weakling.

[@Chikengrip1717]

@@AnjelLee-f8cwho cares if you win

[@azlanadil3646]

​@@AnjelLee-f8c Better a weak winner than a strong loser.

[@rzrshrk7883]

Still doesn’t make sense because Gukesh takes risks and Ding has had some better positions, but Ding still won’t attack. Is he waiting for Gukesh to straight up blunder M3?

[@leerobbo92]

Magnus' analysis/explanation at 12:00 is utterly brilliant. That insight into how he draws blood from a stone sometimes, showing that it comes down to making decisions sometimes 20-30 moves earlier to create the imbalances. Such a gift to have him as a pundit now.

[@sandeepshetty1589]

Ding is just chilling farming points by drawing all these games against Gukesh.

[@prcbras]

Magnus raised a good point that last match, Ding tried really hard to get a win in the last round of classical and it almost cost him the whole championship. Game 12 as well, he was aggressive and almost lost but then Nepo blundered. So, Ding was actually taking massive risks last year, and it did make for a more exciting match, but a more dangerous one, I mean he had to come back from a deficit 3 times and then almost lost the final game too. Imagine the stress. All of that was for nothing as he won only in tiebreaks. Maybe he feels the risky chess didn't pay off and so he is being more careful this time, making it easier for himself by not taking games into 6, 7 hours when its gonna be a draw anyway. This time he is fine just going to tiebreaks.

[@sachinkumar-rk9df]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 there's zero evidence that Nepo is stronger than Gukesh.

[@leerobbo92]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 Gukesh is basically 2800 in classical coming into this. He's very, very strong. His rating as recently as October was 2794: Nepo's all-time peak is 2795. He is just as strong as Nepo ever has been, at least in terms of rating. The problem is, his rapid and blitz ratings are probably the lowest seen in a World Championship match since before Karpov. And, arguably, the only reason his rapid rating is above 2600 is because they did an adjustment in 2021 which gave him a 300+ rating point boost (he was 2300 before then, which is absolutely unheard of for a top-level GM). Ding happens to be, at least when he's in form, a top 5 rapid and blitz player. He's had a blitz rating above 2850 several times, and even within the last 6 months his rapid rating was around that level. Is he playing for tiebreaks? Who knows, but it would be a pretty smart strategy given there's a massive gulf between them at those time controls.

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

​@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 and Nepo's matches are evidence enough that he plays way below his original level during world championship games. Gukesh on the other hand has maintained close to his original level of play. So according to some Nepo might be stronger then gukesh in regular games but with the added pressure of world championship, their is no way Nepo a better player, the amount of blunders committed by him in his matches against carlsen and ding were almost sickening

[@_sayan_roy_]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 Actual talent is overcoming your laziness and carelessness especially at crunch moments. Remember this. It is probably the greatest piece of advice you'll ever get. Also, objectively you are wrong about Gukesh's play. He did play like a 2800 in certain games in the WCC and even Magnus said Gukesh was impressive in those games. Watch the previous episodes carefully. Remind me what Nepo was doing at 18 playing with those nerves. If Nepo was better than Gukesh, he had chance to prove it in candidates which he couldn't. He might or might not be better but the gap is not that high. If anything, Gukesh has shown he is better recently by having the 2nd highest performance tournament rating in chess history when he won the gold in board 1 in Olympiad.

[@attila1805]

I love Kaja's enthusiasm.

[@miguelbatista9493]

Thought it was Kai?

[@Lastninjaxoxoxoxox]

@@miguelbatista9493 Kai Cenat

[@presleyelisememorial]

@@miguelbatista9493No, it is Kaja Snare

[@simonbarry6582]

"Ding plays an English opening"....

