I think game 6 really destroyed Nepo, it was so brutal and long. Sad to see, as he played so well at the start of this match, but it really shows the importance of the psychological side of chess.
I see a lot of videos about people explaining and talking about these games now.. so far i only like to watch your videos, as my country is far from yours.. every time Magnus plays against Nepo, i wait till 1AM (my time) for your video😊. i am so proud and lucky to be watching your channel since about 10 years maybe or more. best one👌.
Normally I agree. But I personally don't expect any blunders at all at this level. I mean, yeah, late end game blunders/accidents where you are short on time and can play a bazillion moves, but not when you have a bunch of time available and the position are not very complicated. Sure, I myself would have made 10 blunders against Carlsen/Nepo before I would have be mated on turn 15-20, but then again my rating are 1600 and not even close to 2800 as Nepo are. He should do better. Pressure is definitely a factor
I appreciate how you answer not only the questions I have about the game, but also the questions I should have had but didn't occur to me! Thanks again for a great game review.
Nepo's coach: "Try to drag him into a long game, like 130 moves if you can. That'll wear him out for the rest of the tournament" Carlsen's coach: "Hey, wanna go play some tennis?"
It has been fun joining you for the livestreams, although starting at 1am for me. I just want to mention that on the official livestream, the commentators got quite ugly after this c5 blunder. One of them in particular was ragging on Nepo quite harshly, and I don't think it was that fair - you really have to feel for Nepo and the situation he is in. You're down 2 games against the World Champ (and probably the best of all time), in front of probably the biggest audience that chess has ever had.. it's a recipe for disaster in most cases, let alone having to be almost perfectly accurate with every move.
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Most decisive win since he beat Anand to become World Champion nearly a decade ago. Pretty crazy that his toughest match was against arguably the weakest opponent in Karjakin (and I’m not saying he was weak). It just shows you how dominant Carlsen is. Caruana player rock solid to neutralize Carlsen in classical but never really played to win any of those games. Anand played to win but wasn’t strong enough. Karjakin actually had the lead and missed a forced draw in his loss or otherwise may have become WC! And Nepo never had a chance after just six games.
I think Carlsen would’ve been in serious trouble if b4 was played and bxa3 wasn’t rushed. He himself admitted he would’ve been forced to play b6 which by force loses an exchange. I’m sure he would’ve been able to equalize but man, he would’ve been sweating especially with his time on the clock.
You're the best chess RU-vidr out there.Your videos always make me tired and help me get to sleep. Not because they are boring.. but because they make me do soo much thinking!
I was so devastated when I watched the VOD unspoiled because it was an interesting/exciting game and c5/c6 was such an anticlimactic way to end it. It reminded me of an online game where my opponent blundered their queen but I let them have it back because I thought the game was fun and didn't want it to end like that. I like, semi-wish Nepo could have c5 back because the game/match was so exciting before then.
thank you! Jerry, you could've shown some photos of the players' reactions during the analysis (Carlsen's headshake in disbelief, and Nepo's grief after he finally came back to the board)
I really appreciate your thoughtful and respectful approach to these games, even when there is a serious mistake like in Game 9. Listening to the "official" live stream and to some of the questions post-match is very unpleasant, as commentators & journalists make very distateful remarks about Nepo. As Carlsen said today, they should "do better."
Yeah, imagine having to play against the best player in the world. Any small mistake you make is scrutinized by them and will be capitalized, and the audience scrutiny probably isn't doing you any favors either. Good on him for being so professional and courteous and trying his best. Poor guy's probably shook though.
Magnus, the 5-time champion, there was little doubt before and now there's none. I feel quite sorry for Ian at this point, though, I wish for him to win a game before the match is over for good.
@Lordeverfall100 of course it's possible. the guy has been playing game after game and is worn down. he's human; albeit a super gm but he's going against a machine.
I feel for Nepo, I was rooting for him. It's fun to have a such a dominant world champion but it would have been cool to see this match go to the rapids at least.
i feel bad for nepo.. he is such a great player but on his most important event he seems to be not in form at all. hope he will do better in the next games. even if im a magnus fan
Something I found interesting about A5 is at first I thought it allowed the possibility to play E5 since if black played E5 (without a5) then white can play B4 immediately without a3, and after Bxb4 Nxe5, Nxe5, Qa4+ and they essentially traded an e pawn for a b pawn and a knight for a bishop. And if Nxb4 just trades e for b pawns directly. However, your analysis of the position after E5 has led me to reconsider. Great analysis as always, Jerry!
Thank you for your videos I love them. Could you explain for us maybe in a other video, what qualities makes a knight "stable" How do you intuitively know when some piece is stable, what qualifies the stability
Would it be possible to put a symbol on the screen or something when you are theorizing? I zone out when I am watching and can't tell if it's Magnus or not haha Amazing video and analysis like usual!
At this point in the match, it's possible Nepo accepts the fact he won't become the world champion and starts fighting for his name, trying to prove he is a strong player who is more than capable of playing top-level chess. If he turns his focus not to winning the games, but to not making blunders, I think it's possible we will get some more draws or perhaps even a win. Carlsen didn't feel so great about today's game, admitting to be under pressure, low on the clock and (according to him) blundering a pawn. So who knows what happens if Nepo comes back tommorrow playing a solid chess? I mean, it can go either way. It's extremely unlikely Nepo would be able to turn the tables and Carlsen is obviously a huge favorite. I'm just saying it is still perfectly possible for Nepo to start playing at his usual strength. But who knows what's going on in his head. One can only imagine what a huge pressure he must feel.
