World Chess Championship 2023 | Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren | Game 7

[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@colinpaton3770]

Revisiting this channel after long absence and now my "go to" for this WC and future events - I like the the move by move comments/analysis, however brief as appropriate. 👍

[@josedanieldavilaparedes553]

Excellent video as usual. I have got a question. How do get to have the letters of the ranks not in capital letter?

[@RPGgamer1010220]

This world championship is a roller-coaster

[@PommesMitMayo]

Watching the last 10 minutes live was so painful because it was just so relatable. Low on time, complicated position and you just cannot find the right move. If anything this championship shows that the players at the top of the world are no emotionless calculating machines but do struggle with the same things we do at the amateur level. Most exciting match of the last decades for me. I no longer care in the slightest about Carlsen stepping down if we can have a match like this as a result.

[@misterkefir]

4 decisive games in a row in a WCC match last happened in 1986 (Kasparov vs Karpov) and 5/7 decisive games last time happened in 1972 (Spassky vs Fischer) where Fischer also decided to forfeit game 2 (so it barely counts, honestly).. A truly amazing match we have over here, no doubt. Thank You for your brilliant analysis of the games so far, GM King!

[@kkarx]

This championship is so fun because Nepo is often hasty and Ding is often in time pressure. It is like fire and water. It is also nice to see two imperfect humans competing.

[@republikadugave420]

Such an underrated chess channel...very good analysis from human perspective..most channels nowdays just repeat stockfish variations

[@jasondoe2596]

@@nextinstead WTF. Comment reported for racism.

[@human7491]

Jerry also good

[@human7491]

(ChessNetwork)

[@republikadugave420]

​@@nextinstead agad is quick but he could really start editing his videos more cause his commentary isnt that indepth and you can se he is just posting videos to post them, but his saga videos are much better quality.....hikaru i cannot follow cause he comments very fast and has a 100% chess mind, he has like a yngwie malmstien type of approach to teaching the main themes of the positions on the board where a normal person just doesnt get it...Levy is best out of ones you mentioned tbh... But for my taste this channel is taylor made cause commentary is really easy to understand and presented in a very calm way and in the end of the day content is educational...

[@vibovitold]

​@@republikadugave420Adagmator is nowhere near IM or GM strength, he's rated ~2000. Very respectable for a casual player, but the quality of his analysis (at least original analysis) when it comes to world class games is dubious

[@sebszab76]

It was very sad to see Ding in the last moments of the game, he just blocked. And the press conference was heartbreaking. I hope he recovers.

[@simazar]

I hope someone's taking good care of him

[@bradmodd7856]

He was the underdog when this started, now I think he has an even harder task, I hope he recovers too.

[@timkokesh1968]

The “Nigel Short king” may require some background: in a tournament game against Jan Timman, Short found an amazing plan during a tense middlegame to advance his king all the way to h6, where it could team up with the White queen to deliver checkmate on g7. Even with neatly his full army on the board, Timman couldn’t find a good defense.

[@jonbaker2102]

Greatest king tour ever.

[@michaelf8221]

Ding's clock management this game was inexcusable. Even if you think you're worse... Just make a move! Leaving yourself with 45 seconds for 8 moves is equivalent to resigning.

[@bradmodd7856]

and then writing the moves down on his sheet after each one....maybe he could have skipped that, someone would have a record somewhere.

[@RealGaIaxy]

​@@bradmodd7856 I assume it's a rule, is it not?

[@sarbasov]

19:05 I think the idea of Rh4 move was to change defender role of h2 pawn from Queen to rook.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Yes - I think Nepo saw that Black's rook could swing to h5 to attack h2 and that's why he put the rook back.

[@brothersperrymanTV]

Great commentary as always. Thank you for creating excellent chess content!

[@asprinama]

Incredible how Ding broke out. It resembles Nepo's breakdown in 2021. This is the most exciting WCC in recent memory!

[@theTutenstien]

This is most definetly not a WCC but a fake one

[@MAli-wu4rx]

@@theTutenstien Not a fake one if the strongest two who are not sidestepping play each other.

