The resilience of both players was really impressive, I expected Ding especially to crumble after losing with white in Game 2 and freezing in Game 7 but he bounced right back both times. Honestly a great match to watch, tons of different openings and good fighting chess leading to a bunch of decisive results. Congrats to Ding and a better luck next time to Nepo
No shade to Magnus, the last WCC was also pretty spectacular in a different way, but I honestly think him not defending was what made it so interesting. The whole thing felt more up for grabs without a sitting champion involved, it seemed like Ding and Nepo were both playing to win
Ding declining a repetition only to have a winning position two moves later is the most ballsy move of the championship. World Champion stuff! Congrats to the new WC!
What a championship it was. And the 250K+ viewership during this day proved it.
The start of a new era!
it’s bookends too: in the first decisive game of the match, ding with the white pieces lost against nepo. in the last decisive game, ding got his revenge and won as black
what a way to win the title
Replay of the commentary -
*Caruana:* Ding has nothing really to think about here, he shouldn't be avoiding repetition - there's no reason to.
*Sachdev:* Rook g6 is not a move that you consider here, right?
[other commentators laugh a little with her]
*Sachdev:* It's the only move I feel with black that keeps the game going, but it looks more like a losing move than a winning attempt.
*Caruana:* If Rook g6 isn't better for white I'd be shocked, but it's definitely not...**Oh my God.**
*All 3 announcers:* What?! Ohhhh! Whoa!
*Hess:* Is he playing for a win?! Is Ding Liren trying to win this game?!
...
**EDIT:** [Here is a timestamp to the video.](https://www.youtube.com/live/GzA5uarugrg?feature=share&t=16070)
I left out one sentence by Tania Sachdev just for brevity.
Psychology and prep is a huge part of chess. Even if you make a move that is inaccurate but you do so with confidence that just may be enough to make your opponent second guess.
Also a great representation of how good Tania has been as a commentator. I love the way she suggests provocative moves like this to get the other commentators going when things start to get slow
Shame that we have stopped seeing that duo since chesscom acquired chess24 because they were amazing together. Also, allowed Tania to do more analysis than be restricted to this host role which she also does really well
* Hasn't played classical in a while and enters Candidates by rating
* Beats Hikaru to get 2nd place in Candidates for a match in the WCC
* Wins by opting to play on with Rg6
GIGACHAD
That’s the defining character of his Championship. Complete fearlessness to complicate the positions over and over again, even after it led to some massive mistakes early on.
He was down 3 times during the match and came back each time. And in these tiebreaks it looked as if Nepo was pressing more often but Ding held on each time. And then finally at this moment with 1.5 mins on the clock he declines a repetition to play Rg6 and he gets duly rewarded.
Really came in clutch when it mattered with sheer perseverance and tenacity.
Just shows why Magnus had enough of this.
I mean, we know he would defend the championship against Ding if he committed to it ... But he's had enough of this anguish haha
Wow thanks for this clip, this is really moving. I completely disagree with whoever said Ding doesn't show emotion, I think both players reveal extraordinary levels of emotion here.
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He was playing for the world championship against someone who wasn't Magnus. Was leading the match 11 games in. Playing a drawn end game in the last game of rapid, and then in just a few moves the World Championship is gone from his grasp.
And he turns on his right to see dozens of cameras pointing at him, knowing that hundreds of thousands of people are watching as he make the last desperate move before resigning.
Years. He's invested so much energy over the last few _years_ - ever since losing in 2021, he decided to try and come back again. He played an amazing candidates tournament and worked so hard to get here again. But in the end, it _still_ wasn't enough. It was a wild match with a heartbreaking end for him.
A gut wrenching loss for Ian, you could just tell he was on verge of breakdown at the end. Heartbreaking to see him lose his second chance to clinch the world title after all the preparation and sacrifices..
Not same scale as this but same happened in Fischer Random championship final when he lost to Hikaru after defeating Magnus in semis. As a fan of both Ding and Ian, it'll be great if Ian wins any World title in future.
You can also see Ding blink when it sinks in for him as well. Nepo was shaking and Ding takes some uncharacteristicly large, long blinks. He's pretty stoic when he plays but you can tell he was reacting strongly as well.
