World Chess Championship (2023) Game 4

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[@IchMagZwiebel]

Levy: *Massive improvement* Stockfish: *jumps from 0.3 to 0.4*

[@MrBumpalicious]

Meanwhile my game goes from +5 for me to -4 in one move

[@danielgeisler4978]

@@MrBumpalicious today a game of mine went from -2.6 to M1 in one move (obvious blunder). Chess is such an amazing game where tunnel vision can ruin your night (or make it on my case haha). Meanwhile these nigh omnipotent gods play in the slightest advantage in move variation almost based on pure obscurity to throw there opponent off. Love it

[@WhistlingStickman]

It's funny, the purpose of a chess engine is to evaluate how good a position is, but for humans, sometimes a better position is worse. The reason is the computer has no idea how easy or hard the multi-move ideas are to find. They're all equal for a computer. If two players have the same mindset, they both ignore the same lines when evaluating, carving a weird 'desire path' in the analysis. Makes the whole thing a lot more fun.

[@kishorejuki5450]

​@@danielgeisler4978fr

[@Numerixx]

For Stockfish, it's everything. All the exclamation marks in the title.

[@scriptself6092]

My favorite moment was when Liren said "It's Ding chilling time" and Ding chilled all over the board

[@timmyquagmire4170]

Truly one of the chess games of all time

[@naca5413]

bro did not even watch the video

[@giulianogrisafi4367]

True

[@ultimatedoug2227]

Ding children

[@altonmatemera502]

Bro💀💀💀

[@shimonrokhkind5355]

Levy: This is officially the greatest position Ding Liren has had in the first 4 games of the match Stockfish: + .4

[@lorenzfrbg5717]

And he sacrificed THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK. Absolutely legendary to hear that in a World Championship.

[@janamarkisic7803]

yes.

[@LestifyYT]

.

[@shiyian]

AND THAT WAS THE WAY IAN WON HIS MATCH TOO

[@ShihammeDarc]

And we heard it twice

[@cheeseballs9454]

TGE RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@psuedonerd1236]

Watching a WC where both players have a relatively equal chance to win is actually pretty fun

[@o_s-24]

Not just Magnus casually destroying everyone right

[@cftpafan]

I'm gonna be honest I was so scared Ian would just run away with it after how he dominated the candidates, today was hype.

[@Vifnis]

Probably why Magnus didn't want to play--he wanted to watch with us!

[@trent797]

First time since Carlsen/Karjakin 2016 when both sides won a game. 2018 was all draws and Nepo didn't win any in 2021.

[@-pisellogrosso96-35]

@@o_s-24 how can you even say casually destroy everybody when he didnt win a classical game in 2 straight world championships

[@n.r.mgaming7378]

8:05 is exactly why I am addicted to levy’s videos the jokes are so subtle but hit so hard

[@henryholm3000]

I don’t understand it could you explain?

[@TakeoverPigeon]

@@henryholm3000 The “Bundesliga” is a German football league and Levy made a joke about that

[@Jeremia1]

@@henryholm3000 Mane punched Sane

[@n0br.a1n]

@@henryholm3000 Mane (Bayern Munich football player) punched his teammate Sane in the face the day before

[@adarsh601]

they don't hit as hard as mane did though lol

[@iNeoKF]

Levy seems sick, yet he managed to say, "The Rooooooooook" We love you Levy!

[@pedrohenrique1974]

hop off bros dick man tf

[@piobsession2394]

Yup. Epic moments of Levy.😆👌

[@chopin3016]

Thats the only reason ım here lol

[@lukusakazadi-christian8526]

I was watching the game live and after RxD4 chat was SCREAMING for like 5-10 minutes straight "He sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOOOOOK " that was very nice to see

[@rashedhamouda8164]

Where can I watch the rest of the games?

[@ChrisHyde537]

Your ELO went up fifty points.

