The Feeling Of Winning A World Chess Championship 

That moment of Ian's nervous fidgeting with the pieces was heartbreaking to see, pure desperation

I was rooting for Ding but man that was heartbreaking when Ian grasped at the pieces, hands trembling.

Ian was gracious in his defeat . Not forgetting to shake hands with Ding twice even as his own hands were shaking and the mountain of disappointment came crashing down on him . To have come so close this time .

Seeing Ian's shaking hand and him knocking all the pieces over after he realised those are truly his last WCC moves was heartbreaking - I was rooting for Ding all the way, but these guys are both so likeable and humane. I'm sure this match will be remembered for a very, very long time.

Dudee.. it was sooo painfull to see Ian's hand shaking. He's surely in soo sooo much pain l. I hope he continue his journey and get through this. All the best to him.

Nepo was shaking. Can't imagine what he was feeling at that moment. Go get them next year my man.

Nepo wanted so badly to crush those pieces in his hand. And the worst thing about being a super gm is you'll never forget every move you made

I am so proud of Rapport for motivating Ding in his difficult moments !❤ One of the reason he won !

Ian's hands shaking, Ding burying his head in his hands, this has been absolutely grueling for both of them. What a spectacle.

Something I haven't seen mentioned, why this loss hurts so much more for Ian, is there's no time to prepare for it... Imagine if Ding won game 1 of rapid and drew the next 3 games, it'll definitely be heartbreaking for Ian, but at least it'll be less sudden, less shocking. Here, maybe 5 minutes have passed from the time Rg6 was played to when Ding became the world champion, and Ian was already expecting a draw. Imagine coming so close to everything you've worked for, then it all being taken away from you in the span of 5 minutes, that's beyond devastating... Rg6 by Ding was incredible, asserting dominance by not accepting the draw. Fabi mentioned that Ding could have played Ke6 in game 14 to play for the win, but chose instead to bail out into the draw. Now in the tiebreaks, he chose to play on, and it payed off spectacularly

Joining the Candidates after Karjakin's disqualification, managing to finish at a good 2nd place, reaching the World Chess Championship after Magnus decided to forfait, finishing the classical segment 7-7 and winning the Rapid tiebreak on the last match as black. Someone make a movie about Ding's crazy rise to World Champion already!!!

I feel that Nepo was from the beginning trying to pretend that he didn't care, but in the end he showed how important this world championship was for him.

The most impressive thing in this vid is Ding looking at Nepo and giving him a second handshake. That was pure empathy

Someone should make a movie about this match and Ding's road to the title

Dont forget, Ding wasnt even supposed to play in the Candidates, but got the spot when Karjakin got DQ'd. Then his prep got leaked. And he still won. What a legend

