The Game That Made Nepo #3 In The World

Join GM Ben Finegold as he breaks down this amazing chess game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Kirill Alekseenko that took place in Round 10 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament! This game boosted Nepo's rating to 2792.3 making him the #3 ranked classical player in the world at the moment.

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[PresidentKurteous]

I wasn't going to click this video until I saw the MAN the MYTH the LEGEND... fries

[ebk]

Ben is the best! Love these analysis videos, and always so engaging with his natural humor and love for the game coming through. Go Ben! But stay there.

Looks like Ian is going to be the next challenger for the world championship...

[lvl]

Plot Twist: He was #2 in the world before this game

[earthwater]

Thank you, great video. Folks, it's nepOmniasheei

[MrWumbologist]

Ben on his best behavior this video! Great analysis. Go Ben!

[epictetuscasanova]

Alekseenko even looks scared in his picture haha

[eusebius]

Why isn't Hao vs Grischuk game of the day

[SrinivashM]

Ben, yesterday you mentioned that in the Catalan, white plays a4 to prevent b5 when black plays a6. Any thoughts on the idea(s) behind not playing a4 today? It seems like a natural move before continuing with Qc2, Nc3 etc., but mainly etc.,

[gatromford]

Thanks for the Dummies version of analysis, made it a great view for me

[adarshshrivastava]

The thumbnail is me when my crush is in a group picture

[catoyuvone]

He looks like Kevin Malone in the tumbnail

[newpowerup]

9:21 Should have explained why not b3 :p

[mercylessplayer]

Kinda surprised Grischuk Wang Hao wasn't the game of the day, as it was just absolutely nuts. Yes, it wasn't as important to the overall narrative, but the game itself was more interesting imho

[evanmaier]

PG ben finegold is a funny thing to behold

[skyester]

feels weird watching ben analyze games lol

[harshas]

What a noob i am! He just made me realize it.

[princesasuke]

I AM GRANDMASTER BEN FINE GOLD... AND YOU ARE NOT!!! 😆😆😆

[joeldick]

"40 or 50 years ago, that was important... I don't think it's important nowadays..."

Erm... It's more important nowadays than ever. Cheating and fraud hasn't gotten any less. It has only become more sophisticated and better covered up.

[tennisblood]

Ben, you butchered both names terribly. You do pronounce "i" at the end but your emphasis is all wrong...In Russian its iy at the end, pronounced as iiiyyyy, ha ha we don't have anything like this in English...