The Most Incredible Chess Game Of 2024

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  • Опубліковано 20 кві 2024
  • The Most Incredible Chess Game Of 2024 - Fabiano Caruana vs Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Candidates Chess Final Round 2024. Epic chess from Gukesh, Hikaru, Fabi, Ian and all involved. What an incredible chess tournament and historic chess result!
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  • @Y0uGuysAreTh3RealHer0es
    @Y0uGuysAreTh3RealHer0es Місяць тому +24

    That "Cagnus Malsen on the studio" came out of nowhere. I almost spit my water on my phone.

  • @mapachetapatio
    @mapachetapatio Місяць тому +2

    Nepo is a jedi mind trick Grand Master : "this is not the pawn you are looking for"

  • @FahimHoq
    @FahimHoq Місяць тому +9

    Nepo is so resilient, it shows why he has remained undefeated in the Candidates for so long.

  • @Jack42Frost
    @Jack42Frost Місяць тому +12

    Prawn to sea ships.

  • @AussieJohnny
    @AussieJohnny Місяць тому +36

    It was excruciating watching Fabi blow it time after time. Congratulations to 17 year old Gukesh. Ding has been struggling recently. He will need to pick up his game to stop Gukesh.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 Місяць тому +5

      It was downright torturous 😂. How many chances do you need to become world champion contender?! Fabi blew it. The two Americans with a combined experience of 67 years couldn’t stop the 17 year old kid from India. 😂
      Congratulations to Gukesh and the Indian fans 🇮🇳👍🏻

    • @michaelmassaro4375
      @michaelmassaro4375 Місяць тому

      @@Wargasm54age doesn’t mean much nowadays these youngsters 12 and 13 year old becoming GMs Gukesh has been playing tremendous chess great composure and focus in his games

    • @michaelmassaro4375
      @michaelmassaro4375 Місяць тому

      Being I was rooting for Gukesh I was not looking forward to Gukesh having to play some tie breakers against Fabi I watched from Chess base India they could hardly believe it either Ian holding than Blundering than at one point it became obvious it was headed for a draw a feeling of elation I understand how you feel tho tough game

    • @StevenSendak
      @StevenSendak Місяць тому +2

      @@Wargasm54 "How many chances do you need to become world champion contender?" Not the best take -- many of the winning moves and continuations needed, particularly near the end, would have required engine-level precision (as commentators watching said, 3000+ rating) to find.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 Місяць тому +2

      @@StevenSendak engine level precision found by a 17 year old kid from India as opposed to the no 2 and no 3 ranked players in the world 🙄

  • @kevinhinkley8599
    @kevinhinkley8599 Місяць тому +8

    Your 2am espresso fuelled dedication to the art is wonderful to see. Even though it probably feels like your nervous system is melting out of your nose you're shouldering the 64 squared burden like Caissa. 👍

  • @SenatorBluto
    @SenatorBluto Місяць тому +17

    Fabi was +5 for 10 moves and still couldn't win.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 Місяць тому +3

      Dude had 9 lives and lost them all 😑. Painful

    • @equi9317
      @equi9317 Місяць тому +7

      just because the engine evaluation says the position is completely winning dosent mean its easy to win in a practical sense. Its easy to look at the computer and say white is winning, but when you have to convert a ridiculously difficult endgame with all the stakes and being under immense time pressure is soo much more difficult than it looks. Only magnus could handle such a situation.

    • @SenatorBluto
      @SenatorBluto Місяць тому +3

      @@equi9317
      Fischer would have converted it into a win easily, and yet these guys say how much better players they are than him.

    • @patrickrendslargent6044
      @patrickrendslargent6044 Місяць тому +3

      @@SenatorBluto brother you are 1000 rated don't pretend you know anything

    • @thegorn
      @thegorn Місяць тому +1

      Even I found that Qe8 move to triangulate and pick up the passed pawn, and I'm a low ELO scrub. It's inexcusable that a super GM blunders like that.

  • @andrewnix6480
    @andrewnix6480 Місяць тому +7

    What a day and what a tournament. Gukesh is so inspiring!

