Yeah that's Nepo for you fast mostly accurate attacking moves Winning with the bishop sack against ding and the rook sac here against firouzja is something else It's such a shame we couldn't see him play like that in the world championship
Nepo can't defeat Magnus. He is not mentally strong enough,he breaks down under pressure. He gives too much respect to Magnus,and goes right into his trap, playing Carlsens game instead of his. He can't beat Magnus positionally,he should attack attack and attack against Magnus,in order to win. BUT,I believe Magnus that he will retire,if Alireza doesn't win. Also,Nepo should fire all of his firsts and seconds,if he gets another chance against Magnus,and play his own game,not Carlsens.
@@CrazyzzzDudezzz this is just how Nepo played before the match with Carlsen, remember that he had to win Candidates. It was very unfortunate that he fell apart after losing game 6 which was a draw with best play, but Carlsen grinded him hard, and one single slip in a very long and tiresome game was all Carlsen needed to win, and it shook Nepo heavily. You could say it was against Carlsen, but if you want to be the world champion, it shouldn't happen. But anyway, this is Nepo in his true colors, a savagely good player. If he wins Candidates again, hopefully he can prepare mentally bit better than last time since his ability otherwise is not lacking.
I like magnus but when magnus defeated nepo last year I felt bad for nepo because of his innocent facial expression. Edit: Also heartbreaking questions were being asked to nepo at press conference,we could sense that by his expression
@National Socialism lol at your name. You're right, he blundered several times. Badly. I don't think anyone had a shot at beating Magnus, but Nepo probably could've taken a couple games if not for those awful blunders. Media still did him dirty, he knew he messed up and they were relentless.
Yeah I’m not even a fan of nepo or anything but watching someone get destroyed at something they worked hard their whole life for was heartbreaking. It felt like you were watching his dreams get crushed.
Nepo is completely on fire. He has defeated some of the favorites players to win the tournament such as Ding and Alireza in an effortless way! . He is playing amazing attacking chess!!
Ian is a monster. He doesn't care about who you are or what you want he just wants to kill you. He badly wants a rematch with Magnus and this time he will be more worthy and prepared. I don't mind a rematch.
@@stocktwit6586 It's not easy when all eyes are on you. The pressure got to him but he came back much stronger. Isn't that enough to tell you that he's much more worthy now.
@@stocktwit6586 well he did not play for 14 boring draws which most likely magnus does. Magnus is such a boring player when it comes to big stake matches.
The game is awesome, but what made it truly entertaining were Nepo's facial expressions. You can just read everything the man thinks about each move and about his opponent's decisions. Legendary
@@detroiter4eva he can, he was the one with winning positions that he drew in 2 games before carlsen won a super long grind game, after that nepo was not mentally there anymore and played silly things
@@aadiruleshah145 thats my point he mentally tilted and played like a 2300 after the grueling long loss after being winning in 2 games before that. He was tilted that he didnt win when he shouldve and then that he barely lost a super long game
@@eyeofhorus1301 he wasnt really winning in the two games before that - both players had time pressure and technically were both at a “winning position” in some point. But both couldn’t really convert because of the time pressure. It was fairly even and no one was in the drivers seat. Then Magnus took over from game 6. That’s what seperates him from everyone else. You might be able to hang with him for a couple of games (like in Nepo’s case) or even the whole classical portion (in Fabi’s case), but he will grind you down and beat you. His endurance is far better than anyone else’s in the entire world
It's nice to see Nepo winning against the only guy that Magnus consider playing in the WCC, I hope that this boosts his morale after the frustration he had to endure in his match against Magnus.