[@philipaustb2263]

@@rashedhamouda8164 twich

[@indulekhasantosh9743]

Bruh

[@arnoldmanalo8546]

@@rashedhamouda8164 no game rn because rezt day

[@therealmvp6610]

8:40 its called what⁉️⁉️

[@javierrodrigo1009]

I can't believe it's only Round 4 and we already had two THE ROOOOOOK™ sacrifices. Truly one of the chess moments of all time.

[@o_s-24]

Did you just tradmark it

[@NichtWunderkind]

​@@o_s-24 bros grabbing that bag

[@al_gusto]

If Ding had played the Danish gambit it would have ended in 20 moves

[@dancingcow5524]

I™ cant believed he trademarked it

[@anunknownsoldier8526]

No™ this can’t be!™

[@r_pro_]

8:35 "We call that Big Boy Center. BBC." 💀

[@mojimh1]

that was a very awkward moment in Levy's life💀💀

[@dazzeldsalt2056]

All the grandmasters love a good BBC

[@gilgamesh2646]

You know it's over when Levi says "He sacrifices THE ROOOOOOOOOOOK".

[@Axiomatic75]

Kudos to Levy for saying "BBC" without any change in facial expression or tonality.

[@michaellloyd9914]

What do you mean? What other meaning would BBC have?

[@DeathMetalManiac]

​@@michaellloyd9914Something related to some sites, like the Orange one

[@DantheV]

​@@michaellloyd9914 you're a good guy

[@Rvsz9]

@@michaellloyd9914 British Broadcasting Corporation

[@michaellloyd9914]

@@Rvsz9 Thanks

[@jensino]

The way Ding unleashes the "pony power" was the most beautiful thing we'll gonna see in this world championship. Enjoy the moment my friends, it ain't get any better than this. 🙂

[@espvp]

I'll keep this thread updated if it gets better in the upcoming games

[@NowWeJustWinIt]

@@espvp 🫡

[@Randomsyrianfella]

@@espvp 🫡

[@kevinpeng8295]

@@espvp 🫡

[@nickjames6813]

Ball 🧢

[@huG1481]

Can we appreciate how he does every video in one shot with no cuts?

[@rufatbabayev]

No

[@xDAUxRaymann]

How do you know there’s no cuts exactly

[@kasthemall]

No

[@mdzaidshaikh1863]

​@@xDAUxRaymann Actually....... we got our eyes and brain for that.

[@nicodisa163]

@@mdzaidshaikh1863 dead

[@Thouartwithme3]

I for sure miss seeing magnus in the championship but ding and ian are so fun to watch

[@r.mcdonnell8614]

It's nice to see something other than all quick draws and then a playoff

[@kunalsingh4418]

​​@@r.mcdonnell8614 when did that ever happen? Fabi Magnus games were super exciting to watch, pretty much opposite of quick draws. And Magnus Ian was very fighting till game 6 after which there was one decisive game after another. Magnus Karjakin had 2 decisive games with an epic comeback from Magnus. And every game Magnus seemed to be ramming Karjakin's fortress until he broke through. World Championship never has quick draws. Just a weird thing to say.

[@anmolsandhu6159]

Ikr

[@kartikeypandey8957]

@@r.mcdonnell8614 If you want all decisive games let's just put two 600 elo players then.

[@r.mcdonnell8614]

@@kartikeypandey8957 I don't need all games to be decisive, I just want some games to be decisive, and I don't want every game to just be the world champion trying to get to rapid playoffs because he knows he'll have the advantage there. It is the classical world Chess championship, after all

[@williamdenholm7568]

I’m rooting for Ding, he’s so sweet during the interviews and even though it would be sad for Nepo it would be really great to see Ding win

[@k4mi646]

He's really underrated

[@potato-ld1uj]

​@@k4mi646the # 1 & 2 ranked players in the world underrated?