[@AppleJackApple]

Magnus would most likely win this one but at least we are watching a match where players don't try to make 14 draws as would have been the case with Magnus. Certainly super exciting.

[@warnaoh]

@@AppleJackApple I mean not Magnus' fault his opponents play to draw hopin he s goin to repeat his mistake vs Karjakin... Yeah this match has more entertaining value but how pitiful is the chess/mental level...

[@asprinama]

@@theTutenstien so don't watch it

[@johncollorafi257]

These games are real cliffhangers, a far cry from the usual boring draw draw draw. Great commentary from Daniel, not too complicated or too simple.

[@jonbaker2102]

Never seen anything like it- in a winning position, Ding just froze and let his clock run out. Nepo himself was stunned watching the seconds tick away- not really having to do anything. This has been an otherworldly (and wonderful!) World Chess Championship.

[@JoshWiniberg]

I really feel like Ian deserves to win this, as the legitimate qualifier and two time contender. But Ding just seems like such a nice guy and his play in game 6 was so beautiful, I feel bad for him after today. He's obviously (and understandably) feeling the pressure. Anish summed it up perfectly: it's not as obvious as in physical sports, but in chess this is what a total collapse looks like.

[@markilsemann950]

I wouldn't call him out yet, and I wouldn't call this a breakdown. He's been down before and recovered. What I'd say, though, is that neither Nepo nor Ding truly deserve this title. Nepo is too impulsive, Ding too human. Carlsen is a machine.

[@JoshWiniberg]

@@markilsemann950 I totally agree that MC is still the real undisputed champion but I also think that relinquishing the title was a great thing for chess. Nepo and Ding may not be the most solid players ever but we're getting more exciting games than in a long time. As a spectator I'm ok with that.

[@alexu297]

​@@markilsemann950How NEITHER of them? Ian won candidates, maybe he wouldn't win against Carlsen but he's still, as mention in the comment, the LEGITIMATE candidate. Quality means little, being there, qualifying to the candidates, then win it, and then winning a whole long match against whomever you're against, makes you the WCC. By quality, other players should've been WCC but is all about winning at the end of the day. As an analogy, it doesn't matter if, in football, you have more possession, more passes precision, and all of that, what is important is that you score more goals.

[@markilsemann950]

@@JoshWiniberg Can't agree more.

[@JoshWiniberg]

@@alexu297 also worth remembering that Karpov was a less legitimate champion than whoever wins this WCC will be. Nonetheless, he earned his place in chess history and proved himself as a legend.

[@nickjackson6962]

Powerplay to 100k!!!

[@frednimzowi9852]

Thank you GM King! Very clear explanations in a fascinating double edged game. Extreme tension, creative play by both players, very sharp, time trouble, this game has it all, except an endgame, haha.

[@wzdew]

A tactical French was a nice surprise today. Could definitely feel Nepo fighting for that win today, but Ding was looking so good for most of the game. Real shame that the time got the better of him. It's amazing to watch two such incredibly talented players duke it out over the board.

[@kathiramu1182]

Excellent analysis sir

[@stuartie4065]

Really great commentary! Thanks for the exciting storytelling of these games

[@zagozago9893]

You have to feel for Ding. Great game.

[@johnnybrew1]

Great commentary, as per usual, GM King...... and greetings from up' t' North!

[@rdbom4252]

Great review, thank you. I watched several other reviews and you are the *only* commentator who actually listened properly to what Ding said in the press conference. It's not so much that he froze at move 32 for some strange psychological reason, more that he misevaluated the position and thought he was losing. In that case it's more understandable for him to use his remaining time to look for a way out. (Not that it's great time management or anything, but at least it explains something.)

[@PowerPlayChess]

Exactly. His self-belief drained away…

[@DrZygote214]

@@PowerPlayChess Can you comment any on the new time control for this match? Why did they remove increment until move 60? Previous WCCs had increment after every move and i think if the pros train that way their whole lives, that kinda time management get ingrained into your brain and you instinctively spend similar amount of time on complex positions, only to find you are running out of time now. To me that seems plausible at least.

