FIDE Chess Olympiad Round 6 | India vs Uzbekistan in Open, India vs USA in Women

Hello, hello, hello! Welcome everyone to the live stream. We are live here with an amazing match on our hands. This is going to be an epic, epic clash today where India takes on the Uzbek team, the defending champions of The Olympia 2024 takes on the champions of 2023. What a match we have on our hands, and it's going to be absolutely epic. And you can see here, this one is the place where the match will be played. This is the venue of the India versus Uzbekistan encounter, and I hope that all of you can hear me, hear me well. Guys, how are you doing and how excited are you for this one? As I am fully pumped up here with my chess avatar and I am ready. Let me switch on the chat to see the people and the message. Let's go! We can hear you well, says Harsh Kumar. Hi Sagar bhai, how is your health? Yes, it is very good. I'm super, super excited. Amruta has gone out to maybe shoot some players' entry and so on. And we are all pumped up for this big encounter that's happening between India and Uzbekistan. आज बहुत डर लग रहा है, भाई मेरे को भी लग रहा है, भाई थोड़ा-थोड़ा डर लग रहा है आज. Full full full. थोड़ा नहीं, बहुत डर लग रहा है. कैसा लग रहा है आप लोगों को? मतलब how is the how is the feeling? How is the जोश? क्या फीलिंग लग रहा है दोस्तों? थोड़ा Let's share because I am also bit stressed out today and I was like भाई live जाते हैं बहुत सारा तैयारी किया in the end it was like अरे यार ये नहीं चल रहा वो नहीं चल रहा and we were like चलो छोड़ो भाई let's go बातें करते हैं दिल to दिल and that's very important दोनों में तीन points आएंगे India में रक्षित भाई full confident so even after losing yesterday the women's team is facing A very strong opponent. They are facing the team from USA. तो ये बहुत थोड़ा tough fight होने वाला है. But the big clash of today is this one, guys. It is India versus Uzbekistan. What is the board order? तो देखो दोस्तों board order बताते हैं. First and क्या करेंगे direct boards पे ही जाके दिखाते हैं so that you know exactly who we are going to face so यहाँ पे and यहाँ पे अपन एक video भी ये वाला रख लेते हैं so that whenever the players come we can see already match ready अब्दुसतारों नौदिरबेक is going to play with the white pieces against प्रग्नानंदा Okay, this is the big one यहाँ पे। Then यहाँ पे आएंगे लोग। This is where everything will happen. And then the next one is भाई यहाँ पे क्या result होगा? Prag versus Abdusattar. What do you think? Only Gukesh has realistic chances of winning. Oh, the winner जीत is like why? तेगु सेतवा सेतियावान से उज़बेकिस्तान विल विन अरे सागर भाई आज सब प्लेयर्स पे अलग-अलग कैमरा है भाई हमने पूरा तैयारी किया है ये देखो सो आज फुल न्यू कैमरास ये देखो वी हैव सेट इट अप दिस इज़ बोर्ड वन नोदिरबेक वर्सेस प्रग बोर्ड टू पे जाएंगे ऐसा कैमरा भी चेंज होगा, बोर्ड भी चेंज होगा। सिंदरो वर्सेस अजूबाई, ओफ़! टेंशन, टेंशन, टेंशन। बोर्ड थ्री पे भी जाएंगे अपुन। That is निहाल सरीन वर्सेस याकुबोएव नॉथरबैक। थोड़ा निहाल को एज देते हैं भाई। यहाँ पे हायर रेटेड है, मोर एक्सपीरियंस्ड प्लेयर। Kind of equal because याकुबोएव के पास And then comes the big, big one. Gukesh versus Samseedin. Gukesh with white. भाई यहाँ पर this is where we have to strike. Mohan says four zero करेगा भाई अरे भाई four zero किया तो आप बोलो वो करता हूँ मैं। If India does four zero that is I might even run hundred kilometers. सागर भाई कल वाला शर्ट पहन के आओ, that one is lucky. अरे आज नया शर्ट है दोस्तों, look at this. And then we also have the face cams that we have prepared, not just the bullet cams. ऐसा direct face दिखेगा player का, ये देखो, दो piece के बीच में से। तो आज पूरा तैयारी के साथ आया है अपुन। And Ivan Ivans to Snev sends the first super chat. Team India gonna rule the chessboard with my turning every game into victory night.

Oh ho ho!

Crazy, crazy. Thank you for that wonderful couple of lines. So ऐसा चारों board है, full तैयारी। सागर भाई neuro two words का result guys every day recap में I ask you one question ten people win we have already selected forty winners for four rounds today's round का result राज रात को we will select every day we give you some time to answer it. Why is Gukesh not playing with Sindharo? भाई सिंधारो के साथ गुकेश स्विट्ज़रलैंड में खेलेगा इधर नहीं। यहाँ पे सिंधारो को अपना अजूबा is going to play. Okay guys, what is your feeling between Sindharo and Arjun? Arjun white, remember Arjun white, Sindharo black. Let's see, let's see what is your feeling here?

आई नहीं तू लाइव हाँ मैं रुका था कब का आ गई अमृता इस यार दोस्तों she went out to take the videos पर आ गई खाली हाथ आ गई खाली हाथ तो नहीं आई मैंने थोड़े फोटो लिए I saw the Indian players अमृता and how was the how was the माहौल of the Indian players were they relaxed or were they looking stressed out they were not stressed They were not like it was exactly like the whole you know we are ready. Oh, that attitude.

That's it, guys. And today we will have a special guest. By the way, I have asked here who will win Arjun or Sindarov. So are bolder draw Arjun. Arjun wins draw Sindarov.

We need a poll. Poll dal.

अच्छा अच्छा सुनो अमरुदा one question one question to you and the chat. We are going to have a Special guest joining us around five thirty p.m. Indian time, five p.m. local time. Who is that person going to be? यहाँ पर यहाँ पर. Hello hello Amruta Tai. Namaskar from Pune. अरे अनुद्रविड़ let's go. Sagar bhai डर डर लग रहे थे just five को. Amruta everyone is a bit like someone very confident.

If we are scared then that will not be the right thing to do. We need to be confident and we need to feel the confidence of our Indian players. Because I'm sure they are super duper confident. वरना खेल ही नहीं सकते हैं। Without confidence you cannot play a good game.

Oh my God! People have got it right. समय समय भाई इधर उस बेकिस्तान तो नहीं आएंगे। How did they get it? The right answer is we may have, may have from B somebody from B. We may have Vishy Anand. May because he's very busy. He's fight. You know, like the FIDE president right now is also fighting for the next elections and so on. But we will have Vidit Bai, the member of Indian team, will join us.

Go!

Let's go!

Mazayega!

Bring me Tara says wild prediction, but I think today India will win with a score of two and half, one and half. Fingers crossed.

That's not wild. Look, wild would be four. Four zero. Two and half and one and half is a normal prediction. I asked a few people over here. Some were you know supporting Uzbekistan.

Ah, ये कैमरा भी दिया उन्होंने। They gave us additional camera for this view for the match.

Wow! This is insane. Who is the one who is speaking? I think it's from Uzbekistan maybe.

Yeah, they are there. You know, वो लोग ऐसे पूरा वो कर रहे हैं hype create कर रहे हैं अमृता। They are like क्या होगा क्या होगा?

Guys, you know five it should be a five minutes of exchange. उस चेस you know they should come here and say what they feel like. You should go over there five minutes.

Amruta, we have the cast. क्या लिखा है देखो? Sagar bhai and Amruta, you are looking like combined like Michael Jackson outfit.

अरे guys आज होने वाला है बोमुड़ा पार्टी। ओह पार्टी में only मज़ा अमरुता इस कम रेडी फॉर पार्टी। You know the dream scenario, India wins and we go to the Bermuda party. By the way, by the way, yeah, Sagar, have you put a link in the description?

Please ask Ujwal bhai to do it, please.

Okay, he can do it.

Yes. Mehmeto sent five chess-based India gift memberships. Thank you, Mehmeto bhai. आज तो पूरा मूड है, guys. एक छोटा सा हेल्प कर दो। Like the stream, because when you like the stream, more people join in. More people can get to know about today's matchup, and we will be having. We have already two thousand one hundred people. आज थोड़े records break करते हैं दोस्तों कल sixteen thousand people were watching it live. We are hoping to hit more numbers. Nice shirt, Sagar bhai. अरे thank you, bhai.

Thank you. Exactly. We are launching this.

No way, Amrita.

Wait for it. Can people buy this one? They can pre-order.

मतलब मेरा खुद का ये नहीं ना?

One person can buy ना सागर कितने को option करें?

And guys today the game between USA and India in the women's section has Koneeru Hampi and Karisa Yip who will be playing here. So this is the board where it will happen, and we also have Divya Deshmukh facing Alice Lee. So आज वैशाली को rest दिया है.

They have rested वैशाली because of her loss yesterday, and Irina Prag's mom today Nagalakshmi. I also saw Vantika's mom. Prag's mom asked me how are you now? It was very sweet of her to remember. I was like okay what happened?

हाँ यू आर नॉट वेल ऑन डे वन करेक्ट नो फ्लाइट फ्लाइट वंतिका अग्रवाल इस प्लेइंग आयरिना क्रश आई रिमेम्बर लास्ट टाइम वंतिका प्रोवाइडेड अ वेरी इम्पोर्टेंट विन फॉर टीम इंडिया एंड सविता श्री इज़ हियर फोर आउट ऑफ़ फोर फेसिंग रोज़ अटवेल अमृता दैट्स अ बिग मैचअप इन द Will be fighting.

Actually, chess is becoming younger as we have seen, and the top teams.

Oh, ये देखो आ गए. This team is here already.

Yeah, and our top teams are also like Uzbekistan also versus India. They're all very young. इससे ज़्यादा young तो हो नहीं सकते. All four of them all you know that way. Where is Harshit? I think Harshit is getting ready for the Bermuda party. So I'm guessing he's gone for shopping. Yeah, either women shirt is very nice. Yes guys, yes. I'm soon gonna be sharing the link with you guys so that you can pre-order if you like it. Actually, Sagar was wearing this.

अरे अमृता सब लोग। Guys, if India wins, pre-order करना, ठीक है? Not now, अभी नहीं। I said you.

नहीं नहीं। Like the shirt.

बस। अभी अबे नहीं focus, Amruta focus on the game. Shirt बाद में। Right now। Shirt से थोड़ी ना focus on the game I'm gonna lose। Oh we have cut cut cut cut cat cat cat welcome to becoming a promoter of Indian chess thank you so much। We have two and half thousand people watching even before you know the players are at the board। Bye please like the stream because yesterday YouTube recommended in their top streams, you know, in the recommended stream it was on top.

So we reached maybe around 18 or 20K peak yesterday.

I thought 16, but yeah, maybe.

So yeah, uh, that's why today also we should reach 25K, guys. So like, okay, okay.

Done done done भाई हाँ सागर भाई have a question अरे पूछो भाई पूछो हर्ष श्रीजा hello hello अरे hello guys if India wins we want moonwalk oh let's go भाई moonwalk करेंगे full moonwalk and we have अतुल डाहले here who is inside then we have नंदिनी here भाई कितने सारे Indian journalists हैं यहाँ पर that's so nice to see because you know It's such a big match and we would love for support for and the Uzbek का एक प्लेयर दिखा मेरे को समशीदिन वॉकीदोव seems to be coming है ना वो देखो अमृता समशीदिन वॉकीदोव that is the opponent of गुकेश oh bye thank you for your ten gift memberships क्या बात है there you see guys समशीदिन वॉकीदोव is here Guys, he is the member of the team. Oh, China का team आ गया भाई कहाँ से?

Main board नहीं ऐसा first board वाला। Oh आ गए भाई Uzbek लोग आ गए Uzbek लोग। Full screen full screen.

Let's go. Where is Javokir? Javokir is not. Oh हो रहा हो रहा। Guys, our boys are not here. Let's go. Let's have some fires in the chat guys. उसबैक टीम कुछ भी बोलो दोस्तों है तो दमदार मतलब अमेजिंग टीम विथ नौदिरबैक अब्दुसतरोव लेट्स हैव अ लुक एट इफ वी कैन सी नौदिरबैक अब्दुसतरोव यर यस देर वी गो नौदिरबैक अब्दुसतरोव जावोखीर सिंडारोव अरे आर्बिटर स्टार्ट कर रहे हैं क्लॉक रुको रुको नोदिरबेक याकुबोयव। भाई, when will हर्षित भाई कम? हर्षित भाई क्या पता किधर रुक गए?

