Nepo showed real class in that moment

Actually gained a lot of respect for Nepo. When they left the board the last thing he said to Fabi was "I'm sorry"

I am not a Nepo fan, but definitely gained a lot of my respect with how he handled that. Not only the situation as a whole, which is obviously tough -- but to go out of his way to lift up his opponent. Good guy Nepo.

Timestamp?

Man has carried himself well win or lose.

"and i am happy" - Levon Aronian

He should. He’s no 2 in the world and choked with a +5 lead

when did he say that?

At the beginning

Beginning beginning ​@@agustincai

Ian's been there before lol. That interview post-blunder against Magnus is still probably the toughest one he had to do.

@@Tyrantofthewind Yes. I can still remember those long questions after he defended the 120+ moves against Magnus in the queen vs 2 rooks end game. Those are just crazy.

It's just another day for Ian

​@@abhisheth588 Not two rooks. Queen Vs Rook + Knight + I guess 2 pawns.

More for Fabi!

And Fabiano's smile.. The last year gave us so many dramatic moments in terms of the WC title

well its just a board game

​@@KatoYutobe in the same way your office job is just moving some paper around. It's not just a board game to us.

To add fuel to the fire, Nepo appeared to be struggling to contain himself from breaking into tears since the beginning of the press conference, and Fabi's smile gave out an "Are you SERIOUS??" kind of feeling.

@@smwg4187 Well, his office job probably has a deeper purpose. Playing chess is solely for our entertainment, just like any other sport (just not watched as much as other sports).

Nepo had more than a fare share of try in WC. Nw he is done🤩🤩🤩

Yes

Undefeated, but also unwinning

​@@kendrickpadillabtbf he won a couple of times. And draws are part of his strategy

Gukesh was undefeated but his blitz 😅skill entered the chat against alireza

I was thinking the same. Why in the world would she ask something like that to such a great player.

She has been terrible the whole tournament. "I guess you guys just are destined to play second fiddle your whole lives, tough luck, huh?"

These press conferences were horrific, couldn't agree more at how terrible that question was!

@@firebug3256 LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Idk why they bring this old granny for such crucial interviews .. she should stay in home looking after her grand children

That's why Magnus is at another level compared to Fabi et al. He would never miss that.

It's one of those "if that was I puzzle I think I could have found it" but being in that position after 14 days and 5 hours... man. So rough.

Would have only been a tie-break which he probably would have lost anyways given how good Gukesh was playing.

His whole life probably

Ok

Are they even allowed to skip press conference after a draw ? I might be wrong here, but I feel like there is no way they would show up unless they are forced to

@@sergeykostrov7948they have to as part of their agreement

You're right. Most sports have mandatory media responsibilities for players and they get fined for skipping them.

@@sergeykostrov7948 They probably have a contract to do interviews, but I think they could allow extenuating circumstances. Asking them to analyze the game in this moment is pretty shite if they don't want to.

He just wants to run and hide under a bed at this point but cruel media persons wont let him ☹️

I thought the interviewer was awful. Also interjecting their own analysis while 2 super GM’s are analysing back and forth, just no.

Having read your comment I can't watch......

this PR person is horrible in every press conference

I mean of course there’s karma and destiny but he lost world championship and now candidates because he’s weak in blitz. Hopefully he’ll take some responsibility and try to fix his weakness.

Why so harsh? She is only doing her job. It's pretty tough to interview the players after such an emotional rollercoaster ride, which ended badly for both. And it's not her fault there are press conferences to begin with.

Yeah, especially since he didn't have anything to gain at this point. There were no realistic winning chances whatsoever. A draw only meant Caruana doesn't get tie-breaks, but the outcome is the same for Nepo either way.

​@@Blinkers2007GameDevthat's exactly what is called "match fixing" Win like this only will harm your opponent, cause that's something really out of boundaries for sportsmanship

​@@vibovitold That is inaccurate for at least 2 reasons: - There is a 3500 dollars as a reward for the haft point, furthermore begins 4th (which would result in even less prize money). - Furthermore chess is not blunder proof... And Ian wasn't really playing for a draw, because he had some occasion to dry out the position that he did not jump over... Fabi was in time trouble and a mistake in a complex position is not impossible even for a player like Fabi. And it can help to recover from the tournament knowing you have give it your best. Considering the money aspect alone, which is not huge but still exist, he has not interest whatsoever in giving the win to Fabi... The harsh aspect of chess is also that in the end Fabi played really poorly for a player of his strength and did not win the game, period. I do feel sorry for him, but that doesn't help the fact that he did not win, when he could have and basically had to.