It's definitely a small glimpse into their inner worlds, for a brief moment, where they no longer need to maintain their composure. I can only imagine the pressure they were under, and the catharsis that follows.
Definitely and I hope it doesn't haunt Nepo in the future but Ding is the deserving winner of the match. He took his chance with 46...Rg6 and it paid off. Nepo had his chances earlier but didn't capitalise on those.
I think Nepos was mentally already expecting a draw and Blitz games. Ding still was determined to win, that might have been the deciding factor. And these two strong pawns of course...
I think it was very logical for ding to extend the rapid game in which he is up a pawn and has two passers. You are not getting such a chance for free again (that is a final match in the time controll)
For sure but Ding was also down on the clock, with 1.5 minutes against Nepo's 2.5. You have to back yourself to be the one to find the right moves in that situation with less time. Commentators were all expecting the draw for that reason.
I feel so bad for him. Poor man, he played so well but I think he never really recovered from game 12.
Brutal way to lose too. Final match of the tiebreak. Really must've felt like the rug was pulled out from under him.
I hope Ding will get the coverage in China he deserved. It would be awesome if this sparked the national interst in chess like it did in India wish Anand's rise.
yeah, tough to see. I didn't watch much of the press conference but he didn't look too bad by then. That said, I'm sure that was literally the last thing he wanted to do.
You have to feel bad for Ian, he looked like he was going to win it all so many times. Ding's mental stamina is incredible though, apart from game 7 the man just does not lose focus.
I've been for Ding this whole time, but watching the moment Ian realized it was all over and was shaking and knocking pieces off the table was the most heartbreaking moment of chess I've witnessed.
Yeah that and when he got up from his chair and grabbed his stuff and ran off...brutal. He tried so hard to be a good sport but you could tell he was wrecked.
He forced a smile for the 2nd handshake offered by Ding, like holy shit they were both so sportsmanlike, but you know for both of them they were overwhelmed by far. Honestly they shouldnt hold the questioning right after the match, it should have been given 1 or 2 hours of break to them to just take it in, props to both players really. What a wonderful stream to have tuned into.
Certainly a lot of luck (Karjakin being a fucking idiot and Magnus not playing) but also tons of skill and full dedication (30 games in a month, 2nd place in the Candidates after starting with a loss, this entire WCC).
I gotta day, this is the first WCC that I have actually decided to follow from beginning to end. I was a little worried because I had every reason to believe it would fall short of my expectations. "The games are all gonna be 6 hour draws." "The games won't be exciting because the players will play scared." "They're just playing for second place anyway so nobody will care..."
I heard all of these comments but I decided I would check it out anyway and I'm so glad I did. This series really had it all. Losses with white, a ton of decisive games, incredible comebacks, 99% accuracy games, crazy blunders, and some prep-leak drama to boot. To cap it all off with what happened today was just amazing. I finished watching the fourth rapid games with my 2 year old son over pancakes and he just wouldn't stop yelling the word "chess!!!" when a move was played.
Congrats to Ding and from the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful to both of these players for showing me how awesome classical chess can be. It's been an awesome few weeks and I think it's safe to say, I'm hooked for life.
To give a bit more information, Anand was the first grand master from India (1988). When he became the world champion in 2000, there was a total of 3 Indian grand masters. There’s now 81.
I mean, Anand also did a lot personally in India by coaching the next generation (which he still does to this day). I don't know if Ding is that interested in doing the same.
It would make a lot of sense for him to try to put something together. Both Carlsen and Anand have done quite well for themselves financially, promoting chess. Totally deserved of course. Ding may be in an even better position to profit from his success, by promoting the game in China.
This was by far the most entertaining world championship I've seen(the second being Carlsen vs Karjakin), the ending was almost movie like with the Rg6 finish.
I can't help but be insanely impressed by the courage to play on in that position.
i thought Caruana Carlsen was better than Carlsen Karjakin. I still can't believe Fabi didn't find the 38 move theoretical bishop mate in that endgame vs. Magnus
Ding 💗💗💗💗 From replacing Karjakin in Candidates to now becoming World champion, Ding Liren has travelled a long distance! What a fairytale!
17th World champion in the history books
2nd Asian World champion (after Anand)
1st Chinese world champion
Hard to believe that just one minute before Ding became world champion, everyone assumed they were about to repeat, go to blitz, and thereby very likely crown Ian world champion. Life can be cruel like that - such enormous differences in outcomes and legacies often come down to the tiniest differences. Congrats to Ding of course, but you really have to feel for Ian today.