[@aashb6637]

​@@simonbarry6582Was waiting for this😂

[@cheetah219]

Honestly, if Ding is going for the long game. He's done it almost perfectly. Got the draws and hasn't really shown any of the prep to Gukesh. Meanwhile Gukesh has shown some of the unique ideas he prepped for already and Ding has gotten the draw. So, if this goes to tie breaks, Ding has a huge advantage in that his team can prep for many of Gukesh's ideas and force Gukesh to make risky moves. Either that, or Ding is literally just trying to survive and has no grand plan.

[@andrewface2355]

I think it's the latter. He admitted he only started prepping 3 weeks before the match. He hasn't shown much prep to Gukesh because he doesn't have much to show.

[@Minerva6699]

There's no way one will prep threee weeks for a WC match​@@andrewface2355

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

He is definitely depressed tbh​@@slimshady2100

[@presleyelisememorial]

@@slimshady2100Dings depression is not a ruse. He was openly and very deeply talking about his feelings of feeling empty at and even before his world championship against Nepmoniachtchi. Why would you think the past 2 years, every interview Ding has done, him taking 8 months off from chess and showing a massive lack of motivation is a ruse? The answer is certainly not money if that is your retort, as Ding has lost millions if not tens of millions of dollars by disappearing and playing horribly after being world champion

[@andrewface2355]

@@slimshady2100 I'm baffled that so many people think Ding was faking it. He was literally taking medication for his depression and insomnia. You don't just play horribly for an entire year for a ruse. It's honestly pretty disrespectful. He only started prepping 3 weeks before the match because he had to deal with his psychological issues.

[@Jakowsky]

Living in a part of the world where I can’t watch the matches live, these recaps are a life saver! Thanks to the whole crew working to put these together for us. 🎉

[@Overkill9991]

same here. I live in the US so im asleep

[@Nicole-yy1kn]

Literally every recap is like that

[@Jakowsky]

@@Nicole-yy1knThankful for those recaps also, I just commented under this one because it’s my recap of choice.

[@user-eg1hd7gs6l]

Huh? They are free matches to watch

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Yoj can watch the streamers. They stream the game live. Chess 24 with Anish Giri, Take Take Take, FIDE chess, Chess base India plus many more, stream lithe games on KZbin.

[@painless4785]

Please give Levy mouse access to the analysis board to follow all the themes and alternate moves magnus suggests. PLEASE!

[@meerak90]

It is easier for Ding because he is already a World Champion. For Gukesh, this is his dream, to be the youngest champion. He has two more chances to come at it hard (with white).

[@thabojantjies5269]

pause!

[@OneEyedJack01]

So long as these world championships don't include Carlsen, they will always be Champions with and asterisk.

[@winfredj9820]

@@OneEyedJack01 magnus can win candidates if he wants to

[@TheRealGigaCat]

​​​@@OneEyedJack01i am a better player than magnus. I am simply not playing because formats are boring. Do you understand what i am trying to say? Champions are with both ability and attitude. Magnus has ability but no attitude. If he is not participating, he doesn't exist in that particular domain. He is out of the race. And there are millions of others smarter than his who decided to not take chess as a career and do something more meaningful with the gift they got. There is no way of finding "best". There are just proven ranks

[@meerak90]

@@TheRealGigaCat Well said!

Fischer Random should be played instead of Rapid at the end of the world championship match. I can't choose between standard chess and Fischer Random. So why not use both?

[@LoRe-nm8gd]

That would be brilliant. So you can stay true to the time control

[@afterneet4421]

Mmm interesting idea

[@kingkillah101]

that may happen some day. I think it would be cool combined with the Armageddon style

[@oliver-04]

Fischer random sometimes gives too much of an advantage to white, so that doesnt seem fair

[@iturner1387]

I appreciate the extensive commentary in addition to just the basic game analysis. The insights and opinions here are much more in depth than anywhere else. That being said, I think a slightly more polished game analysis portion of the recap would be good. Great job everyone!

[@sebarozt]

Kaya is so good at her job, I really enjoy the way that she interview the players and connects the Chess to a bigger audience.

[@simonbarry6582]

"Ding plays an English opening"....

