The Feeling Of Winning A World Chess Championship

That feeling when you make history for the first time in a DECADE. Ding Liren is the new FIDE World Champion after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in a STUNNING tiebreaker following an emotional rollercoaster of a match.

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[Salafessien]

That moment of Ian's nervous fidgeting with the pieces was heartbreaking to see, pure desperation

[higgins]

I was rooting for Ding but man that was heartbreaking when Ian grasped at the pieces, hands trembling.

[ramachandra]

Ian was gracious in his defeat . Not forgetting to shake hands with Ding twice even as his own hands were shaking and the mountain of disappointment came crashing down on him . To have come so close this time .

[all-caps]

Seeing Ian's shaking hand and him knocking all the pieces over after he realised those are truly his last WCC moves was heartbreaking - I was rooting for Ding all the way, but these guys are both so likeable and humane. I'm sure this match will be remembered for a very, very long time.

[Krapvag]

Nepo wanted so badly to crush those pieces in his hand. And the worst thing about being a super gm is you'll never forget every move you made

[headlight]

Nepo was shaking. Can't imagine what he was feeling at that moment. Go get them next year my man.

[rnbPGTV]

Dudee.. it was sooo painfull to see Ian's hand shaking. He's surely in soo sooo much pain l. I hope he continue his journey and get through this. All the best to him.

[justinl]

Something I haven't seen mentioned, why this loss hurts so much more for Ian, is there's no time to prepare for it... Imagine if Ding won game 1 of rapid and drew the next 3 games, it'll definitely be heartbreaking for Ian, but at least it'll be less sudden, less shocking. Here, maybe 5 minutes have passed from the time Rg6 was played to when Ding became the world champion, and Ian was already expecting a draw. Imagine coming so close to everything you've worked for, then it all being taken away from you in the span of 5 minutes, that's beyond devastating...

Rg6 by Ding was incredible, asserting dominance by not accepting the draw. Fabi mentioned that Ding could have played Ke6 in game 14 to play for the win, but chose instead to bail out into the draw. Now in the tiebreaks, he chose to play on, and it payed off spectacularly

[kossibwaya]

I am so proud of Rapport for motivating Ding in his difficult moments !❤ One of the reason he won !

[MattDawgGaming]

Ian's hands shaking, Ding burying his head in his hands, this has been absolutely grueling for both of them. What a spectacle.

[cincilloYT]

Joining the Candidates after Karjakin's disqualification, managing to finish at a good 2nd place, reaching the World Chess Championship after Magnus decided to forfait, finishing the classical segment 7-7 and winning the Rapid tiebreak on the last match as black.
Someone make a movie about Ding's crazy rise to World Champion already!!!

[charles]

I feel that Nepo was from the beginning trying to pretend that he didn't care, but in the end he showed how important this world championship was for him.

[iluvatarchem]

The most impressive thing in this vid is Ding looking at Nepo and giving him a second handshake. That was pure empathy

[noone-ldpt]

The story of Ding Liren's Road to become World chess champion:

The Candidates qualifiers:
1. July 2021: Ding is unable to play the World Cup (the first candidates qualifier) due to Chinas Corona Restrictions
2. October 2021: Ding along with 12 of the 20 top players decided not to play The Fide Gran Prix (the second candidates qualifier), due to Covid concerns
3. February 2022: Ding misses the first Gran Prix round (The third candidates qualifier) due to healt issues
4. March 2022: Ding misses the second Gran Prix round due to China's Covid restrictions f'ing up his Visa application
5. Even though Ding is the 2nd highest rated in the world at this point the wildcard has already been given to Teimor Radjabov
5. Ding is out of contention at this point, largely due to factors beyond his control

The twist:
1. Karjakin decides to endorse and make fun of victims in an active war zone and is disqualified from any FIDE events for 6 months
2. The regulations says the highest rated player on the next months rating list will be the replacement
3. But Ding has not played enough games and is considered inactive unless he plays 28 classical games in a single month
4. He joins a series of tournaments that will allow him to reach 30 games, but he still has to maintain his rating and not drop below Aronian or Wesley So
5. He not only maintains but even gains rating up to 2806 and is awarded Karjakins spot to the Candidates 2022.

