NEW WORLD CHESS CHAMPION!!!!!!!

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[denonimophantom]

I was rooting for Ding the whole way through, but, seeing Ian’s reaction. His shaking hands, his exasperated sigh as he sat up then slumped in pure exhaustion and devastation, it was utterly heartbreaking. Im so happy for Ding, i love that the guy i was rooting for won, but the soul crushing display of Ian’s emotional state was truly felt

[gameday]

Game 1 accuracy
Nepo 97.3%, ding 97.1%
Game 2 both 98.2%
Game 3 ding 99.2%, nepo 99.7%
Crazy stuff🤯

[Isthatthegrimreaper]

From barely making it to the candidates and fighting visa issues, to fighting his way from dead last in the tournament to having to beat Hikaru to make it to 2nd, even in the match, his prep got leaked, he never had the lead and was pretty much always a game away from sudden death, to winning it all in the end, Ding’s story is amazing

[oblivion]

The video were Nepo’s hands were shaking and the pieces dropped absolutely broke my heart. Congratulations to Ding for a phenomenal series and to Nepo, keep your head up high, and come back next year!

[RazeenMujarrab]

I will forever remember Ian's shaking hands shoving the pieces off the table in the final few moments of the last one. I've been backing Ding since Game 1, but both the players have played so incredibly well. It was an amazing display of sportsmanship. What a time to be alive and to witness this :)

[HeisenbergFam]

This championship is as iconic as Levy's ability to make his opponents resign with his spine chilling stare

[elna.]

Ding's journey is just incredible.

From being unable to qualify for the candidates, to playing tournaments for a month straight to be a replacement candidate, to scraping second place, to second place being enough when Magnus gave up his title, to being down a point for most of the classical games, to playing that rook move with 1 minute on the clock. He didn't sacrifice the rook but it sure felt like it.

Fair to say he deserves it.

[bartad]

absolute balls of steel from Ding to reject the draw by repetition when down on the clock and with so little time left. insane moment. the dramaturgy of this match was unbelievable and the finale was worthy of the series.

[martincardinali]

Levy you were a protagonist on this world championship. You made it so entertaining to watch, I've been looking up for every recap every day. I appreciate your content so much, thank you very much for the time and dedication. And by the way I loved the thumbnails.

[TheArizus]

I still remember Levy's video calling Ding the "Saddest Story In Chess" and yet it seems the stars aligned and Ding Liren despite all odds became World Champion. All I can say is congratulations 👏

[antonioalvarez]

Two years back I would have never thought waking up at 3:00 a.m to watch a chess match, and it was totally worth it.

[solpport]

I mean really this was such a miracle of a run. I was initially disappointed that Magnus wasn't gonna play in this world championship, but good LORD did Ding and Nepo give us the most incredible fight of all time! Congradulations to Ding for winning the world championship and respect to Nepo for having such a good fight.

[qizhou]

Ding's the hometown hero of our time. And I kid you not, we were born in the same room(so same birthday) and we grew up together in the same schools from elementary school all the way to high school. His personality and love for the game has never changed for the last 30 years. Growing up as his close friend, I have always been inspired by him doubling down on what you love. He IS my motivation and city's pride.

[MasterRocking]

My heart tore in two when Nepo pushed the black pieces over in those last few seconds.... damn I feel for him. I love that damn guy. But there's no way I can feel bad for Ding winning.

[die__birne]

I loved when ding said "it's ding chilling time" and ding chillinged all over the board

[TheBioethicist]

It was so sad watching Ian at the end. His hands were trembling, he knocked over a bunch of pieces, and just had to get out of the room. I hope he gets some time to just thoroughly grieve this because that was a ROUGH loss.

[sachinandansen]

Seeing how Ian broke down at the end with the pieces falling off the table looked heartbreaking for him

Edit : Not a whole ass debate in the replies 💀 (also thanks for the likes, first time I engaged in commenting)

[relion]

25:19 Ding's brain be like: "I won't settle for a draw, let's end this 'til one of us falls!"

Comeback is real💪

[nano_sweet]

I broke into tears when I saw the handshake in the rapid game 4. It was so tense. Both players were just absolutely throwing everything they had at each other. I felt the emotions that must have been going through both players heads. And the moment Ding put up his hand to shake Nepo's hand for a second time was just beautiful. It was a privelege to have been able to see this in real time.

[jensino]

Ding's disbelief when he realized he is World Champion was the most wholesome thing in a long time. 🙂