Post-game Press Conference with Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi | Round 7 | FIDE Candidates 

She had no clue

Yes. 100%. She's very good at this. She lets the players speak. Many chess press conferences are excruciating, this is mind-blowing, and a lot of that is thanks to her.

Lol it just sounds like they're mumbling. You have to play it at 0.75 speed.

She warmed up a ton after the first interview of the tournament, since then she's been excellent. Allowing the players to really flex their knowledge, while bringing timely/quality questions that seem off the cuff. The adjustment period seems necessary in hindsight, since the players start speaking in super GM language haha.

@@higherbeingXin any given comment section, there is one child that has to hate for absolutely no reason.

Look at you Mr. Genius with your fancy 0.25x video. I have to pay a stenographer to transcribe the video, lol

Goat?

Lmao true

20 variations

And how funny it is he just casually goes back to chess talk in a millisecond after that xD

Absolutely savage

That's why he's my favorite. He casually talks and have great personality with so much of chess knowledge

Thats how you react when nö 9ne laughs at your joke ​@@TheMultiLibra

@@aluminiumknight4038man even the interviewer laughed)

Nepo is savage

@@derekw1267 not in a positive way

And the press officer is no joke either, she's a WGM. Just goes to show how strong these top players are.

They're friends in this universe - Nepo is pretty well loved by everyone

@@ChessJew everyone i saw hates nepo

@@ChessJewerm no definetly not actually

@@emresar983 Who?

They are like half-brothers in a parallel universe

And not only for chess, but a few other sports. I would like to see this in Tennis or even Formula 1 sometimes.

the actual reason is because the mouse is on the right hand side of the interviewer so Nepo has to keep shooting out moves making it seem like he's nonstop talking, but it's just cause the mouse is not on his side.

that was the only part of the interview i understood

😂

😂😂😂​@@grownupgaming

​@@grownupgamingOkay, thats funny😂

3:51 but Hikaru said the line he wanted to play but didn't and Nepo confidently said his moves but he's just losing.

And Magnus still whipped him

@@tor13128 Yeah apparently some top players are known to spit out lines very confidently at press conferences, which make them seem like geniuses, but afterwards it turns out they're really objectively bad lines. And no one realizes but other 2750+ players. Not saying that Nepo is like that, but it's something to keep in mind.

@@TristramPagot how many players are above 2750? So whatever these guys are discussing is not fully understood by everyone in the world except handful of GMs

@higherbeingX haha I overstated it a bit you're right.

😂😂

But is there really anything wrong for the game if a player still 'goes for it' even if they are slightly behind? The result is they can lose worse instead of 'only just' losing. A loss is a loss and fireworks in every game is far better for the sport. Or we could settle for draw draw draw. Id love to see super GMs in front but have to handle insane pressure to still see out the win. Look at gukesh and alireza for example

@@rhysjones4250 they can miss a chance for a draw when overestimate chances. Like your position is worse and you could go for draw playing resilient moves. Instead you "go for it" and loose. But of course complications is good for faster player who can also relay on time trouble for opponent. And Ian is a fast player.

@d4slaimless ye i hear you and of course a couple of draws over loses could be enough to clinch the win. But i do stand by my point that more fireworks would be good. Also as we heard from hikaru and ian they didnt really know for sure how much better, equal or worse they were in some positions anyway. So wanting a win and going for it is great. No computer = no sure clarity. Humans vs humans duking it out.

@@rhysjones4250 yeah sure, being forceful you can confuse your opponent and press for advantage. It is like Agadmator sometimes says in his videos (usually about Magnus) "He played move that doesn't work, but opponent trusted him that it should work". Anyway, good player should know when to go for a draw and when to risk it.

@d4slaimless yes the physiological aspect! I love that. They call it the 'magnus effect'? Anyone could do it if they looked supremely confident playing a move. At the moment everyone in the candidates looks scared when they play a move.

This was my favorite classical game to watch ever.

cuz he knows what chess is all about:)

dont like most top player "hate" classical once they reach a certain threshold? its why kasparov retired at 42 while magnus stopped participating in the wcc

Because at high level its all memorization about theory

Still so many unique games. Hikaru with a brand new position on move 7 yesterday, pragg with an F5 Spanish. Computers are helping evolve chess as much as they hurt it

3:44

Then either one of them listen to magnus..