    • @raylopez99
      @raylopez99 Місяць тому

      I'm rooting for the older gentleman Ding, as an older gentleman myself. Go oldsters. ;)

  • @youuuuuuuuuuutube
    @youuuuuuuuuuutube Місяць тому +2

    That Bh7 was a huge blunder, because it transformed a simple winning game into a very complex one where you would need engine-like accuracy to navigate to a win.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Місяць тому +8

    wow.... that bishop blunder cost Fabi an easy win.

  • @ianstopher9111
    @ianstopher9111 Місяць тому +6

    It was mad watching this live.

  • @ianstopher9111
    @ianstopher9111 Місяць тому +4

    Gukesh only had that one loss to Alireza, that was a heartbreaker, but an important lesson.

    • @thegorn
      @thegorn Місяць тому

      Nepo had zero losses. Zero.

    • @mauijttewaal
      @mauijttewaal Місяць тому

      He lost the tournament...

    • @jonasbritto
      @jonasbritto Місяць тому +1

      ​@@thegorndoesn't matter.. Wins matter more

    • @jonasbritto
      @jonasbritto Місяць тому

      He should have won that game though...

  • @PseudoProphet
    @PseudoProphet Місяць тому +2

    If Magnus doesn't play for the next 5 years we may be able to see five new chess champions in those years.
    The game is wide open for anybody right now.

  • @threethrushes
    @threethrushes Місяць тому +1

    And that's the difference between Magnuts and everyone else. He brings it home.
    gg buddy boyos.

  • @uniktbrukernavn
    @uniktbrukernavn Місяць тому +1

    1:04 Cagnus Marlsen probably sounds real to non-Scandinavians 😂
    It also sounds like a name George Costanza would come up with to impress his friends with his chess knowledge.
    Flireza Airouzja, Cabiano Faruana, Nikaru Hakamura - This could be a stroke test.

  • @bhaskarchakrabarty2420
    @bhaskarchakrabarty2420 Місяць тому +2

    Fabi is clearly past his prime & thus couldn’t convert it into a win !! Nepo played awful as well & was lucky to not have been toasted!! All credit to Gukesh for showing the 2800 GMs the exit door

  • @johncollorafi257
    @johncollorafi257 Місяць тому

    So far I just watched the opening, the chessic equivalent of a bar room brawl. Love it!

  • @arkzbh
    @arkzbh Місяць тому +1

    I'm an Indian and ofcourse wanted Gukesh to win, but the end of Fabi Ian match was really really heartbreaking to watch 😢

  • @Kermitonwheels
    @Kermitonwheels Місяць тому

    Wow, an incredible finish to a wild tournament. Actually really looking forward to the championship now.

  • @priyadarshanmanohar5146
    @priyadarshanmanohar5146 Місяць тому +1

    Man! What a game! Unreal!

  • @michaelwhinnery164
    @michaelwhinnery164 Місяць тому +2

    Congratulations young man, Good luck.

  • @jacquessinclair3056
    @jacquessinclair3056 Місяць тому +2

    What a game!

  • @flyingcod14
    @flyingcod14 Місяць тому

    Great commentary and great candidates tournament.

  • @jameswhite2296
    @jameswhite2296 Місяць тому +2

    This is a prime example of why there is no true champion unless/until Magnus decides to compete again.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Місяць тому +3

    Hik vs Guk.... both afraid to go for it!

    • @dessertstorm7476
      @dessertstorm7476 Місяць тому

      guk didnt need to. Hikaru tried, but Gukesh wasn't taking the bait,.

    • @zb5775
      @zb5775 Місяць тому

      @@dessertstorm7476 No Hikaru did most definitely not try. The Queen's gambit? Seriously? in a **must-win** with white? he could have easily created chaos from the get-go and taken both sides out of prep, and played some real chess, instead of 18 to 20 lines of computer generated "theory", which always ends in a draw.

    • @dessertstorm7476
      @dessertstorm7476 Місяць тому +1

      @@zb5775 Right so for me to buy into your way of thinking,I need to accept 2 things 1. You are qualified to analyse 2 super GMs. 2. Hikaru forgot he needed a win and just gave up on the candidates at the last moment.
      I need to accept BOTH of those and both are extremely unlikely. Maybe consider that creating chaos from the opening is not the only way to win a game?
      Massive dunning kreuger effect + internet arrogance on display
      PS i love the mute button.

