All of the top 4 played brilliantly. Hikaru and gukesh both had 98% accuracy in their game. About as good as a human being can play.

In India legal age to start working for livelihood is 18 years but Gukesh at 17 going to play world championship match😂😂😂

@@MarathaAbhishek and he's gonna get atleast 800000$ ( 6.6 cr ₹) for being challenger in world championship. That's like 10 years salary worth 😭😭

@@ayush.ambhore25bruh someone's a bitch . Chill my guy I'm still a student.

Well, that's what Anand was thinking about as well, so....

​@@ayush.ambhore25dude tf?there are ppl that win late in life..theyre not loosers..also 17 is very young...most "winners" do it in their 20s..chill

When does he say sorry ??

​@@guccibubbaits in this channel short

@@guccibubba just when fabi offers draw ......ian say okay .....immediately says I am sorry .......and they shake hands ....look at the lips of both

Later on he says he's sorry again and Fabi says "It's my fault" 💔

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Exactly 💯

Danya does a fantastic move to explain and show complexity. He is amazing.

That's exactly why it's useful though. It makes you understand even the most natural moves can still lose a game.

who cares if they understand or not, its more about narration in chess streams to get more viewers and get them to stay. I am 1500 even i cant watch these high lvl games without eval

@@Lolkop555 the computer will never show how hard it is practically to win a position Ultimately chess is a game between humans "Caruana couldn't win a +5 position what a fool"

Thanks for explaining it, as I had still not understood

yep every game is important. even last place can be the king maker so to speak.

@GetRealSin By that logic Vidit helped Gukesh win by winning twice with Hikaru

Yeah like Abasov was just there to be milked

@@sudeepdalbanjan8595 I don’t know where did you find that logic in what I said.

@@RyperAMV In every tournament, in every game there are the weak seeds, the strong seeds, the outsiders and the favorites. No one said that he is there to be milked. Even results show that he was the weakest player among them. Geez

Definitely, I just hope that either one could get into the next championship but tbf they're getting older and newer players have been popping out 😢

Man i feel sad for fabi

you see the interview they gave. Fabi said he felt like an idiot after that game.

Just a title.. Everybody knows who the world champion, number one, the GOAT.. actually is

I just want 3 things before 2035 is hikaru,fabi and ian t9 won atleast 1 championship of chess

So if I am playing GMs I keep the Queen till the end. Got it. 😅

Yeah. Back in the day when GMs could still (somewhat) keep up with the engines rule #1 was to get the Queens traded off when playing against an engine : ) Because the availability of Queen moves creates so many lines that you're guaranteed to get outcalculated

Wasn't Hikaru winning the endgame? The engine says so

@@Colbert85 no it was a dead draw, engine showed gukesh was slightly better in some positions. Hikaru never had any lead.

​@@Colbert85 which game were you seeing bro?

@@Viva-la-de-hs4ub When Hikaru had one rook,king against Gukesh's One bishop,king and one pawn. I entered that variation in engine. It showed how to win

​@@Colbert85its a draw, idk what engine u use

here it meant there were no tie-break with Rapid format because of this draw.. 🤔

Gukesh played well, but likely had no chance in a rapid tie break...there is luck involved in the candidates, and gukesh definetly got lucky

Luck was a major factor

​@@blainelacquement8808fabi chokes under pressure it's better he lost

@@VivekSharma-sn7hl If Ding can do it then Fabi can do it too… they have similar play styles after all

We remember Bronstein, Geller, Keres, Korchnoi.

technically yes but practically no. nepo made impulsive mistakes earlier but was clearly up on time because of that and in the end, it was practically impossible for fabi to find the winning continuations time and again under that time pressure.

@@coosoorlog Saying it's practically impossible is a big stretch. I am sure that Fabi would have won this game 90% of the time if this is not the final round. There are multiple points in the game that he could have simplified the game and went for a clear winning endgame. It's more like the nerve in this case. But I guess that is what make Magnus so dominant. He never miss this kind of position under pressure.

