Round 14 | Fabiano Caruana vs Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE Candidates 2024 

6:05:39 heartbreaking, insanely good sportsmanship “I’m very sorry” “It’s my fault”

This has to be the most heartbreaking draw of all time. Mutually agreed destruction.

Remember when Fischer used to accuse players of cheating by prearranged draws? This is the most ferociously contested draw I've ever seen. Great fighting chess. We're fortunate to live in this era

the empathy Ian shows for Fabi after Fabi says “my fault” when he hits the pawn on the table

Ian apologizing at the end is just heartbreaking :(

Ian never lost a game in this tournament but it still wasnt enough.

Raw footage like this with a beginning and an end is what’s the most poetic way to present chess.

"I'm very sorry" "My fault" 💔

Sorry for Ian, hope he comes back again!

I will never understand the hate Ian gets. Of course he's going to take a draw when losing, chess is still chess and it wouldn't be right for him to king-make by throwing a game he couldn't win. However he's clearly aware of what it means for Fabi since Fabi was only ever the one pressing, and is apologetic and processing that whilst still dealing with the fact he won't be back at the WC this year. Especially when there's not always a guarantee you get back (although I think he clearly deserves to be in the Candidates). An absolute class act, and just credit to both players.

Man this was a sad game, as an Indian watching I feel like they both deserved better

6:05:03 they go into a random line from the middle game just from memory, amazing.

Ian will come back stronger........... Am so proud of gukesh

I still can't get over this game! Heartbreaking

one for the history books for sure, what a game

Bro i'm crying over a chessgame

1:11:08 he put that coffee so perfectly it looks like it is FIDEbucks

Sou do Brasil e sou torcedor do Caruana desde 2021! É uma lástima ver que o jogador que mais admiro não venceu hoje, eu sinto sua dor Caruana, continuo torcendo por ti, até o fim.

Was Ian saying Alireza threw the tournament at the end?

Never underestimate the power of a passed, solitary H pawn. That h4 was the absolute crux of everything that transpired after that.

legendary game, was on razor edge for both players for almost entirety of the game.

I admire both of them.

6:03:40 Ali threw the tournament for everybody

The Candidates needs a review. If you look at the results table, the "winner" is not the person who plays the best against the best players, it's the player who plays the best against the lower rated players. The players at the bottom have the most power to influence the results - by either not playing as well (unintentionally) or giving up because they can't mathematically win any more. Don't get me wrong - Gukesh is a worthy winner. Neither Hikaru, Nepo or Fabi were able to win on demand - as you'd expect of a champion. But as Magnus said, the system needs to be reviewed. A round robin style in itself is not ideal when draws are more common than wins.

We witnessed history

that was heartbreaking goddamn. i feel so bad for them, but at the same time good luck to gukesh, you deserved it!

Immovable object meets unstoppable force

6:07:08 the final thank you😢😢😢😢

I'm really happy for Gukesh because he now have the chance to achieve his dream of becoming the youngest wc but man, i was rooting very hard for Fabi since the beginning of tournament, i thought it was over for him but then he made a comeback and this match was just so devasting, i thought he was gonna win for sure and can finally become the WC, Magnus said it several times that he is most deserving one after him and that Fabi would have become the champion if they weren't born into the same generation, heartbreaking.

It's so interesting hearing them discuss how they could've played differently.

Those cameramen are driving me nuts! I can’t imagine how frustrating that would be as one of the players….

This was like watching an exciting movie with a sad ending

6:03:36 Nepo claiming that Alireza “threw the tournament” for everyone when he was the only one who managed to beat Gukesh (although it did equalize again in the second half) is pretty bonkers. I get it’s just a joke but still outta pocket lol

Easily the match of the decade. Congratulations to you both. No regrets!

best match of this candidate

When will final take place?

Well done gukesh 🎉🎉🎉 he is only 17 years old 👏 👏👏

06:02:54 There's the last moments

Haha....Nepo The K!NG! Magnus said he showed nothing as of late, 2min in....BERZERKER MODE....gogogo

I witness history

I felt sick just watching this match, I can't imagine how they must have felt.

Frankly I don't understand what Nepo has got against Alireza, in terms of the final outcome. Alireza scored 50% against Gukesh - quite unexpectedly - which is the exact same result as Fabi and Nepo achieved (only in their case it was two draws, while Alireza won and lost). He also had the exact same result against both Ian and Fabi (draw with white, loss with black), meaning his participation was of no relevance in terms of their relative scores. He performed the worst against Hikaru (losing both games), but once again it doesn't make a difference for either of them. So how did Alireza's (poor) performance affected them specifically?

Why ian apologized i need answer plz tell me in reply guys

6:03:18 most heartbreaking moment of chess ever

Non capisco perché nel finele Caruana non abbiamo fatto torre e1 piuttosto che sacrificarla sotto il cavallo in e4, avrebbe attaccato la sua donna non so se poi ci sono altre conseguenze ma penso questo da dilettante

Ну Ян ну как так(

È pou dispiaciuto nepo che caruana che si è mangiato la partita

Gukesh ftw 🇮🇳🇮🇳🥳🥳

Fabiano Choked!!!!

6:02:19 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

6:03:35 sad that a player of Nepo's calibre is blaming Alireza for simply not being good enough. If he was gifting others points, why couldnt you beat him too Nepo?

😢

6:03:10

Кто в чесс сечет, наш сколько раз упустил победу в последней партии?

😭😭😭💔

Oh gad,

The biggest chess drama

Yo q Nepomniachtchi hubiera jugado a ganar, arriesgando todo xq como ha jugado no le auguraba éxito y perdió otra vez su posibilidad d ser campeón mundial

Why didn't one of them just let the other one win?? Now they both lost...

Youngest world champion guki 🇮🇳🇮🇳

That was when both realised they will never be World Champion

Who won

Fabi is just not clutch

That arbiter calling himself a pleb is heartbreaking 😢. Have some more self-belief my friend

Fide idiotic qualifications system and horrible tournament format make this kind of game absolutely useless. Congratulations Mr. Dvorkovich you will succeed on destroying classical chess. 👎🤦🏿‍♀️🤦🏿‍♀️

Shame both can't win it

Great game😂😂😂 lot of time wasted as it is very very difficult to win

If you want to be champion, you can't play for a draw.