Nepo when he plays without any pressure is an incredibly difficult opponent to deal with . This time he didn't even blink at Alireza preparation or Alireza's pawn and knight offers . Hope the players play such games which will make agadmator make even more longer videos for our benefit . 😁
@@krishthegreat7726 Actually Nepo crunbles after 1 or 2 losses..his mental strength is incredibly low and this has been proven multiple times. Not his patience, but the ability to accept and move on.
@@arpanmukherjee961 Magnus was talking about that before their match, he sad that Ian even wouldn't qualify if candidates were not split in two due to Covid. Still, I really like Ian's chess, he played some fantastic stuff after Dubai match, especially in those online events.
@@komaddog idk because nepo is asking firouzja to return his "2800 club member's jacket" when nepo doesn't even have one. I'm not shitting on nepo just making a comment
That's true, but what is the evaluation after exchange of queens? White has two strong pass pawns, black has only a knight far far away... I don't know if that is worth of risk, but check what engine says...
@@radovan3jovicic anyone reply pls after checking with engine. I'm confused bcz possibly black can hold with bishop and the other past pawn won't be able to move as there is B pawn. so a knight advantage probably did exist. not sure
amazing game. i have to say, this might be the best analysis of a game ive seen you do. keep up the great work ;D the extra inclusions of time remaining on the clock is always a nice touch. and long videos are just fine!!!
I love how Nepo played this. That dang e pawn move was in the wings for so long, as well as the hanging h pawn, but Nepo wouldn't do it. Instead he's making Alireza waste time calculating those moves only to never see them across the board.
I finally found the move AND the follow-up, and almost immediately. Pretty safe to say, I feel pretty good about myself now, I will be writing my memoirs starting next year.
Why do you say that. In classical, it's one win for each, and one draw. In rapid, they have one draw, and in blitz they have one win each. They seem pretty evenly matched to me.
Just because Nepo had one disastrous match, people started to throw him under the bus, he's still one of the top picks to win the candidates, way more likely than Firouzja
Ikr and even Magnus in game 5 or 3 told he would have resigned he nepo played some c5 pawn push or something nepo lost his game after game 6 which is sad but mans back he was runner up in rapid and blitz if I am correct and even finalist in the online tourney which Magnus one so mans very likely top contender
@@gurramprahallad3403 magnus wasnt even in losing position vs nepo to resign in whole WC match in that game he was worse by like 1 point (if nepo played C5) in engine not losing
@@bhaveshkahaneable never said losing after the match was done the interview was like if nepo payed c5 in that position what would u play and Magnus said I had no move to play in that position and I would have resigned also -1 is a lot for top grandmaster just saying
@@gurramprahallad3403 youre very wrong, magnus said c5 was uncomfortable and every other move was manageble, but he wouldnt resign, the position was uncomfortable at best, not even winning for white it was +0,7,if it was +3 magnus wouldnt even resign.
@@alexanderkononov1862 yeah he won't. Although he may have said it in Interview but it's Carlsen, we already know that he always fights till death. Whether it's drawn or lost position. And he did survive worst against Fabi in previous wc. So i wont write Carlsen out. It would be uncomfortable sure, but not game over by any means.
@@n1c530 i respect that. I don't have Ali as likely to win the candidates anyway because of experience Personally, if he gains rating overall in this tournament ill start to believe in him
16:00 i think e2 can actually be played here, because after Qxf3, black can promote to a knight with royal fork, take the queen and be a piece up. if white afterwards plays d7, black can play Bg5. if white, instead of d7, plays h4 to prevent Bg5, black has time to play Bg3, take the h4 pawn and remain an eye on the promotion square on d8 🤔
What if after Bg5, white plays Nd6 threatening Nb7? This allows c pawn to push and also forces bishop for pawn trade on d8, winning the piece back and threatening c pawn promotion, while White's king and knight are too far away Edit: Just noticed ... e2 Qxf3 e1=N Kd3 Nxf3 Ke4 Wins the piece back
@@victorvandenhende6571 if white doesn't play Nd6 threatening Nb7, black doesn't even need the knight to defend the 2 connected passed pawns, thanks to the bishop on g5 which doesn't allow the promotion of the d pawn and the pawn on b7 which doesn't allow the c pawn to push
Hey bro, thank you very much for all the videos. I've learned so much. Have you ever thought about doing a video from the perspective of the black pieces? Hugs #suggestion
This is why I was very curious which Nepo would show up in World Chess Championship. We got "Bad Nepo" that made mistakes. Here, we see "Good Nepo" who see lines that work better than computer lines when you add the psychological effect of his "WTF" style.