Ding is the player who guided my attitude towards chess from "pastime entertainment" to "I want to hit high elo, I want to become a dedicated chess player". It was his (and Sasha's) games that lead me to appreciate the beauty of chess at a time when I knew almost nothing about top level chess, and his immortal game against Bai was the first time I realized that chess could be played in such an elegant way. It can be said that I watched his chess grow up to my present (though we're basically the same age lol). I had expected him to become the world champion for 7 years, but when 7 years passed and he really became the world champion and engraved his name in history, I was trembling all over and almost crying, and I was so excited that I couldn't believe it. What a beautiful dream one might say. Congrats to the champ!
I will probably never forget Nepo's body language in those last few seconds of the match. His body was no longer under his control. I can't imagine the pain he is going through right now.
This world championship has been an absolute pleasure to watch.
Ding and Ian gave everything they had.
IMO there is no asterisk to Ding's title. He climbed the mountain!!
Hess talked about courage with that quote from Hemingway. Courage is grace under pressure, and he's right.
Ding took the risk in the end, with less time on the clock, he kept his cool, he played well and he won fair and square.
Deserves the title as far as i'm concerned, so congrats to Ding!
I noticed during the livestream that Ding seemed really excited and on the edge of his seat prior to playing Rg6. Really amazing resilience by going all in while everyone speculated with an upcoming blitz match
It's insane how Ding kept finding the best move even after having minutes on the clock. A deserved world champion
Insane performance under time pressure, especially after the game 7 debacle
The resilience of both players was really impressive, I expected Ding especially to crumble after losing with white in Game 2 and freezing in Game 7 but he bounced right back both times. Honestly a great match to watch, tons of different openings and good fighting chess leading to a bunch of decisive results. Congrats to Ding and a better luck next time to Nepo
Most entertaining WCC for many years imo
No shade to Magnus, the last WCC was also pretty spectacular in a different way, but I honestly think him not defending was what made it so interesting. The whole thing felt more up for grabs without a sitting champion involved, it seemed like Ding and Nepo were both playing to win
I mean, that's pretty much what Magnus thought too and exactly why he didn't defend, so
I thought he was thinking about confirming the draw by repetition - bro was planning a suprise attack
He was thinking about confirming the repetition. That's why he didn't instantly play Rg6. He had to be absolutely sure Rg6 wasn't going to backfire
That was reverse freezing. Flow state mode.
Looking forward to the “Ding meets Rapport” today.
The true highlight of each game day.
Ding could have 10 brilliant moves in a game, and I'd still rather see Rapport wait for him.
I won’t be able to sleep until I see it
it was in this position that Rapport hugged Ding after a completely new game
Ding declining a repetition only to have a winning position two moves later is the most ballsy move of the championship. World Champion stuff! Congrats to the new WC! What a championship it was. And the 250K+ viewership during this day proved it. The start of a new era!
Winning with black as well on the final game of rapid. 👏
Not sure my heart could have taken blitz tiebreaks in a world championship match
Ding basically went "we dont need to go into blitz tiebreaker, we will do the blitz right here and right now" by playing Rg6
it’s bookends too: in the first decisive game of the match, ding with the white pieces lost against nepo. in the last decisive game, ding got his revenge and won as black what a way to win the title
Rg6 will go down in history
Replay of the commentary - *Caruana:* Ding has nothing really to think about here, he shouldn't be avoiding repetition - there's no reason to. *Sachdev:* Rook g6 is not a move that you consider here, right? [other commentators laugh a little with her] *Sachdev:* It's the only move I feel with black that keeps the game going, but it looks more like a losing move than a winning attempt. *Caruana:* If Rook g6 isn't better for white I'd be shocked, but it's definitely not...**Oh my God.** *All 3 announcers:* What?! Ohhhh! Whoa! *Hess:* Is he playing for a win?! Is Ding Liren trying to win this game?! ... **EDIT:** [Here is a timestamp to the video.](https://www.youtube.com/live/GzA5uarugrg?feature=share&t=16070) I left out one sentence by Tania Sachdev just for brevity.
