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Gukesh is a daring player. He doesn't fear taking risks and perhaps that's why he sometimes seems inconsistent. I would never have the guts to leave my king open like that and going into such a complex game. But Gukesh does not hesitate. And while he's inconsistent, he's also young. Imagine if he perfects his aggressive active playing style as he gets older and makes less and less mistakes, he will become an absolute monster. Pragg is opposite of him, he takes risks when its due but not unnecessarily. He'd be happy with a draw sometimes but he does have the ambition to win, but he takes it slow and plays it logically. That's why he appears to be more consistent. He reminds me much of Vishy in that sense. And Arjun for me is a wild card. I can't evaluate his style.

This was an exciting game you showed. I watched and focused on Alireza vs Ju Wenjun and Ju won an excellent game. Unfortunately she has not played many classical games and not many games against men, so I think she is underrated. Maybe her actually or real rating is between 2600 and 2650

@Phurngirathaana

5 ай бұрын

No chance That's like saying Giri is 2800 strength

@michaelblankenau6598

5 ай бұрын

Isn't Giri 2760 ? What's another 40 points or so ?

@robinesperoza

5 ай бұрын

She is underrated for sure. Happy to see her do so well

Chaotic tactical game, the players brought us two centuries back when this king of risky, explosive 💣 💣 game could have only 2 kinds of result, win or loose. Fantastic game. Thanks for coverage !

Awesome game.i thougth forsure van forest would win.well done by gukesh. Excellent commentary sir.

A great win for Gukesh. Thanks for a fine analysis Daniel.

By round 10, almost half the field could be leading the tournament with 3 wins.

Thanks for the game, commentary GM Daniel ! Daily dose of chess.

Marvellous ty Daniel!

Very nice game posted by you, thanks 🎉🎉❤❤

wild game!

@PowerPlayChess Daniel, thanks for covering this wild game. Question, do you see a stylistic difference in the younger generation of chess players, especially these phenoms from India? The use of modern chess engines plus the influence of Anand, maybe? Would love to hear your thoughts!

@PowerPlayChess

5 ай бұрын

In the last few years, players have tended to look at positions in a more concrete way: if the calculation is correct, then it doesn't matter if the move 'looks' ugly. But such chess is more hazardous: if one has miscalculated, then one looks foolish: 'Don't they know anything about positional principles?' I wouldn't put that down to Anand, who turned into a very pragmatic player (at his best). It is certainly the influence of computers - we have learned to be less dogmatic, because there are always exceptions. The Indian kids are brilliant at calculating, but they aren't unique among the younger generation of successful players (Firouzja and Abdusattorov, for example, are also brilliant calculators).

@TandemKnights

5 ай бұрын

@@PowerPlayChess Thanks for your thoughts and happy new year!

That was the name of a 70s track.

At 6:10 why can't white take the pawn on a5? Was he worried about losing a4 and then Nxd3 creating a passed b pawn

Interesting game. Hate to see Jorden get punished for his daring opening choice. That's chess though, it only takes one inaccuracy if your opponent plays well enough.

@PowerPlayChess

5 ай бұрын

His opening play was really enterprising and it's a pity that he didn't follow up correctly.

The Karpov/Kasparov comeback!

@horvathliviu2101

5 ай бұрын

They are known by "boring, long, forever" games. They played 14 months, 144 games once, everyone lost their patience, "FIDE President Florencio Campomanes stepped in to stop the match citing exhaustion of both participants."

@_nemo171

5 ай бұрын

​@@horvathliviu2101 Also known to explore the Scotch at some point in the match, when the boredom was topping.

Could white have shoved the g pawn up the board perhaps with h4 too to harass the queen when it was on f6? Don't think it was that risky with black having no dark squared bishop

@PowerPlayChess

5 ай бұрын

Sounds very risky to me!

At 10:15 I think white should play Rf6

@michaelblankenau6598

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps he didn't like Qd3 after Rf6 .

So many tactics...scotch on the rocks indeed

Very complicated game, Van Forrest tried something to surprise Gukesh in the opening but seemed not convinced of his preparation, in my opinion.

Prefers my scotches neat with a splash.

Looks like Van Foreest definitely missed Rg8 Else he wouldn't have played Qf2

Tata Steel without Magnus is like Fisher vs Spassky without Island. Who cares...

@LateCloser

5 ай бұрын

Apparently you care. You just watched a video about one of the games from the tournament and then spent the time to make a snide comment.

@michaelblankenau6598

5 ай бұрын

Why not say that about any tournament that doesn't have Carlsen . Who cares .

@PowerPlayChess

5 ай бұрын

Carlsen has, for the moment, lost interest in Classical chess. He is tired of the preparation. As we saw in the Qatar Open, he struggles! He is moving on...fine, let others take over who have more desire and motivation! It is a normal changing of the generations.

@michaelblankenau6598

5 ай бұрын

@@PowerPlayChess Quite true .