It’s not that he was bad nepo, it’s that he was playing magnus so of course he’s going to play bad compared to magnus. Him playing Alireza is much more convenient for him and he can get away with little mistakes against alireza comapred to magnus. Nepo is the favorite against any player except magnus and that’s fact.
@@hdmotivated I'm a fan of Fabi, but I don't see him winning the candidates. His style has become too passive in my opinion. He stunk in the last candidates. I hope I'm wrong though.
Great game. Alireza has to win these big games against top players if he hopes to face Magnus. It's never easy, especially facing these chess giants like Nepo. Great video.
15:55 push ist good! After white captures black‘s queen, black promotes to a knight with a check and wins back the queen, gaining in the process a piece (knight).
5:00: Nc7 (either knight) looks like it wins the exchange (Bxc7, Nxc7, and both rooks are forked). I suspect following Bxc7 with e3 would be the refutation?
@@Thomish21 Friend you do not fork the rooks that are doing nothing, when you are getting attacked. As Brien said, e3,fxe3,Bxe3,Kxe3,Rxe3 and you loose the queen. And if you don't capture on e3,instead go for one of the rooks,exf2 wins.
16:02 In this position can't black push the e pawn and when white captures the queen and then black promotes the pawn to a knight and fork the king and the queen and this is a good position for black or there is something i'm missing?
Just wow!. Nepo went full beast mode🦁 on reza. He was basically playing with his food because he could have converted it to a winning game many moves ago. It was as if he said “2,800 ? I’ll be the judge of that 😏 “
What a great game. So complex and interesting, both played nice but gotta give it to nepo for really playing such unpredictable moves. Never playing e3, never taking h3, etc. lol. It's almost like he doesn't want to play thr predictable moves and pressure alireza more by doing that and making alireza have to calculate those lines every single time all over again when nepo plays a different move. Lol Great win in great style for nepo. Glad the organisers didn't ban him for being Russian or something like they did to karjakin. Or they didn't ask nepo if he's proud to be Russian or supports Putin and Russian military or not before allowing him to play lol.
I have some friends from Rusia on lichess they say to me i really dont know why we have to suffer bcs of this idiot Putin but also they are not all like this some of them just say Crimea is Russia or Ukraina have a bio labaratory for mass destruction but i dont know is this just their openion or they are just brainwashed
Nepo openly opposed the war. Most Russian GMs did actually. Plus à big part of why Karjakin was banned apart from supporting the war was that he was making jokes on Ukranian civilian casualties. That was simply too far for everyone. If he could just shut his mouth even if he personally supported the conflict, doubt such measures would have been taken. Just like it is for other Russian GM's.
Surprised Alireza made it to 55 moves. His position was horrible the entire game basically and his king was wide open!! Such a crazy game from him both literally must have had the worst headache from calculating all the moves in this game, especially Alireza.
What an interesting opening choice for a classical game. Given how uncommon it is, I would love to hear from Alireza why he picked the bishop's opening and what he think chances for white for this opening at the highest level.
What is the rating performance of this game by these 2 individuals, cz even though u explained many things it was a crazy position at every moment for me
2 роки тому+11
We all said, Alireza won against 2600s to reach 2800 and he didn't get challenged, yet. And now, yesterday he had a worse position against Caruana and now he has lost with black against Nepo ( who got destroyed by people in the WCC , which shows Magnus's level as Nepo destroyed Firouzja, Magnus destroyed Nepo )
Alireza went for the risky opening trying to outfox Nepo, but it backfired rather early. Still, I don't believe that any large conclusions should be drawn out of this game for either of them. Nepo has a very good record against these early and/or simple outsmarting attempts, since he loves to play unpredictible moves and is rarely caught in intended variations. Playing against the machine (Magnus) is a different situation.