Maybe बर्मुडा पार्टी के लिए तैयार हो रहे हैं वो। Maybe he's inside the hall because you know you want to really see this moment.

Oh yes yes.

That's also possible.

It's seven minutes to start of play guys and look at Uzbek team पूरा दिल से स्कोरशीट लिखते हुए। हर्षित भाई इन बर्मुडा पार्टी ऑलरेडी। oh yeah his बर्मुडा पार्टी हैज स्टार्टेड ऑलरेडी। सागर भाई, अरे गैस ये वाला जो कैमरा है ना वो थोड़ा सा ये इट्स गेटिंग अ बिट स्टक इन बिटवीन, सो कभी-कभी इट्स गोइंग आउट एंड लुक एट हाउ एवरीवन्स जस्ट ऑल अराउंड द प्लेयर्स एंड यू कैन सी याकुबोएव एंड सिंदरोव टॉकिंग टू इच अदर दोनों बात कर रहे हैं एकदम फुल सीक्रेट। I've got another five children gift memberships by कट कट। अरे let's go कट कट कट। कट कट कट seems like take take take। We have Himang भाई और we have Theo there from Leeches। Lot of people obviously you know hyped up board है ये। पूरा hype, full hype। By India के players इधर हैं। Players might go there and watch what's happening because it's almost like a finals। Yesterday we were discussing Because if one of the team wins, it's going to be a very smooth road forward. Well, not very smooth, but at least a big hurdle they would overcome, Amruta, for sure. It's a big speed breaker right now for both the teams. As you can see, Javokhir Sindarov is looking very, very happy and he's talking there.

And look at all the journalists surrounding Javokhir. What was that angle, Sagar? Which was very nice.

वो भी angle लगाते हैं अपुन। हाँ ये ये भी मस्त है। ये वाला। Crazy angle right?

This is the good colors.

Sharat says hi Amruta what's the secret of your fitness? It's like you are making Sagar bhai eat your food too. अरे अरे अरे क्या कर रहे हो भाई? Let's go team India and guys.

No भाई I don't.

The booking बट वर्ल्ड चैम्पियन का नाम लेते ही कौन आ गया दोस्तों?

बाय। करके आया है बिकॉज़ ही इज़ वेयरिंग। लेट्स गो अमृता। दिस इज़ द बिग डे। आई लव योर गाइस के आउटफिट्स। भाई आप कहाँ थे?

आप कहाँ रुक गए? भाई अंदर जाके आए कि नहीं?

भाई आई वेंट इनसाइड। The atmosphere is very tense today. Electric, electrifying atmosphere guys. India takes on the Uzbeki team. And in the women's section also we have a huge match.

भाई क्या है गुकी अकेला पहले ही आके बोल रहा है चारों को लेता हूँ मैं। भाई for him this is the biggest board where we have an advantage.

Yes.

Because Gukesh is playing with the white.

भाई full pressure on Gukesh.

Yeah.

Shamshit Din.

Shamshit Din. And the thing is on the other boards all other boards एकदम close match है। Guys four thousand of you watching do like the stream. This is perhaps You know the final one of the final hurdles.

अरे भाई final आप भी हो गए final भाई sixth round ही है। But it's really it's very important.

Very important. This round can change the whole match.

Oh five five five.

भाई जाओ किरण और मुकेश दोनों एक ही table पे हैं लेकिन थोड़े दूर हैं। और look at याकूबो if they're sharing a smile.

All eyes on this board guys.

वाह पर दूर है yes we have lot of people भाई आज पूरा ऐसे जोश है लेकिन भाई what song will bookish sing right now और जाओ किर कंधों से है कंधे मिलते कदमों से कदम मिलते हैं हम चलते हैं जबुए से तो दिल दुश्मन के हिलते हैं this one भाई भाई but where are the other players coming भाई अब तो हमें आगे बढ़ते हैं रहना अब तो हमें साथी है बस इतना ही कहना अब जो भी हो शोला बनके होता है पिघलाना भाई let's go भाई दौधिरबैक has removed his jacket he's like भाई fighting करना है प्रक को it's heating up guys it's heating up inside the playing hall look at how many people are around full सारे journalist आ गए भाई इधर ही Five thousand people watching. Vamos, Arjun Gambit Barara.

And there we have the handshake between Nihal and Arjun and Sindaro.

And did you see Javokir getting up from his chair? A lot of respect.

I mean, this is one thing about these guys. They are all amazing.

They're very sweet.

It's not at all like earlier eras, you know, where whole Fisher and Gary Kasparov. And all those tough moments used to happen. Nothing like that.

Murta, what's your feeling?

My feeling is always towards India. So obviously my feeling is that we are going to win. Let's go! And then we are going to go and celebrate at the Bermuda party.

Guys, एक मिनट पहले poll लगा देते हैं भाई. Hey, poll लगाते हैं.

Guys, आज पूरे तुम्हारे hearts positive energy चाहिए Indian. Open section में men team के लिए, women team के लिए भी of course will require a lot of your prayers because we take on the US team there. But this is the big match. This is perhaps the match everyone was eyeing for.

And जल्दी हो गया ना everyone last year it happened in the ninth round.

And twenty gifted subs.

Oh wow!

By Anirudh six k. Thank you Anirudh bye.

And I've put the poll here, guys. Players are getting ready. The Indian team is ready. Look at this, bye! Big one.

You know, guys, for some reason, I like the like the happiness in me just cannot go away because I'm so excited for this match.

You are the kid. The kid in you is alive, bye. That's the most. Oh yeah.

Let's go, guys.

Let's go. And as Pragnananda looks super focused taking on Nodirak, भाई आज इधर पूरा expo में भी शांति हो गया ना?

सब शांत है भाई। Today it's like the big big clash and everyone has their eyes. You know they want to make sure. I think you know.

I love the angles अगर यहाँ से सब दिखता है। यहाँ से देखेंगे पूरा सब कुछ देखेंगे। Before people were in the expo, he just explored.

Different stalls, listening to the commentary. But today they want to be inside the playing hall as a visitor, and they want to look at these players live in action. Because how often are you going to say that I have gotten to see the top Indian players and the top Uzbeki players live?

Absolutely, Arshid bhai. I think it's very rare to see this. These are all future stars. I mean, future stars क्या बोले present stars. But you can boast that I saw. Maybe four or five world champions in one frame.

And look at Srinath there, in on your right side. He's the captain of the Indian team. The first move being made perhaps on the board of Norderbeck and Prague.

And guys, until now India and Uzbekistan whenever they have played at the Olympiad, the score has been two-two.

Yes.

In oh and we have AICF president.

Let's go.

Narangi. Is making the first move for Pradeep.

अरे C4 E5 भाई यही होगा, यही होगा भाई.

English opening this can actually happen. Nodirbek being a big expert of English.

I did meet the president before he went over there and I asked him his prediction.

And what was his answer?

क्या बोले भाई?

Very obvious right?

कित्सा point वो बताओ.

हम्म.

वो नहीं बता सकते.

अच्छा guys get your popcorn ready get मैं popcorn का smell आया मेरे को soft drinks ready because this is going to be thousand people let's go blockbuster match भाई आज जब मैंने पूरा तैयारी के साथ आया हूँ ये देखो just to show you guys try करूँ क्या नहीं अभी ये focus रखते हैं ना okay okay you know guys these are the moments right now until the first move is made black presses the clock वहाँ तक भाई but we want full angles अगर right now it's important we see everybody ठीक है ठीक है आप बोलो the heart is full धक धक ये moments के लिए deep breathe out भाई पर players का deep breathe वगैरह बिल्कुल नहीं हो रहा है they know it's super intense right now highest intensity ये बोलूँगी मैं because once the game starts guys then you feel better मूव्स हो रहे हैं और चल रही है। Let's go। शुरू हो गई है क्या?

Let's go। भाई let's go on the board of Prague and order back.

E four। I love it। C five या E five?

भाई सब धीरे-धीरे मूव्स हो रहे हैं। What will Prague play guys?

He's made it. भाई Prague पहले भगवान का नाम लेके खेलेगा। भाई हम भी वो अजूबा इन्हें knight f three खेल दिया भाई अजूबा is like भाई घोड़ा चले tiger अजूबा tiger Let's go.

भाई E four I think E five guys your your prediction.

Yeah I think so. I think so E four E six भाई E six E six no way that's two weeks की भाई जीतना है प्रक को नहीं भाई प्रक is going all out coder before before let's go guys thank you so much नॉर्थ बोर्ड भाई नॉर्थर्न पे किताब ब्लैक से रुको रुको पहले प्रक का मुंह देखते हैं फिर बाकी के बोर्ड पे जाएंगे दोस्तों he's not making a move yet he's just meditating he wants to make sure he's in the zone meanwhile सिंधारो ने knight f three को knight f six खेल के अजूबा है ने तो c four भी खेल दिया And oh, oh, oh, oh! Arshid bhai feeling Prag's mood.

Solido.

Okay.

Sagar bhai knight to f3 played by Nodirbek and I have a feeling that Prag for the first time in his life might play Petrov but no not really.

Not really.

भाई ऐसा क्या शुभ शुभ बोलो भाई। क्यों भाई शुभ? Petrov नहीं खेलना है। Oh, and look at this! We have Gukesh versus Shamshidin Wokido. And look at the moves here. D four by Gukesh. By मैंने बोला था D four के लिए। Big moment.

By you predicted, Gukesh. You know it.

Knight f six, c four, e six. And let's ask our viewers what is the name of this opening? By Catalan. Don't tell by Hershey.

Catalan. Catalan.

ओ डोगलन, डोगलापन, दागिस्तान। ओ निम्रो इंडियन, we have it right. Listless guys, साकार chess. Guys, I'm telling you आज पूरा एनर्जी चाहिए, ठीक है?

भाई स्टार्टिंग में खाली है। We need one neuro, भाई neuro। Yeah he needs दादों का जिम, जॉस का जिम for sure। Please have it and मैं लेट लेती हूँ। My timing is set, I'll eat later। अच्छा तो आपके लिए निकाल के रख Nimzo Indian, yes guys.

And here, Gukesh plays a slightly, slightly rare move. He brings out his knight to f3, as you can see on the live board there. And this has made Shamsuddin think.

Shamsuddin सोच रहा है भाई कि क्या खेलूँ मैं इधर जिससे I will be able to outwit my opponent here. And knight to f3 played by Guki. This is on the board.

Yes.

And by the way, guys, for everyone who's watching for the first time, the Indian team doesn't have a lot of game points. They have won all of their matches, but they don't have a lot of game points. And that's why this match is in some ways, you know, very important for us to win. On Gukesh's board, we have what we call a mismatch. You know, we have a mismatch because Gukesh is a stronger player and playing with the white pieces. So this is a mismatch that we have to sort of exploit.

उधर मतलब we have to take full chance, full and Gukesh already थोड़ा time पे एडवांटेज बनाता है। But there is a lot of pressure, no?

Then on Gukesh, pressure is there because I agree everybody is banking on him. He's with the white pieces and as Harshit mentioned about the mismatch, what would be their strategy you think? Like today Gukesh, let's say they'll say he should win. Then let's go to Nihal.

Hi, I want to show you one small view.

Which one?

Look at this.

Face lover. भाई सब face के बीच में से एक बस है why? Light mode, main mode we need a screen over here आज का India versus USA का you know we need हाँ भाई चालू कर दो TV को people मजा ही आ जाएगा भाई उसको थोड़ा time लगता है शुरू होने को हाँ जो back करो back इधर इधर इधर I think TV कैसे handle करने का सागर को आता है, लेकिन TV कैसे handle करने का नहीं आता है। Oh, that was a good one, Amruta.

Good one. That was actually a good one, Amruta.

Let's go.

I will watch TV after some time.

Okay.

And we have already twenty Chess Biz India gift memberships by Anirudh.

So today we may have reached thirty five gift membership नहीं और और बहुत maybe more thank you anirudh that's very oh भाई live आ गया भाई go big shout out to rakshit bhai for all the bars below thanks to him you can follow everything here scorecard है हम भी है players भी है board भी है live board भी है analysis board भी है भाई सब कुछ है तुम भी आजाओ guys और दोस्तों को बुलाओ g three very g three भाई this is this is a line that was Played by Kasparov against Karpov.

Really? Yeah.

Exactly. Take, take, d5. Take, take, and bishop d2. Queen b3, I think, is—

but this is very equal-ish.

Queen b3, I know, but Bhukesh, he must have had a small idea.