    • @zb5775
      @zb5775 Місяць тому

      @@dessertstorm7476 ^^^ 400 Elo chiming in, lol!

  • @carlingtonme
    @carlingtonme Місяць тому +1

    This game was a credit to both players,an incredible game

  • @PaoloRS1
    @PaoloRS1 Місяць тому

    Great review, back to being normal. Keep it up, great video.

  • @michaelmassaro4375
    @michaelmassaro4375 Місяць тому +2

    Ironic I’ve picked Gukesh as my favorite player even before this candidates to be honest I thought like everyone else Hikaru Nepo Fabiano these guys been there great players It would be very hard for Gukesh to win this but he’s played so consistently with Great focus and determination I’m thrilled he’s won this it was his consistency really that was tell tale unlike the other players settling for draws and being satisfied with their chances near the finish line Gukesh deserved this win Great play by Nepo drawing that game vs Fabi made me appreciate his ability as well Thanks James Good Night 😊♟️🇮🇳

  • @magnumdongsen2141
    @magnumdongsen2141 Місяць тому

    how long was this game? i was in disbelief when i got on last night anf saw it was still live

  • @craigtimmons6907
    @craigtimmons6907 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for the quick turnaround
    Get some sleep!

  • @eugenemangune
    @eugenemangune Місяць тому +3

    hikaru's mistake is he did settle for a draw in the game against abasov.

    • @epicchess2021
      @epicchess2021  Місяць тому +2

      thats a really good point when you look back, should have taken more risk

    • @thegorn
      @thegorn Місяць тому

      And losing to Vidit twice for zero points, when the other top 3 picked up either 1.5 or 2 points against Vidit.

  • @davidschneide5422
    @davidschneide5422 Місяць тому +1

    With American pride, I feel Fabi's pain.

  • @tanksnap3776
    @tanksnap3776 Місяць тому +1

    Omg, prawn to sea ships 😂

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Місяць тому

    3:28 why couldn't Fabi move rook onto e1 and pin the queen so Nepo can't capture with that pawn? Then white has 3 attackers on that one pawn with queen in front of king. ? Why is that a bad move? Anyone?

    • @noplays2480
      @noplays2480 Місяць тому

      Rfe1 will be followed by O-O-O
      Its not a bad move, but Bxe4 is slightly better

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge Місяць тому

      @@noplays2480 Yeah, I thought he could castle and move king but still... I thought at least it wins the pawn.

  • @michaeldiener5053
    @michaeldiener5053 Місяць тому

    As Magnus noted, it's not unusual to have one side needing a draw and one side needing a win -- like Nakamura/Gukesh. But this game featured the unusual case where both sides needed a win, and this situation likely affected how black played at various points, like not playing Qc5 to trade queens.

    • @epicchess2021
      @epicchess2021  Місяць тому

      yeah I enjoyed that comment as well, so true, what a cool game it was

  • @hapeauge4769
    @hapeauge4769 Місяць тому

    This is Chess. It secretly steals from everyone, also from the big guys. And leaves all her lovers sad and beaten up behind. Some of them even insane.

  • @jamiemoore1056
    @jamiemoore1056 Місяць тому

    If that ended itbwould of been the best quick game known🎉

  • @ShkRIPa
    @ShkRIPa Місяць тому

    Why Fabi didnt go queen a4 with check and taken that bishop on b4?

  • @joemaiuro3647
    @joemaiuro3647 Місяць тому

    @3:29 would Re1 work or am I not seeing something?

  • @thegorn
    @thegorn Місяць тому

    Nepo never lost a game and had 3 wins, and it still wasn't good enough. Damn. I feel bad for Fabi. He played brilliantly early on, and even I found that qe8 move to pick up the outside passed pawn of Nepos, and I'm a low ELO scrub, so Fabi would be kicking himself now!