Nepo and Rapport - their styles make me happy. I know Magnus the Engine can grind anyone down to nothing, but those two play so aggressive - a lot more satisfying
Yeah he is like a fat sheep right now for the others in top 5. But you can't underestimate Alireza. He has similar graph to Carlsen after all. Just one more jump in ability and he will be beyond all but Fabi and Ding. Currently he is more top 10 level than top 3 level. Despite his rating.
All non-Hungarian speakers: do you realize that "élő" as in Elo rating means live? Elo with the original Hungarian spelling is Élő and it is the last name of the person who invented the rating system, but his name happens to mean "live", "living" or "alive" from the verb él "to live". So in a way, Elo rating also means live rating.
"The threat is always stronger than the execution, unless it's not" - agad 2022
This reminds me of Ben Finegold xD
Math is math, unless it’s not.- Mr incredible
Some people repeat the UA-camr just to gain likes.
@@m.u.550 sorry for that.
That's what I was going to post
Nepo when he plays without any pressure is an incredibly difficult opponent to deal with . This time he didn't even blink at Alireza preparation or Alireza's pawn and knight offers . Hope the players play such games which will make agadmator make even more longer videos for our benefit . 😁
Shame he couldn't do well in second half of world chess championship, however mistakes make u stronger and hopefully he comes back stronger
@@krishthegreat7726 Actually Nepo crunbles after 1 or 2 losses..his mental strength is incredibly low and this has been proven multiple times. Not his patience, but the ability to accept and move on.
@@arpanmukherjee961 Magnus was talking about that before their match, he sad that Ian even wouldn't qualify if candidates were not split in two due to Covid. Still, I really like Ian's chess, he played some fantastic stuff after Dubai match, especially in those online events.
When Alireza doesnt castle everybody say what a interesting idea when i dont castle my teacher tell me what a idiot i am
@@mislavivkovic9996 because most probably they have a better plan. You just forgot to castle maybe
Ian to Alireza: “I’m going to need you to return your 2800 club member’s jacket”
funny thing is nepo has never gotten to 2800
@@cjh-bk4pn how is that funny
@@komaddog idk because nepo is asking firouzja to return his "2800 club member's jacket" when nepo doesn't even have one. I'm not shitting on nepo just making a comment
@@NotAnemia true
@@cjh-bk4pn did Nepo say that though?
Very great wisdom when Magnus introducing him self
Inspiring
😂😂
Best quote yet
one time he had a quote from goku saying that the ocean is salty because people pee in it
it is a reference to Magnus tweet
At 16:01, if Ian pushed, then after Alireza takes the queen the pawn can be promoted to a knight, forking the king and queen
That's true, but what is the evaluation after exchange of queens? White has two strong pass pawns, black has only a knight far far away... I don't know if that is worth of risk, but check what engine says...
@@radovan3jovicic good analysis bro
I don’t know if you’re serious, but that’s just ridiculous hahahaha
@@radovan3jovicic anyone reply pls after checking with engine. I'm confused bcz possibly black can hold with bishop and the other past pawn won't be able to move as there is B pawn. so a knight advantage probably did exist. not sure
Maybe I don’t know math but I see only one passed pawn for white
amazing game. i have to say, this might be the best analysis of a game ive seen you do. keep up the great work ;D
the extra inclusions of time remaining on the clock is always a nice touch. and long videos are just fine!!!
Great Video. Just wanted to point out one thing; this would be Alireza’s second game as 2800 as he faced Fabi yesterday
When you're right, you're right :)
@@agadmator sorry about that??
@@agadmator why doesn't knight c7 rook fork work and Alireza needs to move the King to d1 8:06
@@otto_jk f4 bishop controls c7
@@agadmator unless you are wrong ))
I love how Nepo played this. That dang e pawn move was in the wings for so long, as well as the hanging h pawn, but Nepo wouldn't do it. Instead he's making Alireza waste time calculating those moves only to never see them across the board.
What a crazy, attacking, combinational game. I thought Nepo was going to give it away several times.
Nepo classical and time pressure chess are pretty much balanced.
"The threat is always stronger than the execution -- unless it's not." A brilliant Agmadatorianism!
I don't mind the extra time for exploring extra lines, making for a longer presentation, I enjoy it.
I finally found the move AND the follow-up, and almost immediately. Pretty safe to say, I feel pretty good about myself now, I will be writing my memoirs starting next year.
I'm happy to see Alireza participating in the tournaments .
very good synopsis and commentary. Thanks!
