Nepo's policy is, I will not become world champion and I will not allow other candidates to become world champion either.

@bulumkomadikane4543

2 ай бұрын

🤣

@SaiSS961

2 ай бұрын

😂

@SaFire-Safalya

2 ай бұрын

😂😂 There's a saying for this in Bengali which translates "neither will defecate, nor will leave the toilet"

@the_crimson_ghost_of_south_phx

2 ай бұрын

Lol poor Ian. In all seriousness who do you think is gonna win the Candidates tournament this yr tho? My guess is Ian or Fabi but i hope for Pragg or Hikaru

@ellipticallyambiguousone7875

2 ай бұрын

More like if you fail, you go again until you succeed. I mean winning candidates twice (and losing the wc matches twice) is an achievement in its own and with Ding in poor form, you wouldn't want to rule out Ian as WC, unless a plot twist and Ding like Carlsen also abdicated his title and then maybe we see Nepo a three time WC candidate winner instead of WC.

Nepo to every candidate: *you shall not pass*

Nepo is like that mini boss that you have to face before you reach final boss.

@ndnd7614

2 ай бұрын

Gonna choke in the finals again 😂

@MattDawgGaming

2 ай бұрын

Imagine if when you lost to the mini boss that mini boss took your place to fight the boss instead lol

@khutsomaponya

2 ай бұрын

So true, and you know there's a possibly outcome that you might beat this boss if he's in a hurry😂

@FahimHoq

2 ай бұрын

Then there's Ding, who lost to that miniboss (finishing 2nd in the last candidates) only to become the final boss himself 😂

@akhmadriyadi8145

2 ай бұрын

The big boss is Magnus boy

"Any move you play here is a move" Agadmator, 2024

The thing that's nuts about Ian in comparison to other classical greats is his speed. As we've seen in his matches title matches, he doesn't have the greatest peaks, but his floor is just so far above everyone else. Constantly puts people in time pressure.

@AizuddinYusoff

2 ай бұрын

It mostly works against everyone, except the speed king himself Carlsen.

@indianfan1029

2 ай бұрын

That couldn't be further from the truth. Look at his games at Tata Steel just 2 months ago.

@sonnyjay1432

2 ай бұрын

@@AizuddinYusoff Ian would lose to Anand even now. Hw's not even at Anand's level at this age.

@therandomrat5238

2 ай бұрын

​@@sonnyjay1432Tbf Anand is the anomaly here. Man's playing top 10 chess at 54, no shame in losing to him

@compositeur8455

Ай бұрын

His speed also makes him make insane blunders sometimes.

Nepo should start with an hour less. It's not fair for other players

@artpak2761

2 ай бұрын

lol

@lnhaIee

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@nickcifarelli8887

2 ай бұрын

:DDDDD

Here comes Ian’s 3rd straight candidates win

@FahimHoq

2 ай бұрын

Hope so, but let's not jinx it, just in case.

@dalekerr5091

2 ай бұрын

Sadly. Imagine he loses to Ding again, unlikely this time though. The best result for chess will be for Fabi to become world champion.

@sam.83

2 ай бұрын

hope NOT 🤦

@goonerboy93

2 ай бұрын

Way way too early to call

@claptonmbano5579

2 ай бұрын

@@dalekerr5091 If Nepo wins candidates, Nepo deserves to play ad beat Ding.

One of the most analyzed lines and nepo finds poison............ Incredible stuff

@GrzegorzOklinski

2 ай бұрын

No poison found. Visit trapped his rook like a total noob unfortunately :(

@maxburmab7962

2 ай бұрын

​@@GrzegorzOklinskiyeah, such a rookie mistake from Vidit, he is so weak for not playing best move every move.

@GrzegorzOklinski

2 ай бұрын

@@maxburmab7962 you totally misread my opinion

@maxburmab7962

2 ай бұрын

@@GrzegorzOklinski no, I didn't

@GrzegorzOklinski

2 ай бұрын

@@maxburmab7962 sure sport.

Nepo is always in beastly mode at candidates but cannot hold his nerves at world Championship 😢

@sunburn74

2 ай бұрын

Honestly I've followed Nepo's various candidate games and the moves made by the opponents follow the same pattern: completely drawn position with nothing happening, they over-push and bungle things, and then nepo wins. I mean who plays RB3 and traps their own rook? I'd say these games are much more opponents just being stupid and not being happy with a draw than nepo playing brilliantly and crushing things. I will credit nepo for his ability to play quickly but he plays mostly safe, fairly obvious moves. Its just that his opponents decide they need to play overly complex things and over push and then lose.

@MarioMartinazzi

2 ай бұрын

Or maybe he blitz moves until move 20 and opponents needs to think a lot ending with no time on the clock? But I'm sure you could do better than vidit 😂

@dilejjja

2 ай бұрын

​@@sunburn74Well, that's how you win big things and big games, not by queen sacrifices and smothered mates. That's exactly how Magnus broke Nepo in that game 6 in Dubai. On this level, chess is mainly about nerves.

