Hikaru's Reaction To The New World Champion 

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I think he didn't even consider draw from start of tht last game...since the games had increment, it is generally a tactic to repeat moves and gain time!! This is going down in history. Amazing

GigaDing

Reminds me of the queens gambit show when beth declined a draw then won

Call an ambulance, but not for me

Yes, and Ian was taken aback by Ding’s boldness to refuse a draw that he started to rattle

Because ding made the choice, so he was able to prepare himself mentally more before deciding. Ian had to react to dings decision which threw him off. It doesn't feel like world championship match tho, they both are equal, no clear winner. Feel bad for nepo and happy for ding. It's one of the games, where u like both players, so u feel sad and happy at same time.

Ding is World Champion and Ian is just yet one decent player. That was the difference.

Good resume of the event man 👍🏻

@@vladbocharov3246 "just yet one decent player" bruh.. you sound like ronaldo/messi fanboys. they're both top of the entire world in their field, and you are literally nothing to both of them

Totally agree

Because it is fixed match

@@ultracelestial can i have what youre smoking?

@@ultracelestial u mad?

@@MiguelRiverro it's so funny how these people immediately jump into the conclusion of "this has to be staged" every time someone shows a skill significantly higher than them in somethign.

As much as I like ding, "sneaking into the number 2 spot" in the candidates has never been enough to even qualify in 100+ years of chess history...

@@Epicness96 You can force Magnus to keep defending his title then

Excellent brevity Karkarov !!! The little man with a brave heart.. that many times he went down in this tournament, he only focussed to get better and gave it that shot in finals.. I think the only black win of the tourney... For Nepo- i think some pshycology, stability is missing. It was like a man vs machine in the tie-breaks, and the machine won

@@Epicness96 Ding has a lot to prove yes. But, unlike other contenders, he was the one who took the risk and won

​@@Epicness96never talk so unnecessarily

Hikaru, when asked why he offered Ian a draw in the candidates...."There's no way Ding is going to win his last three games". Never talk shit when you have to put your money where your mouth is.

@@JSSTyger he said that?

@@jasonexperience8970 Yes...when he was telling the commentators why he offered the early draw to Nepo in the Candidates tournament, part of his reasoning was that Ding wasn't going to win his last 3 games. He ended up being right but Ding beat Hikaru in the final game and that gave Ding the position in this title match. Never talk smack before the match. Talk it after.

@@JSSTyger its wimpy to trashtalk only when youre up.

@@JSSTyger “Let's see if all that trash talking starts when it's zero zero, instead of five-six point lead. That's where it starts. That's the sign of a good man. If you can talk shit when it's even score, or talk shit when you're behind score." - Michael Jordan

I still feel it was because Nepo was too high-strung, a trait he habitually projected onto the inquiring journalists. Choosing to publicly behave like that will only compound one's stress levels.

Much overlooked very valid point. 👌

same i wanted nepo to win

@@aidenorielly4556 same. real bummer.

I wanted Nepo to win exactly because of this. If I try to put myself in his shoes, I would be so insanely upset at myself and I wouldn't wish that feeling upon anyone

Yep, i kinda feel that Nepo deserve it since he won candidates twice. But again he was blitzing out moves in most important moments. It is what it is

Nepo played the better middle games but Ding edged him out in the endgames. Game 14 was a good example. Ian had the lead with the A pawn running down the board but Ding played a flawless endgame to earn the draw.

Its like Red and Andy Dufresne.

i always thought ding was winning this world championship

same haha

So many likes lol

i was team ding cuz i believed he would finish stronger, Nepo physical condition is a bit suspect that gut is rare at the highest level

@Motivational Shorts I heard that he had a mental breakdown, and Ding beat him soundly. Well deserved new world champ if true

​@@RobbieStacks90 Ian? Mental?

@@phil4863 I think he was referring to Hikaru. I'm not sure though.

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@@JacobsKrąnųg Cope harder Russia bot

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Ding chilling

ding chilling is chilling eating his bing chilling

Ding chungus

That was shocking state (no more energy for emotions)

@@Kazakov_Kirill no energy left to even looking at his pathetic Russian guy, how pathetic are you to lose twice in a row

@@Kazakov_Kirill dude literally saw ian mental breakdown. ofc he wont celebrate like that

I believe Ding was shocked and could not believe he had actually won at that moment

No one remains calm there. It is how well you can deal with that.

@@kburtsev ... Magnus was certainly calm lol

@@kburtsev "it is how well you can deal with that" soooo basically calm and cool headed...

@@andersj91 He definitely wasn't. Legit listen to any interview where Magnus talks about the WCC. There's a reason why he abdicated his World Champion title.

Allowed?

​@@musical_lolu4811 by not applying more pressure whenever he got advantage. Countless times Nepo was better but bottled the advantage because he played quick moves.

what are u talking about? Nepo make a lot of brilliant moves. He was playing almost 97 like a machine.

@@luciangv3252 i think what he meant is that when it truly matered nepo was definitely not too accurate especially in the rapid games where ding seemed to only make slight inaccuracies nepo was full on blundering

Well said

Carlsen has only 1+ win over Ding in Classical Chess.The rest are draws

​@@aariz2469 actually Ding is the one ahead in classical.

​@@blindteammates4922 Actually he isn't. Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Ding Liren 1 to 0, with 9 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Ding Liren 39 to 21, with 58 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Ding Liren 38 to 21, with 49 draws. It's pretty much an obliteration but no surprises there.

@andersj91 7 to 6 with 10 draws according to 2700chess. 43 to 27 with 55 draws with rapid, exhibition, and blitz (in Magnus' favor with rapid etc).