Would be worth mentioning why not 39. Nb6 (surprisingly according to Stockfish that is a bit stronger than 39. Nxc5 even though Stockfish didn't offer me this move, but after doing it the evaluation moves from -7 to -4.5). The answer is 39...Bc6 and White is still lost.
White is already objectively lost. In this case, white should try to play the trickiest move, not the move that Stockfish suggest, just because it is less losing. And Nb6 is too straightforward and easy to deal with.
I have seen some people saying ding or caruana would've been better challengers. Well, Nepo won the candidates and rightfully took his place at the table with carlsen.
@@alexhess6021 yes I know, that's what I find disrespectful. Nepo won the candidates fair and square. It's not as if caruana and karjakin were a serious threat to carlsen anyway. If alireza continues his rise, he may be.
I guess Ian went all in with making the blunder to promote the pawn on the "a" file, because there is no need to be a super player to calculate that the bishop can be lost.
Jerry, how about you make the video black and white when you’re going down alternative moves that didn’t happen in game? Probably not required but it would be cool.
Why did the ceremonial move go as C4 for the losing side of a guy that plays 1. E4 with the white pieces? Did Ian want to play into this? That seems really weird. New to chess culture obviously. Lol
Ian had the option to retract the move and play a move of his own but, as you saw in the game, he decided to keep Pragg's move on the board. Likely because he was not having success with e4 and wanted to change it up.
@@ejflor1313 Listen, I know how you feel, but sometimes en passant simply can't be played, no matter how much we might want to. Don't blame me, I don't make the rules, Gary Chess does.
I don't know if this is meaningful, but I've noticed that Carlsen is giving himself more time in the early game. Over the first 20 moves, Carlsen has taken an extra 54 minutes (roughly) over the 9 games. That's 6 minutes of extra thinking per game. In games 2, 5, 8, and 9, Nepo was up by 10 minutes or more after 20 moves. Carlsen was up by 10 minutes in games 4 and 6. I wonder if this is an experience thing, Carlsen being old hat at this world championship thing, relaxed enough to take a little extra time. Is it a sign of their opening preparation? Or is Nepo now trying ill-advisedly to recreate the time pressure that Carlsen was in during game 6? Is that why the blunders? Or is he hoping to save time in order to pull out a big, winning tactic in the middle game, or better calculate in the end game (if he gets to it)?
Nepo is just playing to fast, he is not using the time he has to fully calculate the lines and the best moves while Magnus is and you can see the difference in their play as a result
He puts the kings on the central squares to indicate who won: both kings on the central white squares if white won, central black squares if black won, or white and black squares if draw.
Was looking at the same. There is no immediate counter, but there is no real threat here either. If black puts Bishop on C6, and white Queens the pawn. Then black will again, sacrifice a piece back (Bishop), and will be up 2 pawns. The c5 pawn for black will be a potential runner. That's an easy win for black as well. And if he does not make a queen, then maybe black can blockade the A8 square with his bishop, reroute his knight, etc.
@@gerardvdpl4409 Thank you for your reply. I had the same feeling as you but (as not an expert) I would have played that move anyway. Even if there is no hope, at least you have something else to try before resign.
I briefly tuned into the match live this morning and the announcers were talking about Carlson having touched a piece he didn't move while Nepo was away from the board. They talked and talked about this being a potential scandal - even though the piece had no viable move on the board. He was just adjusting it's posture . I was surprised it wasnt mentioned here given how they speculated about it. . I guess it really was entirely trivial , and the commentators were trying to make it into something it wasn't. Anybody know if Nepo ever mentioned it? As far as I know, no one told him about it until the match was over.
This happens all the time in tournament chess and obviously Magnus wasn't going to move it. He was asked by a reporter like he does every time this happens and told them to "Do better" lmao
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@@cptnoremac in fairness it’s harder but the implication is carauna was getting beaten, which is nonsense considering if you want to be pedantic, carauna had multiple winning advantages he lost, whereas Carlsen had one, the OP is silly
If magnus blunders, yes he could lose. Probably alpha zero/ stockfish (especially with the help of tablebases) could still draw. Magnus after all is a human with limited time.
It is worth noting that Nepo made it the WCC only because the candidates was split into two phases due to pandemic .In the first phase Giri ,Fabi , Mvl were par with Nepo , in the 2nd though Nepo was head and shoulders above the rest of field. It is a common understanding if the candidates had finished in one leg as scheduled Mvl/Fabi would've challenged carlsen and atleast more than 14 games could've beenon board . Nepo was never gonna win anyway ,as carlsen himself put it - Nepo ,among all grandmasters is one , who makes blunders at critical junctures.
Nepo has/had the best stats vs Magnus and was/is Magnus' nemisis. Also, Giri was second and big chance that Giri would have face Magnus. And what to think of Liren? He was the favourite before the candidates, but somehow didn't show up and played horrible.
