World Blitz Championship: Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura

The runners-up to Magnus Carlsen met in a thrilling battle! Enjoy Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Hikaru Nakamura from the Dubai World Blitz Chess Championship!
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[@manmoth_1990]

Nepomniachtchi mentally resigned but still making couple of moves while smiling before ultimately giving in. He's also pretty funny to watch! :) Great player.

[@JuicersSuck]

Love when these two play each other.

[@oriolbaulenas7130]

Haha these two are always funny to watch

[@osamab814]

+Oriol Baulenas Nak has a cat face

[@T3KTONIT]

i love how nakamura puts the queen near him, he was like "yeaah you damn know i'm gonna promote that pawn."

[@mrsea5697]

Haha true

[@Zakdayak]

This is really the problem with the French, that stupid Greek Gift Sacrifice is a pain in the ass - particularly at Blitz!

[@yoot-j871]

Nepomniachtchi was like: "Dude, I almost had you", haha.

[@00bikeboy]

Is it really that difficult to place the camera higher so we can see the board more clearly??

[@jaconova]

it seems so. Even with all the modern technology it hasn´t been implemented.

[@amoghnath3330]

@7:30 nepo is like where did dat piece of shit come from??

[@markch9v23]

great game, terrible pop-ups...

[@DannySTran]

I heard the chair sound when Magnus blunder a pieces. 7:23

[@mrsea5697]

The only round he lost

[@pcromano]

Gotta love Naka's faces! :D

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

Recommended after Nepom became the challenger to Magnus in 2021. GGWP KZbin

[@viraltube09]

It was a killer game well played naka

[@isaccnewton432]

I think Nakamura don't like Nepom. Since in their 2010 blitz chess

[@thewildwan]

These two are the best to watch .

[@usnva5638]

It looked like Nepomniachtchi had Nakamura on the ropes for 3/4 of the game and then gave in to the pressure of the time control. Then he made a few mistakes which costed him the game.

[@abeautifulmate4712]

Love to see Nakamura beat Ian.

[@BUD7H357UD]

Cant naka just take the knight at 7:14 ?

[@raimundo85262]

nope, rook on e1 is hitting the black queen

[@ghozt-6708]

If Nepo advanced the queen one more step, the game would be over

[@golgo1398]

love the end, the dude's like "i got nothin' " *lel*

[@queneemacapintal1958]

What’s up with those pawns? I don’t get it but why not kill it? I’m sorry for being a noob at this....😓

[@RahmLie]

at 07:43 Nepomniachtchi can move his queen to Qe4 don't a4, and his still safe

[@TheRomanianWolf]

seriouslly? :)) how ? the e4 square is covered by 2 black pawns. Nepo is dead lost there

[@leoneverte]

Hikaru always remind teoretical move by looking to upside or to another point but the board... Funny...

[@pranavkombe2201]

young Ian was pretty cool and cute

[@jmflores9643]

Now obese

[@lumberjack988]

5:03 naka almost gave the game away with that move. 6:29 had Ian played Nf7 it would have been game over.

[@TheRomanianWolf]

why? how does Nf7 wins?

[@queneemacapintal1958]

I don’t get if. So, who won? 😂😂😅

[@thenick3216]

Nakamura won

[@mrdraw2087]

Fast Player - Starwars!

[@MarianoNaranja]

Ok, I'm gonna explain the game, cuz anybody here understand, i dont know why im wasting my time.. First, Nakamura plays the french with two no normal moves that were ok. Rb8 for advance b5, normal you do that with a6 and b5, but this lost of time, was so good, in the future {ass you see in the game} he just press b4. The other one is f5, normal you play f6, f5 is no flexibe, but, as Ian nepomniachtchi plays EXF6, its ok. The plan for white is create something in the black kings side. SO yo bring the pices there, like Nd1, Nf2, Bd1, c3, Bc2, the big problem was how to proceed?. Nakamura plays c4! to stop the bishop go to d3, so he will make c3, to go to c2, so nakamura gonna have the break b4. After Ne5, nakamura plays Ne7! good move, tryng to go to f5 square, so Ian stoped it with g4, but this is the attack?. Nakamura made a good plan, the IDEA IS: Queen e8, to care the kingside, and if g5, the knight goes no h5 defended by the queen [Qe2 for white], and after that, he plays g6, Ng7 and Nf5, with a strategic win, totally winiing, Ian doesnt have any plan, the aattack in the queenside is running fast, so that its the reason why Ian, look this and make Bh7+, a bad move, it seems that is good, but it is not, is just a exchanging. Is nice how nakamura break the queen side, with, Ba6, a5 a4 a3, b4. One more thing, look the expresion of nakamura after Bh7, he is acting, he knows that white has anything, Kg8 Rf5 Kf8 and Ng8, he is wining, he is just making feel better hes oponent or perhaps distracting him. After Nxf5 [the rook]. He cant stop the pawn, and he looses exchange. Well, thats all, the french its a good defence. In that line, normally you dont attack the black king, you exchange in c5 and get de d4 square for your knight, trying to get to a knowing ending or position of bad bishop [black one of white squares] versus good knight [the one in d4]. GOOD BYE. PLEASE COMENT AND LIKE. BYE

I really think naka was thinking WTF i am lost when white plays Bxh7 !!! xD he was not acting !!

[@santiagoperez9331]

Wow

[@jpabiado]

i think Ba4 is better than Bxh7

[@minjietong4490]

I realise that when hikaru is playing, it seems like he is remembering the line he has played rather than thinking and analyzing the board. this shows how experienced he is

[@zts99]

He does that look when calculating too. He’s got a near photographic memory

[@thegamemaster909]

nakamura is a fool

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Why both of them are playing with thah chess piece in their hands ? Is it a trick to distract your opponent ??

[@m110h1986]

Nakamura's emotions look very stupid.

[@felippeoliveira630]

nakamura é o pior,,,,ele imita todos os outros jogadores!!!

[@Mikolaj_Kapusta]

Can somebody tell me why the hell Nakamura is turning eyes away from the board, please? :D

[@Shadowboost]

he's thinking

[@69zArathustrA96]

Grandmasters dont need to look At the chessboard, the see it in their mind

[@Drag0nzeyes]

He's trying to remember the correct response to the line. He turns away from the pressure of the board to imagine the scenario on a flat board - at least its what I think.

[@pineapplepeanuts]

He's contemplating your destruction on the board ;-)

[@adm1819]

***** He`s searching for the correct answer to the move in a critical moment of the game.

[@dannyb982]

Nakamura is the most annoying chess player ever.

[@yaribsuarez8725]

I have seen a lot of conments like this, and I don't understand Why so many people think that, could you explain why is that?

[@megselv6633]

+Yarib Suárez They probably can't.

[@gregoryzala136]

+Yarib Suárez maybe because he's so good