  • @tonybeatbutcher
    @tonybeatbutcher Місяць тому +1

    Cagnus Marlson 🎉🎉

  • @numbercruncher6242
    @numbercruncher6242 Місяць тому

    The queen coming around and checking the king until the h pawn was lost was NOT a hard scheme to see. You always have to know where all your checks can come from. He probably did see it too late at a point where he could not repeat. I assume he did the first repeats to gain clock time to think, but he denied himself the move he needed when he likely saw it. It wasn't the only situation where he blew it. The h pawn could hve dropped before, but he chose to push his own pawn. He ultimately undervalued that h pawn and overvalued his passer. Classic choke situation if you ask me. You become your worst enemy in these moments.

  • @ALX112358
    @ALX112358 Місяць тому

    Nepomniatchy went for a side quest of not losing even a single match in the candidates. Well, he has completed the side quest.

  • @ranchopatriot
    @ranchopatriot Місяць тому +2

    Good result. Fabi, Naka and Ian are way past world championship shape.

  • @ChristopheDepret
    @ChristopheDepret Місяць тому +1

    If i was fabi, i don't sleep for 6 month.. It was easy for he's standard, a tie break with gukesh = almost 80% he would win.
    Same vs ding..
    Can't be more heartbreaking

    • @mrdraw2087
      @mrdraw2087 Місяць тому

      Caruana would likely have beaten Gukesh D.? Why?

    • @ChristopheDepret
      @ChristopheDepret Місяць тому

      ​@@mrdraw2087gukesh is not that good in short time control

    • @mrdraw2087
      @mrdraw2087 Місяць тому

      @@ChristopheDepret Neither is Caruana.

    • @ChristopheDepret
      @ChristopheDepret Місяць тому

      ​@@mrdraw2087caruana still 11e en rapid and 7e en blitz Vs gukesh 50 and 57..

  • @RayT70
    @RayT70 Місяць тому +1

    At 11:16 after Nd3 instead of Rb1 why not Re2?

    • @88mphDrBrown
      @88mphDrBrown Місяць тому

      The queen would just take the rook, if the white queen recaptures the h pawn promotes with check, and black has to block with the queen or play Ka2 which walks into Nc1+ forking the white queen.

    • @epicchess2021
      @epicchess2021  Місяць тому

      I’m not sure sorry forget details

    • @88mphDrBrown
      @88mphDrBrown Місяць тому +1

      Re2, Qxe2, Qxe2, h1=Q+, Ka2, Nc1+ forks the queen.

    • @RayT70
      @RayT70 Місяць тому +1

      Thanks, I forgot about the h pawn 😊

  • @djdarklyceum
    @djdarklyceum Місяць тому +1

    I know i'm not a great chess player, I'm 1000 rapid but even I saw Bishop C2 looking at that board.. Fabi really has pscyhological problems.

    • @mrdraw2087
      @mrdraw2087 Місяць тому

      Caruana obviously saw that move as well, but rejected it.

  • @Ayatron34
    @Ayatron34 Місяць тому

    Fabiano needs to tell himself one thing: He started the tournament too slow. You can't have such a bad start and only settle in in the later rounds and expect to win. You have to be consistent. Nor can you be like Ian and just be solid. So he did well to get as far as he did with the start he had.

  • @Just1nBa1ley
    @Just1nBa1ley Місяць тому

    This game will haunt Fabi for decades.

    • @epicchess2021
      @epicchess2021  29 днів тому

      Yeah he spoke about it on c squared podcast recently

  • @TMJ32
    @TMJ32 Місяць тому +3

    I'm happy someone other than Nepo won

  • @dessertstorm7476
    @dessertstorm7476 Місяць тому

    Gukesh is the iceman

  • @peppy_pepper_player823
    @peppy_pepper_player823 Місяць тому

    WOW!