@@coosoorlogIt was not “practically impossible” , but of course very difficult. I think if not for nerves/ immense pressure, Fabiano would not have played Ka1 or Qc6+, at least not without spending more time in a position where he didn’t risk anything. But credit to Nepo, some incredibly tricky and resilient defensive moves. Heartbreaking all round.

Fabi and Ding have similar play styles and they both collapse when they're low on time. However, Ding is known to clutch when he's in a must-win situation, as shown by his dominance pre-2020.

Queen endgames are unfortunately way too complicated that any human, including Magnus, would have trouble grasping due to the variations. It's just unfortunate because before the 40th move, Fabi has an opportunity to liquidate and be up 2 pawns in a simplified endgame without the black h pawn, yet chose against it.

Not because maybe if they went for thats Draw Will be losing

A great result for anyone, but for a 17 years old, virtually unbelievable

There is another live stream that lacks any and all commentary. You can hear all the player chatter there

@@BlanBlan19901990 that's kind of like saying "if you want your water cold, there's another restaurant down the road" : ) technically true, but doesn't exactly excuse the one you're at

Qualifying is 1 thing & winning is a another ball game

@@adityavv96 Fabi has won before. I'm sure he will again.

@@seya_2His record is not great. Seems to struggle a little in big pressure moments. He’s still fairly young though. I’m sure he will have another chance.

@@seya_2 It won't get easier. Younger guns are coming. India itself has a very deep talent pool right now. Not to mention all across the world, there has been a chess boom off late.

@@AnkhArcRod It certainly won't be easy.

Haha, yeah, that's the "commentators' job"

yeah

Yes, but the integrity of the game is questioned at that point. If for example Nepo would have resigned to allow Fabi to advance to tie breaks against Gukesh and Fabi won, then he went on to beat Ding he would be considered an illegitimate champion. I don’t think Fabi or Nepo would want to win it that way. Better to go down honorably and try and come back in 2 years.

first and foremost it would be unethical and very poor sportsmanship. theoretically illegal too, although it's a matter of whether it could be actually proven - but that's another story. there is pretty strong circumstantial evidence that the Soviet players did this sort of thing back in the Cold War days (throwing or drawing games to give eachother a better chance against foreign players in international tournaments).

What a cope. gukesh won on demand against nijat and alireza. If these player were champion material they wont wait for on demand opportunity to performance

high on copium

Buddy remember sports is bigger than sports player . Don't take it granted for any player.Gukesh is a younger kid thats what he achieves ,if your thought apply then gukesh one draw against this seasoned player is more than winning this tournament .players are strong but term and conditions are always on top priority not indivisual performance and rating

Exactly

Then what hikaru,favi and ian dont win agi st guku

Yea agreed

More like IRONman

Gukesh was just the only one who defeated Abasov 2.0/2.0 because he had him on the later Rounds and pressed for a win; meanwhile, the others had him much earlier and didn't press because they didn't want to take risks. That's what separated him over everyone else, especially Nepo who went 1.0/2.0 vs. Abasov

@@MasterInHD yeah totally it was Gukesh’s fault others couldn’t win with abasov. He just got lucky in getting 9/14 which includes an extremely unfortunate loss of a won game to alireza and outplaying Nepo and pressing for a win in a game which ended in a draw. Right???🤡🤡

​@@MasterInHDcry harder 😂😂

@@michaelscott1231 I can tell you’re extremely garbage at the game just by the way you’re talking as if you know how chess tournaments even work. There’s psychology involved in it. It’s always easier to go for win in the later stages of the tournament then in the earlier stages even if you risk losing. You wouldn’t know because you have such low IQ and doubt you’re above 2000. Another U2000 trashcan

Can't he participate in next candidates tournament?

Unfortunately they don't have stockfish in their brains so that's not possible

Not at all. Draws are very common in chess and a win would give the winner way too much of a lead. It’s fine the way it is.