yeah alireza represents the potential of a new generation to usurp magnus. candidates is a test to see if he is ready to take on magnus, who is “bored” of people he has played for decades
@@karbon4628 TO be fair to Magnus, we have sort of an unprecedented time when the world champion has been the obviously best player for over 10 years at this point. Yet, over that entire time, except for when Giri first appeared (and he's only 4 years younger and hasn't come close to Magnus), the only players close to his abilities are the same ones within 1 or two years of his age, who he has been playing his entire life. There was a period of time where Karpov was the only match for Kasparov, but eventually Nigel Short came on, and then Anand. And although none of them ever had the advantage against Kasparov, I don't think that they were at the same disadvantage that Fabi or Nepo were at, where people were saying before the tournament that Fabi's best result would be drawing 12 classical games and then losing in the Rapids and were expecting Nepo to lose at least one classical game. If Ding were to play Magnus, we'd almost certainly get 12 draws again, with a slight chance of a loss from Ding, although Ding might be only the slight underdog in the rapid and blitz tiebreaks as he has beaten Magnus in rapid matches. So it totally makes sense that he does not want another long slog with any of them.
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Reality seems to hit hard for Alireza. this was brutal considering that he is a former 2800 and usually tactically sound player. But nepo is really playing like a magician. This guy is the best in weird positions. I am curious how he will handle Magnus( considering Magnus said that Nepo is brilliant but can't handle a loss very well)
@@jaikapoor8060 wasn't?! Name 1 single moment where Magnus suffered against Nepo. Nepo is very, very good, but saying that Magnus wasn't controlling the match from the beginning is delusional.
@@mckwrnck9006 bruh...did you forgot magnus was in time scramble as well as in worse position...but then nepo came into time pressure as well and could not follow up....also in one game magnus missed nepo's move and had to sac exchange
I am both pleased and impressed with Nepomniachtchi's performance in this year's candidate's tournament. After the rollercoaster of emotions that must have been his championship match, he's up and fighting with great vigour for a new shot at the title. He's not to be counted out from the top contenders yet! Though it must be said. From what we've seen this far, none seem to be in the shape and level required to take the title from Magnus. Great performances overall, but the King will still be the King.
He not only cant be counted out from the top contenders, he is the top contender right now. Fabi does look equally strong to me so far and im still believing in Alireza. Tough Luck for him to have his brilliant Prep in R3 unrewarded and running into equally brilliant prep from Nepo today. I think it’s between these 3.
You're probably right on that. Though I must admit that a Caruana rematch is dear to my heart. Including 'yet' at the end gives the appearance of an expectation of him dropping off from the top placement(s) in the candidates. A poor formulation as Nepo has shown himself to be in real good fighting shape.
@@MinhTuan-sm6dy Bro that's how you win a game of chess...one guy blunders in time pressure or simply because of the pressure of the complicated positions...and That's how Carlsen has won all of his WCC games...because his opponent blundered. How difficult it is to understand???
@@MinhTuan-sm6dy bruh, that's how you win games genius. If you two both play good moves it will be a draw, if one plays bad or slip up someone will win.
The tourney's not half over and you're all reaching unassailable conclusions. Have none of you played chess matches? I got to 2206 barely, but performed at 2300 strength in 14 matches for the Ventura Chess Club Championships (1999= 2015) I don't quite know why or how that happened, but it did.
Alirexa is not mentally strong enough to beat Nepo and therefore you can discount his entire future....hear how stupid that sounds? writing Nepo off permanently is just as stupid
Great to see all the Neko love in the comments. Got his mojo back!! This game will be a great confidence boost. I won't be surprised to see him kick on from here.
This time Carlsen shape in classical chess is not so great...he might get to loose title or rather this WCC will be very tough for Magnus. Magnus is now declining down from his peak...soon
@@pranav3813 hearing that for 6 years now, he is still the champion. Considering he has 70 rating points between him and 2nd place, doubt anybody else has any chances at all.