[@aashb6637]

​@@simonbarry6582Quite sweet of Magnus to not correct her on that, I thought he would make a sharp correction

[@sebarozt]

@@simonbarry6582 exactly! Haha

[@simonbarry6582]

@@aashb6637 As an Englishman who lives in London - I quite agree 😄

[@flawskyy1467]

I really love being able to see the concepts talked about on board. I think having someone who knows chess moving the pieces in correlation to what is being said. Or let levy and magnus screen share their end of moving the pieces and add it with your editing. I see the idea behind this. Having Levy and Magnus is a great combo for the community. But keeping the camera on the speakers the whole time feels lazy. Do some voice overs, make some transitions. Adding in the small videos are such a breather. Need more of those transitions. Kaya does such a great job at showing that interest as someone who doesn’t even know the game that well. We need it for chess. This can go so far

[@flawskyy1467]

To add, I wrote this towards the end but just caught Levy’s last idea. Like he’s so on point. Traditional format is not great for chess. We highlight it because it shows best in world. Massive time to think of the best top moves. With so much time to prep. Of course players are going to play safe. We need rapid games, we need blitz games to be highlighted. I feel traditional players don’t like that concept. I see why, but adding this time allows us the viewer to have exciting games and lets you guys see who’s better on their feet at the board.

[@hermionegranger2601]

Omg !!! Magnus knows about almost every top players win and lost 😮 I think match with gukesh having white are more interesting ✨️

[@olufemibewaji2845]

'You lose a game against Ding with 3 games to go and he'll draw you right of the building . . .' Levi 😅

[@hosiahjones]

Magnus is correct on his "game theory" analysis. Solid point.

[@MrGoobegoobe]

Let's just hope 1 of the 4 games will be decisive. That player deserves the championship.

[@ShaunLucey]

Sometimes dull games are instructive. The commentary is excellent, and this is a much more interesting format than all of the fast talk with a board. Really like Magnus and Levy together. Tomorrow’s game Gukesh will go for it

[@150andmore]

If you say 55-45 but not for who, that means it's 50-50

[@Mathematica1729]

Excited as stressful as if I am playing myself.

[@TheRealMortyII]

Thanks to Magnus for sharing his insight with us

[@herbertallen6438]

Excellent explanation. Thanks guys.

[@dennisbadzi1993]

This feels like a game between two friends who've made a bet, i think even that will be more interesting

[@sxvxgee]

ding just doesnt wanna push for a win

[@OmarFaruk-i9]

Ding just wanna chill

[@asli_hai]

Or who knows he can't?

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Exactly.

[@David_7171]

It’s too risky. Rather wait for rapid

[@hugmynutus]

@@OmarFaruk-i9 ding chilling

[@itai82]

This Magnus is the best Magnus ive ever seen, so happy!

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

Idk but magnus recaps are a must watch for ding and specifically gukesh teams for strategy...i m pretty sure they watch this ..

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

Ding and Gukesh may not watch this but I am 💯 sure that their team does...

[@afterneet4421]

Absolutely

[@ElderScrollsVINews]

Did I see my man Simon Williams!!! Yes ❤❤❤ Please bring him in for post game recaps!

[@painless4785]

Would love to see this recap with both magnus and hikaru as pundits . And levy doing kaja’s job. Imagine.

[@Devilfish6666]

15:05 The reason is pretty simple: The "chess world" that was asked was only "tough dudes" that never played a WC match and have no idea what its really like....Magnus, Fabi and Nepo didnt have these stupid takes a la "Gukesh will crush him", just that he is the favorite by rating as well as recent performance but that he is also inexperienced in long formats against the same opponent so suprises can happen. And thats a based take. Giri, Arjun and the rest were just insane with their statements....

[@afterneet4421]

Yes exactly

[@preciousamaechi689]

Listening to them made me sick.