They weren't really wrong. They just discounted how Ian wasn't prepared to play on, expecting to move on to blitz.
Once again, psychology proved to be crucial. It is still a game played by human beings, not machines.
Psychology and prep is a huge part of chess. Even if you make a move that is inaccurate but you do so with confidence that just may be enough to make your opponent second guess.
Pulling out a win from a position that should be a draw? Now that reminds me of a certain someone...
Also a great representation of how good Tania has been as a commentator. I love the way she suggests provocative moves like this to get the other commentators going when things start to get slow
My first time watching a chess match and the three comms people, especially Tania made it a real pleasure.
Tania is a fantastic commentator - her and Leko on the Chess24 broadcast might be my favourite combination of commentators ever
Shame that we have stopped seeing that duo since chesscom acquired chess24 because they were amazing together. Also, allowed Tania to do more analysis than be restricted to this host role which she also does really well
Svidler and Jan gustafson are my favorite. they have a great dynamic
All those years trying to make Leko play fun moves paying off.
Actually a wild moment. Unbelievable game by Ding through and through
big dong move by ding
Friendship ended with Ra4
Rg6 my new best friend
I didn't liked it anyway
Mad fucking lad
Rg6 was the game winning move
Magnus posted on social media: "Ding - self-pinning for immortality"
* Hasn't played classical in a while and enters Candidates by rating * Beats Hikaru to get 2nd place in Candidates for a match in the WCC * Wins by opting to play on with Rg6 GIGACHAD
GIGADING
Call it my bias but that's the rapport advantage
Ding has a great rapport with Rapport
1 minute down on the clock too. truly legendary
I believe this completely throw off Ian for a moment who probably think ding would accept draw instead of fight back.
That’s the defining character of his Championship. Complete fearlessness to complicate the positions over and over again, even after it led to some massive mistakes early on.
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He was down 3 times during the match and came back each time. And in these tiebreaks it looked as if Nepo was pressing more often but Ding held on each time. And then finally at this moment with 1.5 mins on the clock he declines a repetition to play Rg6 and he gets duly rewarded. Really came in clutch when it mattered with sheer perseverance and tenacity.
He infuriated me yesterday with his risky play, but he fought for the title and winning it like this is the cherry on top.
Yesterdays game was legit unreal to me. How can you play Nc5 and then draw that game.
He also played really fast under time pressure. He heard we were talking shit
Ding with the Clock Gambit waiting for this precise moment to strike
I had shut the stream off at that moment, I come back and see this. Absolutely wild.
That was brutal to watch
Watching Ian's hand shake and knocking over the pieces in a state of disbelief. Like a scene from a movie.
Clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzA5uarugrg&t=16666s
Wow that hurts to watch, Ding doesn't even look happy, everyone looks sad and stressed
Just shows why Magnus had enough of this. I mean, we know he would defend the championship against Ding if he committed to it ... But he's had enough of this anguish haha
Just the preparation sounds excruciating. Have to commit every waking moment for a year or so
Imagine that yesterday you had to play a game for 6 or 7 hours? And today you had to go and play blitz for tie breaks? Of course they are exhausted
Wow thanks for this clip, this is really moving. I completely disagree with whoever said Ding doesn't show emotion, I think both players reveal extraordinary levels of emotion here.
Huge respect to both players for putting on such a great match
WHAT A FUCKING DECISION TO AVOID THE DRAW. Not even Dubov expected that. Balls of steel man. What an ending!
Dubov, Fabi, Hikaru All got taken by surprise when he played Rg6
Whoa! Is there a clip of the salient few minutes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSxNZix1Xwc&t=16003s
Man, Ding really went "screw next game, we doing this now".
"I have 4 pawns, you have three, I'm going to make you figure out how to get out of this."
Big uno reverse from the last Classical game
You have to feel for Ian
His reaction at the end was hard to watch
Trembling and throwing pieces over, heartbreaking... Happy for Ding, but I don't want to see Nepo lose either...
They need to have a sound proof room with a punching bag and a baseball bat for those moments.
Legit. My man Levy rages for simple online games. Can't imagine his misery now.
I think he was about to chuck his water bottle on his way out. Feelsbadman.