(There was some controversy though as the 28 games was mainly played against his countrymen and most of them signficantly lower rated than him at that. Though most top players agrees that due to him being the clear nr 2 in the world combined with his unfortunate circumstances he deserved the final spot).

The Candidates:
1. June 2022 Ding get's off to a horrible start, losing his first game to Nepo
2. He then goes on a 7 game draw streak and stays stuck on a -1 score while Nepo and Fabi sparates themselves as favourites with +4 and +3 respectively.
3. Ding is mostly considered out of contention at this point, but out of nowhere he goes on a 3 game win streak, Beating fabi in the process!
4. However his momentum is stopped dead by a brutal loss to Teimor Radjabov, and Nepo wins the Candidates with an insane +5 score with 2 rounds to spare!
5. But for the first time in history the second place in the candidates tournament might actually matter because of Carlsens announced intention to not defend his title.
6. At this point Ding and Nakamura are the only players except Nepo with a + score, but Naka is at +2 and Ding is at +1, and as if written they will be playing each other in the final round!
7. Ding Liren HAS to beat Nakamura on demand to get the possible second Championship match spot. And the guy god damn goes and does it! Therby bringing himselves to +2 and taking Naka down to +1 at the same time!
8. Magnus proceeds to step down from the title, and the *two* world championship challengers are Ding and Nepomniachtchi!


The Championship Match:
1. After Game 1 Ding is candid about struggling mentally and feeling depressed
2. In game 2 disaster strikes, Ding loses with White. Giving Nepo the lead which is normally a significant advantage due to only needing draws.
3. In game 3 Ding holds a hard draw with black, and in Game 4 he strikes back! The score is even and it's basically down to a 10 game match now.
4. Pandemonium ensues. Nepo immediately strikes back in game 5 and takes the lead again, but Ding comes back and equalizes again in game 6!
5. But wouldn't you know it Nepo goes and wins game 7 and Ding is down in the match for the third time at the half point of the match, and Nepo finally stablizes and draws game 8.
6. After 3 more draws, by Game 12 Ding only has 2 games left with the advantage of the white pieces. But by this point there is one thing you can count on; Ding Liren does NOT stay down, and he somehow manages to fight back and win again to equalize the score!
7. The last 2 classical games are draws and they are going to Tiebreaks!!


Tie breaks:
1. In a 4 game rapid match Ding randomly picks white first, but Nepo holds a draw.
2. Game 2 is a draw as well, and in his final white game Ding is actually on the verge of losing but manages to survive.
3. Nepo has the advantage of White in the last game and get's a good position.
4. The game is extremely complicated but in the end it seems like it will end in a draw. But to everyones surprise Ding declines the repetiton and starts pressing for a win!
5. Playing the extremely risky looking Rg6 he manages to outplay Nepo in a completely chaotic position, and with seconds remaining on the clock Ding becomes the new World Champion!
6. Something incredible is that in a match with this many twists and turns; Ding didn't lead the match a single time until the very moment Ian resigned the final game!


TLDR:
Anyone who says Ding doesn't deserve to be world champion needs to educate themselves. The amount of adversities this guy had to overcome to get to where is now, the amount of setbacks he faced and the amount of times he got back up and fought back is honestly one of the most inspiring feats I've seen in my life!
As a Norwegian it hurts to see Magnus go, but I can't think of anyone more deserving of taking his place at this point.

Congratulation World Champion Ding Liren!

[alexs]

Dont forget, Ding wasnt even supposed to play in the Candidates, but got the spot when Karjakin got DQ'd. Then his prep got leaked. And he still won. What a legend

[footballfan]

Someone should make a movie about this match and Ding's road to the title

[circles]

Nepo’s trembling hands … shows how much effort had gone into the prep for this match. The games were entertainment for most of us but for these players this is their career, a major part of their lives since childhood - can’t even fathom how heartbreaking this must have been for Nepo 💔 hope he gets comes back stronger ….well done both👏

[chainsawman]

100% deserved! Ding delivered it all in the last minute🔥

[samsneaky]

From Ding almost not even entering the competition to Ding trailing then Ding chilling and now finally. DING



Edit: I know this is cringe but actually THANK U FOR THESE LIKES. I have never gotten over 200 likes on my comments so thank you so much.

[alexanderpedersen]

I hope Ian remembers that what he did is still a huge achievement.