You know what I'm worried about? You know what happened with Divya yesterday, that she was ultimately prepared, but even her opponent Anand was prepared, and Uzbek, even if he is just 2654, he is going to be so prepared.

Oh, Knight e4! Wow, Knight to e4! And look at Gukesh there.

Oh, Gukesh like, bye, maine tayaari kiya tha ki nahi. Yeah, out of syllabus.

Knight e4 is a normal move.

Knight e4 is normal, but it is, you know, a very bold decision. It's asking White a question. Do you want to play Queen d3? Do you want to play Queen c2?

अरे अरे अमृता don't worry मैं by caring very caring lucky ducky by the way हर्षिक भाई right now he's thinking what to do yeah about this pin you can break it with queen c two you can break it with bishop d two you can break it with queen d three you can break it with queen b three Many things you can play, but right now it's time for us to go to the next board, which is my Nihal के पहले एक बार भाई world champion के बाद world championship challenger को देखते हैं। Exactly, I love that transition going to the board of Arjun taking on Javakir Sindarov and this is a big match because we have seen Javakir play against a lot of top Indian players, but we haven't seen him play against Arjun very often.

That's a very good point actually. And Arjun will be completely pumped up with the white pieces. He wants to, you know, he wants to score his first win. भाई Catalan हो गया पर हमने एक the main line Catalan a five what a five option सागर mega database अपुन तो देखते हैं ना even if we can't show the people we'll get to know and we can tell people later.

I don't want to burden it so much.

And a five is a rare move.

Yeah.

It is a rare move but You know, I am sure Javokir had it prepped up, and he's not going to save any of his preparation for the World Championship match in this round. This is a big match. If he knows that a move is the best move, he will play it.

Because you know, the entire Uzbek fans, also their government, everyone in the entire nation is looking at them right now for them to win this. And did Arjun already play Knight C3? By Arjun, I see full prep mode.

उसने देखा है A5. You know what, over here at least the Leeches book says that there is the main move is यहाँ पे D takes C4. इतना ज़्यादा खेला हुआ है 14,000 games and there is C6, there is Knight bd7, b6. But A5 definitely not in top and Arjun says कि okay I don't really care. He is going forward with Knight c3.

Yeah and you know yesterday I was speaking to a top player and he had a feeling that Arjun will out prepare Jao Kheer. I am very curious personally to see if that prediction of his will come true, but it seems like he had already has done it. My feeling about it because Arjun is six minutes up on the clock.

Oh my God! We have six thousand rupees by Vamsi Somanchi says, "Sagar bhai, if we win today, do you think our chances of getting gold will shoot up by significant extent? Love what you are doing for chess. Thank you, bhai." I personally think today is the biggest test because top seeds in the open section are USA. They've already lost to Germany yesterday. So yes, while the German team is also on full points, Uzbek team is in crazy form. They beat Hungary four nil. Bye. अगर Uzbek को हम if we are able to hold them and if we beat then it's like very good chances. But it's not going to be easy. They have come all guns blazing.

Absolutely. All of them are in good shape. You know every single board of Uzbekistan. Is in good shape. Also, let's not forget that the team USA lost yesterday, which means that one of the favorites has already stumbled. And with India winning this match, that would really, uh, put us, uh, to a very good—

people are saying if India wins today, we have to do moonwalk.

Done, huh?

Done.

Moonwalk. Done. Okay, guys, for such a big Super Chat, I think today first would red सुपरचैट अपना स्ट्रीम का इंडिया वर्सेस उज़बेकिस्तान में गोना हैव अ लॉट मोर मेंबर्स एंड लॉट मोर सुपरचैट्स एंड वे गोना एंजॉय अलोट और आल्सो वन स्मॉल थिंग टू टेल आर व्यूअर्स यू इवन व्हाटेवर सुपरचैट यू गिव गोस तू अस जस्ट चेस बेस इंडिया बट इफ यू वांट टू सपोर ओके ओह माय गॉड कैन यू ऑलरेडी बिलीव वी हैव सेवेन एंड हाफ थाउजेंड पीपल वाचिंग इवन जस्ट शुड वी शुड वी गो टू थर्ड बोर्ड नाउ भाई एक ही मिनट जस्ट टू क्विकली टेल यू समथिंग यू नो एट सम पॉइंट अर्जुन ब्लिट्स्ड आउट द मूव पॉन्ड टू बी थ्री हाँ एंड देन जाओकीर शेक्ड इज ह To see what is the mood like. Wow, bye bye bye. सब लोग decline हैं क्या उधर से? Oh ये थोड़ा सा इसमें और पंद्रह मिनट delay लग रहा है। ये अभी start ही नहीं हुआ है। Let's look at this view. Yeah. एक मिनट अमृता। If we can have the other view, maybe here we get to see the full. हाँ, अभी थोड़ा गर्दी कम हो रहा है। Guys, journalists have twenty five minutes inside the hall. So if it starts at three forty five, that is Uzbek time.

No, three starts at three o'clock Indian time. So from three thirty to three fifty five p.m. is when they can be inside.

No, three twenty five.

Three p.m. to हाँ नहीं Indian time.

Indian time मैं बोल रहा था.

Indian time.

Indian time.

Okay, Amruta, it's time for us now. To go back to the board of Nihal Sarin. Should we go there, bye?

Yes, let's do it, guys. Eight thousand of you watching and you know this is for sure going to be the center of attention this match and after.

मैं क्या बोल रहा हूँ? Board को जरा flip करके Nihal Sarin को नीचे ला। हाँ, bye.

क्योंकि Nihal Sarin के board पे we have the biggest test.

Oh what? Yeah, look at this move.

A six.

What the hell?

What the hell is Nihal Sarin doing?

Crazy! It reminds me of Magnus's a3.

But why is he playing a6? What the hell is this? Nihal is like—

That is a very good psychological trick.

That it is.

Yeah, I don't know. How long did it take? Okay, he— look, he took at least 5 minutes on the 3rd move.

Yeah, because white can play this move pawn to e4, right, and just get a very strong center. But Nihal is baiting. Yakubov to play that move. Yakubov thinks for five minutes and then makes the decision of playing the move knight to c three, and Nihal responds with d five. This does transpose into normal territory. Exactly.

Because Yakubov could have also played e four, and suddenly Nihal would be like, "अब क्या करें?" Because then it's like totally different.

I think he had planned d five.

Yeah, some weird French. E D ये ये क्या है?

But anyway, Knight C three happened.

D five now we are in no longer virgin territory.

Uh huh.

C D E D Knight F three Knight C six again a slightly outbeat move.

What is Nihal Sarin playing? Like everyone used to say you should put your pawn here connect the pawn chain. Nihal is like घोड़ा को आगे लेके आएंगे। Knight is on C six playing very weird chess. Yeah.

And you know, as much as you know, it's interesting that he's trying to surprise his opponent. Guys, this is a board where the Uzbeki players are banking on Yakubov to bring the full point. He comes into this tournament with great form. He defeats Amin Tabatabai, a 2720 player, in a, in a one-on-one match. He has crossed 2700 rating playing with the white pieces. I think Nihal Needs to be very careful against Yakubov.

I agree.

Completely agreed. But you know, he would. He's still one hour thirty-one minutes thirty-seven seconds on the clock, and I think he's feeling confident about his position. Yakubov has started thinking down to one hour twenty-one minutes. In a way, all these psychological tricks are going to matter a lot in some time.

Oh, for sure. You can see Yakubov is about to make his moves. Hesitating a little bit. Might go for pawn to e3 here.

At least a little shaken you will be, right? When your opponent is playing like this, that he's not trusting you that you can exploit such a thing.

Why Israel did not come to the round?

Yeah.

Netherlands won. Why did he come?

Not sure what happened.

Because yesterday we know that they played in a separate venue and they beat Singapore.

Yeah.

We also have pictures from there. But today they did not come only. Israel is facing lot of difficulties here, it seems.

Is it geopolitics?

I don't know. They didn't come against Pakistan now. They didn't come against Netherlands.

Pakistan didn't come against Israel.

Yeah, Pakistan didn't come.

You know, guys, I, I generally feel that, you know, in sports we should be able to keep, uh, geopolitics aside and just play on the board.

Agreed.

Uh, you know, our job as As sportsman is to just come and play. So I of course I feel like for the entire event it's unfortunate when a team doesn't show and play because it also affects a lot of tiebreaks and and results of other players. By the way, Knight H5 also blitzed out by Nihal. Even though he's playing some rare ideas, he is well prepped.

Well, let's go to Pragnananda's game against Nodirbek. They are playing super fast. E4, E5.

Everything prepped. I think. But here, do you think Nodirbek would have gone with the mindset— I mean, for their team— that Nodirbek should strike because he's white?

Yeah.

Or should he think that, okay, it's Prag who is right now in amazing form and they will be expecting a draw?

I think, Amruta, at this level, uh, which Nodirbek is at, playing with white, he will press. He cannot go for a draw in a team tournament when you know that on board 4, Gukesh is a favorite. They need to get one point from either board one or board three. So definitely Yakubov and Nodirbek are going to try today. And of course, Sindarov, you never know.

Fight black never matters.

You know, we have seen in this thing, Ajubai.

Yeah.

And by the way, look at how fast Nodirbek is playing after Bishop a7.

They have played so many times like in the last two years. Everywhere they have faced each other.

Okay, Amruta, big Question to you and everyone here. If you play a move rook e eight, guys, why is this a terrible move? White to play and win.

Guys, only all the newcomers, you please answer. Everybody else do not answer. But eight thousand में थोड़े तो newcomers रहेंगे। Yes, in eight thousand we are expecting six thousand new people and we are expecting ten percent answers.

Exactly. Well done, guys.

Guys, do like the stream and also do subscribe if you haven't. Also, please Rakshit bhai, if you are watching this, can you send me an update to the prettier leeches that you had sent me? जिसमें यार live board भी flip हो। ये live board नीचे से white ही रहता है, तो मैं अगर ये flip करूँ तो वो flip नहीं होता है। If you can help me, I will try to fix it.

And D five, yes, well done. So many people Jose Josef Mulachka Ekansh Fiona Aparna Chowdhury Renu Kaamruvat D5 hits two of black's pieces, and black is completely win. White is completely winning here.

Bye! This is crazy if this is not going to happen. But he goes ninety seven very quickly. He knows once again once again. A question here is after take take now the queen is hanging against the queen. So you take.

I take with the a rook.

Take and now I am greedy and I take this pawn.

But suddenly back rank issues seem to be the reason why black is doing really well. Rook to d1 check.

What about bishop f1? You don't have bishop c4, guys.

And just simply, if you make that move, Amruta, the point is that the white knight on b1 and the rook on a1 are completely, completely tied down. And I think here black can just go rook fd8 and then follow it up with rook c, uh, rook C one and black is just having a having a huge huge advantage. So instead, Norderbeck decides to go knight BD two.

Rakshit Singh ने रक्षित सिंह ने तो बोला है कुछ वो पढ़ता हूँ पर Vinod बोल रहे हैं please ask Harshit bhai to do night night celebration if India wins. What is night night?

वो football का है भाई करेंगे we can do both moonwalk and night night okay very exciting right now and Rakshit says It's a leeches, prettier leeches issue.

It is a leeches issue without prettier leeches also.

I flagged that.

Okay, thank you, bye.

Yeah, we'll meet Theo over here. We can also tell him.

Okay, so by the way, Prague seems to be decently prepared, but Nodirbek is playing faster.

Not, not as fast. No, it's all fine only.

So Rasmussen in the chat says, Harshit bhai, it's not geopolitical thing. Israel is having a sacred day. We fast And can't play according to religion this day.

Got it. Okay, I didn't know about this. Okay, thanks for letting me know.

Well, that's sometimes I feel like I remember I had read something in earlier times. There was an event where Reshevsky and they were like Israel. They were playing in the U.S. team, and they took like they were fasting. So the entire timing of the round had changed and so on. Like It's I've been reading about this since quite some time, but right now I think Pragnananda will go knight g six yeah to defend this and I think Shabbat Shalom okay got it Shabbat Shalom.

Rakshit says I have also sent a scorecard widget with a eval bar for the whole team can try.

भाई try करते हैं भाई एकता सारा चीज लगाया है आज थोड़ा testing करके करेंगे भाई कल के round के लिए But for now, let's head over to the board of the world champion, Domaraju Gukesh.

Which one did you press?

ये face cams हैं और ये bullet cams. And we have right now.

Oh, a lot of things happening after ninety four. क्या-क्या हो गया?

So ninety four he went queen d three and Shamsuddin was well prepared.