The story of Ding Liren's Road to become World chess champion: The Candidates qualifiers: 1. July 2021: Ding is unable to play the World Cup (the first candidates qualifier) due to Chinas Corona Restrictions 2. October 2021: Ding along with 12 of the 20 top players decided not to play The Fide Gran Prix (the second candidates qualifier), due to Covid concerns 3. February 2022: Ding misses the first Gran Prix round (The third candidates qualifier) due to healt issues 4. March 2022: Ding misses the second Gran Prix round due to China's Covid restrictions f'ing up his Visa application 5. Even though Ding is the 2nd highest rated in the world at this point the wildcard has already been given to Teimor Radjabov 5. Ding is out of contention at this point, largely due to factors beyond his control The twist: 1. Karjakin decides to endorse and make fun of victims in an active war zone and is disqualified from any FIDE events for 6 months 2. The regulations says the highest rated player on the next months rating list will be the replacement 3. But Ding has not played enough games and is considered inactive unless he plays 28 classical games in a single month 4. He joins a series of tournaments that will allow him to reach 30 games, but he still has to maintain his rating and not drop below Aronian or Wesley So 5. He not only maintains but even gains rating up to 2806 and is awarded Karjakins spot to the Candidates 2022. (There was some controversy though as the 28 games was mainly played against his countrymen and most of them signficantly lower rated than him at that. Though most top players agrees that due to him being the clear nr 2 in the world combined with his unfortunate circumstances he deserved the final spot). The Candidates: 1. June 2022 Ding get's off to a horrible start, losing his first game to Nepo 2. He then goes on a 7 game draw streak and stays stuck on a -1 score while Nepo and Fabi sparates themselves as favourites with +4 and +3 respectively. 3. Ding is mostly considered out of contention at this point, but out of nowhere he goes on a 3 game win streak, Beating fabi in the process! 4. However his momentum is stopped dead by a brutal loss to Teimor Radjabov, and Nepo wins the Candidates with an insane +5 score with 2 rounds to spare! 5. But for the first time in history the second place in the candidates tournament might actually matter because of Carlsens announced intention to not defend his title. 6. At this point Ding and Nakamura are the only players except Nepo with a + score, but Naka is at +2 and Ding is at +1, and as if written they will be playing each other in the final round! 7. Ding Liren HAS to beat Nakamura on demand to get the possible second Championship match spot. And the guy god damn goes and does it! Therby bringing himselves to +2 and taking Naka down to +1 at the same time! 8. Magnus proceeds to step down from the title, and the *two* world championship challengers are Ding and Nepomniachtchi! The Championship Match: 1. After Game 1 Ding is candid about struggling mentally and feeling depressed 2. In game 2 disaster strikes, Ding loses with White. Giving Nepo the lead which is normally a significant advantage due to only needing draws. 3. In game 3 Ding holds a hard draw with black, and in Game 4 he strikes back! The score is even and it's basically down to a 10 game match now. 4. Pandemonium ensues. Nepo immediately strikes back in game 5 and takes the lead again, but Ding comes back and equalizes again in game 6! 5. But wouldn't you know it Nepo goes and wins game 7 and Ding is down in the match for the third time at the half point of the match, and Nepo finally stablizes and draws game 8. 6. After 3 more draws, by Game 12 Ding only has 2 games left with the advantage of the white pieces. But by this point there is one thing you can count on; Ding Liren does NOT stay down, and he somehow manages to fight back and win again to equalize the score! 7. The last 2 classical games are draws and they are going to Tiebreaks!! Tie breaks: 1. In a 4 game rapid match Ding randomly picks white first, but Nepo holds a draw. 2. Game 2 is a draw as well, and in his final white game Ding is actually on the verge of losing but manages to survive. 3. Nepo has the advantage of White in the last game and get's a good position. 4. The game is extremely complicated but in the end it seems like it will end in a draw. But to everyones surprise Ding declines the repetiton and starts pressing for a win! 5. Playing the extremely risky looking Rg6 he manages to outplay Nepo in a completely chaotic position, and with seconds remaining on the clock Ding becomes the new World Champion! 6. Something incredible is that in a match with this many twists and turns; Ding didn't lead the match a single time until the very moment Ian resigned the final game! TLDR: Anyone who says Ding doesn't deserve to be world champion needs to educate themselves. The amount of adversities this guy had to overcome to get to where is now, the amount of setbacks he faced and the amount of times he got back up and fought back is honestly one of the most inspiring feats I've seen in my life! As a Norwegian it hurts to see Magnus go, but I can't think of anyone more deserving of taking his place at this point. Congratulation World Champion Ding Liren!

Nepo’s trembling hands … shows how much effort had gone into the prep for this match. The games were entertainment for most of us but for these players this is their career, a major part of their lives since childhood - can’t even fathom how heartbreaking this must have been for Nepo 💔 hope he gets comes back stronger ….well done both👏

100% deserved! Ding delivered it all in the last minute🔥

Nepo beating every chess player in the weirded expression competition. I love that you can really feel his surprise after rg6. Congrats to both of them💪 a really entertaining competition

They are both good people and were both playing well. Blunders happen, we're all humans. Much respect for both gm's for the wonderful performance

Just WOW! That Rook self pin. The saying 'fortune favours the brave' has never rung truer. Congratulations to Ding.