[@awad5579]

​@@potato-ld1uj in the sense that not many people talk about ding

[@Chaotic_Giraffe]

@@potato-ld1uj Magnus is still rank 1

[@brucewayne9942]

​@@potato-ld1uj aren't they #2 and #3?

[@maxborseth3947]

Levy somehow has the best sports analogies for chess! That Alex Caruso line was spot one! Love it

[@meekaboi]

NGL, this is way more exciting than Magnus' last few defenses. Magnus is so solid and happy to squeeze rock that you end up with a ton of draws. Magnus would have taken game 2 and coasted his way through the rest of the match, and rightfully so. Ian doing Ian things and Ding introducing novelties and unique ideas means that every single match could be a banger.

[@thesavantart8480]

True but game 6 of Magnus vs Ian was one of the greatest game of all time, if not the greatest. I doubt this championship will match that level of hype.

[@siddhantjhaveri]

​@@thesavantart8480 don't forget game 3 and game 7. The 2 most accurate world championship games of all time

[@anonanim-9601]

​@@thesavantart8480 Exactly. That 6th game was on another level of greatness.

[@erickr9733]

And It is also probably the reason why neither Ding or Nepo could win against Magnus

[@redoxreaction2388]

Ngl, I like those games better, magnus spotting the best moves while ding keeps regaining and losing that 0.4 advantage, here they both know they're equal so they focus a bit less cause they know they can get away with it, if I wanted to watch novelties I would've watched GTE or 300 elo chess.

[@The_Greatest_of_Sports]

Levy's random football references always catch me of guard. I wonder what team he supports

[@lma_maxx5556]

VfB Stuttgart

[@tobiletsplay]

​@@lma_maxx5556 schöner Versuch 😂😂

[@jaspervanlier9107]

Schalke 04!!

[@cristaronaldosewey7854]

RB Leipzig 💀☠️💀☠️

[@ranjanasharan4051]

Maybe man city because peps tactics is basically chess

[@lehadeef6523]

Levy knowing bayern’s locker room drama was not something I thought i’d be hearing in a chess championship video 😂

[@junglebs4390]

Ding has evolved from “Ding Chilling” to “Ding winning”

[@ajax9923]

How can ding chilling be ding winning when he is ding drawing?

[@lorcanzo2498]

@@ajax9923 he’d still be ding flooring your ass

[@tobiletsplay]

😂

[@Rudy137]

Bing Liren

[@nemuonakpoya8592]

​@@ajax9923 Ever heard of a joke?

[@_Hamster]

Ding Liren sacrificed... the ROOOOOK. Respect to Levy for making and producing these World Chess Championship videos so quick

[@ajcon3874]

Yeah, it ended like two hours ago.

[@ajcon3874]

he makes these fast

[@primeobjective5469]

When Ding said "based", after c4, I knew we were in for a good match.

[@veenasaigal7111]

Went from being 600 rated all the way to a peak of 1966 in rapid in just under 2 years all because of levy. The man knows what he is doing for sure. A phenomenal teacher who never fails to engage the audience and amaze🎉 👍.

[@JasonX2]

I want to do that but without hard work

[@RokenMe]

How did you do that?

[@sazidhasansafwan]

I am playing chess for one year, took three months break and am 1300 elo now

[@usuariocelular8065]

U r in a club.or u take chess lessons. KZbinrs are not that helpful

[@sdfghuihef5602]

@@usuariocelular8065 not levy but daniel naroditsky for sure

[@LucaCampisi]

You know Levy is good when you watch the full game live and still come back to watch the recap

[@cl4pre]

There's nothing better than Levy playing a whole game of chess, but he says that didn't happen

[@s4ka]

7:59 as a Bayern Munich fan i laughed so hard 😂😂

[@YashSingh-xb4di]

17:08 bro really built the great Wall of china on board 💀 probably the best moment of the game

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

Capturing with the pawn instead of the queen is one of the craziest things imaginable. Now I understand why Rapport is one of Ding's team😆 a variant like this can only come to his mind. Congratulations to Ding Liren for the victory, now it becomes an interesting match