​@@andersj91 So you're reporting that Magnus frequently loses to Ding in chess.

Yeah agree. Probably not that much of a heartbreak vs Magnus, but this time he was in a lead almost the whole event and crushing defeat at the end.

No, that would leave the finals in the same format. He has nothing to prove.

well that's exactly what's not fun for him, playing against opponents that don't give him the drive, maybe he'll come back after a year break who knows. But with all the respect, they're abviously all insanely strong GMs, the fact that the guy that shouldn't even have been there won, kinda proved Magnus' point.

Nope. He said that he doesn't want to play these players like Nepo, Ding, etc. for 14 games. It's boring and a waste of time and energy for him.

"Magnus needs to come back through the ranks of the candidates tournament." What are you talking about? He hasn't won poker yet?

Please no 10 years of Magnus is more than enough. I appreciate the thoughts but these old legends NEED to sign off in order for the new gen to rise. The longer he stays at the top the worse it will get for chess which is already losing loads of viewers to checkers already

sure u did

Ding threw away a game winning position. Nepo threw away an almost tournament winning position, and then threw away this last game which lost him the tournament. In other words, Ding messed up once when it was not a critical moment, and Nepo messed up twice when it was absolutely critical not to mess up. Huge difference.

yes, neither of these are near the goat.

​@@donsurlylyte we got it buddy

@@youuuuuuuuuuutube Nepo threw away a lot of winning positions, he wasn’t able to capitalise on any game after game 7

but ding seemed to get more resilient as the match went on

More likely alternate universe. Hikaru never started streaming and lived with his own demons and never even got into candidates

Alternate universe - Hikaru took a break from stream for the Candidates, won it, then beat Nepo like Ding did, and is the new World Champion 🤷🏻‍♂️🙏

​@@mcronrn hikaru is good in rapid chess, your tricks don't work on classic chess

I agree, but, seeing so sad, and devastating and trembling is sad. Ding, in losing position had refused the draw, for triple three repetition, and with 1 minute, he win. Ding so solid, nepo collapsed, the big difference.

Ironic

What do you mean you cheeser? Hikaru literally doesn't care, like he literally doesn't care, why would he, he is only a twitch streamer...

And if the dog didn't stop for a sh1t, it would have won the race.

He pushed for the win when all he needed was a tie.

And if my grandma had balls, she would be my grandpa

May be

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Three months in, hardly any interviews or news about the new world champion. This seems unprecedented in modern chess history. Is it due to the CCP's crackdown on celebrity?

That is just wrong, if you just look at the score of the match, Ian was leading

Ding had several matches that he held the advantage or even a winning position once and let it slip away. Nepo also though. They both had chances they let slip. That's why the score of the match was even and it went to tiebreak.

@@stanleymyrick4068 it is true but Nepos blunders were often quite unforced, they weren't due to time trouble, and the blunders were outright egregious at times - he left a lot to be desired whenever it came to critical decisions in sharp lines though his positional play and opening prep forced Ding into some pretty tough situations - I'd like to feel for Nepo but I don't: he played subpar chess, he was careless at times (almost lazy when it came to calculating) and extremely unlikable in the press conferences

@@Joch241 that is just wrong, if you look at the score of the match, ding won

@@johnkirk1772 I agree. Nepo isn't likeable. But I do give him some credit because he shook Ding's hand the second time, showed up for the hell that was the press conference afterwards and answered the questions. He didn't bow out ungracefully.

No human would take the pawn with the bishop.

@Jack Farrell No I agree but I would be interested to see Hikaru's reaction because that was really the decisive moment, not what was in the video above.

@@ronniemacdonald2768 HOw Ian allowed two passed pawns is beyond me. That fact is really what killed his chances.

@@JSSTygerhe game was still fine for him at the start of Ding getting two past pawns, what happened a few moves later is unfortunate.

@@moatef1886 Its fine in terms of the evaluation being 0.00 but converting the draw was going to be a real sweat-inducing affair. I'd argue things were much easier to play for Ding than they were for Ian with those two passed pawns.

Ding is King 🤴🏻👑

What? Ding A game (the peak of his gameplay, when he’s feeling in the mood) is not better than Nepo’s A game. A lot of top GMs, including Magnus, have said that when Nepo is having a good day, he’s unstoppable. But his floor is also lower than that of other top GMs. It’s not about comparing their A games, because I think Nepo is equal to if not better than Ding when they’re both playing at their peaks (Magnus said Nepo was as good if not slightly better than him when he was having a good day). But Ding’s floor is much higher than Nepo’s floor, always solid and consistent.

That is simply not true. Many considered Ian being a stronger player.

@@moatef1886 The world champion is most of the time the best endgame player, rarely the one who knows the crazy opening or stockfish lines. Only someone who started to watch chess in 2020 could think that Nepo is the better player. He could and should have won, but still never better than Ding. Go watch the Sinquefield final 2019 Ding-Carlsen, one of the best game ever and a brillancy from Ding to beat Magnus. Ding was undefeated in Classical for 100 games in a row, a record at the time. Nepo endgame is not at Magnus or Ding Level. That's why Magnus have been No1 and Ding No2 until Covid. There is literally 2 interviews on youtube of Kasparov and Daniel Dubov saying that Ding A game is superior than that of Nepo. They still favored Nepo this year for the same reason I just mentioned. Ding has not played a lot and people did not know what he could bring. Ding saved a losing position in game 14 (totally lost) by playing the last 40 moves accurately while on time pressure. In the same position today, Ian could not find the right moves and got worse. Ding played the top moves. Ian just thought like a professional chess player assuming that it was an easy draw.