Dings graciousness at the end. Holding off eye contact when he knew he had him. Class act.

I can't imagine a man like ian is shivering His hands are shaking like he is in antrantica Imanse pressure hats off

I saw Ian's hands tremble live, it was heartbreaking the first time, Its heartbreaking everytime I watch, but I am very happy for Ding because I was rooting for him, and that's competition for you guys, both were gladiators, Victory comes at someone's loss, cherish it and be thankful for it. Alhamdulillahi Rabbilaalameen!!

Congrats to Ding!!! Both players have my biggest respect but unfortunately there has to be a winner. AMAZING tournament!

I hope Ian remembers that what he did is still a huge achievement.

Feel so happy for Ding, and I didn't expect to feel as sorry as I do for Nepo 🥺

Let´s be honest... Ian reaction is the highlights of this match. heartbreaking, Live by the sword, die by the sword. Congrat to both.

From Ding almost not even entering the competition to Ding trailing then Ding chilling and now finally. DING WINNNIIIIIINNNNNGGG!!,,,,,,, Edit: I know this is cringe but actually THANK U FOR THESE LIKES. I have never gotten over 200 likes on my comments so thank you so much.

Greatness! Congratulions to Ding Liren for becoming a world champion!

I sincerely believe that Nepo deserves to be the World Champion at some point in the future. He's SO good and puts in SO much effort and energy. Seeing him realize what was happening was devastating to watch. And a HUGE congrats to Ding!!! Didn't qualify for candidates, didn't qualify for the championship, never led a single time the entire match, and at the very end of the very last game of the tiebreakers, he decides to avoid a draw and comes out of it the World Champion. It's straight up a fairy tale story.

I was watching the live stream, I was rooting for Ding, but it was heartbreaking watching Nepo moving and droping the pieces at the side in disbelief. Lets remember that Nepo is consistently winning the candidates every year! So sad losing the championship once again.

I'm happy for Ding, congrats to him🥰❤ I feel so bad for Nepo tho, his hands were shaking so much and fumbling with pieces, even knocking them over a little. Can't imagine the pressure he must have felt🥺 I hope he feels better soon.

Ian and Ding make these games so interesting cause both have completely different style. It's truly amazing to witness this astonishing event live. THANK YOU BOTH :)

it must be very hard for ian after losing the same championship for the second time in a row , i feel very sorry for him on both personal level & chess . congratulations for Ding Liren he won the GOLD against all odds the man has truly iron nerves & stamina & most of all he is really really such a good Person.

DING CHILLING

Congrats Ding , Well Deserved !

bro Ian's reaction literally broke my heart eventho i wasnt really cheering for any of them

such a sweet and humble man. gotta love how he went for the second handshake. love this guy

That sudden realization setting in for ian that the world championship has slipped from his hands from a intially drawish situation was extremely sad to witness live especially when his hands started shaking. He was expecting it to go to the blitz rounds and was no way prepared for these turn of events! Still both players fought till the end!🎉 Congratz to Ding!🎉

I was rooting for Nepo the entire match, really disappointed he has lost. However, congrats to Ding. He really deserves the title, especially after that move Rg6 with a minute on his clock. That was an incredible match!

"You have won the world championship congratulations ding,so my question is how is the weather"

Man, it must be an incredibly overwhelming feeling. He has dedicated his entire life to this, it didn't look like he was going to even compete, only to put in an incredible amount of effort, winning to be crowned the greatest player in the entire world, at something literally enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people

Never seen Ian braking down like this .. hands shaking . Extremely shaken ..Unfortunate for him .. kudos to him to come back in press conference with heavy loss in shoulder . .. I don’t know if he will ever get a better chance than this .. respect .