[@wolfgangwiesinger9502]

Karpov Kasparov discussed these English positions in on of their wm match

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

@@wolfgangwiesinger9502 Thanks a lot, but I knew that. Among other things, they also mentioned it during the live broadcast. What I meant is that Ding Liren, due to his style of play, would never think of using such a variant, especially after developing the Queen on d2. The idea is from Rapport, no doubt

[@patrickwang3197]

That's actually a common idea in Taimanov Sicilian. Ding played the Reversed Taimanov today

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

@@patrickwang3197 In the Taimanov Sicilian it is relatively common, very little is played after developing the queen on c7, especially at these levels. Usually we arrive at that structure/position because white captures the knight first, and only after the recapture does black develop the queen in her "natural" position of the Taimanov/Kan openings

[@robibhattacharjee7960]

The speed with which you get these high quality breakdowns is amazing. I can tell it takes a lot of discipline and effort and really appreciate it.

[@yeetyeet3702]

I was watching live, and chat went completely crazy when Ian blundered and let Ding sacrifice the ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl!

[@aakarshdeepak31]

Nepo called Ding Dingus when he won against him and dings mental bell just started dinging and he crushed him today

[@pullupterraine199]

Thank you Nepo for giving Ding Liren the opportunity to sacrifice... T H E R O O K!!!!

[@DaisyLazyPanda]

the way he said that "get outta here" so charming haha

[@torbenbartsch0803]

The football-joke got me, ngl. You saw your opportunity and you took it 😂

[@deuelellan2446]

This man did not just say BBC 08:30

[@AldousSeriousPunch]

This proves that sacrificing THE ROOOOOOOK!!! is the best move even in WC

[@dragonmaster7574]

14 days without this guy feels like 2 weeks ❣️

[@KrisPBacon69]

No, it feels more like 336 hours.

[@ajax9923]

It feels like 1209600 seconds, no cap.

[@Swansrule]

It is to

[@aljukasoflietuva8646]

@@ajax9923 Nah, it feel like1.2096E+09 milliseconds.

[@laughmouth]

Felt like 2 240 movies of Shrek to me

[@Bankai2169]

While the World Championship is tied, Levy continues to dominate Hikaru taking a 3-1 lead in recap speed!

[@raphaelmourani3317]

My favorite moment was when levi made the mané joke lmao

[@zodupieczmieczogrodu8305]

We all came here for the same reason: 16:50 *THE ROOOOOK*

[@maxbigelow2809]

If anyone was wondering, ding is fine. He’s ‘ding chillin’

[@HungryScribbler]

I wake up every morning after a game at the FIDE world Chess Championships and go straight to your channel. You have THE BEST coverage of the games! Thank you for that. Both entertaining and educational on a different level of most who are covering it!

[@Lux_108]

The Bayern joke was great

[@musicjunkie3174]

words cannot describe the feeling of watching this live while rooting for ding, amazing performance

[@probro5692]

I know right

[@pixelate9980]

So true ..... It was my first watching a whole classical match.

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

imagine rooting for Ding XD

[@musicjunkie3174]

@@JacobsKrąnųg both ding and nepo are great players 🙃 just enjoy the chess played

[@ChristianHegele]

A proper championship match with decisive games from both players.

[@jonathanderichelieu5521]

We just have to appreciate how fast this man uploads this! This is basically the highlight of the day for us chess morons

[@Patrick462]

Levy: "Do you struggle with making a plan? Yea you do". Me: * starts sobbing * Also Me: * hands credit card to Levy *

[@kabby29]

I wasn't sure how interested I would be in a Carlsen-less WC, but this is awesome so far. Thank you Levy

[@whitefang9758]

My favorite WC tmatch so far, because people are actually winning instead of just draws until someone loses.

[@yunusbasogul1687]

I love the football joke, but I like it even more that you called it football and not soccer. Literally made my day!