Ian is so cool :) He missed winning opportunities, yet won.
Great game. It seems Nepo has Alireza's number (at least for now). I still remember that beautiful King's Gambit that Nepo unleashed on him.
Why do you say that. In classical, it's one win for each, and one draw. In rapid, they have one draw, and in blitz they have one win each. They seem pretty evenly matched to me.
I can't believe you are able to remember that! Kudos!
Absolutely loved the c5 Kb1 engine line!
truly an inspiring quote from magnus
It was in response to a chesscom tweet that said "what are your best chess pickup lines?".
Thank you for the early upload, I was worried I was going to have to wait a day or so for some of these alireza matches!
Just because Nepo had one disastrous match, people started to throw him under the bus, he's still one of the top picks to win the candidates, way more likely than Firouzja
Ikr and even Magnus in game 5 or 3 told he would have resigned he nepo played some c5 pawn push or something nepo lost his game after game 6 which is sad but mans back he was runner up in rapid and blitz if I am correct and even finalist in the online tourney which Magnus one so mans very likely top contender
@@gurramprahallad3403 magnus wasnt even in losing position vs nepo to resign in whole WC match
in that game he was worse by like 1 point (if nepo played C5) in engine not losing
@@bhaveshkahaneable never said losing after the match was done the interview was like if nepo payed c5 in that position what would u play and Magnus said I had no move to play in that position and I would have resigned also -1 is a lot for top grandmaster just saying
@@gurramprahallad3403 youre very wrong, magnus said c5 was uncomfortable and every other move was manageble, but he wouldnt resign, the position was uncomfortable at best, not even winning for white it was +0,7,if it was +3 magnus wouldnt even resign.
@@alexanderkononov1862 yeah he won't. Although he may have said it in Interview but it's Carlsen, we already know that he always fights till death. Whether it's drawn or lost position. And he did survive worst against Fabi in previous wc. So i wont write Carlsen out. It would be uncomfortable sure, but not game over by any means.
“Nepo being Nepo”
Great game and analysis - thank you!
The quote is so beautiful, Magnus is a modern day poet.
Nepo is returning as a super chess player once again.
I'm rooting for Nepo in this tournament. This game was great
Im rooting for Alireza this tournament so he can get back his 2800 badge
@@n1c530 i respect that. I don't have Ali as likely to win the candidates anyway because of experience
Personally, if he gains rating overall in this tournament ill start to believe in him
@@phenix2403 Yeah, he might just be another high 2700 player
Just incredible how activ nepo's pieces were
I love these very detailed videos... Also the 2018 WCC match coverage was superb
Most unexpected quote ever
This game had a very interesting weird position. Unimaginable moves from Nepo. Great game from both grandmasters 🔥🙌🏽
16:00 i think e2 can actually be played here, because after Qxf3, black can promote to a knight with royal fork, take the queen and be a piece up. if white afterwards plays d7, black can play Bg5. if white, instead of d7, plays h4 to prevent Bg5, black has time to play Bg3, take the h4 pawn and remain an eye on the promotion square on d8 🤔
Was just about to comment this
Yes but the knight will be hellpless to stop the 2 connected pass pawns
What if after Bg5, white plays Nd6 threatening Nb7? This allows c pawn to push and also forces bishop for pawn trade on d8, winning the piece back and threatening c pawn promotion, while White's king and knight are too far away
Edit: Just noticed
... e2
Qxf3 e1=N
Kd3 Nxf3
Ke4
Wins the piece back
@@georgebrantley776 yeah, not only can white win the piece back, but Nd6 is actually a game changer 🤔 well-seen!
@@victorvandenhende6571 if white doesn't play Nd6 threatening Nb7, black doesn't even need the knight to defend the 2 connected passed pawns, thanks to the bishop on g5 which doesn't allow the promotion of the d pawn and the pawn on b7 which doesn't allow the c pawn to push
18:16 "and that's... that's the good stuff." made me laugh so hard :D
Hey bro, thank you very much for all the videos. I've learned so much. Have you ever thought about doing a video from the perspective of the black pieces? Hugs #suggestion
This is why I was very curious which Nepo would show up in World Chess Championship. We got "Bad Nepo" that made mistakes. Here, we see "Good Nepo" who see lines that work better than computer lines when you add the psychological effect of his "WTF" style.