@blue_red_screen

2 ай бұрын

​@MarioMartinazzi who said vidit is bad

@ProfessorBoswell

2 ай бұрын

I agree, Nepo is obviously strong but I don't think his play has been that great at the elite level, despite candidate showings. Same for Ding in a lot of ways, the WC just hasn't been all that interesting lately

The picture and handshake commentary is my favorite thing.

Vishy saying that he does not see the merit of Nh3. Now why would a former WCC say this?? Has he forgotten already that winning a chess game does not depend on making the absolute best move/s but it depends on making a move or moves that your opponent doesn't understand or at least understands it to the depth that you do. In simple terms, you've prepped this move deeply and your opponent is left to figure it out over the board which figure you a big advantage especially on the clock while he burns minutes calculating and you already know the possible replies.

The videos have been great for the candidates 2024!

Nepo's exhibiting peak Nepo form once again. Enterprising and incisive. There's just nothing you can do when he's playing like this.

Nepo is the mini boss that you must beat to face the final boss (Ding), and if you win you then realize the real boss (Magnus) is yet to be defeated and you aren't considered the best.

This was my first video on your channel and felt its really instructive. I've been a serious chess player for 3 years now but I've only been watching Hikaru and Levy (just for fun I don't think his vids are instructive) Great Work man!

@starliaghtsz8400

2 ай бұрын

He actually makes it a point to give like an intermediate/advanced level of analysis on the channel instead of the other streamers just clownin

@aini9027

2 ай бұрын

I dont like watching Levy cuz he just tries to make every chess game like a content creator. Agad's style is more instructive and you actually try to understand the game.

@slanigrad

2 ай бұрын

levy is insufferable. but again, I'm not his target audience 😊. i Love Agad's style.

@shush2534

2 ай бұрын

Watch Daniel naroditsky. He is the greatest teacher on KZread

@odinniereece4096

2 ай бұрын

Levy only cares about his views and he operates like a greedy content creator .. Agad does what he thinks is best for the viewers giving an instructive and detailed analysis

Black self-traps the rook in the kind of 'pawn well' on b3.. I've never seen this idea works.

@saryjou2793

2 ай бұрын

always happens to me

@Minhajnizamani

Ай бұрын

It's easier said than done..

OMGGGG I'm waiting anxiously for your upload!! love u Agad

I want to thank you for the coverage, I've followed every FIDE candidates and world championship through your channel since Caruana won, and your channel is probably the biggest reason I've become a reasonable chess player (nothing spicy, but I'm proud to be around 1800).

Great video as always Agad! If you could add the clock times for the players it would be great. That way we can see if/when they were struggling with time pressure. Thanks! #suggestion

@Saiganesh2108

2 ай бұрын

CFBR

I hope Fabi prevails over Ian.

Jeez that was a brutal endgame

agad comes out with these before the players are even done playing god bless

Even though he's lost the championship matches, Nepo always delivers clinical chess agains the rest of the contenders... Love this man's precision and outplaying in weird positions.

Hello Sir, please kindly share the fixtures for the whole tournament if possible. Thank you in advance.

thanks agad!

Nepo feels inevitable

I dont know why, but your videos are popping up for me since you're using the mix?

This was a most fascinating game. A game that should be studied for years to come.

Please do the Uruguay Immortal (Molinari - Cabral)

Oh man, title shoulda clearly been: "Tearing down the Berlin Wall" (but maybe that would be a spoiler I guess). Great game! Thanks for the analysis as always

How can you move your rook to b5. I mean not just because it got trapped. But the whole point of it was attacking the b2 pawn, but how would that work, Nepo had 2 idle rooks on his 1st rank. How can a single rook outpower them both.

On stream they said, in the last candidates since 2013, the player who scored 3 points after the 4th round always won the tournament with 2020 being the exception, where Nepo scored 2,5/4, but still won

At 11:53, what's wrong with Nf6? Doesn't it solve all of Nepo's problems with the Bishop+Knight defenders regardless of how Vidit reacts?

Nepo is gonna win the candidates again, it's kinda his specialty.

Yup. Ian back to normal, dominating the candidates.

I request Agadmator sir to please upload ASAP. I am just waiting for your review first and then the others.

Bishop C 6 was not hard to find, Vidith surely considered it. I'm surprised that he lost the game on this

Weird maneuver by Vidit with the rook. Voluntarily hiding it on b3, puzzling.