[@psymar]

Here in the US I sometimes call it fútbol to distinguish from American Football

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

ok but why the f would he call it soccer?

[@aadilislam]

the energy from 16:51 was infinite time more than the last 16 mins !!

[@RedPixels...]

Ding Liren is an amazing player and he deserved to win. But he's so shy and nervous in interviews. If you looked on live he was sweating more in the interview than in the game.

[@chriz_aep]

Lol

[@chrislapa]

I think more impressive than Nepo’s “two-minute blunder”, was Ding’s 1:14min rook sacrifice find. He had 30mins to find the best move but he found that almost immediately and didn’t hesitate.

[@pianissimo7121]

He probably found it earlier and then the position came.

[@kioro4221]

It isn't that hard of a move for his level

[@Rainbow00Inferno]

12:16 giggity

[@perfumefemur]

Ha

[@lolo0922]

Ha

[@intoxicated_ecstasy]

Ha

[@ActualDumBatcha]

This was a MASSIVE win for ding. he can now go and eat his ice cream in his hotel, while chilling: Ding chilling.

[@ajax9923]

Ding chilling is chilling after ding winning to make it 2-2, ding drawing

[@HassanIQ777]

​@@ajax9923 LMAO 😂😂

[@sadness4042]

I am starting to miss the famous: “He sacrificed THE ROOOOOK”. We need another one of those

[@George_Bland]

There is one in the video

[@butterflylilly1761]

I love how confident levy's gotten

[@arthurioffin]

"We call that Big Boy Center, or BBC" - GothamChess, 2023

[@baconboysgaming2975]

When everyone thought Ian is gonna win... Ding came back fighting! The rook sacrifice was too op

[@D0BR0VECE]

Everyone is how society is nowadays. Kinda depressing

[@newpgaston6891]

Seeing Nepo play all these moves in 2 minutes and then losing, reminded me of Carlsen line on Nepo "He's getting back to his true self in his last few moves - playing poor moves quickly"

[@masterpieceswd]

where can I see that commentary?

[@liamhurley1513]

This was probably his best commentary in his YT career

[@massinissaabdellah8425]

watch Last WC Game 6 commentary

[@liamhurley1513]

@@massinissaabdellah8425 Wow! I still think the commentary is better but that game is beautiful

[@zesteecheeze]

This man's commentating skills have shot through the roof. Incredible.

[@damathboi]

Good to see Levy winning 3-1 in the race for the speed of the reviews against Hikaru...

[@erhansayal5104]

8:38 thanks Levy for telling us what bbc is and that it is not about anything else at all

[@professorbarbell]

19:18 I thought he was going to say ding a ling 😂😂😂😂

[@ytann]

I'm following this tournament live and this is my first ever chess championship and it's sooo hype. The commentators are amazing and then levy's breakdown and highlights are godlike too. What an amazing month of entertainment!

[@user-di7df8ln8y]

Mans at 18:23 when he hit us with "CONVERTED HIS INITIAL INVESTMENT AND GOTTEN SIGNIFICANT RETURN" has me deceased 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ArtcticKnightX]

The moment he sacrificed the rook in the real game, I knew what was gonna happen in the recap!

[@milambosinyangwe4618]

Woah, missed the entire match because I'm preparing for my bar exams. But this was definitely a monumental win for Ding.

[@batman1820.]

" Ding Ding Ding Ding " - Ninja Hattori

[@YouTubecommentor284]

Gotham refers to football by its proper name. He is such a nice guy!

[@brianmitchell9902]

Love Richard Rapport. Glad he’s Ding’s second we’re gonna see some interesting stuff from them

[@sirprofessor]

Interesting moment I've noticed after watching recaps of 2nd and 4th games: at around 16:45 in both videos Levy did the famous rook phrase. Impeccable.