  • @Wargasm54
    @Wargasm54 Місяць тому +11

    Fabiano Chokuarana
    Hikaru Chokamura

    • @equi9317
      @equi9317 Місяць тому +1

      its worse for fabi cos atleast hikaru never had a chance this game, fabi on the other hand 😭

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge Місяць тому

      hehe

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 Місяць тому +1

      @@equi9317 true. He had a +5 advantage….twice..and couldn’t close the deal . Utterly inexcusable for world no. 2

    • @equi9317
      @equi9317 Місяць тому

      @@Wargasm54 +5 dosent make it an easy win. Its very easy to look at the computer and say its winning, but having to win a ridiculously complex endgame with a minute on your clock and all the stakes and pressure makes it sooo much more difficult than it looks. Even the commentaters were struggling to understand how it could be a draw or a win at some moments. Sometimes you need to think about a position from a human point of view instead of looking at the engine all the time and criticizing world class players for finding inhuman variations.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 Місяць тому

      @@equi9317he

  • @zb5775
    @zb5775 Місяць тому +2

    Fantastic video as always. The craziness of this game was no surprise, but the Hikaru-Gukesh game was a shock, as in the most strange and inexplicable way, Hikaru in a *must-win* situation opens with perhaps the most drawish opening after the Four Knights game. Why would anyone do that given the high stakes? He should have created chaos and pandemonium from move one and really played for a win. That game was a draw basically from move 2 as the Queen's Gambit has been studied to death, and black usually draws 90% of the time at the elite level. Truly bizarre.

  • @myz06rocks
    @myz06rocks Місяць тому

    Fabi plays like Fritz used to when you set it at club strength. Plays like a 2800, makes a couple blunders, plays like a 2800 etc. sorry fans, just not good enough to climb the mountain

  • @primeobjective5469
    @primeobjective5469 Місяць тому +1

    I was cheering for Fabi. Unfortunately, he folded like a lawn chair, multiple times with winning positions.
    It was frustrating watching him finish with a DRAW.

  • @gamelovergold
    @gamelovergold Місяць тому

    How well nepo defended his position . If he could have attacked that well he would have beaten ding liren.going undefeated in candidates where other have loosed one or more than one game is great but the inability to attack has cost nepomeitchi his chances. For caruana it was heartbreaking . That h pawn will remain in his mind for some long time. Nakamura with white peice couldn'tfind any attacking chance against gukesh is not going well in my mind. You need someone with willingness to risk lossing the game. Super GM play is such that a draw is always on the card if both player want to play riskfree. You need someone like mikhail tal to create something.alireza poor score didn't give real value for his willingness to risk everything in order to find win. If he wanted draws he is good enough to find them.

  • @artificercreator
    @artificercreator Місяць тому

    good game

  • @macweldHotWorks
    @macweldHotWorks Місяць тому +4

    It’s different when the no. 1 isn’t there.

    • @Romans8-9
      @Romans8-9 Місяць тому +1

      get over it.

    • @Wargasm54
      @Wargasm54 Місяць тому +7

      Even with Magnus out, the no.2 and No.3 couldn’t close the deal. Gukesh at 17 was rock solid. He deserves the win.

  • @TheRcEngineer
    @TheRcEngineer Місяць тому

    audentes fortuna iuvat
    In the end Ian lost it against Abusov, every other contender beat him. As worlds best devensive player he could have gone more risk especially against Abusov.

  • @Dark_Putha
    @Dark_Putha Місяць тому

    Nice

  • @johnadams1600
    @johnadams1600 Місяць тому

    nepo is really tricky. fabii is goat

  • @lunakid12
    @lunakid12 Місяць тому +1

    Man, FYI: I've really liked your refreshing videos, but all the endless flush of bombastic "Most Incredible" (etc.) titles have been taking a toll.
    I can't open them any more. I'm jaded.
    (I guess part of that style is parodying some other channels, but if it is, it doesn't seem to work for (people like) me on the long run. I also think you could grow the channel just as well with different techniques for the titles. I know it's hard though. Just try something else, anything, just make it less stuffy, so I can come back. Still love ya tho!)

    • @epicchess2021
      @epicchess2021  Місяць тому

      Thanks I appreciate the feedback tho I thought it was for excitement!

    • @threethrushes
      @threethrushes Місяць тому

      They call me Mr. Bombastic.

  • @apennameandthata2017
    @apennameandthata2017 Місяць тому

    🇮🇳🇨🇳 Grudge match much?

  • @janpol466
    @janpol466 Місяць тому

    Nepo ruins everything 70 smth.

  • @apennameandthata2017
    @apennameandthata2017 Місяць тому

    Nepo should not be playing because Russian. Also, has been a road block for a decade. Good enough to block others but not good enough to get the job done. 🤡