One Ding to rule them all. Who wouldn't love to see Ding in a classical match with Magnus? Nevermind in the Candidates with Alireza, Fabi, Radjabov, and so many more (hopefully Rapport too!).
Hello Agad, I've been watching your chess videos since more than 1 year, and today I have a sort of confession to make. At the start, I watch your videos because I'm a chess amateur, and enjoy watching some match highlights. However over the time, your videos have slowly but surely became a source of ASMR videos for me. Your voice is very soothing, and paired with a good chess game, makes up for some amazing ASMR contents. I've been exclusively using your videos to help me sleep every night, and most of the time i get put to dreaming before the game ends (unless if the game is very short). That is all I want to say, and thanks again for making these videos.
Thank you for the hours of pleasure you give us, Antonio. Medo the Wonder Dog disrupted the first few moves, but these amazing positions kept me on the edge of my seat.
5:55 MAN I was looking for a good move in this position & definitely was not expecting king to f3. What a great move. And your right Ant it's just a filthy good move when you see it. What a game.
@@the_propaganda_panda there was no perpetual because of the white queen, and when magnus moved his queen ding was very low on time and magnus was just 1 step behind to making a queen hence the blunder, this would have been a draw in classical game but it is what it is
Up until the blunder, the game radiates so much how a game of a highest rated player vs the second highest rated player should go. It is extremely pleasing to watch! Ding's last move - putting the queen in front of his king - is like saying "I accept my defeat, but I will come back to get you next game." These guys are playing life in chess.
Play the opening like Nepo, the middle game like Ding and the endgame like Carlsen. Carlsen is amazing in how he won that, Ding was in a superior position in middlegame but Carlsen keeps finding the move that doesn't lose, even in such a difficult position.
@@785lucky Nepo always does some peculiar moves in openings, Giri and Caruana are more of preparation and Carlsen well he is not even opposed nowadays against these two.
Dear agadmator, the board is a little bit off in the last couple of videos. I think it needs a little bit of correction. Thanks for the videos by the way. You are awesome.
It's ridiculous how good White Nd5 was from a practical standpoint. Stockfish recommends playing Nxd4 instead of capturing the Bishop which creates the passed pawn. But again, Magnus finds a way to drive a pawn down the ranks.
Can someone explain at 10:50 why queen to A6 doesn’t win? Seems it would check the king while also guarding the queening square? And then whatever black does would result in the pawn promotion by white on the next move? Idk, I’m a noob so lmk.
I thought the same. Could Qa6 be an interesting move? Sequence would be WQa6, BKg5 (for instance), WPc8 (protected by queen), then what for Black? BQf2. Then WKh3, BPe2, and then white can move a queen (like WQe8 or WQb5 to check...)
Hello Antonio, the board no longer perfectly fits the viewing square. Could you please fix it? P.s. I very much enjoyed the game and it improved my day. Thank you!
I cannot say more about Magnus. For the loss of a pawn and a neglected king horrifyingly open to checkmate he gotta a lead on time which pressured ding to misplace his king in one move, I believe.
Was watching this live, it's a matter of making good calculations and trading in your terms which is exactly what Magnus masters most. Is just hard to beat the guy unfortunately
Wish Ding had been the challenger rather than Nepo, as much as I enjoy Nepo’s play. Should have been in a position to do so. Will watch the candidates qualifiers with interest.
The player who manages to defeat Carlsen in a classical match if it ever happens will be not only a very strong player but also a very strong mentally individual
Three for Magnus under the sky Seven for Kasparov in his halls of stone Nine for botting 800's doomed to die One for the lord Ding on his brilliancy throne In the shadow where his brilliancies lies One ding to rule them all, One ding to find them One ding to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them In the shadow where his brilliance lie A story of how Magnus took the one ding to Mordor to destroy him
He had bad time since the pandemic. But watch his games from 2019 when he was an absolute beast. I personaly thought then that he would be favorite in the upcoming candidates.
Hikaru Nakamura made an interesting point about chess players being restricted because of their personal views. “We’re chess players our personal opinions should have nothing to do with chess. He also said he does not agree with Sergey Karjakin position.
I think the problem is more that if a chess player had made a pro-Ukraine statement, he would not have been banned. Any further discussion though is pointless as others might say "but it was Russia who invaded Ukraine", then the reply would be "but it's all down to NATO expansion" and then there is no end to it. We can't afford to do this on a CHESS channel But I don't agree with the Norwegian and London tournaments' ban. Players are allowed to have their opinions so either you diplomatically ask them to show great restraint for the good of chess or you ban ALL comments, pro-Russian and pro-Ukranian. We can see what is going on in other sports banning Russians who have not even made a statement. Disgusting Western geo-politics.
Hey Antonio, your board has been cut off on the bottom and the right side for a few videos now. Just figured I'd let you know cause once I noticed it became a lil distracting. Luckily this game and your analysis are exciting so it's not so bad hahaha
Someone help me learn! At the point Antonio paused for us to pick the winning move, why is Q to A6 check not winning? If the black king moves, white promotes his pawn, with his queen at A6 protecting it, and white now has two queens to one. If black blocks the check with Q to E6 or F6, white promotes his pawn, and now the new queen protects the old. What am I missing? Are two queens somehow not winning here?
For the pause, whats the issue with something like Qa6 to cover the promoting pawn while giving check? After king moves, pawn promotes defended by the queen. Is it because black can perpetually check white for a draw from there? If so, why isnt that also possible when white moved to a7 right before the pause?
I was fascinated by how easily Ding found g5, which Agad claims is the strongest move in the position. Magnus's Qd1 as well as Qe3 were also very very strong.
Hi Antonio. After following your excellent analysis for a number of years (and I am sincerely grateful for your very lucid explanations of grandmaster chess), I seldom if ever see you praising the play of world champion Magnus Carlsen. While I grant you that no one can play flawless chess most of the time, given the supercomputers we have recourse to for analysis, I honestly am starting to get the impression from your commentary that pretty much the only reason Magnus ever beats anyone is because of his opponent's unfortunately bad play, as in this game. He must be the luckiest chess player alive to have dominated the entire chess world for so long! Either that, or maybe he's not as weak as he sounds in your analysis of most of his games. Are there any games that he has won recently in which he isn't just lucky? I'm just curious...
It's not luck. Magnus is such an efficient and incredible endgame player that he is able to force mistakes out of even the best players. When time pressure is on, it becomes difficult to play precisely so this is what separates him from others because even Magnus can play precisely while being low on time.
Antonio. Genuine praise: Your videos are incredible. Criticism you should follow: Your camera isn't focused on your face in the last 15+ videos. I believe it's focused beyond your face by .5 - 1 meter, just as a note. ;) Good day to you, sir.
Tarrasch quote is so simple, so true, and in fact deep. Sure, in chess. But even more in football (soccer). Italy today lost to North Macedonia. Virtually unthinkable :) congrats!
At 10:46, can white win with Qa6? White gets a second queen and either plays with two queens to one, or has the only queen. Black gains a tempo after the queening and could begin a checking sequence at Qf6+ but it does not lead to mate. If the white king is forced around the pawn to g4 it can gain protection from the queen on c8, seems like
Hi, I think the Qa6 (from Qa7 when you paused the video)most efficient way to win this game, but because the time lack on the other side Carlsen just hade some fun!
