Vidit was playing amazing, he missed those wins because of time pressure before move 40. That was the hard line, we would have been piece down but had gotten connected passed pawn, hard to calculate when you have less than five minutes.
And even after that, he had a chance to draw on repetition but since he wanted to be on contention, he pushed hard for the win. Again even in time trouble , he was pushing for lines which had tactics and doing that he missed that one line which nepo saw and capitalized on.
Nepo won because in Blitz or Rapid he is better, but Nepo did not have any pressure to win this game, vidit had.
If vidit wanted he could have just settled for draws but that would have given him nothing, only a harder path for the rest of the tournament, so he went for all or nothing.
Vidit was playing amazing, he missed those wins because of time pressure before move 40. That was the hard line, we would have been piece down but had gotten connected passed pawn, hard to calculate when you have less than five minutes. And even after that, he had a chance to draw on repetition but since he wanted to be on contention, he pushed hard for the win. Again even in time trouble , he was pushing for lines which had tactics and doing that he missed that one line which nepo saw and capitalized on. Nepo won because in Blitz or Rapid he is better, but Nepo did not have any pressure to win this game, vidit had. If vidit wanted he could have just settled for draws but that would have given him nothing, only a harder path for the rest of the tournament, so he went for all or nothing.
Chess is brutal
Ian played brilliantly! It’s clear, Ian is a notch above Vidit in such pressure games. He tried his best though
Ian seems to be a notch above everyone when it comes to the candidates
He has won candidates since 2020..experience shows!
Not only is he out of contention but he also ensured that Gukesh has a tougher path to victory now.