Look at this move. Queen to a five. It gives up a piece on e four, but bishop takes c three. And just to show everyone, if b takes c three, queen takes c three, and white loses the rook on a one and actually is going to get checkmated.

So by this I prepared actually ये मेरा preparation था black से. No, I prepared this with black. Take bishop d two. Take take.

Yeah, you prepared and I took it from you.

Yeah, I know. Knight c6 also and dc5, but this line is supposed to be very equal-ish. So Gukesh playing this, I don't know, like maybe he has some preparation here, but not like— it's not a very huge line.

Guys, I'm a bit scared about one move that black can play here.

Huh?

And that move is pawn to b6, and I, I generally always felt like—

If I b6, I just take and bishop b7. No way! Oh my God! Bye Harshit, bye! क्या कर रहे हो भाई?

थोड़ा संभाल के। भाई this is a very interesting concept. The idea is that wait wait wait playing very quickly for development and do you know this or sorry अभी निकाला this concept exists this concept happens every like successful everywhere generally well depends because white is underdeveloped now so I think it works best right now and that's after b six a good idea is to not take it After b six queen to f four or just निकल जाओ or bishop g two maybe I think is the easiest way to play against this.

Yeah, you you also have played it right?

सागर many times b three and yeah no it happens I will show you exactly very quickly guys sorry for my show off but bishop b four f three दिखाओ भाई हाँ show off इतने कम बार करते हो तो कर ही लो सागर takes A three takes takes castles C D oh sorry sorry sorry C five takes takes takes E four sorry Queen A five E four Knight F six थोड़ा डर लग रहा है ये Bishop E three then castles Knight H three, and then they go knight d.

नहीं ये ये वाला knight खेलते हैं मारने के लिए queen b three with the idea of queen b four queen c seven now threatening to take again and here after I protect this a very good move no हाँ b six wow guys सागर शाह four gm guys क्या crazy variation दिखाया है भाई thank you Insane भाई कैसे भाई सच बोलो भाई ये क्या crazy variation दिखाया and then rook gets activated ये activate हो जाता है so this is this is well known for you भाई for me I mean I knew this idea but well done by the way d takes c five शाम सिद्धिन was not on the board he comes back on the board and quickly takes on c five with the queen शाम सिद्धिन is booked up wow he's prepped up भाई and let's look at their expression bishop g two Look at this. Bishop G two played by Gukesh, and this is a key moment for me whether Shamsidin will blitz out the next move. He is going to blitz out the move.

Bishop G two. What did he play? Knight. No, what did he do?

I think he played B five.

What? B five?

I think he played B five.

He's prepared.

He's prepared, guys.

He's on the clock.

He's taking the fight to the world champion.

And has it happened before? And he's oh B five. It has been played before.

Saikat, Saikat is saying instead of video of players, please put other two boards. अरे यार साइकत भाई ऐसे क्या बात कर रहे हैं?

Yeah guys, this has been played before once by Rajabov, once by Oparin.

Do June also.

But you know what? It could be, it could be not the best prep, right? Because even if you are prepped, let's say Gukesh goes Rook C one.

But firstly Rook C one. Is the natural move?

Yeah, just defending here.

And but bearing five, no, it feels like it's a bad move.

Oh, because if I take, this is hanging. But Amruta is saying Queen g four.

Is it a bad move? Short castle.

Queen g four castles. Yeah, and black is very happy.

Yeah, and then you.

And if I if I castle, you just lose the pawn.

I take here, and wow!

Okay.

So what is the move after d five?

Very very important moment. Harshit bhai ko jitana hota hai. Sagar bhai be like, नहीं draw. अरे सॉरी भाई ऐसे नहीं है कुछ ऐसे नहीं है भाई वी आर ऑल रूटिंग फॉर टीम इंडिया अच्छा सोच रहे हो नहीं रुक सी वन डी फाइव ओह यस वी आर थिंकिंग बिकॉज़ नाइट बी थ्री कम्स तू द माइंड डी टेक्सी फोर नाइट टेक्सी फाइव नाइट बी थ्री क्वीन बी फोर चेक अमृता एंड आह इट्स ओवर क The move here, Amrutha, is the crazy move. Queen e3. अरे सोचने दो ना। ये सोचना थोड़ा मुश्किल था तुम्हें। सबके लिए। तुम्हारे लिए ही नहीं, सबके लिए। नहीं भाई सच में tough था। So if queen takes e3 doubled pawn and how is this gonna work? Now knight takes pawn. Oh blunder! You have to take with the no you can't even take. Oh my god! Do you see Gukesh? He's like completely in the thinking mode. There are—

I, I mean, he's either thinking or recalling his preparation. Because after the move pawn to b5, if we go there, 11th move, uh, yeah, like after pawn to b5, what can happen if your opponent is well prepared is it can very easily dilute into an equal endgame. Very easily. And look, Shams— and for Shamsiddin to To be able to be more prepared than Gukesh is already a good sign for Team Uzbekistan.

Yeah, I mean overall if we look at it on top board, Nodirbek is well prepped up.

Guys, we need to go over here because Arjun is better.

Really? Let's go, let's go.

Arjun Irigesi, you know, in the entire Candidates no one was able to out-prepare Javokhir. Here comes this boy Arjun Irigesi who did not get a chance to play in the Candidates yet. I'm sure he's going to get it. Goes for the Catalan opening, goes knight to d2, b5 played by Javakir, and Amruta always asks why not to push c5.

So Amruta, Arjun is like, there you go, Amruta, you can push sometimes.

You know, I think a very important—

he will prove it to me how it is important because I think generally the pawn on b7 is a problem because there is b6 break.

Very well.

Right now the pawn is already on b5. But you are getting more space, no? On this side.

Exactly.

I will ask the viewers a question. In such a structure, what is the break that black is looking for in such a position? What kind of break is black looking for? That is jawokir, and that would be one of the things that Arjun will try to stop.

Like what is saying push karo, khush raho. He still remembers, you know, we used to say that in the bullet streams. That was like Five six years ago.

Right.

By the way, everyone has said here E five. Guys, we'll go to women's games also next. But E five is such a is the it's actually a very good move here as well. But he first goes B four, and this was perhaps not the best move. And you can see Javokir already down to one sixteen, and Arjun playing Knight A four. By Javokir Sindarov seems to be under some pressure. Yeah, yeah.

For sure, and you know if Arjun is thinking that already means that Javakir has made a move which was not one of the best moves according to the engine because if he played the best moves Arjun would have been booked up and this means that Arjun has a small advantage guys.

This is a huge board by Arjun Ka Chera Devo.

You know somehow I have a feeling that Sindarov is perhaps one of the most dangerous players. If there is anyone who would be able to, you know, dominate him in terms of stylistic clashes, I think it would be Arjun. Why? Because Javokir is, I mean, is kind of dynamic and aggressive, but Arjun has this very unique way of playing which many of the top players are not used to playing against.

Yeah, I don't think so.

I think even Magnus. I think Arjun is very unconventional. That's a good word.

That's a very good word. And I think even Magnus has sometimes said this, that, you know, Arjun has a very unique style of playing, right?

And in fact, Magnus, when he had a choice between Arjun and Nihal at the EWC, he chose Nihal over Arjun because he said that Arjun is kind of a very weird opponent to face.

Yeah, but, uh, you know, I am— let me tell me something. Like before season, we should call the seconds of our team.

Sure, भाई.

Sankalp, should I ask? हाँ, आप बुलाओ ना। We have the second Sankalp Gupta and Arjun Kalyan here. If we can get them here, it would be awesome.

And guys, by the way, Saga shirt, all those who are liking, we have the link in the description. You can pre-order. खरीद लीजिएगा। It will take around two weeks.

Yeah.

Guys, India जीतेगा तब लेंगे ना। ठीक है वो आपके ऊपर है but you can go and check out the product because yeah the only thing is we have to we are yet trying to update the delivery time we can we are not able to show there but it will be taking at least two weeks so that we are getting these shirts so if you like GCL में everybody requested actually everybody loved the shirt even the top players and it is a very Lebo and Aronian type For sure.

So yeah, I think the best move, Amruta, here—

before I was going to ask the chat this question, Sagar, because it was also an important thing in closed position. Whenever you talk about pawn breaks, it's like who will be the one who will get the first one?

Oh my God, we have 2 amazing people joining us in the live stream! We have the seconds of Team India! Joining in. Let's call them in, guys. Please do come. Oh, getting ready. We have Grandmaster Arjun Kalyan first. Amrita, you can sit. It's okay. Come, come. And we have Grandmaster Sankalp Gupta. Okay, guys, we have two amazing people here. Sit, sit, sit. Bye.

Yeah.

And this is Grandmaster Arjun Kalyan, Grandmaster Sankalp Gupta. Let me just show you full screen and then go into the games. There we have them, amazing people. They have been sleepless, guys. Soye ki nahi?

Thoda soye.

Thoda soye?

Kal soone milega rest. So Sankalp is working with the open team, correct? And Arjun is working with the women's team. Yes, correct. So they are both a little relaxed today because tomorrow is the rest day. Otherwise, you guys would have been already on your way to preparing some things and/or taking some rest and so on, right?

And guys, they are one of the biggest reasons, like, you know, behind our team doing so well. They were also a part of our Indian team when we won both the gold medals, Arjun and Sankalp. So it's really amazing to You know, have them here.

Yeah, guys, thank you so much for being here and thank you for working so hard. Guys, you can send some hearts in the chat for them working super hard. There are two more people. Hopefully we will be able to invite them as well. Dipayan Ghosh, who works for the women's team, and Vaibhav Suri, who is also here. Maybe they are still in the hotel.

Yeah, they're in the hotel.

They just went back.

Okay.

Guys, first maybe couple of words about the men's game. Then we go to women's game.

Okay.

Let's start with Sindaro and Arjun.

Yeah.

Sankalp looking good.

Yes. Yes.

So like we were expecting this time from Sindaro. But this A five move. Yeah, A five was not expected. So typically he plays this B C four, Queen C twenty.

Sankalp भाई ऐसा reveal चलेगा?

Yeah, I mean this is very well already.

शुरू नहीं नहीं ये नहीं not lines that you what you are expecting and all.

हाँ.

I am just putting him on the spot now. No no it's very good. Already the game is happening and we won't play them again.

Yeah yeah.

So that is completely fine. And हाँ like if I at least I wasn't expecting this but I'm very happy to see that Arjun is well prepared here.

Actually, I'm doing a chessable course where this is the exact line I'm recommending as black. So this, I think all of this is there in the course.

But before, Indra saw your chessable course. It's not released yet.

It's going to release soon. But this b4 move, is this also part of the, like, is this also a good move?

Yeah, I think so. I think there was direct, like, the knight d7 e5 directly, or you can include b4. I think I wanted to include b4 and then go knight d7. Because I think there was an extra option for white to play a3 or something like that. So yeah, I think the structure, like, you take on e4, it's very solid for black. There's a long game still left.

But don't you think that Arjun has gotten a small edge out of the opening, or not really? Maybe it's a weak engine. The stronger engines would give it like 0-0.

Yeah, I think it's closer to equal, but it's to get a game. I think, like, after that you still have, like, a d4 is potential weakness for white. But white has the space advantage, the d6 square. So I think a lot of game still left.

Yeah, the a4 is a bit tricky. Yeah, like, yeah, some— I think Queen c2, Knight c6. Yeah, exactly. So Sankalp and Arjun, like, when you are, like, for example, looking at this opening and you see that Arjun has more time but you know that the position is equal, would you consider this as a success in terms of opening, or do you just think it's normal? Like What's happening?

I think if Arjun has analyzed this line, he would have very clear idea of where to place his pieces. And so I think the fact that he has more time means that he's comfortable in the position. So I think that's a win for right.

Good.

So small positive here. Let's go to Prag's board. Here we can see Pragna Nanda facing Nodirbek Abdusattarov.

Guys, do you even have to prepare Prag? It seems like he knows everything. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I think Prag and Weber, they are working for so long. Correct. I think Weber would have given a much better insight here.

His prep against Anton was crazy, you know, that entire game.

Yeah, that was epic. Getting a chance to win against Anton from opening prep. And by the way, here I would say very equal, right? At least a layman like me would say that nothing much is happening. White has d4, black has like solid structure, no big deal.

Feels slightly easier to play for white, but yeah, I mean, very solid position for black, especially if black plays a4.

I think I like this structure on the queenside, gains space there, and I think it's—

black is equalized, I think, out of here.

