Timestamps of this brilliant interview by the 14th World Champion: 0:00 - Introduction 0:46 - Hello and welcome! 1:33 - Kramnik in Team Nepomniachtchi 2:23 - Kramnik's predictions on the match and Ding's style 4:52 - Why were there so many decisive games? 6:22 - What went wrong with Nepomniachtchi? 10:16 - What was 4. h3? | Ding vs Nepo game 2 12:12 - Nepo's brilliant h4-h5 and Re2 | Nepo vs Ding game 5 14:46 - Kramnik on Ding Liren's second, Richard Rapport 16:35 - French Defense in a WC Match | Nepo vs Ding game 7 18:56 - Ding's cannonball preparation | Ding vs Nepo game 8 19:50 - Impressive opening prep | Ding vs Nepo game 10 21:38 - The colle system on the board | Ding vs Nepo game 12 26:45 - The final classical encounter | Ding vs Nepo game 14 28:45 - The tiebreaks were amazing! 29:29 - Ding's courageous ...Rg6 | Nepo vs Ding, tiebreaks game 4 32:13 - Ding Liren in the press conferences 34:42 - Ian's tweet after the match 38:25 - Thoughts on the Magnus Carlsen situation 41:33 - The differences between Magnus' WC matches and the WC 2023 46:32 - What causes nervousness in a WC Match? 50:46 - Kramnik on the tradition of World Championship matches 58:27 - Indian Youngsters moving up the ranks 1:04:23 - Kramnik's latest project - a mobile app called "Chess Legends"! 1:09:49 - Future events coming up for Kramnik 1:11:01 - Thank you and Goodbye!
Firstly Insight from Vishy Sir,then V Sarvanan and then Vladimir kramnik.Sagar bhai is killing it.Nowhere in the chess world you find such interesting content. You are not here for few likes but to create legacy. ❤
36:00 Geez, Vlad is on point. It's a very philosophical point, be happy with what you have, and don't cry too much. Take another perspective, that's what I am going to do NOW. I am always so miserable, forgetting what I have achieved after being in the dumps. Completely ruined, living the miserable life of an alcoholic, fastly dying, now I am something. Still unhappy all the time, pitying myself and others. Look at the bright side, man! enjoy your life and be grateful! Thanks Vlad. Not that I didn't know that before, but reminding is always needed.
From Europe. Sagar your interviews/podcast are great not only because of your guests, but because you really ask neat questions and not "easy" ones. Great.
I've liked very much the honesty and perspective (see at 35:36) where he says they weren't born in Buckingham palace nor as Rockefellers, hence "according to the start position Nepo's doing very well" :-D
Sagars wit and personality and good journalism is a gift to my life. The quality of everything he does. He listen. Asks the question I did not know I most of all wanted to be answered. Thank you, from Sweden.
32:00 This is why I like this interview the most. Ding is an honest person, a rarity these days, well, always was. I think if he manages to stay longer as a WC, or even if not, he is already a role model for young chess players all over the world. I really like Anand and his role in the chess life of India. And now Ding may serve a similar role for China. I think we may witness a new era in chess after all debacles we had in the last few years. Vlad hinted on destiny, maybe it is a Destiny call that Ding won? :)
Excellent insight into this match and chess and sport psychology in general by Kramnik here..and Sagar asking all the right questions..Excellent..thank you👍
I so appreciate your interviews with such high level players. Their insights and comments are really so helpful to understand the game of chess. Please do more of these with past World Champions.
Moral of the story: Kramnik not happy Ding won the championship.😅 Of course Ding didn't show his best but both the players made lots of mistakes and in the end Ian made the last mistake. If you see the play, Ian is v good at opening, strong and solid. And Ding had shaky openings. But in the middle game Ding was stronger.
Great interview, a very insightful dialogue, even for a low level player like myself, although the concrete (or abstract) concepts are probably way over my head. Definitely a fan of both Sagar and Vladimir!
acute insights from Vladimir Kramnik......everyone should listen twice.....as far as his explanation and understanding of Magnus stating theory and prep have diminished the game..I remind everyone that Bobby Fischer made this argument over 50 years ago....and just like all the chess thoughts from the greatest player ever ...time has proven him correct....
Seems like no one is impressed with Ding preps. Ian must have been the favorite atleast from a preparation point of view. Ding probably had the advantage from the skill point of view. Even if it was a slightly advantage.
Kramnik talks about a number of "unforced errors" by Nepo which cost him the match. But didn't Ding also make some "unforced errors" which cost him a couple games? At the end it all averages out, and Ding's bold, game-changing R-g6 move in game four of the rapids is what determined the outcome. Otherwise, that game would have been drawn, and from that point on anything could have happened.
Vlad why no castle chess would avoid preparation? Why not just let a board shuffler that establish an even position like +0.3 adv for white at move 10 so the players face the position equally without having any preparation.
Moral of the story: Kramnik not happy Ding won the championship.😅 Of course Ding didn't show his best but both the players made lots of mistakes and in the end Ian made the last mistake. If you see the play, Ian is v good at opening, strong and solid. And Ding had shaky openings. But in the middle game Ding was stronger.
Well, it's quite understandable. Kramnik is much better acquainted with Ian, he helped him a little in preparation for the match, and, after all, they are compatriots. I don't think that Vladimir can be criticized in any way for this, but, of course, he is more confident in his opinion that exactly Ian lost this match, and not Ding won it.
Classic Kramnik. Every time he talks about the World Championship, including his book on Magnus vs Karjakin, everything he says just reeks of pure jealousy that he can no longer hack it at this level
@@fundhund62you mean his series my great predecessors? That is an awesome series, a lot of people shun that series cause it is complicated with a lot of variations, but it is meant for 2000+ players so don’t really understand why beginners or intermediate players even read it. Just cause you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have amazing perspective. Also Kramnik has been really going crazy with the cheating accusations these days. Just see his c squared podcast interview with Fabi, dude has lost it, plus he thinks Hikaru and Naroditsky cheat online so I seriously doubt his sanity lol…