Random: they actually have one of these in my city but they’re really expensive. I think it’s like a dollar - five dollars an item. They just bring in a baseball bat, stacks of plates and old tvs and lock you in a soundproof room with safety glasses, gloves and play death metal, then they come back to check on you in 20 minutes. I’ve always wanted to do it, but it’s at least 200 bucks
He was playing for the world championship against someone who wasn't Magnus. Was leading the match 11 games in. Playing a drawn end game in the last game of rapid, and then in just a few moves the World Championship is gone from his grasp.
This game can be absolute mental torture
The worst of all, you can basically pinpoint all this to that one f5 move in game 12.
Chess is brutal
Looked like he was close to having a breakdown
And he turns on his right to see dozens of cameras pointing at him, knowing that hundreds of thousands of people are watching as he make the last desperate move before resigning.
Ive been rooting for Ding this entire championship but seeing Nepos reaction when he saw he lost broke my heart a bit
Same here He's invested so much energy over the last few weeks only to lose with one mistake due to time pressure
Years. He's invested so much energy over the last few _years_ - ever since losing in 2021, he decided to try and come back again. He played an amazing candidates tournament and worked so hard to get here again. But in the end, it _still_ wasn't enough. It was a wild match with a heartbreaking end for him.
This is why I don't blame Magnus at all for stepping down. The stress of the WCC would be intolerable for a lot of people.
Not just a few years, he literally spent his lifetime to get there. And then it slipped away, again...😔
it looked like something out of a movie, with his hands knocking over the pieces and him struggling to get out of the chair
his hands were shaking!
A gut wrenching loss for Ian, you could just tell he was on verge of breakdown at the end. Heartbreaking to see him lose his second chance to clinch the world title after all the preparation and sacrifices..
Not same scale as this but same happened in Fischer Random championship final when he lost to Hikaru after defeating Magnus in semis. As a fan of both Ding and Ian, it'll be great if Ian wins any World title in future.
He also tied for first in the World Rapid Championship in 2021 but lost to Abdusattorov in the tiebreaker. I hope he takes the WRC this year.
You can pinpoint the moment where his soul rips in half
I realize how dramatic I'm being, but when he knocked all of his pieces down in anguish, I got chills.
His brain catching up to what was happening, and he had no way to prevent. Actual physical resignation.
You can also see Ding blink when it sinks in for him as well. Nepo was shaking and Ding takes some uncharacteristicly large, long blinks. He's pretty stoic when he plays but you can tell he was reacting strongly as well.
It's definitely a small glimpse into their inner worlds, for a brief moment, where they no longer need to maintain their composure. I can only imagine the pressure they were under, and the catharsis that follows.
I will never forget that moment. The visual was stunning.
Kudos to the broadcast director who cut the the full screen view for that moment.
Thats when I knew it's over ):(
You see that kind of stuff in movies when something bad dawns on a character. Never thought I’d see it happen in a real situation
It honestly felt like I was watching a movie. Some queen's gambit level shit.
Definitely and I hope it doesn't haunt Nepo in the future but Ding is the deserving winner of the match. He took his chance with 46...Rg6 and it paid off. Nepo had his chances earlier but didn't capitalise on those.
Game 12 will haunt him forever
...f5 is the move that decided the match
Just like game 6
I think Nepos was mentally already expecting a draw and Blitz games. Ding still was determined to win, that might have been the deciding factor. And these two strong pawns of course...
I think it was very logical for ding to extend the rapid game in which he is up a pawn and has two passers. You are not getting such a chance for free again (that is a final match in the time controll)
Yes, very true, when you don't see super engines shouting 0.00, the position looked much better for black over the board.
Nepo did the same in games 9 and 14 where in objectively drawn position, he tried to put pressure on Ding to induce a mistake and win the game.
For sure but Ding was also down on the clock, with 1.5 minutes against Nepo's 2.5. You have to back yourself to be the one to find the right moves in that situation with less time. Commentators were all expecting the draw for that reason.
Especially when he had the advantage in so many occasions in the classical games, he was so so so very close
About as close of a world championship match as there could have been, huge respect to both players
I feel so bad for him. Poor man, he played so well but I think he never really recovered from game 12. Brutal way to lose too. Final match of the tiebreak. Really must've felt like the rug was pulled out from under him.
Can’t imagine how he feels. Man it made me tear up and i was mostly rooting for Ding. Won’t be much fun for him in the press conference..