Very interesting, you know, because for someone like I'm sure they have analyzed this Italian opening a lot, but for me it kind of feels like, you know, I have my knight on g6 and f6. I maybe can go knight f4, but I feel like the people who have analyzed it more know that, you know, even if we get our knight on f4, nothing much is happening there. Right?

So maybe you can say Nodirbek has a small edge here. Also on the clock, he has slightly more time.

Edge is too much. Yeah, I think it should be. It's very solid. Like, I believe in Prague.

Believe in Prague, guys. Everyone has to believe in Prague. Let's go to the third board. This is Nihal Sarin versus Yakubov. Yeah, this one Nihal went—

by the way, guys, actually Setu was here right now and he was, he was telling us before the game, okay, you're gonna see a huge Surprising.

A6 is not really the best move, or you know, this is very funny because Sethu is helping Nihal here, but in Asia, and I think last year against Sethu, Nihal played e4 a6.

Oh wow!

Oh yeah, e4 a6.

So Nihal played it against Sethu, and then Sethu said this looks like a good move. Let me analyze it properly. Yeah, it got transposed into normal territory because in Queen's Gambit a6 is well known. Yeah, yeah, for sure. So we reach here and I think Nihal was just blitzing out the moves.

I think he has a very good idea of what to do.

I think once he exchanges the bishops, Bishop f5 next, he should be doing—

by the way, we have some super chats for you guys. GPS says, I loved the interview Arjun had done after last Olympiad. You guys are unappreciated guys behind the scenes. Yes, I think you guys for sure they work tremendously hard. And Prachura, who is our very good friend, has written, great to see Arjun, Sankalp, and other seconds getting their due. They work hard to ensure our players are well prepared and in a good frame of mind. For sure, guys. What is the average number of hours you sleep in a day here?

It's like 7-ish, 6 to 7.

At night, or you break it into night plus afternoon?

Depends, like, it's not fixed or anything. Depends on the opponent.

Like, the initial contract was a bit more chill, and now maybe you'll have to sleep lesser. Does it also happen like you are 4, so someone is awake, then someone sleeps, or all of you sleep?

How is it?

No, I think we kind of divide the players, so we have different players. So some of them we have to decide at night, like what we're gonna do. And then if there is a lot to check, maybe something at night, but then otherwise usually morning we wake up, have a quick early breakfast, and then start preparing to send in the files.

Any thoughts on Nihal's position? Looking good. Bishop f5, I think he's preparing just to trade off these bishops, right?

And look at the clock. Yeah, like the clock situation is very nice to see, almost 30-minute advantage, and Quite easy to play for black. Like, he know what he wants to do next, and white has to create something. I think white will— what will white do here? Will he try for some knight e5 step, or you think he'll go for b4, therefore b5? Not without c6.

Maybe knight e5, I think, and then knight e5, maybe f3 at some point to try to create some e4.

But then maybe I'll go like rook c8, c5.

Yeah, c5 break.

Back should try to get— Guys, these guys are like basically trying to understand what plans white can play here. And I think one of the ideas that they were mentioning is for white to play knight e5 and then break the position with f3, e4. Um, the other idea is to go for the minority attack, but then they said that the pawn on a6 is a good inclusion for black, uh, because if the pawn was on c6, generally the minority attack is much stronger. So g six, I think guys Nihal is ready for bishop f five and then yeah yeah for sure knight to d six. So solido. Yeah engine gives like plus point two but black's position is very easy to play. He knows exactly where to put his pieces. That's why white is thinking so much.

Yeah.

So this is actually quite nice. Yeah. Let's move to the Gukesh board? Yes, because here, yeah, it seems like, uh, Gukesh has been outprepared. Yeah, by Shamshir Din. Yeah, b5 move has been played, and Gukesh is also here with his trainer Gaevsky.

Yes.

So is it like you guys also help him? Only Gaevsky? How is it?

Not sure.

Okay, so everyone is helping everyone, but this position is already a fresh, uh, thing for Mukesh with the clock. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Like, I think he got out of it clearly because I don't think you make, uh, b5 without knowing it.

Yeah, at home.

So where did he spend his time?

Black? Oh, he's already thinking from, uh, 7— how much? 17 minutes.

And actually, this, just to mention everyone, like, Black thought for 4 minutes here because he was not on the board. So he, like, he, he just got on the board, he took And then boom. Second best is Queen e3, which I don't think you ever even consider that to win a game.

I think Rook c1 is pretty.

Yeah, Rook c1 is very nice.

But does it allow d5? Yeah, this is the problem.

And this can over the board you to figure this out is tough. Yeah, yeah.

The e4 motif is nice. Like Queen e3 takes takes bc4 and d5.

But I think Queen e3 considering very tough. Yeah, takes.

And here we were mentioned we highlighted this before just to show again pawn to e4, and this is putting a lot of pressure on these pawns. And I think White is doing fine here, but I think for Gukesh to find Rook c1 would be by Queen e3 especially.

Yeah, it's very tough.

Can I go Queen g4 in the line Rook c1 d5 Queen g4?

Castle.

Queen g4.

And if I castle, does it allow knight e5 or?

b takes c4.

I thought bc4, I have knight c4. Yeah, maybe actually this is an interesting way for white to play, but maybe black just has a very good pawn structure. What I missed is—

Oh, queen e3 played!

Oh wow!

Queen to e3 played by Gukesh.

What a decision! He gets up and he's like, man, you might have the engine preparation, I have engine in my mind.

Yeah.

Wow!

I like this because I was a bit scared that Mukesh's game can go in three result territory.

Yeah.

And I think this is one board where we would love to just make sure we are playing for two results, right? Because if if Vakito wins on board four, I think Uzbekistan just becomes too big of a favorite.

Yeah.

Because then they have fights on two games for sure. And also I think like pre-match. This is the board. Yeah, we would like to strike in general. Like, I think Bukesh is much stronger than Baki though, and he also has white. So Queen e3, why is this a good move? Just to show everyone, black has to take because if, uh, like if he goes something like Queen b4, I mean, your king is underdeveloped. Yeah, even if we just castle simply, white is going to have a very good advantage. So black has to take, we take back. So we spoil our pawn structure, guys. But why is this so good for white?

So my threat is pawn takes pawn now.

Yeah, like I think so.

You have to take pawn takes pawn, I guess.

Yeah, you get your knight into bishop c6.

Yeah, because knight c4 might allow d5. Yeah, so if b into c4, we put bishop into c6, I guess, because knight c4 allows d5. Yeah, so if we take knight takes c4 here, there will be d5. By the way, moves are coming in quickly because शाम सितिन मेड अ मूव ऑलरेडी प्लेईड ऑलरेडी या नो ही टुक नो ही प्लेईड नो नो नो नो नो ही टुक एंड एफ टेक्स ई थ्री या दिस हैज हैप्पेंड ऑन द बोर्ड गुकेश गेट्स अप व्हेनेवर गुकेश गेट्स अप आई कैन जस्ट इमेजिन दैट अल्फावॉक बीजीएम प्लेइंग नो नो नो नो नो नो नो नो इट्स अ पग Yeah, it's a good sign.

We hadn't heard that song for some time now. It's glad that it's back at the Olympiad. How is overall mood in the camp? Uh, positive?

Yeah, like we have very, very good team bonding. All the players are extremely supportive. They encourage each other. Like, we had a bit of shaky start, especially against Indonesia and also like against Thailand, but the players are really supportive and I think the last few matches have been very convincing, like against Spain and Netherlands both. So yeah, I'm like really optimistic about this match.

Okay guys, so this we have seen all the men boards. Let's go to the women's board. Yeah, uh, we have— we'll start with Hampi versus Karissa. Let me see if I can pull up the— this is our women's team. They are taking on USA today. And maybe there is something wrong with Divya Deshmukh's board. You know, its live moves are not being relayed somehow. I don't know what's happening there. So the bars are also not updating. We'll try to fix it, but let's begin with, uh, Hampi's board. Yeah, times are not— board is also— moves are there or not?

Yeah, I think it is there.

Moves are there. Okay, great. So, let's start with first, Hampi versus Carissa. Maybe you can—

Yeah, yeah, I think it's— she went for the English, and a6 was kind of, I think, pretty rare move here. Maybe she just wanted to take her out of prep. And also, after d4, it kind of transforms into the Caro-Kann if she takes with the e-pawn. But I think Carissa doesn't play the Caro-Kann with black, but Hampi also does not play e4 with white, so it's It was kind of, so I think sort of like psychological battle.

Yeah, both of them are trying to get each other out of their prep and their comfort zone.

But I think it's kind of comfortable for White. She took with the knight, so it doesn't transpose in any of the lines. And e6, Bishop e2, she castles. I think this is the kind of position that she wants to get a fight. Like, all the pieces are still on the board and she can play a long game. I, I like actually See, e4 is a nice idea here. I don't think that'll be played, but seems like e4, bishop b3 is an option. But I think she'll mostly play b3, get the bishop to b2.

b3 is more solid.

Yeah, and it's the kind of position that she's, I think, comfortable with, and I think she has good chances to press here. Time is kind of even.

So do you like whenever position?

Yeah, I like white's position here. White chances.

So Lumpy has like very, very good strategic understanding in general. She gets her kind of positions, she can just outplay.

Yeah, I think yesterday's game it went a bit like forcing and simplified too early, but now this is I think exactly what we want. And I think she can— she has a lot of experience in these positions too, or play a role.

So, uh, when you are actually like, let's say, looking at this game overall, uh, you have a feeling that You know, Hampi is comfortable with this, or looking at the time, how do you feel about it?

Yeah, I think she's— she should be comfortable with this position.

I think she played B3.

Yeah, she went B3. Yeah, that is her style. Yeah, yeah. And also yesterday there was a loss, right, for women's team. How did everyone cope with it?

I think it was definitely a difficult loss, but I think we Kind of decided, okay, the same thing happened last year as well. We have lost to Poland last two editions, so kind of take it as a positive that last time after the loss we came back and we won the event.

So it's a good sign.

So I think well, we have a very special guest joining us to improve the elo of the panel. We have the CEO of FIDE Grandmaster Emil Sutowski, who's here. Emil, thank you so much.

Hello everyone, not, not so special guest already. It's my second visit, and actually every tournament, big tournament, when Sagar is commenting on, I'm trying to pay respect and pay visits.

In fact, uh, Emil, it was your birthday 2 days ago, so very happy belated birthday to you.

Thank you, thank you so much.

And we have the here the seconds of Team India, Grandmaster Arjun Kalyan and Grandmaster Sankalp Gupta.

New generation we haven't met yet.

Yes.

So yes, I know the names, but yeah.

And they are they are working extremely hard. So we were just going through the games of the teams. Would love your insights in general. We looked at Humpy game, maybe the most exciting game today between two young talents. Of the world of chess, Alice Lee and Divya Deshmukh.

Position looks very familiar to me. It's like it's some it's somewhat the King's Indian and somewhere C five. I feel that I played this line maybe against Wesley So once upon a time.

Oh, you played this with black?

Yes.

Wow!

It's very not I mean maybe not the very position, but but this line was G three. Yes, I played with black. Yeah, I played I played this line. Knight c6.

Yes, I think bishop started with bishop d7.

Knight c3, knight c6. Yeah, okay. Yeah, so a bit, a bit different, but, but the concept was the same because it was also some sacrifice on d6 and then rook b8 from b2.

Yeah, transposed into more, I think, common lines, right?

So no, the line is different, but the concept is the same. When I saw the position c5, rook b8, that was something called That I had in my game, and I drew with Wesley rather comfortably. But it was many years ago. I would.

I think here the engine suggested a very difficult line for black to find to go rookie five and to get through to h five.

Oh yeah! It's very nice move. You know, it's called. You know, after whom this manual is called?

I know that some old GM has played this before. Was it Bronstein?

No, no. It was Leonid Yurtay.

Oh, Yurtay.

Yes, yes. He was famous for his ideas, you know, of course, in Ruy Lopez, right? The real type line. But Rook e5, Rook h5 was his pet, pet, pet, pet. Many times he played.

Wow. Yeah, but, uh, Divya did not go for it. She played Rook b8.

Yeah, also normal move.

Yeah, I think this is the position.

I guess Rook b4 will be played.

Yeah, most likely.

Before feels like very I think white takes on c7, and or maybe she plays maybe she plays knight c five immediately. Yeah, directly because I mean to a human eye knight c five immediately looks like most logical move.

Right.

I guess cd six you take queen d six.

Yeah, probably knight e four it wants to take. Yeah, just directly to eliminate every single one.

No. Bishop b six.

There's a very top choice.

Yeah, it's very very difficult choice.

Yeah, yeah.