[@moskaumoskau9434]

DING CHILLING. Ding Liren proceeds to goes god mode 😂

[@ajs1921]

"teammates dont punch each other in the face" that killed me AHAHAH

[@zivaharoni9889]

Ding had one of the best positions of his life

[@bilinasmini3480]

I'm really happy for Ding he deserves it

[@ericalover3025]

I don't think he will retain his title from Magnus.

[@st_editz6338]

8:00 bro woke up and decided to finish sadio manes career lmaooooo

[@shaunlake8016]

Can we all thank Magnus for giving us a fantastic WCC with Ding and Nepo? It's actually exciting to watch!

[@D0BR0VECE]

Can we please leave Magnus out of this? And actually show respect for them.

[@shaunlake8016]

It's a thumbs up battle guys! Get to work! I'm totally ok with losing this but i'm honestly curious after all. :)

[@shashankprashar6604]

Rooting for Ian to not break down psychologically the man shows up at candidates, destroys everybody but chokes at wc please Ian win this, this is the easiest chance for someone to become world champ in a couple decades

[@ex0duzz]

The same can be said to Ding. Or anyone. Playing anyone else rather than Carlsen for WC is a once in a lifetime opportunity. And Ian and Ding got this opportunity. So congrats to two of them. Ian already got 800,000 last time he lost to Magnus, and guaranteed 800,000 to 1,200,000 this time. He doesn't need to be WC. Russia has.been world champions many times before. China has never been for the men, only women.n So I support ding and China to win. I hope neither breaks down psychologically, and both play at their best, but ding plays just that little bit better than Ian.

[@famatu]

I think it would be better for a russian not to win

[@andregroo]

"Nice knight you have here. Would be a shame if anything bad happened to It."

[@amaduck2132]

Can't believe a Chinese played the english 😂

[@Lukas-ms3qj]

Call an ambulance, but not for Ding!

[@cgvgames4164]

Todays stare was intriguing and complex at the same time, definently world champion worthy 9/10

[@graceliu6872]

Levy: 0 DOLLARS! Me: how many cents levy?

[@MC-rd2dz]

As a German viewer i love levy’s sidecalls to all Bundesligas. But honestly it is impressive how well he is informed about current events especially for an American!

[@D0BR0VECE]

Bundesliga is not a small thing in chess world, imo. And it's holding the best checkmate for this year currently. No cap

[@Overkill9991]

Let’s Go Ding!!!!!!!! A pleasure to watch this game live. Nice recap as always Levy

[@ooddododd8101]

The video went up 32 seconds ago? ahaha

[@lets608]

Yeah really nice recap... 30 seconds in

[@meemtiem1273]

How did you see it all in 38 seconds

[@jester3]

Bro was watching on 100x speed

[@Overkill9991]

Magic

[@3bO0d]

turns out the championship is more enjoyable without knowing who's going to win

[@iv3shf]

What an amazing commentary, I already saw the game twice, but looking at it this way makes it an amazing experience, that's why I watched it again! Lario never a let down!!

[@MegaMania91]

What a game! This is shaping up to be a real match. A meeting of minds.

[@shawnlavigne9069]

Sometimes Nepo is guilty of not taking more time to think.

[@mrdriver2988]

16:50 the iconic catch frase never gets old

[@DoxSam]

This video is on trending #12 in gaming Congratulations Levy.

[@jackywu9001]

#6 now

[@SyenPie]

8:32 "Big boy center, BBC thats what we call it" LMFAOOO I will never hear the word "BBC" the same again 😂😂

[@louisnox9873]

Never played or really ever been a fan of chess but you make it so intersting and fun at the same time !

[@Assh69]

Levy's enthusiasm breathed life into me at the end of a pretty exhausting day! THE ROOOOOOOOOOOK wiped out all of my existential dread! 😳💪🗿

[@het6522]

That Bayern Mane and Sane joke was good

[@Hmmmmmm487]

Stop spoiling the game in the title. Give it a normal title