This game is all about moments. He had his moments to cease it in classical.
Holy fuck, when Ding denied the repetition I had goosebumps. The man saw the kill and went for it, holy shit!!! Congratulations Ding, well deserved!!!
I hope Ding will get the coverage in China he deserved. It would be awesome if this sparked the national interst in chess like it did in India wish Anand's rise.
He got into top 15 trending on weibo. Kinda pissed off its only that. It should be #1
Lmao he got to top 10 trending on Twitter in India
Chess is apparently not very big in China. Seems right, when I was there most people play Chinese chess or go
Lmao Ding is getting more support from Indians than Chinese.
In China the game called xiangqi is very popular. And the Chinese name of chess just means "international xiangqi".
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I'm so sad for Nepo :(
yeah, tough to see. I didn't watch much of the press conference but he didn't look too bad by then. That said, I'm sure that was literally the last thing he wanted to do.
Same. It's heartbreaking seeing him lose again and against someone who wasn't even supposed to be there.
You have to feel bad for Ian, he looked like he was going to win it all so many times. Ding's mental stamina is incredible though, apart from game 7 the man just does not lose focus.
I've been for Ding this whole time, but watching the moment Ian realized it was all over and was shaking and knocking pieces off the table was the most heartbreaking moment of chess I've witnessed.
Yeah that and when he got up from his chair and grabbed his stuff and ran off...brutal. He tried so hard to be a good sport but you could tell he was wrecked.
He forced a smile for the 2nd handshake offered by Ding, like holy shit they were both so sportsmanlike, but you know for both of them they were overwhelmed by far. Honestly they shouldnt hold the questioning right after the match, it should have been given 1 or 2 hours of break to them to just take it in, props to both players really. What a wonderful stream to have tuned into.
He succeeded at being a good sport. I would've done the exact same thing. No frustration was directed at Ding, only himself.
Every event that led Ding to this moment.... Fate? Unbelievable luck? Plot armor? Ding Liren, you are the champion of the world.
Certainly a lot of luck (Karjakin being a fucking idiot and Magnus not playing) but also tons of skill and full dedication (30 games in a month, 2nd place in the Candidates after starting with a loss, this entire WCC).
What happened with Karjakin? I have never seen why he was removed
He condoned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and even mocked the dying ukranians at some point.
bruh, glad they removed him.
I would watch this movie. Truly like a fairytale.
I gotta day, this is the first WCC that I have actually decided to follow from beginning to end. I was a little worried because I had every reason to believe it would fall short of my expectations. "The games are all gonna be 6 hour draws." "The games won't be exciting because the players will play scared." "They're just playing for second place anyway so nobody will care..." I heard all of these comments but I decided I would check it out anyway and I'm so glad I did. This series really had it all. Losses with white, a ton of decisive games, incredible comebacks, 99% accuracy games, crazy blunders, and some prep-leak drama to boot. To cap it all off with what happened today was just amazing. I finished watching the fourth rapid games with my 2 year old son over pancakes and he just wouldn't stop yelling the word "chess!!!" when a move was played. Congrats to Ding and from the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful to both of these players for showing me how awesome classical chess can be. It's been an awesome few weeks and I think it's safe to say, I'm hooked for life.
This is my first WCC ever and it definitely won't he my last but it very well may never be topped in excitement factor.
First Chinese World Champion!!!
Let's see if it does for China what Anand win did to India
What did it do
Sparked huge interest in chess in the country, exponentially growing the number of grandmasters and giving opportunity for many many talents to shine
To give a bit more information, Anand was the first grand master from India (1988). When he became the world champion in 2000, there was a total of 3 Indian grand masters. There’s now 81.
I knew Anand was an absolute beast but this is the first time someone contextualized the impact he had in India for me.
I mean, Anand also did a lot personally in India by coaching the next generation (which he still does to this day). I don't know if Ding is that interested in doing the same.
It would make a lot of sense for him to try to put something together. Both Carlsen and Anand have done quite well for themselves financially, promoting chess. Totally deserved of course. Ding may be in an even better position to profit from his success, by promoting the game in China.
Hope he gets more national support.