So actually, could we say that the opening has gone a little bit in Alice Lee's favor?

At least this position.

Yeah, I think so. I think it was difficult to if Rook e five she had found would have been great. But yeah, I think after Rook b eight it was slightly.

This was the motive that.

But she must have considered it because Queen c eight typically is played in a connection with this.

Yeah.

Because why? You drag the king to h2, and then there is no g4 move.

Because if you play it without it, then yeah, I think you can sacrifice now.

And this one thing is what she did not like. Maybe she was afraid of something like this. Yes, take and come back. Because now if you take f4, I have this intermediate move f6, and I eliminate the defender.

Yeah, very insightful comment. I agree with you. I mean, she might have disliked it because Black's pieces are a bit lacking coordination, right?

Right.

And I'm threatening bishop d4, maybe not so easy to even—

yeah, easy, easier to play with white. Yeah, good point. And after f5, after f5, do I have to capture? I have— yeah, I don't have other moves.

Yeah, if you don't capture, maybe I just want to have either g4.

Yeah, it looks, it looks like that, that must have been I think she played a bit quickly as well.

Rook b8.

Yeah, we don't have timestamps and I was very curious how much time would have helped a lot. Only I think this is the one game where the clock is somehow not updated today. Maybe they will fix it.

Uh, so you guys work with women's team?

So I help with the women's team and he is broken team, right? By the way, uh, your thoughts on Alice Lee? I think she is like super Exciting talent, yes.

She's like super strong. She doesn't play exciting chess. She's a more positional chess. So it's not exciting, but she's like super strong. I saw how she played in Currents Cup. She's clearly top ten in couple of years.

So U.S. women's chess scene has become very exciting because of Carissa and Alice.

Yes, yes. Okay, Irina Krashe is still still. Strong, but yes, I think both Carissa and Alice, and I think even Alice has something that distinguishes her because her technique is very mature. She's very young; she's what, sixteen, seventeen? Yeah, yeah. It is funny because where she she amass this technique probably from playing thousands of blitz games because you know she she's known to be very strong. Athletes and bullet player and so on. So maybe that's from there, but I was simply impressed by, by how— I mean, it's, it's real proper grandmaster technique already at the age of 16.

I think Alice also had a very good Women's Speed Chess Championship performance.

She won.

Oh yeah, she won.

She beat Puipan in the final.

Wow.

Okay, it's online chess, but still, but still. So I, I, I really rate— regard her very highly.

And also, I think in the US team, she's the one scoring heavily. Yesterday she saved the team against Uzbekistan because Sarisa had lost to Kamdaova. So now, uh, let's see if this board turns out.

Uh, she played Rook b5.

I think that was—

yeah, I think that was the top choice of the computer.

Yeah, it's not an easy move because I did not understand why.

Yeah, we still have to see what happens after Knight c5.

She wants to do this Rook h5 idea that we were talking from e5.

So yes, but this is cd and Bishop e6. Bishop a six is such a difficult move to make.

Maybe bishop f eight is there a difference? Queen f six, bishop c five.

I have some.

I think that's what she wants to do.

But I have a four.

So maybe bishop defending.

Bishop b seven.

Bishop b seven you're still alive but it looks looks a bit unpleasant.

Harshit bhai you should come here. The level of analysis has just gone up a notch right now.

So I don't.

I think she's still doing okay.

Just holding yeah.

If you move the rook, this guy hangs.

Yeah.

And if bishop f6, black has bishop f8.

So I wonder what the audience— how strong is the average of the audience? Have you checked it?

That's actually a good question. We should ask, guys, can you tell us what is your overall, like, your rating? If you can put it in the chat line, because I think there would be many online, but if it is FIDE rated, then you can write FIDE. After your rating, so we will know.

Yeah, because let's say the level here we discuss of lines is quite complex. I mean, it takes me to be focused to you know, and I think the guys as well. So for I I don't know if if all of your spectators are.

Yeah, but the thing is there are so many watching today. It's so exciting day that there is a huge gap. So someone writes 2,500 plates, thousand, 1,600, 1,300, 1,150. 1780, 1700, 1600, 1817.

You started with 2500, but then it is going down.

There is also someone who has written 100. That might be a bit difficult, but I think 2300 is there, 2000, 1400. So I think there is a whole range, whole range, 1000 to maybe 2500.

By the way, Knight c5 played.

On on the board, and she's taken on d.

Yeah, okay. That's that's most natural. It's impossible.

Guys, it's happening what you guys analyzed.

Yeah, but that's most natural choice.

But it looks really good for white, no? Yeah, extremely good.

But the evaluation is not as. Yeah. I mean, if if I were to play, I would think that I have a huge advantage.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because bishop e six, I think the idea is that he wants to he want to set in bishop f eight.

But yes, even knight takes e six looks like an advantage.

But probably.

It is not something special.

I mean, could I do? Can I go to catch five here?

Oh, just king g one maybe.

Trying to be sneaky somehow.

I think bishop f three you have rook h three yeah.

Yeah.

I was wondering if I think if I can take rook e four.

Okay, bit too much.

I think you just move the rook and it's. There is no mate. Wait what?

Oh wow.

Okay, I don't know.

Only b1 because rook b8 check you did, and you start you start counterattack. Check check check queen bishop d4. That's a beautiful line.

So if white takes queen e4, we get bishop a1.

So we start with rook b8 check, then take bishop, and then take, and then bishop h6. That's it.

And the point is that in this line, check. Really so quick, so sharp.

Takes takes.

There is bishop at.

Six and it is mate. Emil, you played this Bundesliga, right? Or no, it was Israeli league.

Yes.

Where you scored seven and a half out of nine.

Yeah, Israeli league.

So that was around twenty seven hundred performance or twenty eight hundred?

Around twenty eight hundred.

Oh wow! Okay. And this was it was this year?

No, it was last year.

Last year. Oh my God!

It will be very interesting to see what Bishop E six is. In general, the only move, right?

Because which Mercedes also told me.

Ah, okay.

Which is even more frightening. At least looks like.

Yeah.

Also quite forcing in nature. But here, if I just do like this line, for example, white has a pleasant position.

Yeah.

I mean, engine only gives point four, but I would evaluate this is the kind of line they give in the book and say you can enjoy playing with white.

Yes, exactly.

So let's have a look because I don't have a lot of time. Let's have— okay, that's too, too slow.

Uh, yeah, so another English.

I thought Vantika had beaten Irina in 2024 Olympia.

Yeah, I think she had to like win on demand to equalize the scores.

Yeah, some psychological advantage.

Yeah, I think Vantika is a very— how would I say— tough player.

Yeah.

Very persistent, very— I like her approach. I mean, she might be not as exciting as you put her, but she fights. She— I remember also in Batumi World Cup, she was, I mean, really, really putting like all of herself into the game, and I really like the attitude. Not many players, and certainly female players, have it like she has.

And was this the reason why you chose, like I don't know if you spoke about it, to not play Vaishali basically so that we get this matchup of Vantika versus Irina? Because Vaishali is resting today, which is in general—

She also lost yesterday. Correct. Maybe that was also one.

Yeah, I think that different factors also. This was the favorable matchup. I think Vantika wanted to play with Irina again. And Vaishali also, it gives her time, 2 days rest to fight, come back. I think she'll definitely come back in the event.

I think she's So we should remember, yeah, like where Shelly has this streak, like when she starts winning, yeah, she just keeps on winning and it doesn't stop.

So she won 5 in a row in the Candidates too.

Yeah, so maybe a rest and then 5 in a row. Okay, these are early days here and perhaps pretty well-known position.

That is standard position. White is slightly better here. It's not 0-0. I mean, the evaluation is 0-0, but It's not. Black has to be very accurate, in particular next two three four moves.

What do you think they do after knight d five here?

Come back with the bishop, maybe just take and d four.

Ah, nice.

So this is one idea.

But computer likes this position.

Computer likes this position.

There is one idea is to come back.

No, but then you're okay. b six has black and bishop b seven. Then you never have a problem.

Yeah, maybe some b4, but it's hard to get b4. Yeah, yeah, quickly.

Yeah, maybe you want Queen b1, Rook c1.

No, she would not.

Maybe Rook b1.

I don't think she would play Bishop because she would take on d5 and then to try something, maybe Rook c1. Yeah, yes, and then to play because computers may like it as black, but these positions are easier to play with white in general.

Okay, so last board, this is Savita Shree who is on 100% score. Oh, what? And she takes on Rose Atwell. I think people don't know Rose Atwell so well.

I know, she tweets so much. But she's excited. I mean, it's— I haven't been doing it sarcastically, ironically. She describes every her game, and you see that the girl is, is really devoted to chess. Yeah, I mean, I mean, every game she analyzes, she tries to find the critical moment and so on. And at her age, she's what, I don't know, 14 or something. No, yeah, I think, uh, she, she also has started beating strong players, but she still is inconsistent. She can play a very nice game versus 2400, but at times losing to 2100. So it's, it's still not the very— she's not a consistent player, but I see certainly potential. And what I like about her also is this, uh, she's really, really—

I mean, you can see her passion for Okay, yeah, and let's see how she decides.

Yeah, I think this line against her, she only plays the Catalan with white when she goes d4. So we specifically wanted to go for this line with knight d7 because knight c3 is an option here, but she has no experience in these lines. So yeah, we expected g3, and then this line, if you don't know, it's very hard to get anything with white. And I think Fabi played it in the Candidates And it's very fresh, and I think yeah, yeah, I think so. And I think he went for b six, but yeah, a six b five is I think even more principled. And I think because white didn't know what to do, I think black was able to get a comfortable position.

d five d five. It's a rematch here, or is this common in this?

No, I think it's. I didn't expect d five. I think it's not a common move.

Yeah, but then e5, bishop, bishop goes out, and knight e7 like happened. Yeah, and black has a fantastic position. That's sort of a position if black managed to take out all the pieces, it would just have a huge advantage.

Yeah, white is kind of blocked, that bishop on g2 as well.

If I were white here, I would consider maybe doing something on the kingside. I don't know, knight h4, knight g5, to try and undermine this f4.

I think this knight d2 and taking with the knight looks Maybe getting the knight to a5 and c6. Knight will come to e7, I think.

Yes, but yeah, but the knight on e7, it's not clear what you are threatening exactly.

Oh, this happened here.

Yeah, yeah.

BC four bishop C six DC six knight C four bishop C six rook C one.

So by the way, Emil, your first thoughts on this matchup between India and Uzbekistan?

Well, before the tournament, I actually shared with my friends that there are 3 candidates to win this tournament: these 2 and Germany.

Wow, not USA?

Yes.

Or are you saying that now after yesterday?

No, no, no, it's no, but Germany has a very— they don't have any weakness in their lineup as they have for the team competition the best because they are I mean, they have Kaimer, who is absolutely top player. They have Bluebaum, who is excellent to, you know, to extremely solid. Yeah. And they have young aggressive guys like Svane, for example. Yeah, they're very ambitious. Pay attention how many games Rasmus Svane or Frederik Svane, uh, were winning against the top players. They may not be consistent sometimes, but if, if they're in their top form, they can win just like A handful of games versus 2650, and so that's what's needed on last boards basically. The USA, it doesn't feel exactly like— I mean, first of all, how would I say it? They're not youngest team, and the Olympiad is very difficult competition. It's not because it's 11 rounds in 12 days, it's the whole atmosphere when you have a lot of people around, when it's not like a closed tournaments and you relax, you come and so on. It's packed, it's, it's a bit crampy, you know, you, you need, you need to—

Yeah, also when you enter in, go out, there are so many people.

Yeah, so it's different and there are people who are in a way spoiled to play, to play in this, contrary to European guys who played this all European Championships and so on. So, so it is, uh, it is a bit of a difference there and contrary to And and they are not young once again, let's say. Okay, of course, Aronian and Fabi already, let's say, this is good. Of course, they are strong team and they still can win it, but I would say that. Yeah, yeah, and also you, you could see the atmosphere, you know, always, always together going out, exchanging ideas. I met them when they're walking, they exchange some lines, and, and even, you know, even in the individual tournaments, I remember Grand Swiss here last year, you could see the same picture, Kai Mervis, Bluebaum, and then they had the assessment, they go, oh yeah, you saw together, right? So they're walking, and it, it's just you know, camaraderie, it helps. In particular when it's long tournament, it's Olympics, a lot of pressure, so it helps. And I definitely have a high regard for them, and, uh, I don't, I don't claim they will be winning, but I named them as, as one of the 3. But Uzbekistan still remains my favorite.