[@Khatibo_Fish]

you forgot the take take take after Ding exchanged everything

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

37:02 levy was jumping from excitement here

[@BobbyEllaForever]

Lots of complaints about the Ding’s approach, yet he’s dead even to become 2x World fking Champion. Love the Ding.

[@brooo4219]

Needs an asterisk, Magnus would wipe the floor with both of these guys

[@jackfrozr6773]

We are very close to seeing something interesting. Either a new champion is borne; or If Ding won, he regain his confidence and we might get the old/stronger Ding back.

[@paganinix1]

Magnus backed off and complain bout the mental burden of playing classic chess, yet he still criticizes ding for his lack of willing to win.. the truth is that din has a skeptical style and maybe he is just practical and try to wait for rapid games..

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

38:28 imagine if he had said the same thing for opposite players media would have gone crazy😂

[@tomaszberdysz1958]

It's clear Ding is just waiting till rapids. I'm just afraid Gukesh's inability to play rapid might turn out to be just as fictional as Ding's fictional "bad shape" before the tournament.

[@miguelbatista9493]

Yeah, that said ding is a solid rapid player. And as we see in the game, Gukesh doesn't play as well in time pressure as when he has 1:58h on the clock

[@leerobbo92]

Unless he's improved like nobody has in history, I think that's unlikely. Literally the only reason he's 2600 in rapid is because his rating got adjusted by over 350 points in 2022, due to a weird FIDE decision about rapid ratings needing to be closer to classical ratings. Before then he was 22XX: over 450 points off his classical rating at the time. Maybe he's prepped to the gills like he's never been before, and that alone will allow him to get winning positions. I just don't see how he jumps in strength to anything like what Ding is capable of at those time controls though.

[@silverthrall5728]

​@@leerobbo92But FIDE did that because nobody is really that much weaker in Rapid. Gukesh doesn't play that many rapid tournaments. I mean even his classical rating was deceptively low just 3 years ago.

[@janangeloayco6882]

and ding kinda scary when he blitzing best moves like its nothing .

[@Phurngirathaana]

​@@leerobbo92 Lol Pragg was 1900 by that logic Gukesh simply hasn't played enough fast time controls rapid or online

[@kh3777]

Ding doesn't need to take unnecessary risks in order for him to reach the rapid tiebreak section because this favours Ding better. Now it's up to Gukesh to play for a win in the remaining 4 games.

[@nn11067]

Great Recap !!!!!

[@kieran1990able]

Let us remind that Ding is the first player to go unbeaten in 100 classical games before magnus so yea he is bloody strong. Ding will draw it out tomorrow. It's just that his mindset is not like of 2-3 years ago but that ding is still there. To me he is the only deserved WC after Magnus.

[@hoomanov]

Fully agree

[@mahendrawagh5874]

@Admin - Can we please bring the timelines and chapters back? It is annoying to scroll back and forth continuously. These recaps are just awesome tbh! :)

[@just_alfaz]

What is the intro song?

[@rahulsrinivas3224]

I dont get any notifications from the take take take app like they advertise. Does everyone have the same issue?

[@_sayan_roy_]

Levi, that tennis format exists. It is called the FIDE World Cup. Yes, it is not for crowning World Champion but it is a part of the journey and a good title to have. And this one on one event to decide World Championship is the unique factor of chess. And even if then, the format of that World Cup would be controversial to some people regardless including Magnus so who knows if he would have played that.

[@GodwinAliyu]

12:50, Magnus completely took Levy into deep waters with the chess gibberish😂... I feel in the end, Levy should have gained quite some GM chess psychology from these analysis with Magnus.

[@livechesschannel]

They should make drawing with white pieces .25 to .75 for black and win with black should have 1.5 points. Make it more interesting, put more pressure om players to increase their stake while drawing

[@divyanshuchadha8210]

I hope Gukesh takes measured risk with his whites. No need to go insane with G4 like he did in his initial few games at the start. My prediction is a Gukesh win in the tiebreaks. I have enough experience to know that in sports the least likely outcome mostly almost always happens.

