Chess is BRUTAL! | Alireza vs. Gukesh | Candidates 2024

Alireza Firouzja and Gukesh D. went down to the LAST SECOND in their game at the 2024 Candidates!

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[pineapplesareyummy]

Peter Leko saw the checkmating pattern right away at 8:50. He may be retired but still calculates like an engine. That knight jumping around was effectively what we got, just with the rooks in a different position.

[magiklam]

"When in doubt, turn it into blitz or bullet" - Alireza 'Nakamura' Firouzja

[bminvincible]

Gukesh played into Alireza's hand by turning it into a bullet game

[sicdavdff]

Easily the most exciting game of the tournament. I'm glad Firouzja woke up

[shouldersofgiants]

Blitzkrieg from Alireza, very entertaining to watch!

Also, Robert is a great commentator during time pressure!

[seya_]

Gukesh should have known better that time scramble with Alireza is a bad Idea.

[PackIsBack]

Man if I won like that I’d be jumping up and down: dont know how these guys can be so calm after a win haha

[alirjeff]

I’m a huge Alireza fan and I watched it live, getting absolutely excited at the end. Then I watched the last few minutes of the match again this morning and when I saw Gukesh’s reaction at the end, I had tears in my eyes. Such a gentleman, and such a big heartbreak for him. I hope he’ll make it up in the second half of the tournament.

[Wbtr]

Gukesh is just 17 years old and looks older goodluck in the coming games and congrats to Alireza his first win

[carlosalcibiades]

I thought Alireza's preparation for this tournament was limited to his shirts and glasses.

[djconnel]

What I hadn't realized until now, perhaps because classical chess without a 30 second increment is relatively rare, is that FIDE rule 8.4 says that if players have less than 5 minutes left without 30+ second incremenet they no longer need to record moves. This seems to bring into question why players record moves at all: I thought the point was to be able to determine when there's a 3-time repetition, or the 50 move rule should be invoked. Clearly the bonus time is awarded based on the clock, not the score sheets.

[chsims]

"He found the check mate" wow im impressed such high level chess i didnt even find the checkmate 😂

[BeriJudo]

Alireza is auch a brillant Guy. Im disappointed that he has been falling so far behind :/

[TaylorL]

Proud of Gukesh in his response to this. So exciting.

[drslyone]

Heartbreaking, but not as bad as Nepo's loss in the last game of the last wcc.

[timegoesby]

From this to being the youngest to win the candidates, bro's a beast.

[redwithblackstripes]

Alireza is such a nightmare lol if he ever fix his issues he is going to do a lot of damage.

[Fiukla]

This is chess that we wanted to! Amazing!

[Kinook]

feast your eyes people, this might be the only checkmate actually played in the whole tournament. They either draw or resign

[erikthehalfabee]

Poor gukesh. Win the candidates and you play a depressed Ding. So close to taking the lead today