[@PowerPlayChess]

@@DrZygote214 I need to check this, but in 2021 I don't believe they played with an increment up until move 60. With or without I don't believe this would upset the players who are all used to playing with different time controls - and this is a very minor adjustment. Personally I think they have got it right. Increments before move 60 are an unnecessary complication.

[@ralphdenver8174]

Got in on refresh number 5! Dropped 1 minute ago! Didn't see the game at all, so excited to see how this goes down.

[@edsanjenis9416]

I always look forward to your great analysis, GM Daniel King

[@AroundWayOther]

wow what time pressure!

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Somehow the match score and mood makes me think of 1996, Liverpool 4 Newcastle 3! Incredible stuff and great analysis Daniel as always

[@PowerPlayChess]

I've just gone back and watched the highlights again - brilliant goals. Poor old Kev.

[@FoxonFriday]

Enjoy your rest day, Danny! Brilliant match, great game & excellent analysis as ever. I've not seen many French defences at the World Ch

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

An exciting game and match, tragic end for Ding today, more twists and turns to come I feel. Thanks Daniel.

[@elhugo13]

wow, it felt like Ding lost this game instead of Ian winning it.

[@embeleco2342]

Such a difficult game... Both had to calculate on almost every move. No wonder it was the clock that dicided the game. 'Just make a move' doesn't convince me because every move was crucial, a wrong move would have lost the game also. Both players were stuck between a rock and a hard place, and Ding was on the 'unlucky' side this time.

[@synchronium24]

19:04 Took me a minute to realize why c4 doesn't work to remove a defender of e5 here. That move frees up the d4 square for Bd4+ and then moving the rook.

[@70Bodi]

Another exciting game and another great analysis. In general, instead of failing the time control for sure because of thinking far too long I prefer playing anything so there is a chance to survive. But maybe it is easier said than done.

[@clementepokevideos]

Ty for the análisis of this amazing Game!

[@duilioalba4395]

Incredible game, Ding played very well, i think the management time was his problem here. Great video as usual Daniel. congrats!!!

[@emilioarroyomohamed]

Is clear that the pressure is affecting both players, it could be that this match will be decided by having better nerves

[@Forest_Knight]

Let's get this channel to 100k subs before the end of the match. Daniel deserves it. 👆👆👆

[@PowerPlayChess]

That would be a fine thing!

[@djgresearch]

Not for the first time, the clock was such a big factor. Linked to personality, Ding seemed to want to analyse every detail, regardless of the clock, whereas, with time running short, he should have just played percentage moves, or waiting moves like Kg7. Contrary to what some have said, I think Rapport is a good choice as second. I get the impression he's a friendly, outgoing guy, which can help when you need to unwind, but chess-wise, Ding has a known tendency to be predictable in the opening and Richard has worked against that. I think when you spring a surprise opening in a match, it's only a surprise for that one game, of course, and you need it to work for you.

[@DrZygote214]

To me i think it is a symptom of the new time control. Remember, in the previous WCCs the time control always had an increment after each move. In this WCC they don't have increment until move 60, which makes a huge huge difference. Imagine you train your whole life on classical chess with the same time control, only to have it change. Now suddenly you find yourself in time trouble even tho you calculate and instinctively spend similar time on complex positions. Not easy to adjust to.

[@A51838]

8:50 yours is the first recap i've seen that mentions the threat of Nd7. dunno why nobody brings it up, but seems essential to me. so idk well done lol

[@PowerPlayChess]

Looks bloody obvious! Maybe that's why it wasn't mentioned.

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Got a stroke while watching live. Anish left for a minute when poor Ding froze...

[@LarryT88]

Really feel sorry for Ding - he played so well with black from the beginning

[@moukoubam.993]

If you look at statistics, Nepo has beaten Ding 6 times with blacks vs 2 times for Ding. All games considered, Nepo outplayed Ding 16 vs 11 times and 19 draws. Meaning, statistically speaking, Nepo is stronger than Ding.

[@bobsinclair8990]

Thank you, Daniel!