@VijayThakurMD

2 ай бұрын

He is an yoga idiot and prep merchant

@soxnation1000

2 ай бұрын

I think sometimes these super GMs get too inside their own heads and overthink things. Like, as a 1400-1500 myself, I can see visually trapping your own rook cannot be good! If you're in time trouble and not sure what to do, I think it's better to make some move that improves the position, rather than thinking of a complex strategy. Like putting my rook on an open file or something.

@VijayThakurMD

2 ай бұрын

@@soxnation1000 you're right Some super GMs are idiots takes 20 min move where couple of moves are obvious If you're taking 20 min to move as a GM in opening something is wrong with you 🤮

@elasmojones

Ай бұрын

I was aghast when I saw him do it.... Seeing it again gives me ptsd.

Nepo looking formidable. Perhaps he was stung into action by Magnus sceptical attitude towards his recent performances. Nepo seems to have superior abilities to calculate and remember lines, a real chess computer.

Maybe during these days off, can you redo the Michal Krasenkow vs Hikaru Nakamura "Casino Royale" #suggestions

As Agad said, Black plan on the Q side is too slow

Even after watching the analysis, I don't fully understand the position 😂 So deep and so complicated! Thanks for the video

Thanks!

Can we just take a minute to acknowledge Agadmator, Mr. Antonio Radic. Despite being an extremely impressive, powerful steed who for half a decade had KZread’s largest chess channel, never lost the humility, honestly, integrity and sheer love of chess that has made him so fun to watch. He is as responsible for the chess boom as just about everyone else. I, for one, am proud to been subbed to him since 2017, as well as having the opportunity to watch his channel grow and grow. Well done, sir🫡. Your actions should be commended.

Go Nepo!!!!!!! We believe in you big man!!!!!!! My favorite player of all time.

@alexalleman4756

2 ай бұрын

Why is Nepo your favorite?

@VijayThakurMD

2 ай бұрын

Coz he has win previous two ​@@alexalleman4756

What.. Did Anand do commentary on this game :o ?

Where's ding did he forfeit?

What about f3 check?

@15:53 ba3 is winning for black ?

#suggestion Vaishali vs Nurgyul she sacrificed twice

Vishy foresaw this he knew they will feel the heat some of these Indian prodigies are doing well..but would still be crushed.

Nepo deserve world championship

The Bobby Fischer quote might serve Kramnik well

Why is there an extra pair of Queen pieces next to the board in all photos?

@esotericman22

Ай бұрын

This is standard practice. It's in case a player promotes a pawn to a queen and their queen is still on the board. I've seen it where the arbiter has had to be called to bring a 3rd queen out after 2 pawns promoted.

I think I speak for majority of the masses when I say "We DO NOT Want Ding Liren vs. Ian Part 2"!

@fangiscool1

Ай бұрын

Speak for yourself

🔥🔥

@9:16 Agad, you didn't mention that Rb3 is actually blunder!

@simonsays6026

2 ай бұрын

Well it's not really a blunder. It was a reasonable idea. An inaccuracy perhaps.

Nepo being Nepo

Nepo - Eternal challenger

Absolutely marvellous game Nepo is the man to beat still , in the candidates

Well , very unpredictable 😢😮😅

Wow, only knew Nepo from his losing games against Magnus but against lower ranking players he's able to shine - his creative play and speed are devastating.

@roberthansen5727

2 ай бұрын

Review Magnus Nepo game 2, Nepo was winning with black (but couldn't find the continuation and drew)

@comeforthwithclips

2 ай бұрын

Lower rated? Vidit is currently number 25 in the world

@claptonmbano5579

2 ай бұрын

@@comeforthwithclips Yes, lower rated than Nepo

At 12:38 in your analysis Qxc6+ is better than Qe4, as it saves the pawn at least for the moment.

That rook looks like it is in jail. Nepo has been playing the best in the candidates so far. However, he played great the last 2 times he became the WCC challenger, and then in the WCC games he changed his style and lost both times.

@fangiscool1

Ай бұрын

He did not change his style against Ding. He had Ding in positional and time trouble many times. But between those times, he mad enormous blunders

@MrK623

Ай бұрын

@@fangiscool1 Once he got the lead then he became super careful. When you play for a draw it doesn't take too many inaccuracies to lose.

I just watched Gotham coz you hadn't uploaded. I'm glad u did. I will watch while doing breakfast in a while. I don't usually watch Gotham. I am still urs agad.

@schroederluck7984

2 ай бұрын

Nothing against Levy, but Agad’s authenticity and genuine love for the game make him the goat chess channel. He’s a great entertainer too without being a tryhard.

@starliaghtsz8400

2 ай бұрын

​@@schroederluck7984Levy's a bit of a clown, like no hate he chooses to be a clown to like attract a younger audience

@viorry1829

2 ай бұрын

​@@starliaghtsz8400 You can't call someone a clown and claim no hate. You're already hating. Levy's style is catered towards younger audiences. Nothing's wrong with that. Both channels bring more audience to chess and it's great for all of us

@prsancho

2 ай бұрын

Robert Ris has a great channel too. You may like to check it out. He also covered this game before Agad.