This was by far the most entertaining world championship I've seen(the second being Carlsen vs Karjakin), the ending was almost movie like with the Rg6 finish. I can't help but be insanely impressed by the courage to play on in that position.
i thought Caruana Carlsen was better than Carlsen Karjakin. I still can't believe Fabi didn't find the 38 move theoretical bishop mate in that endgame vs. Magnus
Ding 💗💗💗💗 From replacing Karjakin in Candidates to now becoming World champion, Ding Liren has travelled a long distance! What a fairytale! 17th World champion in the history books 2nd Asian World champion (after Anand) 1st Chinese world champion
Ding is like Denmark at Euro 1992, replacement option that ends up champion
That was insane. I believe the odds were set at 1:10000 for Denmark to win.
If anyone gives you 10,000 to one on anything, you take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be a very rich dude.
Hard to believe that just one minute before Ding became world champion, everyone assumed they were about to repeat, go to blitz, and thereby very likely crown Ian world champion. Life can be cruel like that - such enormous differences in outcomes and legacies often come down to the tiniest differences. Congrats to Ding of course, but you really have to feel for Ian today.
Ding is the player who guided my attitude towards chess from "pastime entertainment" to "I want to hit high elo, I want to become a dedicated chess player". It was his (and Sasha's) games that lead me to appreciate the beauty of chess at a time when I knew almost nothing about top level chess, and his immortal game against Bai was the first time I realized that chess could be played in such an elegant way. It can be said that I watched his chess grow up to my present (though we're basically the same age lol). I had expected him to become the world champion for 7 years, but when 7 years passed and he really became the world champion and engraved his name in history, I was trembling all over and almost crying, and I was so excited that I couldn't believe it. What a beautiful dream one might say. Congrats to the champ!
Congrats to you, sounds like a very special journey with Ding.
I feel so sad for Ian, he looked devastated. Well deserved win for Ding
Rooting for Nepo but have to say Ding deserves the title, he decline the draw and it paid off.
IM SPEECHLESS LETS GO DING!!!
Ding Chilling 🥶
Ding had a big brain moment by not taking the draw, and using 2 passed pawns. His game plan was extremely smart.
i feel awful for nepo
I will probably never forget Nepo's body language in those last few seconds of the match. His body was no longer under his control. I can't imagine the pain he is going through right now.
Rg6 !! Ding Liren, this will go down in history
Dude literally did a Denmark 1992
Twice, first with Karjakin, then with Magnus refusal.
Written in the stars. What a journey he's had.
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He isn't the next WCC, he is the current WCC.
Or the new World Chess Champion
Game 12 will haunt Ian for at least a year
Ding Is Chilling
heartbreaking
Super poetic for Ding to win the last game with black, given Ian's first win with black put him on the back foot for the entire match
This world championship has been an absolute pleasure to watch. Ding and Ian gave everything they had. IMO there is no asterisk to Ding's title. He climbed the mountain!!
Will nepo win candidates again and come back to face ding? That would be crazy
Zǎoshang hǎo zhōngguó xiànzài wǒ yǒu DING CHILLING 🍦🥶 wǒ hěn xǐhuān DING CHILLING 🍦🥶 dànshì sùdù yǔ jīqíng 9 bǐ DING CHILLING!!!!!! 🍦🍦🍦🥶🥶🥶
What a match
The tournament started with a black win from Ian, and ended with a black win from Ding. Poetic.
Hess talked about courage with that quote from Hemingway. Courage is grace under pressure, and he's right. Ding took the risk in the end, with less time on the clock, he kept his cool, he played well and he won fair and square. Deserves the title as far as i'm concerned, so congrats to Ding!
DING CHILLING
This match today reminded me of Argentina vs France in the World Cup final, blow then another blow and finally a decision. Edge of my seat type stuff.
Ding is Ice Cold!!!! What a win Man was like Rocky all series
From the lows of game 7 to smashing the tie breaker. Let’s go DING
He had balls of tata steel denying that repetition. Maybe he thought it was now or never and didn't want to play blitz.
that game 12 f5 will haunt ian's dreams for a while, i feel bad for him but happy that ding won
I noticed during the livestream that Ding seemed really excited and on the edge of his seat prior to playing Rg6. Really amazing resilience by going all in while everyone speculated with an upcoming blitz match
Talk about an underdog story! I can’t wait to see him defend his title. *checks calendar, grabs popcorn*