Hikaru With Lead Faces Ding! Can Vaishali, Magnus & Alireza Continue Winning? Norway Chess 2024 Rd 5 

“No other top GM makes these crazy blunders like Fabi” -Hikaru 😭😭

David is such a class commentator. Danny and Anna are like amateurs, making insensitive comments about players. David must be annoyed with these two

Geez what a day,alireza defended so well until that last blunder and that too from equal to mating position,wow chess is so so tough and brutalllll😢

Pls stop with the performative empathy. If these CHESS commentators cared they wouldn’t be gossiping and speculating about someone’s mental health to thousands of people on the Internet - someone who isn’t there to speak for themselves. I personally wanted commentary on the chess not a constant pity party.

The over-analysis and over-speculation of Ding's issues has been so incredibly unfair on him. It's easy enough to say he is going through a bad spell chess wise which doesn't bode well for his WCC chances and leave it at that. Speculating about his health, especially mental health does no one any favours. Also look at Anna's incredibly rude and disrespectful attempt at trying to joke about Ding's situation at 4:31:20. I love that Hikaru had no time for it and put her back in her place. Also a lot of respect for David for just keeping quiet through that bit of the segment and not piling in on the needless speculation. I will not be watching any commentary involving her again. People love raising mental health awareness on social media but don't learn to respect it when it's needed.

Kinda find it ironic how this narration towards ding liren would only worsen him psychologically. I feel like the best way to approach it is just to focus on the game and the game only. To emphatize and pity him would only worsen his condition is just stupid i feel like

Well, David Howell was awfully quiet throughout this interview...interesting!!

4:32:43 🗿🤝🇮🇳

Yikes, how do you guys completely miss most of the final moments of the Magnus game? Fire your producer lol. Why even watch live? Massive blunder.

Please stop commentating on the mental state of Ding Liren. Purely speculative, and truly not helpful to him or anyone else. To be quite frank, as a listener it is annoying, and that’s coming from someone who truly enjoys these tournaments.

Pragg ❤

Lei Tingjei played a wicked tactic to get extra time by making that false claim.

Too much talk about Ding. And the usual BS disingenuous talk about "no one likes to talk about it, but it's a major storyline.". Yes, talking about someone's perceived emotional or mental health problems always get's clicks, views, and interest from the public. While also creating more stress for the person being talked about. Sorry, it's cruel and motivated by our more base instincts as well as financial interests. I wish Chess24 would take a higher road because they do a great job overall.

Anna pliz respect Dings mental status shameless joke there. 😢

3:31:26 wtf is he saying? "new guinees world record for the longest chess car event"?

prag won yeah

ding getting donged

Rensch, take a break. You're stinking up the streams.

The great Indian Chess Triple: Gukesh, Arjun and Pragg

How many points is classical draw??

Can you please not put Danny in the commentary. He makes everything about himself telling a story about anything just to put himself in the conversation or he makes theories based on how a player acts when all they do is shake their head lmao. He makes things awkward even the girl besides him knows that but she can't tell him anything because he's the CEO💀😂

time for Naka's fifth win in a row as white against Fabi

Wish Danny would stop talking. Cringe commentary plus he's the only male non-GM who is commentating the whole chess world. Danny has little true understanding of chess besides Danny's favorite IM opening the dubious Blumenfeld gambit. Watch Danny's match with Lawrence Trent where he could not figure out how to deal with Nc6 in the French over the course of a 4 hour match with many breaks. Non-GM, cringe jokes, little true understanding. Howell deserves to be there, but he is too nice to tell the truth to chesscom that Danny is not deserving of this role. Not even close! Talk about corporate nepotism. Sad. STOP CORPORATE NEPOTISM.

What has been the lowest ranking of the World Champion going into the World Champs? Ding now at #14. Gukesh should take it but it won't be a Great victory given Ding seems to be Champ based off of Magnus dropping out and now that Gukesh has a weak champion. Wish Magnus would come back!

At 4:29:08

Is that right? Vaishali is 2 points in the lead?

4:32:40

THE world Champ DING wish is not to be last! I guess his wish wont come true!

i suggest they replace _this_ lady, worst commentator yet, by far.

Kasihan Ding, makin bungkuk, skill jg makin berkurang drastis ... 😭😭😭

Your commentary team is most excellent!

I really want to watch these streams but I cannot deal with anymore Danny Rensch. Get him out of there pls

What kind of pathetic stream is this? You didn't even show hikaru Winning the game, drooling about carlsen and Alireza drawing the whole time...pathetic

ding liren is😅😅😅😅

Poor Ding

Absolute disgrace from a “world champion”.

ding is the worst world champion

vaishali has gone mad this toournament💀💀💀💀

The Anna fan club

Pia has .5 more points than Ding 🥸