That's basically Fisher chess (chess960)

@@dmitripogosian5084 but the players place the pieces 1 by 1

@@dmitripogosian5084 chess 960 is random and equal. The game could start imbalanced

@@dmitripogosian5084 like I place a knight on f, you place bishop on c…etc

It is very from Russian, to caveat a statement, it is basically IMHO. I usually say 'I think' all over the place :)

@@dmitripogosian5084 actually a lot of people, who are not native English speakers use "I mean". But sometimes even native speakers do it a lot - heard from some American commentators. I don't know why exactly "I mean". I prefer to say "I think" and I actively try not to overdo with it. But you are right in a way that this is just an introductory phrase people use without adding any actual meaning to the sentence. Around 13:40 Hikaru also says "I mean" when answer the question.

As much as he’s improved since he started streaming, I think there are some weak points in his mental game that make him a bit inconsistent.

A few years ago a super-GM tournament had a soundproofed video booth where players were encouraged to record their feelings for a minute or two during the game. It was fun to watch on RU-vid.

Will never happen but would be interesting lol

me neither

I see you don't understand double negatives

​@@gh3meistersome languages have standard that double negative = still negative. Even some native English speakers can use it, I heard Eminem used it in one interview and then interviewer was like "Excuse me, what did you just say?"

"have us in mind"? lmao what does that even mean? Are you perhaps referring to the fact that moat regular players cannot properly follow their discussion because of their quick calculations? I mean what are you expecting for them to explain everything like their teaching chess to a patzer? it's a Candidates press conference dude not a video tutorial on the Petrov. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@thelurker3795 It depends whether you want chess to build on the success of stuff like the Queen's Gambit or not. As I intimated, if the players are wrapped up in ten-move lines, It's incumbent on the interviewer to explain or preferably show it for a wider audience

@@andrewroberts8139 it doesn't depend on shit actually, there is time and place to promote chess "to a wider audience", the Queens Gambit series as you mentioned is one, chess content creators like Levi is another one, chess drama coverage is another way, twitch events like pogchamps is too, the Candidates isn't; this is an elite tournament with super-GMs trying to qualify for the WC spot, you cannot expect them to fall down to the casual players level on such a serious tournament just for the sake of "promoting the sport", either you're INTO chess and you're somewhat able to follow their press conferences or go watch football or something :/

@@thelurker3795 Can you think of any other sports that take this elitist attitude?

But he took a lot of time compared to hikaru

Two time world champion finalist who ran into the greatest performance of dings career that will never be matched by him ever again and the greatest chess player in history. Not shabby.

2 times candidates winner wdym underrated😂

What a dumb comment lol. No one is underestimating nepo.

Basically every top GM is a beast in calculation

@@user-wi8we1xu9c yes, but this calculation is ... Super GM highest and biggest Beast Mode ...

Not everybody plays the same openings that's not how it works... Ian is the only one who plays the Petrov. consistently at least...

@@matthis8888 Yea but I'm talking in general, i'm sure there is more than 1 prepped line, for example, in the following scenerio. Lets say Ian is cheating (he is not but let's assume for the scenerio) and let's say Gotham is playing the same tournament. Hikaru if he plays his bestest line in the italian against Nepo (who is cheating) it will end up in a draw or possibly nepo winning. Yet If he uses his best line against gotham is without a doubt most likely a win. Meaning the best lines are more effective anti-proportionally to skill level. Strategically, It'd be better for Hikaru to do his bestest prep against the lower end of the table.

@@matthis8888 In other words, if hikaru uses his prep lines against fabiano and nepo than it'd still most likely be a draw and he would have lost the advantage of having the prep line.

​​@@FunkyPhunk1) Hikaru has said in his review that this line only works within the Bd6 system rather than the Be7 system Nepo played in 2022 Candidates against him, so saying use your best prep against worst opponents generally is nice in theory but hard in practice when you can only go into lines that are influenced by opponent. This petrov line doesn't work if they play caro-kann or Nc6 setups or Sicilian or the vast array of other game openings. 2) Hikaru is a full game behind points leaders for the tourney who at the time of game start was Gukesh and Nepo so using a good line to potentially beat Nepo prevents somebody ahead from getting additional points and closes the gap. If Hikaru won this game with the way the rest of the games shook out we'd have a multi way tie for first ending the first half of the Candidates which is a much better spot than 1 full point behind.

@@krazzed3243 yeah I'm saying general. I know his oponent might not allow it due to a different variation. But I mean hikaru has more than 1 prepped line. In general it'd be more strategic because word championship tend to be drawish so why not get all the points where you can.

Considering Hikaru's frequent assessment he only plays for views I think it's an appropriate, although spicy, question.

It was elite question asked exactly at the elite timestamp.

More like confident and assertive. These players are among the top in the world, they are definitely quite confident in their ability to evaluate chess positions