Look like some people don't know about sportsmanship

@@Blinkers2007GameDev "hy not just resign and let tie break happen?" that would be very poor sportsmanship on Nepo's part. a player should always play to their best ability. not throw games because of any external circumstances.

So poor at handling pressure. Doubt whthr he is World champion material

Yes

@@jazzydriven2784kidding? He is incredible at managing emotions, this has to be maybe the second hardest loss in his career

It was his greatest chance as now Indian grand masters who are young gonna dominate the tournament of chess for a long time . We have Gukesh, Pragga and many more are on the way.

@@gus8696 no point in being incredible if u can't deliver when it matters🥰

True

True ... None of the players in the candidates are bad ... All of them are truly exceptional .. especially fabi, nepo and hikaru. But there has to be one winner which is cruel. Anyways congrats to ma man gukesh, truly a gem !!

Incredibly daft question that should disqualify her for the future. I couldn't believe my ears.

Please cut the woman some slack! Even grandmasters blunder. She gave them an opportunity to be philosophical but when they demurred, she didn't badger. She felt the grave tragedy of the situation, asked questions for the sake of the chess historical record, then sensitive to the situation, diplomatically declined to ask more questions when there were no further ones from the press pool and closed the session (~10 minutes). That's professional and all you can ask. I thought she did a great job throughout the tournament.

​@@scottedmiston5850she closed the session??, there were no questions for the players and analysis was over, nothing more to do, saying how do you feel at the start, I could rule that as idiotic, but saying is it destiny that you didn't win to the second highest rated player in the WORLD is another level of insensitivity 🙄, anyone with a basic EQ can tell you that this was an awful thing to say.

I think it was more out of respect for the players. Both of them were devastated after that game.

​@@kunjranpura305yes

@@kunjranpura305 100% true

can you put the link to that moment of that video?

It's on Chessbase India KZfaq channel, their entire discussion post game. Search Ian apologies to Fabiano and you'll get there

Im sorry - Ian My fault - Fabi

You are damn right about that. This one's going in the history books no matter what. The time scramble and the dramatic scenario won't probably resist the test of time as good, but the game itself surely will.

Nope.Fabiano clearly blundered

​@@higherbeingX Yes. And that's why it will go down in History. There is nothing more instructive because the Position was at many points absolutely insanely complex and both players blundered like 5 times because of it. This is exactly the Kind of position that will, and has to be, studied for a long time. Nobody studies an easily won position.

​@@keizan5132the only reason as to why thsi game is important is tge scenario the game itself is not

​@@higherbeingXblundered is the wrong word, I'm sure he'll say he did but not realising that a 3 move tactic is your only win with only a minute or two on the clock isn't a blunder as much as it is a missed opportunity - before time control he played a few inaccuracies which made the position much harder to win and while he gave him some chances, Ian defended very well and would've won had you or I been playing him

Fabi's fault - he choked again

I mean he probably would've acceped resignation in a normal game, but in this circumstance drawing and losing means little difference. He was playing on to hope a mistake big enough that allows for winning chances was his motivation to keep going.

"The hardest thing is winning a won game".

​@@TheSLK66No, "The most difficult thing is to win on equal terms"

Why give up when your opponent wastes all his time? You know that when he has to make 6 moves in 3 minutes with life changing results on the line, you will have the advantage. I really don't know why super GMs let themselves get low on time like Fabi did. There isn't a format where where one player gets 2 hours and the other gets 17 seconds. That is a joke game that someone like Magnus plays when he is drunk and playing against a couple of teenage girls. Why? Because that isn't fair. Time matters, a lot.

Two chess players drawing a game is the most depressing thing??? You are a lucky person

@@jazzydriven2784 you don't know the context of it. You just see the draw, what you don't see is the storyline that has lead them to this point after years of preparation. Not to mention the game today itself, it was the most thrilling ever in recent history. You are speaking from a point of naivety.

@@chascaljr8415 still, two players drawing a game (following a thrilling game and a storyline of hard prep) is the most depressing thing u hd in ur life so far, fair to say u hv been a lucky person, dear🥰🥰

100%😢

For everyone saying that there are more depressing thing, the op meant that as a chess fan and in the context, what an obvious thing to say there are more depressing things, everybody KNOW

Firouzja and Abasov had none either.

I mean it would be cruel to ask them question after such heartbreak.

