This Should Have Never Happened... 

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Normally you'd cheer up any person doing almost anything, but if you don't give a flying fuck about having knowledge of the matter you are making a " " documentary " " of, then just grab any other thing and make stuff about that. Make entertaining content instead of "informative". Because despite what I'm saying the multimedia aspect of it was beautiful, but chess-wise it's clear you are barely starting in chess or you don' know chess at all. For all you've shown this could be just a mix of wikipedia and chat gpt. And as it should be considering what I've said, your arguments are bs, too. Ding was also facing terrible pressure that wasn't related to the mere sport part of this. All the introduction of every opening was crap. If you are going to say that every opening is solid then just present the fact that in WCC matches the opening choices are solid in general, because what you've acchieved was to present 3 different openings undifferentiated. And the french not being in WCC matches because of it not being understood (what wasn't understood is because there was a shift in opening thinking because of the new methods of making chess engines), the nimzo being "edgy and modern giving the two sides a chance of winning" is another dumb statement. What's "edgy" about the nimzo??? it is modern, but if you are informing mainly people that doesn't play chess or know it that well, what does it mean for an opening to be "modern" ? "giving the two sides a chance of winning" all the openings you presented here have that characteristic, why is that a nimzo characteristic?? And russian chess is not in any downfall... that's like saying brazilian football is in a downfall because they don't win a world cup since 2002... that's the moronic kind of triumphalistic sensationalistic comments that grocery line people make but are just replied by "there's another people involved and there are no predetermined wins" ... I'm from the nineties, I really hate your generation and how stupidly desperate to make "successful" stuff in social media they are. I hope proud in making good quality intelectually honest stuff crosses your mind sometime.

26:43 another statement that reflects that you don't understand the consequences of what you are presenting

@@santiagomorales9129 and what is that??

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Funny, isn't it? In chess, just like in poker, the harder you study, the luckier you get.

its not luck its hard work

@@victorjiang5827 r/whoosh

I wish I lucked my way into a win against any super GM

It requires skill too, and by the way you're talking it doesn't seem like you have any

Agreed. Saying someone got lucky just means they took advantage of the chances given to them by fate. It very much makes a difference but in a chess board there's no such thing as luck. So he won every match fair and square

Blue lock?

@@spiritthe4th321 they did have a speech about that but the idea existed well before that

no way Hikaru takes the draw if he knew it would cost him an opportunity

True every victory ever had can be attributed to luck.

people know it but they don't have enough courage to accept it. God gives him a chance, he takes it and makes a miracle thing happened.

I've always loved the saying luck is when opportunity meets preparation and this is exactly what happened.

I think he was lucky. He should not have made it to the Candidates. But he did because the PRC went full steam for him, organizing those hurried tournaments so that he could qualify. The tournaments did not have the strongest players, as far as I know, but I could be wrong.

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@@sid1gen I don't think you need to be lucky to have that. France set a similar but more about boosting-elo event for Firouzja this year, even though it didn't count in the end.

Ding sucks now and looses to everyone

@@end.olives and your missing the point

Bruh wtf have you ever seen a "world champion" getting owned this hard in tournaments?

@@paresa1601 and ding seems like someone that could be easily pressured into cheating by the ccp in china. The chinese goverment cheats on literally anything to win medals and stuff like that. Their whole society is orientated around the concept of face.

You are right. Nobody îs perfect only GOD and mistakes are super normal. The key îs have fun💪💪💪

100% Agree with this, Ding's entire journey needs to be made into a movie... Honestly it's so inspirational.

he qualified only coz hikaru threw the last game at candidates. His win was 30% perseverance but 70% luck everything in world went in his favor the classic nepo choke in the end as well when in the entire championship nepo played perfectly only to choke when it mattered. Nepo literally was the best opponent possible for an out of course question like ding. If ding defends his title this year then he deserves it otherwise he will go down in history as the most unworthy champion ever and no one can deny that.

@@morninglion27 this is like those situations when some random on the internet clowns on world no. 2 for not winning 💀. like bro shut up this guy's better than you by a long shot. by definition he is the world champion, as he won the match. like the commentator said, chess is a game of nerves. nepo's choke is his and his fault only, he let his nerves get to him like many times before. it doesn't matter whether he is "unworthy" or not, what matters is that he worked hard to get here, respect what he's done

@@hichewies i would never understand these meat riders like bruh 1 he is not world number 2 he is number 5 rn and he doesnt deserve to be even top 10 by the level of chess he is diplaying rn also are you a but slow or something? I need to be on his level to judge him lol? I can barely play badminton so i cant say that a school champion isnt as good as the world champion? Your logic is flawed and heavily influenced by your meat riding tendency kindly use this bs logic in a place where ppl are as slow as you

​@@morninglion27pure cringe ding may not be strongest but he is by no means unworthy

Same

Same

No, this is not the best tribute to the world champion Magnus Carlsen so far, lol.