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

That's some absurd logic which doesn't make any sense, but funny enough, I also think the same way as you... Let's see how it goes...

[@leerobbo92]

Honestly, based on ratings (and that's even with the 350+ points boost Gukesh got from a weird FIDE ruling in 2022...), Gukesh winning in the shorter time controls would be the single biggest shock in chess World Championship history. By some distance!

[@jeevika4425]

Here after win for gukesh in game 11😅

[@davidgdgdg]

Can you imagine how much better this would be if it were someone like Jan Gustafsson asking the questions?

[@chesswithsamarth1004]

03:54 big blunder !!!

[@Nightlight7]

Ah yes, 1.d4, the English opening

[@Anon_581]

London is in England, so it checks out 🗿

[@RaptureReady2025]

The “blonde bimbo” stirs the pot and generates even more comments .. a calculated and very strong move. Double exclamation ‼️

[@Josh31891]

​@@Anon_581 Exactly where my thought went lol😂

[@Dannnyxz]

Magnus don't gaf about Levy's VIP problem

[@ArranVid]

No, Magnus cares.

[@Bruno-ry3pg]

No one does

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

Why would he? I mean, he can be emphatic but it's not his mistake, organisers should have taken care of it more properly and should compensate Levi for the inconveniences, I wonder if they did later...

[@aniketraj3005]

Though I’m still rooting hard for Gukesh, my interest in this tournament is declining and it seems like both players (including Gukesh) are just showing signs of a real fight for a couple of moves and then it’s just flat out boring conversion to a dead draw position. It’s hard to keep up the energy as a fan.

[@asli_hai]

It comes more from ding tho

[@syed7110]

Whoever win the next match gonna be the world champion, whether its tomorrow or any of game days, just one game, just oneee gamee🥶

[@HamzaAhmed-xc3wj]

Arjun catching strays

[@enio17]

Lichess' model said that up until round 9, Ding took over as the favorite with a probability of 53% to win the match. It's still close though and today's game could have changed that prediction one more time.

[@shauryasuri3653]

It's as 50/50 as it gets

[@simonbarry6582]

Please discuss the use of Fisher Random as a tiebreak. It tests pure chess skills, which is better than testing chess instincts.

[@Love_dales]

Today's 11th game will be critical game for gukesh. if he can't win this chance of getting world champion will be difficult

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

9:03 😂😂 remembering guki game

[@theNfl_Esq]

Can’t blame Ding for playing the odds

[@kingkillah101]

I love these super GMs: "Oh I don't really pay much attention to other players games and what not..." Magnus refers to a random open game Gushesh losing from this position a month ago. Levi mentioning some 2004 Kramnik game with same position. Sheesh.

[@rzrshrk7883]

Recap is almost as long as the game

[@siewpoh5]

These recaps add one more dimension without which these matches will be dry n lifeless ...

[@davehastin3683]

30:14 bro ran a Monte Carlo simulation 😂

[@kh3777]

If Ding can recover his old form and confidence, the odds will shift to Ding.

[@slimshady2100]

I think this is his old form

[@urjitsimha3211]

Pregame show?

[@skerpent]

I'm here for every part of this

[@villbuzeep2043]

not sure if it was discussed (since this was a boring game, I skipped much of the recap), but tiebreaks using Fischer random with the same time control seems better than using a Rapid format

[@Alex-xk6md]

Where can i watch ginger gm live coverage? On this channel to.orrow morning?

[@001birdie]

What is that Magnus's watch?

[@uartim]

If the game prize is all or none, it will prefer a large rating. Otherwise the first thing they need to do is to survive the first 14 matches, especially for Ding who lose so many games after he became the champion. Ironically fide chanes from 12 to 14 games, meaning that the audience even suffer more possible draws.😂

[@Astrologyexpress]

Itll be a sad day for chess if Ding somehow wins the Classical Championship again. All it takes is drawing all games and wait for the tie breaker. He is here only for the money not for the love of chess. Ding isn't even playing the Rapid and blitz world 🏆. For the sake of chess viewership and chess future I hope the person who loves the chess for its excitement anf love wins the game.