It’s not that he was bad nepo, it’s that he was playing magnus so of course he’s going to play bad compared to magnus. Him playing Alireza is much more convenient for him and he can get away with little mistakes against alireza comapred to magnus. Nepo is the favorite against any player except magnus and that’s fact.
@@blitz4486 I agree I think him and Fabi are the favorites for the candidates
@@hdmotivated I'm a fan of Fabi, but I don't see him winning the candidates. His style has become too passive in my opinion. He stunk in the last candidates. I hope I'm wrong though.
Great game. Alireza has to win these big games against top players if he hopes to face Magnus. It's never easy, especially facing these chess giants like Nepo. Great video.
Wcc will be a magnus vs nepo season 2
Such a profound quote by Magnus Carlsen! I said it to my opponent before my game and felt fear in their eyes.
Nepo: *wins the game*
Agad : I still think pawn push would've been the best move here
15:55 push ist good! After white captures black‘s queen, black promotes to a knight with a check and wins back the queen, gaining in the process a piece (knight).
yes but whites pons are too advanced so you dont want to risk anything
White Kd3, ke4 and the piece is comeback
@@corchitoloco9741 Ke3 is impossible because the promoted knight that checks controls that square as well
@@antoniobacic5674 ah thats true
We are ready for a young Candidates winner.
Nepo: No so fast you young punks.
Awesome pause the video moment there
5:00: Nc7 (either knight) looks like it wins the exchange (Bxc7, Nxc7, and both rooks are forked). I suspect following Bxc7 with e3 would be the refutation?
Dude I really like your channel
A very thrilling game. The attack and the resilience are incredibly awesome.
This was the most Nepo game I have ever seen
I'd be happy to route for either of these gentlemen when Magnus retires.
Root
Amazing tactics.Indepth preparation.Machine like execution
Masterly exposition.
I was waiting for alireza's game after he became 2800 i somehow knew he would lose some matches
Top tier quote, increases enjoyment of the game immensely, 10/10
havent read the quote yet, but he always puts good ones up there xD
😄 can't wait for something like : "chess is sad waste of brains" ; "wooden pieces - wooden decisions" and kind of quotes by chess greats of the past
Masterpiece of you. Thanks a lot
When top comment is a spoiler and you see it when opening the video, what a pain
Beautiful game
"Hi. My name is Magnus Carlsen." Hahaha
Amazing game from Nepo!
@5:40 isnt knight to C7 possible forking both rooks and if bishop takes you can still do it ?
e3 and you get mated or lose your queen
@@Brien831 I wanted to say knight C7 instead of pawn to C4, i dont see how its not a winning moove
@@Thomish21 you win the exchange but lose to pawn to e3, you need to cover e3 with the knight
@@Thomish21 Friend you do not fork the rooks that are doing nothing, when you are getting attacked. As Brien said, e3,fxe3,Bxe3,Kxe3,Rxe3 and you loose the queen. And if you don't capture on e3,instead go for one of the rooks,exf2 wins.
What a nice quote!
That quote is hilarious
Nice quote for today :)
16:02
In this position can't black push the e pawn and when white captures the queen and then black promotes the pawn to a knight and fork the king and the queen and this is a good position for black or there is something i'm missing?
For anyone who sees this comment
After i tried to use the engine to analyze what i said i found that black will turn from -2 to 0 so forget it.
21:58 Knight to e6?
Hey agad, has Ding qualified for the candidates tournament?
Yes. Karjakin's appeal has been rejected by FIDE.
h3 such a characteristic move by Firouzja
Love the quote by Magnus at top. So insightful.
in 6:26, could you please show what happens after white plays Nbc7 ?
Just wow!. Nepo went full beast mode🦁 on reza. He was basically playing with his food because he could have converted it to a winning game many moves ago. It was as if he said “2,800 ? I’ll be the judge of that 😏 “
Reza beat bums for 2,800-Nepo gave him a wake up call.
that engine line was ufff amazing
We actually want longer videos!
Now that’s Nepo!!
What a great game. So complex and interesting, both played nice but gotta give it to nepo for really playing such unpredictable moves. Never playing e3, never taking h3, etc. lol. It's almost like he doesn't want to play thr predictable moves and pressure alireza more by doing that and making alireza have to calculate those lines every single time all over again when nepo plays a different move. Lol
Great win in great style for nepo.