A champion is not just by winning a championship its a character which brought ding today here, congratulations ding 🍁 but dont worry nepo you belongs from a country with a history of champions but today someone had becomed the first one for his country.

The whole tournament feels like scripted drama. Thank you magnus for bringing us this wonderful tournament.

Ding's g6 is the equivalent to Leonidas calling upon his spartans to dine in hell.

Wasn't really fan of Nepo, but man, i almost cried for him 😢

He's so emotional, his social score must have been at least doubled 📈

Ding's hard work has finally paid off

Ding really giving me motivation to pass my exams

I'm not the biggest fan of Ian but seeing him push those pieces and his hands shaking.. So close yet so far from being World Champion. To be that close to something you always dreamt of having.. and it all crumbling down in seconds.. One of the most heartbreaking things I'll ever see. I hope he can recover from this. The piece that fell was a knight and the piece that he was holding and that he put up was also a knight. 1 knight fell, who was Ian and 1 knight went through a tough battle and won.. that was Ding Liren

Impossible to not feel bad for Ian even though we're happy for Ding.

I can appreciate how less toxic the chess community is when I see comments cheering for Ding and seeing Ian's attempts to hold his emotions.

I was supporting Ding till game 12, when I saw Ian's emotional in that game I started to support him. Yeah it really is so hard for him. Him with shaking hands absolutely cruel moment. But at the end of the day the better one became champion, so big congratulations to Ding to be the first Chinese player to become the world champion. Wish Ding to be like Anand for his country and wish Ian to come back stronger.

I was rooting for Ding but damn I feel so bad for Nepo. Not only he threw the title away especially by losing a totally winning game by playing too fast which will haunt him for the rest of his life probably. But this is the 2nd wc match he loses in a row. And also, to lose like this on a game you thought was totally drawn blundering at the last minute it's gotta be so devastating. Going to be rooting for him if he plays next candidates, we need a rematch !! (this match was so good)

Ian's second handshake, accompanied by a determined effort to display a courteous smile, was a testament to his commitment to upholding good manners and sportsmanship, despite the immense stress and the gravity of the event.

The feeling of knowing you crushed someone's dreams to achieve yours

I was rooting for Ding but really feel for Ian. That feeling of your dreams slipping through your fingers is palpable.

"Is Ding Liren playing for the win?!!" This is a tiebreaker for a world championship, of course he is.

00:33 most dramatic scene of the entire championship.

Wonderfully edited conclusion to a rollercoaster match. Heartbreaking to watch it slip away from Nepo but how can you not love Ding?? A classic underdog story.

ding is such a sweetheart. love how the little personality we see from him, he is so sincere.

0:34 it was truly heartbreaking when I saw this video i literally Cried inside Ian was one of most favourite players i literally can't imagine the feeling of Ian Love you Ian

i feel so bad for nepo every time i see the face he made and the nervous fidgeting and shaking. i’m glad ding won though

1:03 the face you make, when u realize that u have to play magnitudo next year 🥶

Man...that final position and likely Game 12 will likely be burnt through Ian's memory. Chess is so unforgiving when you lose...a World Championship of all things.

We all must come together and support ian on the next one. Watching him at the end was heartbreaking 😢

"It was my opponent. not my enemy" - A wise man

0:36 this moment is heartbreaking for me ,all viewers and specially for Ian and when he resigned all viewers were shocked

What a wonderful match between two great players. And Ian, what class!

Ding: I cannot control my emotions Also ding: 😐

Bravo Ding! The triumph of a humble, brave and courageous champion, Congratulations Ding Liren!

I tried to hold it when Nepo’s shaking hands knocked off a piece but the moment Ding extended his hand for the second handshake I felt it! He was practically saying “sorry bro GG” 😢😢😢 so emotional

Ian is a stronger chess player than Ding, but clearly Ding wins overall for the best chess player (apart from Magnoos). Chess involves strategic play, knowing when to risk it, and understanding your opponents and your own strengths and weaknesses.