[@jakewilliams8406]

10 days since Hikaru was announced… bros been chilling ever since

[@kingkillah101]

Gotta cook -- he wasn't on board for the WCC schedule

[@kuldhirsingh]

Pundit is sanskrit word meaning expert/priest

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

this match is justifying Magnus decision to quit the world championship, its extremely boring time to change the format

[@jstello]

What else would you expect out of the London system

[@PierLu_77]

Analysis board please, shouldn't be hard to put it in

[@kashem425]

Can the app include number of wins since payout is tied to it? It only shows total points earned.

[@anewfuture]

Ding just wants to make it to tiebreaks and get 1.2 mil guaranteed. I don't think he is that interested in this. Rooting for Gukesh.

[@liamweinberg4902]

Ding is already incredibly wealthy, so if you think money is his motivation for aiming for the tie-breaks and not playing fighting chess, you're entirely mistaken. Having two superpower nations like China and India face off in a Chess World Championship is a monumental, historic event. Both Ding and Gukesh will earn immense respect in their countries, from their citizens to their leaders, including presidents. I also want Gukesh to win, but at this stage, there's no way money is the driving factor for either player. The winner will secure million-dollar sponsorship deals in their home country regardless. Ding is clearly playing for tie-breaks because he likely believes he's stronger in rapid chess and might be lacking confidence in classical games right now.

[@cheetah219]

I dont believe this isn't true honestly. Is he in the best mental state? No. But, I think his team completely understands that Ding is better under pressure. I think Ding has proven that he can play significantly better when there is low time, meanwhile Gukesh has either gone passive when he's short time or he makes errors. These are great signs that Ding will perform better Rapid.

[@miguelbatista9493]

​@@cheetah219exactly

[@andrestorresjr]

I say we just leave the world championship spot vacant. Neither of these two have shown us that they deserve the belt 😞

[@sandeshgiri]

Please bring hikaru too. Magnus and hikaru analysis 🔥🔥

[@AnirbanMajumdar-qd1bq]

+1

[@nathangrabias8045]

I feel like Hikaru is more interested in creating drama then giving reliable/realistic information. Because of that I can never know when to truly trust Hikaru, but Magnus keeps it real.

[@afterneet4421]

​@@nathangrabias8045exactly he isnt objective at all

[@bhupendrapatel9179]

don't forget what happened to ding in game 3 while he needed to play fast

[@songoku-jx3cb]

Ding is basically playing like magnus played against fabi .

[@igauan8010]

and yet those games are for more interesting

[@songoku-jx3cb]

@@igauan8010 some of them were good but most of them were as boring a draw as this game . Magnus was on the back foot for almost the entire tournament . He wasn’t pushing in positions he could have and he admitted he did that because he was confident of winning in the rapid but not in classical .

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

No really

[@aleladebiri]

@@songoku-jx3cb the thing is, they were absolutely the best two players. now that whe have a match between number 5 and number 20, people hoped for great chess to compensate for that and make the match interesting. but it didn't happen.

[@songoku-jx3cb]

@@aleladebiri i personally disagree. I think the matches have been very interesting and high level . At this level it’s not that easy to bring new lines that make a match fightable but gukesh still managed to create many chances on the board no matter how small . It’s not his fault that ding has completely gone into draw mode . It’s very hard to win when your opponent is hell bent on not taking any chance whatsoever . And i also think ratings can be very misleading. Ding is not playing like world no. 20 . He has played very high level of chess .

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

4:53 is he wearing some band? Has he been to any concert?

[@keshavsharma919]

defnitely not diljeet concert

[@stillhere95]

@@keshavsharma919 bro 🤣

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

​@@keshavsharma919😂

[@artpak2761]

Hotel vip band

[@System.Error.]