@prsancho

2 ай бұрын

@@viorry1829, you can definitely call someone a “clown” without hate. It all depends on your opinions about clowns.

#Suggestion menorca

Nice game

Nepo is back in my good books - that was a clever game - very difficult.

What does Nepo think about when his opponent is taking 35 minutes on a move? Also, why do we only see "Good Nepo" at the Candidates but "Bad Nepo" in the Championships???

Suggestion# Vidit vs Fabiano Round 5 Candidates

Imagine losing elo to random stuff between two candidates just to regain them.

Nepo has very good chance to be world champion..Ding Liren is not in good form and it shouldn't be too difficuilt to beat him

#suggestion,Salimova vs Humpy , it's great game.

In terms of calculation, Nepo is superior than 99% of the opponents he faces

Nepo out here looking to re-repeat.

Weird rook maneuver by Vidit imo, turned a powerful piece into a liability.

@rumaulia2709

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it is double edged, he tried to defend by counterplay. Something like Rad8 would be more solid and natural

@dmitripogosian5084

2 ай бұрын

Commentators were actually impressed by original idea of the rook move

@starliaghtsz8400

2 ай бұрын

Bro just trapped his own room like that

@Craig_Samuel

2 ай бұрын

Well thats the game bro.. he had a nice plan for that rook.. but nepo didnt let him execute it. So nepo wins..😮

@indianfan1029

2 ай бұрын

Not all commentators have brains. I saw one Indian commentator predicting Vidit win well into this game 50% or more. I mean i appreciate support and everything but that's just blind.

"Any move you play here is a move" - so true

Knight F7 and then King e5

Nepo in candidates is something else!

vidits rook lift looks disastrous??

who's Tom?

Nepo reminding me how wrong i am to pick Fabi to win it all 😂, this man is unfazed

Only caruana can stop him. It is unfortunate if a 2800 rated player cannot win candidates. Nepo appears to be not under any kind of pressure. Only option for vidit now is to try to play good chess without caring about anything else. Things will go worse for vidit if he becomes nervous and frustrated. He should just play goof chess and does not think about anything else.

nothing against Nepo but not super excited seeing him in the WCC for a third time. Rather see new blood like Gukesh

This match gives Tien vs Nam vibes. Gg

The look is higher than the mountain , and the feet is taller than the road !

gg

Of course you can find Nepo’s weaknesses, it’s Magnus 😂

From what I have seen so far, instead of abasov, pragg and vidit, I would prefer abdusatrov, dubov and anyone else instead of these 3. Literally every was surprised that he didn't capture the pawn. Nepo changed 10 faces when he saw that. Very cheap play.

@IndiaTides

2 ай бұрын

They qualified because they play well. Tell Dubov and Nodirbrek that they play well.

@redeyexxx1841

2 ай бұрын

It's not who you prefer. It's about who will actually qualify

@agpaok0704

2 ай бұрын

@@redeyexxx1841 I am just saying "what if". I said what I would prefer, not what should happen. Read the comment guys, before you try to be smart.

@__inuyasha__208

2 ай бұрын

@@agpaok0704 yes, I would prefer Kasparov, Karpov, Vishy over abdusatrov, dubov and anyone else. But sadly they didn't qualify.

@redeyexxx1841

2 ай бұрын

@@agpaok0704 I get your sentiment probably because Dubov, Artimiev, Abdusattarov are kind of players that bloom and thrive in pressure situations but sadly they didn't make it through qualifications. I mean we would literally all want Magnus too in this candidates but sadly he's not here either.

Strong game from Nepo helped along by some bad moves from Vidit I don’t think many people felt Nepo was a favorite to win this years candidate but here he is leading a quarter way through

At this point I think NEPO do not want anyone else want to win CANDIDATES but at the same time he will not win the Championship himself .

@lawdogwales5921

2 ай бұрын

lol

@ashutoshsharma9532

2 ай бұрын

He will win it this time.

I tried to do what Anand said on lichess. Engine doesn't like it.

@amitk79

2 ай бұрын

after h5 engine recommends bg5

Magnus has trained Nepo well in the endgame.

I am Indian But I root for Ian. he is someone so talented to not be a champion. to get qualified twice at the top of candidates speaks volumes. he is all set to do it third time

Nepo's only enemy is his ego, and of course Magnus who is above everyone.

Many good moves played quickly in the candidates > a few moves played over an hour.

he also hit him with Nepo Stare while sipping his coffee😭

No, Leko did not say he spend 5000 hours on one move. He said "in total, I have probably spent about 5000 hours analyzing the various possibilities of the Berlin"

With Ding current form, Nepo will take the championship.

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” - Savielly Tartakower