Carlsen's dominance at the World Championship also comes from the format, which makes it much easier for defenders to win rather than challengers. And that's due to sooo many reasons. 1. It's much easier to peak once than to peak twice, and the challenger has to peak twice - in the Candidates' and in the 1v1 Championship. 2. Form changes overtime. The most capable player of challenging the defender at the Candidates' time isn't necessarily the most capable player of challenging the defender months later. 3. Candidates require a different skillset than the World Championship. In Candidates, you must win classical games. In World Championship, you "only" need to draw your way through to the rapid/blitz tiebreakers. (as seen in 2016 and 2018) The player most capable of beating guys outside top 5 in the world isn't necessarily the player most capable of beating the World Champion in 1v1 best-of-14 format. 4. This is not measurable, but theoretically speaking, if a player is 2nd best player at the time of the Candidates' and 1st best player at the time of the World Championship, and the defender is 3rd best at the time of the Candidates' and 2nd best at the time of the World Championship, then the defender will defend the title. Despite the other mentioned player being better at all times. 5. Candidates are a bit chaotic, as players don't treat all games equally. If you get a tough game one day, you might take a quick draw the next game, which makes sense in terms of strategy and entertainment, but it does bring randomness into the tournament. And randomness increases the chance of the best player not winning the tournament. Which once again means that the defender might not play the strongest challenger in the Championship duel. To show some numbers, out of 17 last Championships played this way, 14 were won by the defenders and only 3 by the challengers. (Kasparov 5x as the defender, Kramnik 1x as the challenger + 2x as the defender, Anand 1+3, Carlsen 1+4) This is gonna turn to 15 out of 18 if Carlsen defends his title again, which is an insane statistic. Now, I'm not saying that Carlsen (or Anand, or Kramnik, or Kasparov) wouldn't win all the Championships they did win. I'm merely saying that their route to defending the title would be more difficult. I think this put Carlsen's "dominance" into true light: Unlike in other sports, having a single player win multiple Championships in a row isn't nearly as impressive as we all like to believe. All respect to Carlsen, I'm very sure he'd win at least 3 out of those 5 Championships even if the format was different and more fair, and I don't think no one can doubt his quality as a chess player when looking at his games, rating, etc. However, as much as most chess players don't want to admit this, I believe we shouldn't ignore the fact that these "dynasties" happened with the Championship always being biased in the defender's favour.
J'ai regardé la partie en "live" avec les commentaires de Laurent Fressinet. La préparation de Firouzja est excellente, il n'y a rien à dire. Mais Nepo a su répondre sans sourciller pour déboucher sur un jeu positionnel dont il a le secret. Après de longues réflexions, Alireza a pratiquement toujours joué les coups justes et pourtant, tant de possibilités dans le jeu de Nepo que ça ressemblait à une lente descente aux enfers... Merci pour ta transcription du jeu et tes commentaires.
I couldn’t find Bb6, but I did realize it was a situation of needing to find the continuation, so partial credit I think. What a fascinating game. It’s amazing how such a well-known opening like the Sicilian can lead to so many different end games
Alireza is playing like Fischer in his first candidates tournament . Extremely well prepared in the opening , playing aggressive chess but squandering his advantage in the middle and end game . But Nepo is Nepo . This time he surprised Alireza by matching his speed and then flattening him by finding incredible moves in less time .
Carlsen perhaps slightly overestimated Alireza. He himself never fell below 2800 after reaching it, and maybe he thought Alireza would be the same considering their similar rating growth. But its feels now that Alireza needs atleast one more candidates cycle to really win against the top GMs.
I reckon Carlson was playing mind games with his opponents when he said that about Alireza. Not taking anything from Alireza, who is a phenomenal talent of course.
Nepo just seems to find absolute monster moves, despite being inconsistent sometimes, he has such a great eye for just being able to find something incredible
I know it’s still early in the tournament but remember when Alireza qualified everyone jumped on his bandwagon and anointed him the Challenger the Magnus? The super GMs in this tournament are really putting on a show
If he decides to not play to defend his title, that's just disrespectfull to everyone who plays the candidates, like Firouzja is something special, havent won in 4 games. Wow!
Yeah, Magnus fans should be hoping that Nepo doesn't win the Candidates. I give it like 10-20% chance if Nepo wins that Magnus defends. Which is a shame, he's really good and fun to watch, but with the way the last WC went I think it's pretty certain.
