Emotional Climax To The GREATEST World Chess Championship In Living Memory - Ding Liren vs Ian Ian Nepomniachtchi world chess championship 2023. #chess #epicchess #worldchesschampion
What a different image of “a winner” Ding is - painfully shy and soft-spoken, so humble, but with a core of springy steel. Ever read the Tao Te Ching? He’s like Lao Tzu’s hero…
@@epicchess2021 I like the version w pics by Jane English… quick easy read about the virtues of humility, less is more, inaction/waiting over hastiness… 👍🏽🙏
I could feel Ding's emotions after he won. I think he was a little in shock before he started breaking down. His years of extreme hard work towards a goal was realized. I'm happy for him and much deserved. 👏
Definitely feels he’s been the more aggressive player in all the games I’ve gotten to watch seems Nepo it’s been mostly defending or counterplay Ding has been bringing the play to Nepo I’m Glad he won Well deserved
It sounds good, but that's not true. Ian lost the last game because he wanted to win too much. There were many moments during that game where Ian could kill it completely and go for a very dry and boring draw, but he played to win. And Kramnik said during that game that Ian should be more cautious, as it wasn't an easy guaranteed draw if white pushed too hard for the win, and that's exactly what happened.
Not really. the matchfixing to plant ding in candidates tournament and the subsequent blunderfest makes me feel like this is a matchfixed illegitimate championship. Someone is going to need to prove to me this isn't the case in light of matchfixing being present in ALL high level competition in ALL sports (soccer, olympics, starcraft 2, boxing, anything). And the soviet chess era matchifixing was a real thing so there is that. You can't really prove my suspicion incorrect and this sport isn't pure. These are facts.
And nothing against Nepo. Being champion doesn't mean anything if the victory comes easy. This victory didn't come easy. I liked that Nepo continued to play for the win in this last game. It showed a lot of moxie.
I enjoyed this video and its analysis, but I highly highly highly recommend that you watch the replay of this game with the clock times given in real-time. It was the most exciting chess game that I have ever watched. The times on the clocks were something like 10 minutes to 3 minutes in favor of Nepo, so when Ding chose *not* to repeat the position and go for the win while he had barely over a minute on his clock ... well ... it was absolutely wild.
@@epicchess2021: I have watched many of your videos (I also frequently watch Agadmator), and they are very good quality. Having said that, anyone who does not watch this particular game in real-time with the clocks visible is doing themselves a disservice. The decision to "go for it" with so little time on the clock was ... well ... not something that you or Agadmator or anyone else can reasonably analyze rationally. It was something where you had to watch it. Personally, I am very glad that I watched it live and *then* watched your analysis.
There is not much of a chess community in China. Ding doesn't even have a team to help him prepare. Rapport is possibly the only chess player in his entourage.
@@luisanthonychau Your prejudice is pathetic. From the General Admin of Sport of China to the Chinese amateur chess people, there are so many Chinese people always focusing and encouraging Liren. For professional preparation, Rapport is the only disclosed person. It does not mean there are not other professional people behind Liren. Do you know why you developed this perspective? Because you only read English news and reports, and never heard and cannot understand the Chinese social media and civil views
@@luisanthonychau Quit "trolling"? That's not even the right word for it, silly. It's 'joking'. Law degree? They may ask Ding to use his law degree to checkmate his countrymen for saying innocent things like "We need a free and fair election, not communism," and "capitalism brings voluntary exchange and prosperity not central government planning like what ruined the USSR." Maybe Ding will be hired as the DA?
Definitely Congratulations Ding Liren Played like a Champ I felt he initiated more attacking drives Going for Wins in most of these Games Nepo played Great Countermoves but made more errors he should still hold his head high a Great Player in his own Great Game
Congratulations to Ding and actually all chess players, it's not such an easy game when the mind works so much.., thinking.., thinking.., all that training and all those challenging games must exhaust a player, what a relief for Ding, he looks happy that the acheivement has been accomplished.
Your chess channel is arguably the best on chess commentary with wonderfully concise yet thorough explanation on all possible alternative moves and ramifications.
I liked Nepo, but also I praised Ding for his resilience, beginning from qualifications to final! Nepo is really great player, but he missing patience and in key moments and decisions he made wrong move! Sad! In other hand, Ding believed in himself and what to say!? Congratulation to to new chess king - Ding!
Nepo played all that he could in the final moments, threatening to checkmate. But Ding countered each perfectly despite being low on time. In the end, the 2 pawns were too much for Nepo to deal with.
