The Best Moments From The FIDE World Championship 

hell nah bro saying the universe was against nepo

​@@j0sei614 nah bro, nepo's failures aren't even 1/4 of what Ding has to do and overcome to achieve this glorious feat.

FIDE's decision, the universe doesn't care

I guess the universe is Magnus to you lol

@@JosiahAngell Russian invasion, karjakin political commentary and ban, Ding's marathon to qualify, beating in the last game Nakamura in the candidates (who was ok with a draw), Magnus not being interested in playing, trailing 3 times against Nepo and equalising, beating Nepo in the last game of rapid with black pieces. So Magnus is part of the universe yes

Nepo vs magnus in the candidates is possible just sayin*

Nepo is gonna pay alireza to throw 2 games and rapport to throw 1 game against him again? 😂

I don't....give someone else a go, Nepo clearly not good enough to be world champion...reminds me of Karpov facing Kasparov 5 times and never winning.

Next to win the Candidates is an Indian fellow..

@@ocal6477 I believe magnus is the next

He had every chance to win in classical or even rapid, but just didn’t grab it. And if you find it difficult not to throw things after losing a game, you better stay away from chess. Smh

It is now the second time he has lost a World Championship final, he would get more credit if he showed he had learned more from the defeat last time, against Magnus. He didn't capitalise from the fact he was playing against a player who kept running out of time. He didn't consistently outplay the eventual winner. Mahnus is now still number 1, Ding 2, and Nepo 3.

​​@@johnnyhartley4330 He is simply not good enough to be world champion, doesn't have that killer instinct to deliver the final blow...

Most comments are about how Nepo lost rather than how Ding won. Ding deserves more appreciation.

Millions are watching here, it’s called sportsmanship and basic social norms.

Fischer didn't even qualify for the world championship cycle he got gifted a place...

he wasn't even supposed to participate in the candidates in the first place, then he wasn't even supposed to play wcc, and he wasn't supposed to comeback three times,...and here we are

​@@dexio8601 Fischer was the best though so it worked

@@yami7805 he was always going to be part of the candidates if not for covid. Saying that he was not supposed to play the candidates is a stretch.

@@Albert-be4ok stretching is good, especially light streches after waking up from a good sleep, would recommend

that's such a beautiful sequence

Didnt even have a single ding meets rapport 0/10

China should make a movie about him regardless. 😊

Ding wasn’t actually the underdog usually though. Pre-Covid ding was a level above Nepo. Then he became inactive due to China’s harsh restrictions. I always felt that Ding in normal circumstances would be the favourite against anyone but Magnus.

​@@Albert-be4ok true, even Magnus predict that Ding will win the WC in his interview several months ago. But that's why I explicitly mentioned that Ding was out of shape in this WC, while Nepo shows that he's a level above everyone in Candidates, hence the underdog. So many decisive matches happened simply because Ding has not recovered to his true form. Pre-covid Ding would never let any time trouble got him that bad in game 7.

Both players had a ton of missed chances In game 7 and 8 Ding could have potentially come out with 2 wins. In game 7 he played brilliantly to gain the initiative and a slight advantage as black, but froze under time trouble and blundered the game away. In game 8 he had a huge advantage, but didn't want to spend too much time and took Ian's bluff. Because of these two games, Ding came out of those two games down a game rather than up two. A two point advantage that late in the World Chess Championship would have almost guaranteed Ding's victory in the classical portion, maybe with a game or two to spare. In game 12, Ian was playing one of the best games of his career before both players suddenly started blundering like crazy. If Ian won this game, he also would have been up two games even later in the tournament, essentially guaranteeing his victory. Instead, the blunderfest ended with Ding taking a victory, and he would ultimately win in tiebreaks. Ian definitely missed a big opportunity to all but clinch the title late in the match, but Ding also had a similarly strong opportunity earlier. In the end, all that matters is that neither player played the right moves and Ding outplayed Ian in the rapid tiebreaks.

yes carlsen said ding is "weird"

He did not jump. He was pushed.

You might be surprised but Carlsen is not to be excluded here. Anyone in top 10 is also capable of beating Carlsen if they are in form and (dare I say it) especially Ian.

1 year later: *Magnus has joined the chat... *Ding Liren has left the chat...

​@@lysy-zn2gg did magnus decline to participate in the tournament?

@@garychand4658 he refused to defend his champion title this year

@@lysy-zn2gg so now he is no more a champion?

@@garychand4658 do you even know what world championship match means lol

Fabi was great

It doesn't matter....he won the competition so he is world champion, Magnus quit.

Nepo wouldn't have been the best player in the world either if he won. Ding is generally better than Nepo before covid hit and prevented him from playing for 2 years, and he has taken games from magnus before. He is no worst than 2nd best.

The point of the WCC is not to find out who is the best chess player. The official Elo rating ranking already does that. The point is to crown someone champion, one who has more nerves, more guts, more mental strength under pressure. The self pin of Ding Liren in the last rapid game (which was not forced, he could've settled for a draw) was a move of a champion, and Nepo was unable to deal with it properly under the high stress condition.

Magnus quit and doesn’t regret not defending his title

I agree. But Ian can only blame himself for not taking his chances

Higher highs, but lower lows. Ding style is more consistent, hence why he's usually down on time, And not as flashy, but also produces results

I would say though nepo was out of shape. Nepo lost to a rusty Ding who has barely played during the covid year during his PEAK. Nepo had one of the best and flashy of seconds yet he could not utilise them all.

@@bardiche1989 Are you over 2000?

@@bardiche1989 I wouldn't ask if I didn't have that