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Haha what a bonkers match. Is this really the same Ding Liren that went 100 unbeaten with eighty odd draws?! Nepo exercised the psychological wound well, the way he prowled around the table as Ding was thinking must've been unsettling. What a great match this is turning out to be!

[@marcantoniosavelli1710]

This game, by the way, demonstrates once again that having access to an evaluation bar would be a tremendous boost for any player, making online cheating completely undetectable. You don't even need to play engine moves to massively raise your elo if you are cheating. Professional online chess is a joke. Long live over the board chess!

[@damiangilz]

This game shows that if the match reaches a tie break, Ian will probably bulldoze Ding.

[@julianray6802]

Don't worry about the neighbours, your commentary is so good to negate any distractions.......unless they beak through the wall behind you!

[@firstlast3946]

This wch is great. İf We want perfection there is a correspondence chess. But Who cares Science thats life. With tragedy and happiness.

[@hughbyrne8790]

I thought Ling Diren might win the match but its like Korchnoi always time trouble.

[@robertmacias7920]

Great fighting chess. Instead of moving...h5 was picking off the pawn on h2 a better choice, immediately threatening Bg3 winning the exchange?

[@bonghunezhou5051]

10:37 "R *a* e1" - another rarity for Daniel (though the correct designations of ambiguous moves ought to be internalised indeed) Another splendid analysis 😎👍

[@alexf0101]

thanks

[@kencusick6311]

Again. Wow. They’re both just going for it.

[@balazsio]

Fantastic game

[@Pedone_Rosso]

Well. No Carlsen, but I think nobody will say it's not an entertaining WCC! Thanks for your videos!

[@davidcopson5800]

Very thorough analysis. Great presentation, despite the noisy neighbours.

[@joshuamitchell5530]

Unfortunately I’ve been busy the last few days so haven’t been able to watch the live streams. Every afternoon I check my phone expecting to see 1/2 - 1/2 but every day I’m seeing 1-0 it’s crazy.

[@rtheben]

Love you Danny

[@PowerPlayChess]

Steady.

[@LateCloser]

Wow, h4 was really a move. Not one that I would have expected. It's interesting psychologically. On one hand, Ding had no fear of losing. It's as if he's thinking "Ian plays too fast and loose, I'm going to find his mistakes and punish him". Unfortunately, he missed something and really threw away a game it looked like he couldn't lose, at least to me. Now the question is, does this blunder linger in his head; like it did for Ian in his match against Magnus. I don't think so, but hopefully he doesn't lose the next game. Shame, because his opening strategy of surprising Nepo seemed to really pay off. He's played the London, now the French. He has to have their team scrambling a bit. I'm sure Nepo is sitting on a bunch of new moves in Ding's normal repertoire and he can't use them. So far, they're useless. I kind of wish there wasn't another rest day though. I would imagine that helps Ding. We'll see. Looking forward to the next video! What a match.

[@PowerPlayChess]

...h4 wasn't bad, but it was a bit panicky. Breaking open the position with little time on the clock was a poor practical decision. He had obviously underestimated gxh4, and convinced himself that his position was shot through - that's when he froze.

[@Jaylooker]

Allowing Qh4 with Nf6 put Ding under pressure. g6 as mentioned with some more accurate play could absorb white’s attack better.

[@paritoshkulk]

After Rd5 what happens after c4 😊 18:58

[@danielfcastro]

...Bd4+

[@paritoshkulk]

What about Re5 15:46

[@davidfranklin5426]

In the press conference Nepo said he saw ...Bd4+ and thought it was a perpetual.