I missed the dang match yet when I saw thumbnail of picture of King Ding looking dejected, hell, I thought he had lost! Wow-wee! What a helluva game to win title. My gut feeling from beginning was, yep, Capt. Nepo would squeeze out victory. I'm kind of in shock right now and don't know what else to say.
@@swewunna the only exciting part of the last WC was when one of them almost ran out of time, and Nepo’s blunders… Magnus bored himself in the WCs, which of course is why he gave up defending the title
think “greatest world chess championship ever” is a little over the top, personally (Fischer vs. Spassky for one possibly the best ?) ,but it’s a matter of opinion I suppose.
I feel a bit sad for Ding, knowing that although he's the World Champion, but also knowing he's not the best. At the same time, I understand why Magnus would want to get out of the rat race. He has nothing left to prove.
For me living memory is a turn of phrase meaning last 20-30 years roughly , not like last 50-60 years. Also only my opinion I know some ppl will disagree! Thanks for watching anyway
The greatest world chess championship in Living Memory? Seriously? Any of the world championship matches between Kasparov and Karpov were better than Nepo vs Ding.
@@epicchess2021 I was a 13 year old player when I watched Fischer/Spassky 1972. There was great chess and cold war drama all blended together. What a match! Unfortunately Fischer became very hateful as he got older and I lost my respect for him. But in 1972 he was king.
Except the best player of all times didn't participate! And talking about the "Greatest World Chess Championships" One can instantly think of 5 or 6 championships that were certainly more "Greatest" than this one. Oh, maybe Your "living memory" goes only two or three years into the past.
You have to be very naive to think that Carlsen is the best player of all times. What would be his contribution in the evolution of chess, comparing to Capablanca, Alehin, even Botvinnik? And let's keep Fischer out of that, he's from another league, one of his own.
@@petremanole9534 Of course, You have a right to have an opinion and I'm trying to find out how relevant it may be - of all the Manole players with FIDE ratings I can't find a "petre malone" person there. Now another thing - saying that contribution to a developing of a theory is a measure of the best is like claiming that the greatest philosopher was an unknown caveman who invented god, or in sports saying that Jesse Owens (who won the gold medal at the Hitler's Berlin Olympic games 1935, was a better or more important athlete than Carl Lewis or Usain Bolt for example. They both had to compete with a much more able competition. well trained or in the case of chess more knowledgeabe opposition - And of course, You can be a fan of Fischer, but both Karpov and Kasparov were better and more complete chess players, even young Karpov would most probably beat Fischer if he decided to defend his title. And Carlsen is even stronger then them both and he has to compete in the times of Computer Engines, there's information about every chess game ever played publicly available to everybody, effortlesly, everybody can prepare for "all his tricks" and yet he is the winner most of the time. And for me in the historical sense the most impressive was Lasker, not because he was a champion for almost 3 decades, but because of his ability to find a study-like endgames at the board when the clock was ticking before the theory was even developed.
The whole match was like watching kids play chess. What a waste of time has been. Not a single game will go into the books. They are all too imprecise and random.
The entire match was a thrill-ride, and we were treated to the ultimate display of risk taking, creative, and genius level chess. It was like watching Ali vs. Frazier. Unbelievable heavyweight action! Nepo should immediately demand a rematch. Ding vs. Nepo II. ♟️
World's greatest? Really? Really? Never before has someone bumbled, blundered and lucked their way to become world champ. Even the best games of the match were mediocre compared to blitz games I've seen. These guys were 2nd rate players who won the lotto because someone else quit. The match was a popcorn fart. I watched each day but by the end it was like reading a boring book. Even Fab and Robert kept saying, in game after game, that they are playing like it's an unrated blitz game. Fab kept saying "This is the world championship...you have to play better than this". He said things like that virtually every game, in total shock at what he was seeing. I'm sure that he got scolded for doing so too since of course they want to build it up. I can see that certain people want to spin it as an amazing match but it just wasn't, by any standard. It's fine and good to say that a few games were decent but to say that it's the greatest in living memory is just bizarre and unhinged. You want views so you want to build it up but I don't know anyone who doesn't think that it was a mediocre popcorn fart. I'm sure that some will say that they are 100X better than me, and they are, but everyone has eyes. This match was a order of magnitude lower in quality compared to the great matches in history, living or not. I've seen fewer blunders and poor choices on Hikau's speedruns.
Yeah I fully get you, I’m not saying it was of a quality like we saw in say Magnus v Fabi but as a pure spectacle it’s the greatest I’ve ever seen. So much more exciting than any other I’ve ever watched and I’ve been watching since mid 2000s so certainly in my living memory it’s greatest anyway imho! Thanks for watching anyway
