FIDE GRAND PRIX WINNER IS...

The 1st FIDE Grand Prix 2022 begins in Berlin.

0:00 Intro
0:54 THE GAMES

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[siddharthanand]

The dog wakes up when Levy starts the recap and immediately goes back to sleep after seeing e4 LMAO....

[BiakSkull]

13:10
Levy: "he can go either way"
Me: I'd go with the pawn
Levon: *goes with the pawn *
Levy: "he went the wrong way"

[lukehallman]

Spoiler Alert:
In case people want to see where the players sit after Leg 1 of the Grand Prix based on points here is a list as well as the second leg groups.
note: player with same amount of points listed in no particular order








1. 13pts - Hikaru Nakamura(USA)
2. 10pts - Levon Aronian(USA)
3. 7pts - Richard Rapport(HUN)
3. 7pts - Leinier Dominguez Perez(USA)
5. 4pts - Andrey Esipenko(RUS)
5. 4pts - Radoslaw Wojtaszek(POL)
5. 4pts - Wesley So(USA)
5. 4pts - Daniil Dubov(RUS) - tied for 2nd in pool
5. 4pts - Vidit Gujrathi (IND) - tied for 2nd in pool
10. 2pts - Alexander Grischuk(RUS)
10. 2pts - Vladimir Fedoseev(RUS)
10. 2pts - Pentala Harikrishna(IND)
13. 0pts - Etienne Bacrot(FRA)
13. 0pts - Grigoriy Oparin(RUS)
13. 0pts - Vincent Kymer(GER)
13. 0pts - Alexei Shirov(ESP)

Not Yet Played:
- Dmitry Andreikin(RUS)
- Sam Shankland(USA)
- Anish Giri(NED)
- Nikita Vitiugov(RUS)
- Amin Tabatabaei(IRN)
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(AZE)
- Maxime Vahier-Lagrave(FRA)
- Yu Yangyi(CHN)
- Alexandr Predke(RUS)

Playing in Second Leg in Belgrade 2/28 - 3/14:
Group A: Alexander Grischuk(RUS), Dmitry Andreikin(RUS), Sam Shankland(USA), Etienne Bacrot(FRA)
Group B: Anish Giri(NED), Nikita Vitiugov(RUS), Pentala Harikrishna(IND), Amin Tabatabaei(IRN)
Group C: Richard Rapport(HUN), Vidit Gujrathi (IND), Vladimir Fedoseev(RUS), Alexei Shirov(ESP)
Group D: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(AZE), Maxime Vahier-Lagrave(FRA), Yu Yangyi(CHN), Alexandr Predke(RUS)


Playing in Third Leg in Berlin 3/21 - 4/4:
Anish Giri(NED), Wesley So(USA), Levon Aronian(USA), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov(AZE), Maxime Vahier-Lagrave(FRA), Leinier Dominguez Perez(USA), Hikaru Nakamura(USA), Nikita Vitiugov(RUS), Dmitry Andreikin(RUS), Daniil Dubov(RUS), Yu Yangyi(CHN), Sam Shankland(USA), Alexandr Predke(RUS), Grigoriy Oparin(RUS), Vincent Kymer(GER), Amin Tabatabaei(IRN)

[MR-CVR]

"That's a live camera so we're gonna see if he wakes up in the middle of this."

Levy: *Proceeds to scream the start of the recap*
Doggo: "Bruh, you just said you were gonna use your inside voice SMH"

[priyanshchess]

Damn this guy has been carrying whole chess industry..He's like a teacher we did not deserve but we needed.Such depth analysis with a great sense of humour.
Great job, Benjamin, and thanks for all the content, we really appreciate it.

[gabrieljoseph]

0:58 Levy: "First Game!" Ben: "Huh what? A Ruy Lopez? Eh wake me up when Hikaru plays the Bongcloud and takes some juicers. Zzzz..."

[inbracedefeat]

Dog cam might be the best decision you ever made. You just attracted a whole new audience. I bet your watch time will be up for this video haha

[BlackWatrGTR]

19:32 is BY FAR the most incredible moment of the entire video. I did not see that move Well played!!!!

[ians.]

15:35 I mean, if Levon plays a move over the board, there’s a good chance he’s gonna be the highest rated player to ever do it

[Misteribel]

About the rules, what may not be clear, each player plays in at most two Grand Prix (Anish didn’t play in this one, but will play the other two). And then, indeed, most points win.

[andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

I was rooting for Rapport, he's my fav player, but nothing against Hikaru, he deserved the win and he deserves the Candidates. Can you Imagine Firouzja vs Nakamura in classical at the Candidates?

[Halberd]

Can’t imagine losing to a retired player that streams full time; Karjakin in shambles right now

[dot]

“Hopefully the camera isn’t too distracting”
Doggo immediately moves

[mojtabaahmed]

Hey Levy, we want mamedyarov and ding liren in "best game" series.

[SebastianBohn]

A ladder mate between two super GMs is such a sophisticated ending. And thanks for the outstanding recaps, Levy!

[carlantaya]

It's nice to see Hikaru playing top level chess again. It looks like the time off has really allowed him to grow as a player.

[stevansimidzija]

Love the dog cam, doesn't do much for the analysis but does a lot for my spirits

[nihalr]

0:57
Benjamin be like, oh first game...ruy Lopez???uh, never mind

[sebschuth]

Hikaru's talent is surely his intuition. He sometimes has said that he miscalculates, but he does not have to calculate that much when he feels his position is getting better and better.

[bentheghost]

I love how levy said: "i have to keep my voice down." Then he starts the recap and immediately wakes up the dog xD