[@chazzabh]

All this messy drama just goes to show what a towering champion MC has been - far above the rest in both technique and mentality. Caruana gave him a battle: I wonder if playing Magnus at this level raises your own standard of self-discipline and concentration…

[@xCupressocyparis]

Agreed. While an understandable decision, I along with many others was disappointed when Carlsen declined to defend the title. I didn't think this match would hold much interest, but it's turning out to be the most exciting world championship in recent memory. I think that the progression of this match is really emphasising Magnus' strength though, even though he's not participating. The guy lost two games total over the course of five world championship matches. That alone is pretty amazing but I think it really shows Carlsen's mental toughness as well, because he never caved in to the pressure, including when he was down in his match against Karjakin in 2016. Admittedly the long series of drawn games in the recent WC matches did get tiresome, but they also showed that Magnus was just incredibly difficult to beat. Maybe Caruana came the closest, but Magnus didn't feel that he had to take chances in the main match because he was by far the favourite in the tiebreak portion. Ding and Nepo are of course both great players and are producing a fantastically exciting and entertaining match, but each of them has shown vulnerability in recent years, including of course Nepo's collapse in the 2021 WCC, and I expect the winner of this match is going to feel they have a huge amount to prove in the wake of the Carlsen era.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Agreed, Charles. But it also shows there are different kinds of match strategies: I am surprised that (radical) switching between openings hasn't been employed more in the last few World Championships. In the digital age one can gather and assimilate quality opening analysis very easily, so why not flip between completely different systems to keep the opposition guessing? We are a long way from the Queen's Gambits of Alekhine-Capablanca (or K-K for that matter).

[@mitchellfelder2420]

This was incredibly difficult to watch live. Unfortunately, Ding froze up at the board. I hate this horrible game!

[@shouldersofgiants4649]

Mr.King, thanks for the analysis, I'm yet to watch the full video but I want to share this thought: why couldn't the chess world switch to this system of having the final match between the top 2 finishers in the candidates every cycle? Seems to me it is fairer and paves way to getting a greater variety of players playing the world championship each cycle. Seeding the world champion directly into the final match seems quite unfair from a sporting point of view at the very least. In tennis, for instance, the current winner of the Wimbledon still has to play the full cycle to earn a right to play the next final (I understand Chess has had its traditions). We could also do away with rapid/blitz tie break ritual by giving the winner of the candidates the trophy in the event of a tied match (for instance, here Ian would win if the match is tied 7-7)

[@fundhund62]

Nice idea, but if you want to give a player drawing odds, there should be a greater number of games, maybe 24 like in the old days. Otherwise one guy would just have too great of an advantage.

[@roqsteady5290]

@@fundhund62 Yes and would have an incentive to take no risks.

[@embeleco2342]

Nice idea. Concerning giving drawing odds, maybe something along the lines of first win in the match also wins the drawing odds? And in addition, maybe the winner of the candidates get to choose color for the first game?

[@wacquantx]

Not sure about the last capture on a7, surely Bd4 gains back the exchange?

[@PowerPlayChess]

Rd7.

[@wacquantx]

@@PowerPlayChess That's why you are a GM and I'm not :D

[@witcher-86]

what a tense game! Ding was alright, but clock is also part of the game :)

[@simazar]

I've only followed a few world champs closely but am noticing commentators are surprised at the blunders made. Are emotions and psychology a bigger factor than in previous years?

[@Zeitgeistpionier]

❤‍🔥

[@RoyGazoff]

Everything seems a rollercoaster these days

[@mooneyesage]

I blame the zero increment for the first 60 moves for this chaos. The earlier games are fine because of the players' brilliance. This would have been a great game but is instead marked by time-trouble induced blunders by both sides. The final few moves was painful to watch. It's more like watching blitz games than a high quality classical game. Without a doubt, Carlsen is still the best player in the world.

[@colinpaton3770]

Been in similar positions after 15-20 moves in many blitz QGD as White. They can turn very double edged, Ding here just lost his way a bit.

[@MartinUToob]

Another "Hay-Maker" by Nepo. Let's see if Ding gets up and dusts himself off and gets back into the fight again.

[@benhaskin1159]

Wow! How much more fun is the world championship match without boring old Magnus?

[@GauravDattaLaw]

As a French player, I am sad that Ding couldn't convert the win today.

[@embeleco2342]

Hear, hear!

[@bleepbleep5245]

im confused 😕 ... are you a French Defense player or just a frog ?

[@GauravDattaLaw]

@@bleepbleep5245 what a weird thing to say. So random.

[@Socrates...]