Glad the organisers didn't ban him for being Russian or something like they did to karjakin. Or they didn't ask nepo if he's proud to be Russian or supports Putin and Russian military or not before allowing him to play lol.
I have some friends from Rusia on lichess they say to me i really dont know why we have to suffer bcs of this idiot Putin but also they are not all like this some of them just say Crimea is Russia or Ukraina have a bio labaratory for mass destruction but i dont know is this just their openion or they are just brainwashed
Nepo openly opposed the war. Most Russian GMs did actually. Plus à big part of why Karjakin was banned apart from supporting the war was that he was making jokes on Ukranian civilian casualties. That was simply too far for everyone. If he could just shut his mouth even if he personally supported the conflict, doubt such measures would have been taken. Just like it is for other Russian GM's.
"The threat is always stronger than execution unless it's not"
agadmator
Why wasn't knight c7 played at 5:50??? Very good fork indeed!!!!
Nepo masterclass.
Surprised Alireza made it to 55 moves. His position was horrible the entire game basically and his king was wide open!! Such a crazy game from him both literally must have had the worst headache from calculating all the moves in this game, especially Alireza.
Is the boarder around the cam the Hearthstone box?
What an interesting opening choice for a classical game. Given how uncommon it is, I would love to hear from Alireza why he picked the bishop's opening and what he think chances for white for this opening at the highest level.
Because he's not playing his opening prep for candidates.
"Hi, my name is... What?... my name is... Who?... my name is...chicka chicka Magus Carlson" I think is the actual quote....🤣
What is the rating performance of this game by these 2 individuals, cz even though u explained many things it was a crazy position at every moment for me
We all said, Alireza won against 2600s to reach 2800 and he didn't get challenged, yet. And now, yesterday he had a worse position against Caruana and now he has lost with black against Nepo ( who got destroyed by people in the WCC , which shows Magnus's level as Nepo destroyed Firouzja, Magnus destroyed Nepo )
I think your turban 👳 is too tight and getting extremely hot
Alireza went for the risky opening trying to outfox Nepo, but it backfired rather early. Still, I don't believe that any large conclusions should be drawn out of this game for either of them. Nepo has a very good record against these early and/or simple outsmarting attempts, since he loves to play unpredictible moves and is rarely caught in intended variations. Playing against the machine (Magnus) is a different situation.
Overhyped 2800 vs Nepo!
Nepo master strategies in this game is deadly to all.
Nepo and Rapport - their styles make me happy. I know Magnus the Engine can grind anyone down to nothing, but those two play so aggressive - a lot more satisfying
8:52 why didn't Alireza capture the bishop on F4 here, seems like it's undefended?
23:33 "hope you don't mind"
Of course we don't mind😂
Nepo won with black pieces is just out of this world.
Can’t wait Nepo vs Caruana
Never mind about the video being long, as there was so much covered!! What.A.Game!!
What a motivational word!!!
do you think that magnus will play in the next wcc?
"Hi, my name is *record scratch* Slim Bogzy."
This LOSS was better than a WIN for Alireza. Now, he knows he has to be more prepared for candidates.
8:18 - Knight to c7 fork?
this game was just fireworks the whole way
thanks agad
why not Kbc7 or kdc7 @5:04
Ah again, Nepo with a queen against rook + knight.
The hunt for Alireza’s points is on ….. by the time the Candidate’s start he will be around 2780’s
Yeah he is like a fat sheep right now for the others in top 5. But you can't underestimate Alireza. He has similar graph to Carlsen after all. Just one more jump in ability and he will be beyond all but Fabi and Ding. Currently he is more top 10 level than top 3 level. Despite his rating.
At 15:57 black could play e2. If qxf3 there is e1=N+!, forking the king and queen. Black would be up a piece.
Nice quote I must say
15:58 ....e2 Qf3: e1K+
Sorry about the video taking a bit longer? Erm... sorry for giving you a good time a bit longer than normal?
All non-Hungarian speakers: do you realize that "élő" as in Elo rating means live? Elo with the original Hungarian spelling is Élő and it is the last name of the person who invented the rating system, but his name happens to mean "live", "living" or "alive" from the verb él "to live". So in a way, Elo rating also means live rating.