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Hello Mr. King! I've enjoyed more than one hearty chuckle at your distaste for those little pawn moves and the ultimate destination of their proponents! I'm reminded that you've been keeping myself and many others thoroughly entertained for over decade here on KZfaq - I wanted to thank you again for being such a great person and the paragon of what an ambassador for chess should be. All the best from across the pond!

Indeed, when g5 goes wrong it often goes really badly wrong. Seems like Naka pressing too hard against an opponent he thought might be spinning a little bit. I think there might be some psychology here too where Vidit manages his time better against Naka because he knows how dangerous he can be with a time advantage. In any case, well deserved win by Vidit.

thank you again for the analysis and generous sharing. you continue to instruct and entertain me every day of this tournament.

Vincent Keymer gave an I think interesting account about why Nakamura did struggle against Vidit on the german stream: "I find Vidit is a player who is incredibly strong when he is in his comfort zone [...]. As we saw yesterday against Gukesh he exited it and also played a for his measures very bad game. And Hikaru is a player that also with black [...] does not get forced to leave what he knows or likes, because he would have to be scared of something, but he can solidly play his stuff and just play a game. Hikaru is usually the one, who has to find something, deviate somewhere. And this allows that firstly Vidit gets his position and Hikaru doesn't really challenge him [in a theoretical sense] but deviates somewhere else voluntarily and this is something which suits Vidit really well." He then went on for about two minutes comparing this to Vidit's game against Gukesh from the day before, relating it to the tournament circumstances and why a very solid approach with the black pieces seems to work well there this time around. Here is the video at said moment for those who speak german: kzfaq.infoHxYCOOZQ5cI?feature=shared&t=14041

Thank you so much for these videos. I watch them as soon as I wake up to know what I've missed. 😀

Lovely stuff DK ty

This game made me aware of how good Danny King's commentary really is. In such a tense game there are many things to think about but we are having our attention to issues that are simple enough to understand yet important enough to have a potentially decisive impact on the result of the game.

Good analysis

Re ...g5, as Nakamura said in his video on the game, "The computers have shown that pretty much anything is playable in the Italian." But "playable" does not necessarily mean that it's a great idea.

Thank you.

Hi, I think Ive read one of your books lol

I don't mind saying I punched the air a little bit when Qb2 was played. So many players in blitz blast out aggressive kingside pawn moves in the opening. Just a delight to see it being punished so clinically. Bravo Vidit!

at 0:05 it is after 8 rounds……not 5

Naka really went for it, though g5 made me think of what you said the other day irresponsible. Thanks Daniel.

A drama for Nakamura that could become a trauma when playing against Vidith. Great game of the Indian, calmly waiting for the right moment to advance in the centre. And Naka didn't find possibilities on the wings, as the centre wasn't stabilized. And (this time) it proved Daniel's constant warnings from these little pawn moves for which there is a special place in hell. Thanks Mr.King. Love your way of leading us through the games.

Nice video

thank you! early h6/g5 got punished in the end, justice has been done😀

Thanks for the coverage, you must have been up late!

Where do you access the games of the candidates?

Is it just me or do others think that there is a correlation between the strength of grandmasters and the number of syllables in their names? ;)

Nepo is strong in round-robin format, but turns to butter in heads-up series. Looks like Ding will remain King for another couple of years

It's not after 5 rounds ?

3 indians in top 5 😮

4.5 - 9.5 is not the worst score in the world against this stellar competition… assuming that’s what his final score will be .

No Svetlana today? Thanks for the analysis.

How cam GM play g5??? It breaks elementary rules of king's safety.

Ich habe nicht verstanden, welchen Fehler Nakamura gemacht hat, bzw. was er statt Se5: hätte spielen sollen .

We have 3 Indians in top 5 after half of the tournament is done 💯

Naka really screwed it. It seems he's not destined to be WC or even at least a contender? What a waste of potential...

Daniel: Plays the Najdorf. Also Daniel: there's a special place in hell for people playing little pawn moves at the edges in the opening.

Credit to Vidit…super solid and put Nakamura to the sword. Enjoyable game

Watching the 2 players during the analysis stage was interesting. Nakamura was blundering even during the opening on alternatives and being corrected by Vidit. He wasn't having a good day at all.

Naka has no more chance

In my experience weaker players play the dog ears alot. This is often done to prevent them from having to consider moves they consider scary. On higher level the strength of opponent move (like Bg5) is first assessed, then it's considered whether preventing it is proportional and if so, whether a dog ear (like h6) is best. If I would get a euro everytime the little pawn move was played out of laziness, I would be the richest person alive.

Nakamura will never be world champion. He always FAILD very badly on candidates tournaments.

Naka would have killed Vidit in faster time absolutely.

Vidit slam Naka.

Could we have an Indian teenager fighting for the title? Very exciting tournament so far!

Naka is out

Praggnanandhaa has emerged clear 3nd. Now only Ian is an obstacle for Gukesh/Praggnanandhaa.

Nepo should have lost today; imo. Firouzja let him off the hook. He really appears to not be in form. He's botching free attacking positions now. Apparently, after the round, Alireza tweeted that he was very upset by what an arbiter did during the round. The tweet stated that when his game was heating up, the arbiter informed him to stop walking around. Claiming his shoes were making too much noise. He was also asked to wear different shoes for future rounds. Apparently, the playing hall has wooden floors?! Alireza said some of the ladies are wearing high heels and they weren't singled out... DRAMA! I believe it's really a three horse race now. Nepo has a big advantage of having white against most of his top competitors. I think he really only has black in the final round, against contenders who could get near his score. Gukesh and Pragg really look like the only two who can stop him. I'm shocked Gukesh did not win today as well. He had, what looked like to me, an incredible position against Pragg. I thought Pragg was dead out of the opening. But he got away. That's possibly two wins Gukesh has let slip away. A total of 1.5 points more he could have acquired. And just imagine the tournament if Gukesh led by 1.5! Everyone would be panicking. For now, the Americans should be panicking. Fabi looked like he had a comfortable advantage against Abasov as black and he did nothing with it. Naka imploded. Personally, I didn't like Rxc5. I think today was a turning point. Hope I'm wrong, maybe it can tighten up. The scores are close of course, but I stick with my statement. I think it's down to three contenders. The old man and the two kids. :) Thanks for the coverage!

Nakamura doesn't belong there.

Nakamura once again shows why he’ll never be world champion

Im tired of vidit

Well what about again a6 instead of g5 !? ... Going hell máster !? ... Hajaha...this IS so fun and Guess hell do not exist any longer !! 😂. Thanks Mr King once again so fun selection and lecture. Be well

Little pawn moves in the opening: Exactly why the Najdorf is a rotten opening!! 🤣♟️