It was indeed heartbreaking to see. It was 99,99% clear this would be a tie. And then in the last minute. Most brutal change of plans ever. Nobody could have expected this, which makes it mentally so hard for Ian. That was a difficult moment to watch. Joy and tears being so close to each other.

“Chess is just a game” ~ said the normal person, but as profesional chess player, chess would also heartbreaking, i’m feeling sad about ian because i’ve been feeling the same. Congratulation Ding liren & Ian, you are both brilliant chess player

Congratulations Ding! I knew you could do it!!!

This moment will always be historic

You have to respect Nepo here. He was gracious and had integrity through the press conference afterwards as well.

That shivering just makes me so sad :(

We has seen it all in this WCC. Fierce battle, Ding frozen in a winning position and lost it all (and we thought it is the most heart breaking one), then the last classical match with Ian maximing the playtime pushing Ding to play perfectly to prevent sudden turn of event and lastly this.. Ian is almost confidence in getting the last draw before blitz but then Ding chosen to go all in with Rb6 on the last repeatative move. Ian stunned and are running out of time to figure out the best counter, faith flippled on their heads and Ian who are always the one with time lead now in danger of being flag unable to find the only saving move. The realization after his last take is absolutely heartbreaking and devastating. To know you have been almost always in the driving seat and then be thrown at the very very last second with a shocker. Brutal by Ding, but it is what it need to be done with what is at stake. The hand shaking, the pieces falling all over, unable to stand right. Ding sure know how it feels and surely be very sorry to Ian at that time. Kudos to Ian that he still accept the 2 handshakes by Ding, and for Ding to offer those 2. Nothing will be able to comfort Ian. 2 times world champion contender. Hopefully he will gather himself and get going for the third time with a better outcome. Absolutely brilliant WCC.

Heart ❤went out to Ian....So happy for Ding😊

One of the greatest chess games in chess world championship history! Congrats Ding Liren! You're so awesome!

Deep in my heart i wanted ian to win. His second try at the world championship once again he failed, so much heartbreak.

Ding just looked relieved when he won, the match was so drawn out and put so much pressure on both players

His reaction wasn't caused by him winning, he was sad because the other person lost and almost had a breakdown.

Ding just stayed there palming his face. What a composure

I'm not gonna lie i was rooting for Ding all the way but watching Nepo tremble like that is really heartbreaking. the guy lost first to Magnus and now to Ding i can't even imagine how hard this defeat is to Ian all the effort he had to put to be in the world championship twice only for him to lose again that is just brutal for me i really feel for Nepo but heads up Nepo life can be weird sometimes but all the efforts and work you put it will not be in vain, life is gonna reward you. You go again King that's the only way and congratulations to Ding really happy for him, he deserved this.

Way to go Ding. I watched the tournament all the way through. You are an inspiration to so many.

Great and fantastic tournament !

0:33 was emotional moment lan shaking his because of tension of losing the fide world championship game 😢😢

I was rooting for Ding but i almost cried when i saw Nepo shake and push down the pieces, almost crying on the spot

If Ding didn’t offer that second handshake Ian would have thrown that water bottle.

Ding and Ian both played incredible chess throughout the past couple of weeks. It was neck and neck right until the very end. I will never forget this world championship. Ian fidgeting with the pieces, hands shaking, is a heartbreaking moment, but all the same I feel incredibly happy for Ding. He wasn’t even supposed to be in this match, and the fact he got in and then won is amazing. Great chess played by both players and I can’t wait for the next WCC!

0:32 that's a strong scene.

Congratulations, Ding!!🥳🎉🏆

that is chess. There can only be one winner. It was an absolute brutal slugfest and ding came out on top.

Ian lost all the sense of touch after knocking down the pieces. Feels bad for Ian

0.38 pure emotional moment 🥺🥺🥺