@@user-ip2ey8mc3h ur right lol

@@user-ip2ey8mc3h Ding Liren is the world champion. That is a fact. No one's claiming that Ding is the best in the world or better than Magnus. But he is world champion and Magnus is not anymore.

@@armstrongtixid6873 *By FIDE version you forgot to mention. The real WC is ofc Magnus, ask everyone.

@@user-ip2ey8mc3h Sure, but officially it’s Ding Liren and there’s no ignoring that.

good for you!

dude trust me he missed a lot of point a lot of analysis in the game (like the game number 14 it wasnt a completly winning after the ding blunder and the continuatious of the game that he show us isnt the right one). it is a beautiful spectacular video i admit, but it really low as propagandistic and click bait as good chess analysis video... like a good showman, hr make a beautiful show without explaining or go into the real detail. (Sorry for my poor English)

i agree hata

@@absention390 nah you’re goated man like damn 🐐 🤤

@@absention390 hope you’re doing good 😊

I remember going in not knowing to much about either player, but both grew on me from their interviews there. Watching Ding freeze up in a winning position mid tournament was horrifying and I lost hope for him after, but he turned things around. Pretty insane.

Yes

A degenerated man child, grown by the Chinese dictatorship, who got lucky with the participation, won against the loser of the previous WC .. what a legacy

No really,u watch his interview before the wc? He said if he didnt win the wc=he will retire That' s bad motivation Im 100% sure he didnt have any motivation left after winning wc

😀 I like your logic. I don't follow football, but the RM has its vibe

Don't know for sure if he'll take the crown or even if he'll win the candidates this time, but I'm pretty sure that another WCC match between Ian and Ding would be even more intense and dramatic. That being said, I root for Ian (and Ding as well) and he knows he's got a clear shot for redemption no just to beat Ding but to prove to himself that he can be world champion despite all the bumps along the road

5 days later, before Round 13: fingers crossed, but it’s gonna be really hard to achieve. 5 (!!!) people are still going back to back and have solid chances. Probably we’ll see a tie-break.

It didn't happen.

It was all because of Ivanchuk lol

The slight difference is that Magnus went on to immediately and absolutely dominate the world of chess for ten years and four more World Titles. In fact, he was dazzling before the Candidates. Ding would have silenced a lot of critics far more important than people like me IF he had gone on to play magnificent chess ever since becoming world champion. But he has played very poorly, as if his rating were really above his punch. We agree that Magnus had luck on his side. Everyone needs Lady Luck in order to triumph. But Ding has done precious little with his crown all these months except prove his critics right.

​@@sid1gen Was Donovan Bailey not the fastest man in 96 just because he didn't run against Michael Johnson in 100m at the Olympics? Was Demark somehow not the best European football team in 92 just because Yugoslavia got disqualified? When you win at a tournament widely regarded as the tournament to determine the best at the game, you don't need to win it over and over again to prove that you are the best. This is not the GOAT debate, stop treating it as one.

@@xianyuli6977 Stop telling me to stop! Ha, ha! Joking. Look, I understand that this issue can get emotional for some people. Some guys have shown to be really hurt by my comments, and I wish the best for Ding! But being the WC presupposes that you are the best. If you become WC without defeating the man who's universally considered the GOAT, then your crown may be a bit big for your head. Is it unfair? Yes. But that's the way things are. Technically and factually, Ding IS the World Champion. Tremendous achievement. But I will continue to see his title as a bit diminished. Regardless of what others achievers have done or not done in other disciplines, this is chess, and you are supposed to be the best in the world when you are World Champion. It's not in the rules; but it's in people's minds. It's in my mind. You disagree with me? Fine. I will not tell you to stop disagreeing with me. Go ahead and dissent all you want. And, xianyuli, if I want to treat this as the GOAT debate, I will treat it as the GOAT debate. Get used to people not agreeing with you. You are in a public forum. Welcome to our Agora.

Yes everyone did, if your opponent played perfectly the best you could hope for would be a series of draws followed by a coin toss - had all of magnus' opponents played like stockfish engines he'd have been lucky to draw a single game in his career, but they didn't and he exploited most of their mistakes while making very few himself

You made me laugh. 😂

There is also the stroke of luck. Had kramnik not had an ego and won/drew his final game in the 2013 Candidates, Magnus may have not have the legacy he left/still leaving

Magnus was inevitable, he had already qualified the previous year ​@@JoshuaGutierrez-yq2bi

yeah, it's a pity the "documented" part of it wasn't very "documenting". But hey... engaging images, pauses, color, noises. What do we care about the actual content, right?

Honestly he won with disadvantage because of the leak...