If Hikaru had won they wouldn't have qualified either. They had to win and they didn't.

literally nobody asked you

I think Ding will defend tho

Magnus classical game has been rusting slowly for the last 2 years.. no chance for Carlsen against Gukesh

@@GoodOldFella970 Ding Liren is the champion , not Magnus. Gukesh is playing vs Ding Liren for WC title

Well ding just hv to take game to tie breaker to be fair.... Just take game to blitz mode against gulesh and I feel gulesh will crumble in pressure

illegal

Because that's collusion, no matter if you use something random (like a coin) or a bribe (many coins). Anything else than playing to eachother's best ability is basically like a conspiration by two players to reduce the chances of another player (in this case Gukesh). How could that possibly be fair play? What's next then, maybe not playing a game at all and just flipping a coin, let's go to the beach instead : ) It's a professional sport

yeah it's just Dunning Kruger effect with you

there’s a difference between gms and the all-knowing computer

​@@purplewine7362i never implied i was better than them, hehe, i'm used to them making good moves in different tournaments

Tremendous psychological pressure (that's not a regular tournament) combined with overall exhaustion (it's not like they can fully recover throughout the tournament, even with the rest days). Even the best players get paranoid, start overthinking etc. Human brains simply aren't designed to play chess. And that's part of the (uneasy) pleasure

@@vibovitold makes sense, but still tough to witness all of this, really hoped better for them

Yes, and they cannot resign or just throw away the game just to prolong or probably quash Gukesh seat to the WCC via a playoff. Gukesh played fair and showed fighting spirit so they also consider that part as to why they didn't just want to give their seat to the other in a dead-draw by suddenly blundering or unexpectedly resigning a drawn position which would be a black mark on both their careers had they done so. I think nepo felt more pain for Fabi, seeing how he salvaged this draw after being almost down multiple times. I felt nepo wished he lost to fabi base on the last seconds of the game and his facial expression at that lost opportunity for fabi.

That's stupid

You really see nothing wrong or unsportsmanlike about two players fixing a game result to reduce the chances of another player?

its possible, but that non ethical, or lack of sportmanship

@@user-SkmBeats thanks for the answer! Yeah that's what I thought, but still seems a little bit stupid to me. Maybe they could've found an opening or a position where the % of draws is very very small and go from there? That wouldn't be unethical, right?

They have brilliant minds, I guess they already thought about all this and so much other stuff I can't even comprehend. Just trying to understand it.

If hikaru was playing fabi then as both are from USA yeah. Of course that will be non etgical for sure but again why won't u

@@riteshpathak6588 But even if they don't know each other, to flip a coin and the winner win would better than draw hahhah In a game theoretical pov that would be the optimal way to proceed right?? Of course, non-ethical, etcetc.

Never losing doesn't mean you deserve the spot. Giri didn't lose a single game in 2016 and finished 6th same for Ding in 2018 who finished fourth. You have to earn your spot with wins.

@@mnm1273 still you cant play the candidates tournament with a player like abasov in it. He never tried to win,just too draw. Gifted to many points to other leaders. Nepo earned those.

@@prioratodikingsbridge1717 Nepo played for a draw with Abasov that's his fault. Abasov earned his spot, and it's up to the players to win against "easy" opponents.

Abasov is a nice, humble guy, and a very strong GM (if obviously not on the same level as the rest of the pack here). He qualified legitimately and even if you don't like the format or the process that seeded him into the tournament, it's sure as hell not his fault. Calling him "Idiotsov" only shows what a bitter and immature person you are.

Magnus the 🐐

Totally agreed!

you're an idiot

Exactly

Speak not as try

You would find a way to lose that position without eval bar, it was simply not an easy position. Valiant defense by Nepo who not only got the position to a draw but was also winning at some points if Fabi played even slightly off. It was just an insanely intense game

Do us a favour and never comment on chess videos again please!

​@@_s_lAgreed !!!

Bad Time Management and blundering not once, not twice but three times

I watched the live stream and even the commentators who were GMs said the position was insanely complicated and difficult to find key moves, imagine that in the game in time pressure must win

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