You guys removed daily take from the app, didn't you?

[@ItsAsparageese]

Makes sense, it's a pointless feature that probably initially helped with user engagement a bit but requires more effort than it's worth to keep it going

[@sudhakanthagirmohanta5695]

Why they can’t make moves in the app?

[@the-silent0]

Can you make the best player of all time move pieces? Is it too difficult?

[@mollybolton8425]

My bet is that Ding doesn't want to win because if he does, Gukesh will radically alter his game thereafter, making him less predictable. W/that reality in mind, makes sense for Ding to not reveal his cards. However, if Ding wants to play poker, then he HAS to allow Gukesh to win at least ONE MORE GAME, because if there's nothing but draws, Gukesh WILL alter his tactics as soon as he gets White since it's only way to break the tie, and because he doesn't want the match to proceed to the rapid games (where he'd be at a clear disadvantage to Ding). So for Ding's poker strategy to work, he's got to go bold in at least ONE game (at least prior to the score reaching 7-7) instead of playing it safe from here on out

[@KnightToRemember]

They didn’t ask the best piece and piece of beep today, I feel let down

[@Moon4Tzuyu]

Magnus said in the last game that pieces didn't get to even start their careers before getting traded off, this game is more drawish than the last one... MVP and WVP don't make sense in these games...

[@OmarFaruk-i9]

Ding comes with the intention of a draw. He really sees draw as a win as he knows he is quite a bit better than gukesh in rapid

[@jasonfleming9869]

Maybe they should interleave classical and rapid matches rather than clumping all classical then rapid ... \0/

[@ItsAsparageese]

GIVE 👏 THESE 👏 MEN 👏 A 👏 FRICKIN 👏 ANALYSIS 👏 BOARD 👏 FFS

[@KamalchandraGupta-ny4ul]

18:40 same thing fabi also said before wc

[@afterneet4421]

"Its almost impossible to dominate in wc " fabi

[@seethark]

In furure, why not 7 games standard starting position and 7 games chess960 or FischerRandom positions to avoid easy draws ?

[@Ifeanyichukwu-y2i]

This is really a nice idea

[@liamweinberg4902]

All formats should stay separate, just like rapid and blitz are. They recently held a Chess960 World Championship where Magnus beat Fabi, and it worked perfectly without interfering with classical chess. There’s no reason for them to overlap.

[@cormacmacaongusa]

Because it's the classical Chess World Championship

[@miguelbatista9493]

This needs to be mainstream on chess tournaments before

[@seethark]

​@@liamweinberg4902​​@liamweinberg4902 They are still going to use Rapid for tie breaker ! Instead 7 + 7 games with no tie breaker. If equal points then defenDing champion wins !

[@purushtottamtandon8032]

I feel like Gukesh is considered as NIL score in rapid so at every point Ding tries a draw unlike Gukesh pushing himself . Isn't Ding feeling too comfy for the rapid games after tie breaker? May be surprise is waiting there, who knows !! After all it's world championship.

[@Phoenix.219]

It would be a real comedy if it goes to tie breaks and Gukesh wins it. Everyone including me is gonna get bamboozled. I just want Gukesh to win, the path doesn't matter.

[@isaki4869]

Also it's funny if Ding wins last two games while Gukesh prepared for tiebreaks Gukesh also possible to win the tiebreaks Nobody knows what will be happened, after all

[@nerellav]

What should Gukesh do to break thru Ding?

[@ONEshot-p1h]

That host really said that ding played the English opening with d4😂

[@PTfan54]

London is a city in England

[@satorugojo6881]

bring magnus with a beard back

[@sirmelonhusk]

Weird how the a chess world champion is fighting for draws so hard, just so that he attempts winning a classical world championship with rapid chess.

[@jasonfleming9869]

In the voice of Shauli Pore: "Keep on Taken On" (may onionly yoomanz find the meenyang)

[@wgoyt]

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