Yes, do you think like Uzbek team, in spite of the fact that they are a little bit outrated on the boards against India, Just the fact that it's a team tournament, they are like, according to you, slightly favorites, or?

No, not necessarily, but I mean, I'm not sure how rated exactly describes, you know, we all know what are disadvantages of rating system. If you look at the results, let's say Sindharth and Abhisator had much better results than Arjun, for example, for one year or even more.

For one, so I mean Sindaro is higher rated.

Oh, okay, already.

Yes, yes, yes.

So only if you talk about maybe the last rating of winning whose chess tournament ahead of anyone. Yes. And ratings do not always, let's say, because surprisingly for many years we knew that Indians do not have enough opportunities, no tournaments in India. But actually, you guys have now most opportunities of all.

Right.

You guys are always invited because Tata Steel is Indian, so you have more participants there. Now you have this tournament in Chennai, you have support locally, you have, uh, Mahindra Chess League where all the top players are invited. Okay, sometimes they decline, but they're invited. And sometimes people like to invite Indian players because they know that Sagar will come and many people will follow. So you guys now actually privileged. For 3,000 years you were not, but now you are.

So that's a good way to look at it.

No, but fair way, right? So, so, uh, so if we compare to that, for Uzbeki players it only starts to open up. Somebody like Madamida, I mean, he's amazing talent. How did he play in this US Chess and so on? And the guys play only 2600, but 1610. Okay, now maybe more a bit, but still. And, uh, and others as well. So, so I do not judge necessarily by rating. You need to play and gain your rating in open tournaments. If you need to go to, I don't know, Abu Dhabi Open and to try to squeeze 2400 players to get 3 points out of them, or 2.5, that's, that's a difficult story. So these all guys are very, very good. I mean, exceptional. Of course, Indian guys as well, but Local guys have this local, you know, they have local cars waiting for them to drive them to the hotel. They have all the trainers in the world to help them. They probably have the best help in terms of, I don't know, servers being here too. So it helps, you know, in chess.

We have these guys here. They are here for our Indian team, and Arjun seems like he has a good position, no?

Or yeah, I was Too talkative, sorry. Go ahead.

Yeah, but I think it was, uh, it's a very interesting point, uh, that you mentioned. And also Uzbek team came to India and won the Olympiad in '22. Yeah, so you know, uh, there's already a lot of history.

Yeah, but it was, you know, on the verge of one move basically. Yeah, in the Gukesh episode, I was standing right there when it was happening. I mean, it was, it was absolutely crazy game and a crazy match. But let's not forget the It was India 2, right?

Yes, India B team, not A team.

Yeah, I was hoping the Indian B team.

Yeah, yeah, it was B team.

So, Emil, you have a couple of minutes only, so I'm going to ask your thoughts on the position and your take on the match. Let's begin with Prague versus, uh, Norderbeck. This is the position. Yeah, very even.

Yes, yeah, like it's absolutely fine. I mean, nothing for White, of course, no problem at all.

You think? But it's difficult to say whether it will end in a draw or not, but like just equal.

Yeah, with these guys it's difficult because, you know, contrary to previous generation, I wrote about it, if you had this game in a game, I would not name 2 players before today, 35, 36, let's put it this way, it would almost— they would find a way to draw it somehow. These guys, they would find a way to, to complicate the matters. Maybe it will be a draw, but, but for sure they will pass a moment when someone will be winning or losing. I mean, they really, really are looking for ways not to play most solid or most safe option, but, but rather more challenging for opponent and sometimes for themselves. But, but I do not expect it to be that boring draw. Just mark it and let's discuss.

Okay.

You remember I told you about Diktarov versus Aronian?

With two days ago, when everybody said I have to tell you we have to Roman Detero had plus three advantage against Levon and I was thinking like Ukraine will really cause an upset. So I went out and Emil was with Mosesian there standing and I it was on the big screen this entire position and plus three for white and Emil said well it's going to be a tough fight it's not so easy and maybe things will turn around and it actually happened. Yeah, Levon won it. So I do feel like here also, as you said, there, there will be a fight.

There will be a fight. It will not be a boring draw.

Yeah, let's go to the next one. This one is Arjun versus Sindarov.

Well, here I can see the evaluation, which a bit impacts my assessment. But also, I mean, if I don't see evaluation, I don't understand what, what Black will do. Yeah, Knight f6 to Knight d5, probably.

What?

Yes, that's the only plan. No, it's White to play, but I mean, the only plan for Black is to brings the knight to d5. So yeah, maybe knight c3 like it suggests.

Like as a human without seeing the bar, do you think like Arjun would be feeling this is better for him?

For sure, which doesn't guarantee anything, right? But it's very competitive.

Maybe taking on a3 was allowing knight to c3 was Ah, taking was not good.

Okay, e5, but it's, yeah, difficult move.

Maybe Knight f6 is more solid just to try to—

Yeah, and to bring the knight. But you see, computer even didn't want to remove the bishop, right? He leaves his employee.

It increases now to 0.7.

Yeah, well, anyways, now White is better, but still very complex, so This is a board where India should definitely hope to score.

This is a good board. And then we go to the game of Nihal Sarin versus— by the way, just to show you Nihal's opening choice, it was a6. It then went into equality, I mean normal territory of the Queen's Gambit Declined. This is what we have right now.

Yeah, looks okay for black. I mean, it's a bit Passive, but otherwise no weaknesses. Knight go to d6. Knight e5 would be met by knight e7. Yeah, knight e6. I mean, typically Black doesn't really— I mean, um, when, uh, these Carlsbad structures were only discovered, it was considered that White is better always on minority attack and so on. But then Black learned quickly how to put the pieces, the knight up with all of the land on d6 controlling both e4 and c4 squares. So I think Nihal is comfortable, and Yakubov is very aggressive player, extremely aggressive, sometimes excessively aggressive. So I think it could also fire back here, so backfire here.

Interesting game.

So I wouldn't be surprised if Nihal ends up winning.

Really?

Wow.

Okay, and last one, some hot takes there. This one Draw?

Draw.

No chance. Yeah, yeah.

Okay, white can play a lot of moves, but it's nothing to really play for.

So actually, this is a good result for, uh, I mean, should be a good result for Uzbekistan. Black against Gukesh and drawing comfortably.

Yeah, Shamsuddin is a very solid player. I mean, he's a bit in the shadow of the brighter guys because, uh, you know, when you have Abdusattorov and when you have singles in that office, it's a bit difficult. But, but he's, he's also in his team, he's always a very, uh, how would I say, useful player who brings a lot of points or holds like when he— I would be very surprised, I would be very surprised to see it's in anything ending in anything that it was.

Well, I must leave you. Thank you so much for joining us and taking us through these games, and we hope that you will be back again at some point.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Guys, that was the CEO of FIDE, Emil Sutowski, joining us, raising the bar of the analysis for last 20 minutes. And, uh, maybe we could have it maybe EPS time. Ah, if you have time, maybe.

Sure.

Yeah. Ah, yeah, sure. And also a big shout out to Arjun and Sankal for being here, helping Team India, and becoming this amazing Support to the team. Thank you, bye.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you.

And we are joined here very interestingly as surprise guest in our stream by Mr. Timur Turlo.

Oh wow!

I'm taking your chair.

Yes. And this is you just arrived here.

Absolutely. I, yeah, um, I think it was already great. We had, uh, multiple meetings, um, a great lunch, and seen so much, uh, so strong support from different, uh, countries, uh, so much resonance, uh, about our ideas, uh, and, uh, I'm, uh, I'm actually very honored by By by by by by this support of multiple people, and and of course I think this this Olympiad is finally going great. It's a lot of great games. It's a good great organization. The biggest ever Olympiad now. So made so so much great people there. Great to have all the African delegates from great to have all delegates from all over the world. I think it's definitely should be remarkable, the biggest one and most remarkable and very interesting competition. I think very competitive selection.

Yeah, very exciting tournament going on and today you've come at the most exciting day, especially for you know the Indian and Uzbek fans.

Absolutely.

This is like the most biggest clash. Yeah, it's like finale before the finale in some ways.

Absolutely, absolutely. Most yeah, definitely the most interesting game of all tournament. Two two two two two actual favorites of of this race. I think all all the world will will take look at this broadcast. It definitely should be I think one of the most popular here.

Yeah, there are a lot of people who are here and who are following this. We had at the start of the day almost 9,000 people concurrently watching, and then, you know, as the day goes by, people drop in, drop out, and, and so on. So, uh, how are you feeling about this encounter? Do you— I mean, you love chess a lot.

Yes, absolutely.

You're not very strong as a player, right? Absolutely. But you, you kind of sense, uh, the rivalry in the air, the India and Uzbekistan And just your thoughts on this entire, these two superpowers in the world of chess.

Absolutely, it's it's it's it's it's great because both nations has so much young talents and so much potential. And even despite this Olympiad, which still is extremely competitive, and nobody will know the results till the very end. And in my opinion, even after this. game. Nobody will know what, what, how it will end up, uh, but, uh, the only one obvious, you will still become stronger and stronger over time because the team is young.

Correct.

And, and, and, uh, and I think it's also, it's a lot of youth talents in Uzbekistan, and, and, and not nonetheless in India, it's also a huge amount of young talents. That's what is, uh, I think each country want to have so much young talents like India have. I think that's, that's definitely— now, uh, this Olympiad, uh, uh, should be great. And India definitely in the prime era now. So the, the champion of the world, uh, the acting champion is Indian. Now the Indian team on Olympiad is a favorite, uh, and, uh, the more competition will come, uh, and then the next year will Will be even more great for chess, and the next Olympic team will be even more great for India.

Yeah.

So that will just just continue.

You know, I think in chess, like there were always a lot of talents in chess in Uzbekistan, in many countries, but there were not so many resources in chess five six years back. So I mean, thanks to you, thanks to other people who are bringing in this much resources in chess, I think the talents are now shaping up to become top players.

Absolutely. And it's it's great to have. Uh, uh, it's, it's great to create this inspiration because sometimes you just need to make a push and then everything is becoming sustainable. And in my opinion, that's a very big mistake that such great game with such great club of people had so less, so few sponsors. Uh, that's just unfair because if you're buying, uh, now if as a commercial partner, if you can build the sponsorship and get access to such multimillion audience of such great club of people with so small amounts of money. It's just not fair. Now it's a, it's a huge commercial opportunity, and I'm sure that now after some examples, now we just— a lot of commercial sponsors just realized that it's great to partner up, and it's great to have Salesforce from the United States, Google, different big companies. I know that there's big companies in India already स्पONSर्ड चेस, ना बट लाइक एंड वी ऑल नो दिस गेम्स, दिस नेम्स, एंड एंड दे ही बिल्ड अ ग्रेट रेपुटेशन स्पONSरिंग चेस, क्योंकि नाउ आई थिंक इवन पीपल इन इंडिया बिलीव दैट दिस दिस दिस बिज़नेसेस इस बिज़नेस हु अप्रिशिएट इंटेलेक्चुअल पीपल, हु अप्रिशिएट इंटेलिजेंस, एंड थिंक League.

So Tech Mahindra is a big company that's supporting, and I think you yourself and Freedom has supported chess in a big way. I remember that I was in Kazakhstan, uh, back in 2024 World Rapid and Blitz teams, and I think we had spoken, and at that point you had said in the— it's in an interview— that actually chess is something that you see has a lot of potential to invest into. And I think you've been doing that Over the last couple of years in a step-by-step way, I think.

Yes, and then which is more more great, a lot of other companies started to join us on this wave. That's that's a perfect actually because we see how this potential is growing and how competition in in sponsorship is is growing. And and I am still believes that it was my my best decision to start to sponsor chess. That still has a great potential, and just sometimes people just need an inspiration. They they need someone to to start this this movement, and I think that the movement is already started. We have to continue. We need to bring more. We need to to to when I'm talking about development fund of FIDE, it should be consistent. It should be many years tried. Not maybe not a huge. Amount of money, but every year, to, to, to, to make, to make it sustainable, to grow the streets. Uh, because when the sponsors will see now the stability, they will join us and they will— I think we will see more, more and more stronger competition.

Amazing. Timur, finally I have to ask you, there are, there are 4 or 5 days left to the PDA elections. Today is going to be also the Bermuda Party. How is your Next few 4-5 days, what, what are you going to do here? If you can share with our viewers.

I'm going to meet delegates, make one-on-one meetings, lunches, conversations. So that's all about, that's all about conversations, that's all about networking, that's all about sharing and exchanging ideas, explaining my vision and showing my track record. So what I actually achieved and why Uh, they might have a reason to trust me.