Yes, the organisers are humane

What's so funny? Everyone could see they were clearly heartbroken 🙄

@@keithstack6321 no one watched it either

Well all he demonstrated is how to lose a won game. If anyone it is Ian who demonstrated how strong he is

Yes

​@@michaelscott1231 can't blame him, with 2 mins under the clock and the pressure + nerves, it's impossible for almost any player to see the best possible moves in that moment, they are still humans afterall.

@@michaelscott1231 Everyone is a grandmaster until they are in the deciding match with 2 minutes on the clock.

@@michaelscott1231 Fabi is the highest rated player in history after Magnus. He is as well over 30 (probably past his prime). He was able to not lose to Magnus when Magnus was in his prime in that WC. and maybe this was his last chance for being world champion. Put some respect to his name.

Meanwhile he has a losing record against Hikaru lol and lost like the last four games in classical that Hikaru played with Black, so him being easily the best is dubious at best lol- Ding, Firouzja, Hikaru, etc., should not be disrespected like this lol- Hikaru was undefeated before his loses to Vidit, Firouzja was 2800+ and number 2 so was Ding, Fabi is not easily the second best lol

@@jessiejess-sj8pv hard to read "lol". Fabi has defenitly been the second best player now for a long time in classical. One look at the rating charts should be enough to understand that. I dont know what your yapping about.

In case of this tournament Nepo was doing excellent from the start though, in the top spot almost until the end, whereas Caruana was underperforming initially and only began catching up later on, scoring 3 wins (and a draw) in 4 consecutive games, which is quite a streak. So in this sense Nepo's experience was sort of more painful, I imagine. He'd felt like he already had it, and then it slips away again

Until COVID came along Ding did challenge for that.

@vibovitold You are right, tough for Nepo too given how the tournament went. I hope they both return

Yes... Winning comes when you do your best without expectations

The wise man is magnus

Eu nem diria quando você quer vencer. Mas diria: "Quando você precisa vencer."

@@thecritic3443Wise quote. Some how psychological pressure can prevent one from finding the winning path forward.

Still your heart won't melt for the 17 year old Indian ?

Ok

@@catalanicsurya3089we can support many at once ❤

Hinata chan daisuki ❤

No? Wtf​@@catalanicsurya3089

Which 2018 game are you referring to

@@michaelscott12312018 world championship caruana-carlsen

I think if there were no pressure fabi wpuld habe easiky found qe8 and qe2 or eould have hought longer before ka1 which was very weird not to think there

Complicated is one thing, but these guys are playing for hours (I believe the entire game lasted for like 6 hours, or close?). They're both exhausted towards the end. Had that game been adjourned half-way through, and resumed the next day - like they used to do decades ago - the accuracy would be very different.

Its actually move 41* after the time control!!💔

Don't make much sense if someone else have won people would have cheers for

I think Gukesh is a good person too. Only one person could win. There was no gloating, and the only off comments were by the interviewers who didn't know what to say, never having been in similar shoes.

Yes legendary, we got the youngest Candidates winner❤❤❤

Which 2018 game is it?

@@michaelscott1231 Game 6 from the magnus vs. fabi world championship match

​@@jazzydriven2784 at this point we don't care, yes congrats to gukesh but people don't have to brag that their favorite "prodigy" won, these two are renowned players already that's why it's just devastating to see both of them lose their opportunity again to become world champions

@@isuck6049 time for the renowned players to gracefully leave so that the new gen gives a fight for Magnus... Very clear Naka, Fabi, Nepo cant dethrone Magnus... Nw let Guki, Nodirbek, Pragg, Keymer et al give a try🥰

he wouldnt have been talking about them being fated to not win

Chin up, you’re winning tomorrow

Also he was also playing for win, maybe Fabi can blunder & he gets the wi, he sets up a few traps at the end.

In terms of absolute playing strength he might even be THE strongest (because modern players obviously have an edge over the players of the past). But even if we account for that difference, he's still in pretty good company. Rubinstein, Geller, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Ivanchuk. Chess history isn't only world champions.

Magnus had that match under control, knew he could draw the classical games and win the blitz, as he did. Magnus never had Nepo under control and was almost down 2 after the first few games. Then Nepo cracked, but he was a huge threat in a rematch. Sometimes A beats B, B beats C, C beats A, which is strongest? But Nepo was the biggest threat against Magnus for sure. Maybe Fabi would have had good chances against Ding, although he could not handle Magnus.

Complete moron, surely that's not the best interviewer they can find

"Yeah, i can read" 😂

rly, ive always tthought the opposite

@@WigSplitters you're thinking about hans. Ian is a good guy :)

@@radscorpion8 ?