@@philipmorse-fortier5499 But Magnus has the huge problem that if he just gives up the title he makes unworthy nepo the world champ and that would be lame.
@@gandalfthewizz3219 that's why he said that he's not going to defend in general, and only made a slight suggestion that he would play Alireza, which everyone understood as being open to being challenged by a new generation of upcoming chess prodigies, and not people who have played in the same league as him for years and whom he's already topped. But honestly, take into consideration that he is still a human, and he might just not like the routine he's been put in by having to defend the title every couple years. If he doesn't feel it anymore, who tf does he owe his own life in your opinion?
Once you prepare for the world championship, you gather a team and train. It helps to reach a different sphere of chess knowledge. Nepo showing just that
Right. And then there are multiple times world champions like Carlsen, Anand, Kasparov, Karpov, etc who are in a different league altogether. Imagine doing this preparation 5, 6, 7 times, challenging and beating the world champion and then defend your title every time there's a challenger.
It's very clear that nepo prepared this whole thing for magnus during world championship, and that's why magnus never defended with the Sicilian back then 🤯
I love you man. You always crack me up 🤣. It’s impossible to watch an entire video without losing composure. Brilliant stuff. Thanks for reviving my interest in the game♟️.
Just a recommendation from a newbie. Please add that bar next to board as well. It will look great to see how much a move makes an impact and what positions are winning for whom
To his credit, he did play great against hikaru and probably would’ve beaten most super gms with that game. What hikaru did was one of the best defensive showing of all time imo
@@Dax_Maclaine he didnt play great against hikaru tho. He had insane prep which hikaru managed to defend. Alireza has definitely been very disappointing. I never followed the preposterous "alireza can only farm 2600's" but the statement seems to be somewhat true day by day. Since the start of the grand chess tour,alireza has played 13 classical games and won just 1. Thats terrible.
@@niranjanrajesh1058 it's not as if Alireza let an advantage slip or anything though. Even after he was out of prep, he still put hikaru in tough situations that required only moves to maintain equality. Ultimately, chess is likely a draw, so when there's perfect defense, a perfect offense is still a draw
@@Dax_Maclaine i didnt say he did anything wrong in the hikaru game. The biggest advamtage he had in the endgame was +1.1,which is defo a draw. Im talking about his other results
I really like Nepo's play. I can't say Im rooting for him yet because I think Magnus will resign the title rather than play the same opponent twice. I hope not, but....
Wow, what a game. I think Nepo invented a new chess theme! It is like the inverse of a Zugzwang. Creating a position where almost no matter what you play you are improving your position, or winning. Simply spectacular.
yeah, because in the WC he didn't play a single game how he plays in the Candidates, he just played super safe going for draws every single game and after Magnus broke him down, he didn't even try to fight back.
Nepo destroying the favorites effortlessly, but Magnus absolutely humiliated Nepo, just shows how much better Magnus is, if not for computers these guys wouldn't even dare to face Magnus.
Tbf, Nepo was toe to toe against Magnus in the first 5 games. Game 6 was legendary, and Nepo wasn’t the same since. If Nepo holds game 6 I think the wcc is completely different. Magnus still might’ve won, but not like he did. Nepo is back in his peak form. The question is if he can hold it start to finish this time
18.f6 has been played 4 times before. A.Voranenen - J.Salonen 2011........M.Cornel-L.Sorbi 2014.........C.Osman - H.Boyce 2011 and firstly K.Herzogg - E.Meiners 2008. With some transpositions all 4 games ended up in the same position after 18.f6 gxf6 ; 19.Ng3 Nd6 ; 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.Bh6 Kh8 . 3 games continued with Qg5 and the other Bxf8.
I knew about Nepo from the WC against Magnus. For some reason, i didnt liked much the guy, probably just because he was the challenger. But he show the face after every single round of the event regardless of the result. Seems like a cool guy. And on top of that, he is an e4 player., and he is a vicious attacker. This dude is my man, i dont know why i disliked him so much. But again, i wasnt following the competitive scene at all for a long time.