Ding committed suicide in that game, very sad

[@jakobbjerrejensen9427]

Carlsen on greatest Chess player og all time

[@msn140]

Because of rapport ding payed e6

[@jonexplores7201]

Almost every video I've seen on this channel when black plays the French, they lose or barely hold a draw. Is this just a bias or is the French just not good at the highest level?

[@grimborn9949]

For most of the game, Ding had a good position. No proof for a failing French here.

[@A51838]

grimborn is right but it's also true that the french is not very good

[@PowerPlayChess]

The French is fine. Indeed, Ding was doing rather well.

[@grimborn9949]

@@A51838 Maybe for Stockfish and Magnus Carlsen, but for a simple average club player like me and my opponents at the same level, it works fine. For over 50 years now.

[@guest_informant]

10:54 The dreaded angle grinder :-)

[@John-us9rm]

Great defence. But unfortunately Ding run out of time .

[@fgdjhnpdfgh8255]

It's NePOMniachtchi, not NepomiNIachtchi.

[@roland_k1889]

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[@northsorrow4699]

its so hard to change your style from e4 e5 to France defense in short time...

[@salmarwow]

when you are super GM, you can play anything. And Ding played opening quite well, no issues with that.

[@alexsoundias1974]

Don’t think you can really say that when the position Ding got was good. And it’s not like the French is foreign to him, even if he hasn’t played it much recently

[@northsorrow4699]

@@alexsoundias1974 ...he been under pressure since move two,

[@salmarwow]

@@northsorrow4699 I wouldn't blame opening in this case. Engine's bar was level pretty much till Rd2? . And Hikaru in his comment said that he prefers black after that exchange sac. Sure, French has it's style which is quite different from other openings, but Ding was doing well till that final blunder.

[@abhishekkj9664]

In just noticed that there is no increment until move 40 . I think thats not good . atleast 10 sec increment must be there

[@chazzabh]

It’s fine. It forces you not to dither

[@A51838]

@@chazzabh apparently not lol

[@PowerPlayChess]

An increment before move 60 makes defence too easy and resulted in a lot of draws.

[@rdbom4252]

Having an increment when the time control is a fixed number of moves makes little difference. If you gave a 10 second increment up to move 40 then that's like adding 400 seconds to the total time bank of 2 hours. (The only slight difference is that it forces you to reserve a little time for each move, rather than using your judgement for it.)

[@mooneyesage]

As a supporter of Ding, my advice is this: Since Nepo is prone to blundering, why play in such sharp complicated positions that "justify" his blundering? Ding needs to take a page out of Carlsen's playbook: safety first and then relentlessly explore any mistake made by Nepo. There is no point fighting fire with fire. Ding needs to step up and stop attacking his opponent's strong points and play solidly from this point forward.

[@osgubben]

Crazy. Must be pre-arranged😂

[@georgeturner4848]

Magnus Carlsen would crush either of these guys. They make far too many games to beat him over 12 games.

[@vibovitold]

He totally would. That's why he's the Could Have Been World Champion.

[@LongBananaProduction]

Do you think the match is becoming a joke? 😂

[@jyotirmaykalita5862]

in the previous interview he said that they were not like carlsen who is much more proffesional than them .... yeah he was absolutely right .. this chapter will be in history ..... such a bullshit performance .... doesnot they have experirnce .... this is ridiculous ...... not a world champ material ....both of them doesnot deserve that .... magnus is will stay as the king for sure unless someone stable and excellent performer come ahead in the time .....

[@sarbasov]

Ridiculous analysis of what is happening in the match. They both could play draws in every game if they wanted to or if they were too scared to fight.

[@A51838]

wanking gesture

[@warnaoh]

@@sarbasov Wtf are you saying. Most of their mistakes are due to mental weakness. Srsly some of yall morons only care about the result and not the level of the gameplay

[@berndwind]

I’m still amazed how many people still carry on with this rhetoric. Get over it already. 🙄 Bullshit performance? Are you insane? Have you actually seen the games? Anyway. Signing off, shaking my head with a vague hope that one day less idiocy turns up in front of my eyes.

[@joketer34]

This game was 😱😨🤯🥵😵