Nepp had no chance though. Fabi had several penalties but missed.

@@henrykaspar3634 He was leading the entire tournament until the last few rounds which is why he would be upset I think On top of playing a bad game

Honestly Nepo had more than fare share of shots at WC... He is just someone who was not destined to be ❤❤❤

​@@xboxrules3787He was not the sole leader though. Gukesh has always been together with him in the lead. Also in last candidates nepo had great chances to win against ding but he ruined it

When u use 'one of,' use plural. Not match, it should be 'matches'

​@@jazzydriven2784Brother this yt dont be a nerd here 😅, as long as you get the context of what he is trying to say it's fine lol

@@garvittiwari6266 dear, do not be adamant that we should not learn new things... U don't hv to be a nerd to understand basic English grammar🥰🥰

"Thanks caruana" √√ gukesh

Oh no!! Did u do the draws?? Go easy next time

Yes

also thats the last game of a 14 round tournament with so much pressure and stress, its unimaginable

Aren't computers rated like 3800? They're 1000 points stronger than players. It's pretty obvious that the computer would provide the best answer even if the players aren't exhausted, pressured, or stressed.

Of course, winning is not for chokers😊😊

​@@jazzydriven2784 why so rude to people sharing their commiserations? Fabiano had a tournament performance of 3600 in the first 7 rounds of the Sinquefield cup 2014. He has won many, many, many tournaments. He's been 2800 for longer than gukesh has entered the top 100 of chess players. Even if gukesh wins, we have yet to see Ding lose. We will wait for the results of norway chess in may, where ding, along with fabi, magnus, and hikaru, and pragg, play.

​@@imnoobplshelpI feel like in candidates mostly the top4-6 people on the table are similar in skills, talent and ability. From there it's a lot more about your mental and physical tenacity and luck. Gukesh showed mettle at 17 that both Fabi and Ian couldn't with their blunders. I am not saying he is better, it's just that there are no ifs and buts. Gukesh win fair and square

@@imnoobplshelp absolutely Fabi is an amazing player and fantastic gentleman.... Never being a world champion or a candidates winner is going to take any of that away 🥰

@@purushottam_paramdharma i feel like ding is very, very glad gukesh won. since he beat him in tata steel 2024, where he absolutely demolished him despite being out of shape. fabi should be good for ding too, since ding has a 6-0 record against him ever since he reached the world top 100. everything will be clear as to if ding can hold it after norway chess in may where he plays magnus, fabi, hikaru, etc.

Looks like his chances are over...

I mean anyways , that qualification rule of WC runnerup is removed from on coming candidates cycle.

​@@jazzydriven2784 he is literally one of the strongest player, I think his chances to qualify for candidates are extremely high, same for fabi

​@@jazzydriven2784 I would add hikaru to the list too but he hardly plays any classical so that's lowers his chances to qualify, but from pure strength perspective he has still got it

lol wtf u good

Yes, very well said

Wow. On point

Gukesh wasn't there in that moment, he came back after they left, I was outside, the cheer that you hear is from someone that was making a videocall with someone from India, I didn't know who was but Indians were cheering.

Must be samay raina made the video call with Sagar Shah they uploaded the video on the channel

I’m a botany expert, grass is green

@@GreenSharder I'm a botulism expert, botox makes you look like a young zombie

Im Sherlock Holmes sind came to the same conclusion.

Thank you very much. I was confused about their emotions❤❤❤

im zoology expert, Nepo is fat

Would much rather see Fabi and Gukesh play each other

Winning is not for chokers😅

​@@jazzydriven2784scum

Yeah

They should've replaced her after day one. Literally zero tact in interviews. But then its FIDE, so of course they kept her.

@@santoshk1983 I mean truthfully, to hire her (contact, agreements, etc.) and then immediately get rid of her would be even more unprofessional, and to be fair I’m certain she tried her best. It’s more on the organizers and/or FIDE for not finding the right folks for the job. I remember during the 2018 World Championship we had Daniel King doing the press conferences and he was fantastic. Even the 2016 World Championship the press conferences were great, and you’d only expect silly questions or lack of perspective from the journalists. It’s frustrating because there must be more out there (like Daniel King, prime example) who are simply better suited for the job. Even Tania Sachdev, who from what I remember of the last 6 years has had some silly questions herself, would’ve likely been better. I think even Levy Rozman would’ve done a better job, and I’m not partial to him! I mean no disrespect to anyone but it’s just so frustrating to listen to and see the game essentially have a mockery made of it, especially at our most prestigious events