Well, amazing. Thank you so much for joining us. It was a pleasure to have you, and we wish you all the best for the upcoming elections.

Thank you, guys.

Timur Turlu, the CEO and Managing Director of Freedom Group, also running for the FIDE presidential, uh, elections. A lot of things happening here. And you know, we have had some insane guests, sir. In the last 20 minutes or 30 minutes, we have had, uh, Timo Turlow, Emil Sutowski, the 2 seconds of the Indian team. And I am actually, you know, I didn't have this planned. There are planned people who are also going to come here, so I'm actually very excited for this.

But who is coming by planned?

The team member of India who's going to come us, come to us and join us. No way!

No way!

Let's go!

Bye!

For the big clash. Hopefully, we'll find time. I would love. I hope he's not too nervous back home because he's following. But he said if things are all fine, he will join us.

That would be amazing.

Okay, let's very quickly, Harshit bhai, if you can break down couple of games, I will just be back in a minute.

Sure, sure.

So.

If you can, uh, start off with the Prague game. Oh my God, by d5!

Wow!

Oh, but at least one minute.

Hello guys, Prague has just broken in the center with this move, pawn to d5. I will just bring out the chat so I can See all of you guys. Pawn to d5. Okay, last two moves. देखते हैं। Prague played rook to e8, knight c4, and Prague found the best move, guys. Bishop takes c4 is the best move in the position. Not so easy to give up the bishop, but the idea is to get this move d5. And now Nodirbek Abdusattarov needs to play an only move to not get worse. Prag is starting cool moves here because if e takes d5, we are not going to take back c takes d5, but we are going to play this intermediate move pawn to e4, which hits the white knight on f3. And once the knight moves, then we take on d5 with the c pawn, and this is actually slightly better for black. So d5 is a very cool move. Look at Abdusattorov; he's completely locked in now because he needs to go back with the bishop. Guys, these guys are here for us. अरे थैंक यू सो मच GPS Itis for your super chat. So d5 played and bishop d3 is the move that Abdusattorov needs to find and then. Why Prag can take, take, knight takes e4. He has to take rook takes e4, and this game is getting really complex because plug Prag can take on d4 and play an equal position. But he has the option of going pawn to f5.

Oh boy!

And this is really complicated, guys, because it's a forcing sequence of moves. And now if Abdusattorov thinks that he has to go back. Well, he's just much worse after e4. Black has these two pawns, f4 coming in. So he needs to calculate this and find rook takes e5. And after knight takes knight takes, realize that he has good compensation. Sorry, d takes e5. But guys, Prague is in the driver's seat right now. Very good news for Team India as Prague found the move pawn to d5.

Let's go.

Vamos. Okay, so Prague is doing well. Is there anything else that we can think about? What if D takes E five? अरे प्रागो पे guys. D takes E five अगर खेला यहाँ पे नॉर्डिरबेक ने। अरे you have a guest.

Hello!

Wow, we have we have a tiger in the Indian team, but we have a tiger here as well. Bye! I'm a bit scared now.

Hello!

Hello.

What's your name?

Real name or mascot name?

Mascot name.

Han.

Han.

Guys, we have Han the Tiger with us and suddenly.

Oh man! Are you are you like the mascot of this event?

Yeah.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I am Han.

What's your name?

Han.

Han.

Yes.

Bye. आत्री मोटेजर। थैंक यू, थैंक यू सो मच। वाओ, सो अमेजिंग टू हैव हान हियर। हर्षित भाई। यस। यू फेल्ट अ बिट स्केड आई थिंक। अ बिट या। हर्षित भाई वाज लाइक, भाई इधर तो मैं कॉमेडी कर रहा था। मिसिंग टाइगर आ गया भाई। ओह माय गॉड इस इस प्रकु बेटर। भाई ही फाउंड अ क्रेजी sequence of moves.

He took on c4.

Go there. Let's come back to our original position panel and look at this, guys.

The last 2 moves by Prag, taking on c4 and boom, d5.

Wow.

And d5, if you take here, Prag was going to push the pawn and take back. So that's the reason why Nodirbek decided to— has he made his move?

Has decided to think.

Oh, can we look at what is the scene like, you know, over there? Let's see if we can, uh— oh, oh wow, so many people!

Very intense.

Love the tiger was here. Everybody started saying Vishy the Tiger.

Oh, Vishy the Madras Tiger.

Yeah.

Wow!

Thank you, Anil, for your super chat. Oh, how was it until now, Sagar? What is the update? Can you?

Hi, look at this.

Look at this very quickly.

We have something truly special to see here, guys, because we've been showing you the players, the entire intensity of their faces. But now you can see like the mahol. It feels like the Prague and Arjun are feeling the energy, and they are doing a really good job on boards one and two.

Prague, I was mentioning, is in the driver's seat. If you go to Arjun's board, just to show what's happening. I mean, okay, we'll bring the board back.

But भाई जाएंगे ना बोर्ड पे। No, did he take?

Yes. No.

Prague is better now.

Prague comes in.

Let's go.

He takes d five played. Prague needs to play the intermediate move pawn to e four now. Praghu, who won yesterday against Anish Giri, playing with the black pieces against Nodirbek is slightly better. Look at, look at Fabi there behind. All eyes on this match, guys. Pawn to e4.

Absolutely, for all the journalists, for everyone.

And he played it.

Oh, was the most natural move, right, with the white pieces. And this is the moment which I love that you make your opponent play a move looks natural and feels normal, and but it is not.

Yeah, but Prag is like saying कि भाई आज तो मजे करने हैं. We have to fight hard. He pushes the pawn. He's better already.

With black, where does the white knight go?

Well, the white knight has to come ahead, right? Knight e5. That makes the most sense.

c takes d5. Look at how black pawns. Have advanced to E4 and A4. Prague OP says code breaker.

Okay, but now the question is whether you take the knight on E5, whether you take the pawn with this pawn or the knight. Sir, ये pawn.

I think C takes D5 is very nice because you are already attacking the bishop and you strengthen the central pawn.

Yes, absolutely. Knight says मारते तो then it was hanging. Okay, one question is if Where does this bishop go?

If the bishop goes back, no, you're losing a pawn, Amruta.

So then you have to make an intermezzo, otherwise you lose this pawn. So knight takes g6 is a must. This or this?

No, no, g6.

No, I'll show. I know very well Amruta's doubt. If you take here, knight will come back.

Yeah, you cannot.

And then maybe a little bit of problem.

I agree with you. So that's why you have to not get attracted to Take the bishop for all those who love love the bishops.

Yes, you have to not get attracted to unnecessary pleasures like going to Bermuda party and go to bed tonight on time. Bishop F one. Bye, Arshid. Bye, Ad. You have to be focused and maybe we can discuss a bit about how to be like after the stream.

What all to do?

You always been you always been saying you wanted to spend time with me. Where we can discuss about the future.

हर्षित भाई recap भी करना है recap के बाद आज का तो दिन half day बहुत कुछ share करने में best hundred tactics we can make from Olympia by हर्षित भाई on this Pranga correct yes आज ही सब कुछ आज करेंगे भाई crazy crazy Okay, oh, 9,500 of you watching, guys.

Knight to e5 has been played by Nodirbek, and Pragg needs to find the move c takes d5. He is locked in, he's focused.

Okay, can I ask you one more question? If you take c takes d5, Knight g6, hg6, Bishop f1, now the engine says that Black is better. Okay, can you break this Up? Like, why Black is better?

Well, I think it's one of, one of the biggest reasons is the pawns on d5 and e4. And the problem is White cannot easily challenge those pawns because when you play c4, Amruta, your d4 pawn becomes weak. And the knight on f6 already is making sure that the pawn on e4 is overprotected. The pawn on d5, as you highlighted, is also protected. And I think this space advantage is the reason why Black is slightly better.

So are you saying if the position gets opened up, then white will flaunt the bishop?

Yes, of course, Amruta. If the position opens up, it would be very good for white. But guys, I have one question for you. If rook e c eight and white is worried that black will play a three, so plays a three. It is black to play. What is your move? How do you take advantage of the newly created weakness?

I love this question.

Tricky, tricky, guys. Do not fall for his tricks.

And Tik Pitan has a Super Chat. Uh, thank you for the stream, guys. Enjoying my evenings with great commentary and games. Keep it up. Thank you so much.

Thank you, thank you guys for following. It's thanks to you that we have been able to do this.

Uh, and yes, and nobody is falling for the trick, so today even the chat is Super alert, very focused and has a lot of energy.

Sagar, yes, D four is the correct answer.

Well done, guys who found it.

And that is the energy and focus needed. Wow, Amruta, that's very right. And by the way, there is one message that Dev Soni says. Sagar bhai के shirt का link चाहिए. तो अमृता ने ये already सोच लिया था. तो उन्होंने link description में डाल दिया है. If anyone wants to check out. It's the same shirt. You can have it as well.

I don't deserve that praise actually because in GCL, Sagar was wearing the shirt and many people said we want the shirt. So अभी लिंक डाला हुआ है. Sagar has been wearing it for two months and now you'll get two months मतलब ऐसा every day नहीं पहनता था मैं. Of course मतलब the shirt came in his life.

Okay guys, Prague is slightly better.

Yeah.

Should we quickly check what is up? By the way, I'm just very curious. Curious if my this view is working. Oh nice, working beautifully. But there I I don't know if this is working because इसमें China का team आ गया है। किसका चाहिए तुमको? नहीं कोई बात नहीं। नहीं but चाहिए किसका वो तो बता। No let's do this one.

This is nice. No it's fine.

And there is one table one. Ah we have it. Wait wait wait. Ah, here we have. Oh, oh, here it is. Oh, and then we have. Sorry, sorry. But मुझे भी बताओ। Oh, number two, Chawo Kir Sindhar. भाई, Arjun Ari Gaisi better.

Yes, भाई. We have advantages on our top two boards. Prag is better and Arjun is also better because we left it here. He took on D five with the bishop.

We left it here.

Bishop.

We left it here. Takes knight d five, and now an amazing move by Ajubai. This was not.

How did he just take such a bold decision?

Incredible.

Impossible for me to think of giving that bishop, man.

Yeah, उन्होंने मार दिया। Because the thing is after giving up the bishop, he's then immediately capturing the light squared bishop of black. On B five, and after Rook takes A three, White clearly has a protected pass pawn on the C file. And I think this is the reason why White has a small edge.

It's very similar to what Prag has. Remember, Amruta Prag has also advanced pawns. Arjun also has advanced pawns. It's not a huge edge, but it's definitely something worth fighting for. And you know, here you can start pushing, putting pressure on this. You can start Putting pressure on this pawn. This pawn could at the right time start moving ahead. We have lot of things.

Lot of things.

These small edges really matter. Like guys, in life, let's say you can do some amazing education. You'll get qualified with flying colors and all. But imagine you also have a small edge where you can say in an interview that I have played chess for last ten years. I'm a 1500 where I have played chess for ten years. Online, it's definitely a small edge. You should keep doing that.

Right, for sure.

नहीं right भी बोलना है साहब। तुमको बोलना है no अमृता it's a big edge.

No I think it's a small edge. I agree with you.

Small edge ही है being fifteen hundred as a chess player.

By the way guys we should now also quickly take a look at the women's section.

भाई एक मिनट पहले एक round up खत्म कर दें ये Small age, small age.

अरशिद भाई अपनी ही दुनिया में जी रहे हैं। नहीं भाई। आज बरमुडा पार्टी के thoughts में। भाई नहीं मैं games देख रहा था। So just going to Nihal.

Yeah I think Nihal is is doing quite fine. He has a time advantage of twenty minutes. Very solid position.

And actually Emil gave a good insight here. He said that या Kubo often gets ambitious and sometimes over-pushes, and that could happen here.

And I actually think Black has a clear plan. It's unclear what White wants because the plan of b4, b5 no longer exists. White simply— Black simply wants to go Knight to d6 and play h5, h4 and create play on the kingside. So I actually think that Nihal has very easy play.

And Krishna Pandit—

Well, the rook on Akrishna पंडित सेस कीप अप द गुड वर्क ऑन द कवरेज कुडोस मेंबर फॉर 57 मंथ्स थैंक यू सो मच आई थिंक अमृता देन व्हेन द नाइट विल गो हियर इट विल प्रोटेक्ट द स्पॉन और द रुक विल कम बैक दैट इज़ मेबी द पॉइंट बट हर्षित भाई तू योर पॉइंट मेबी द नाइट विल कम दिस वे एंड ट्राई टू पुट मच प्रेशर निहाल इस डूइंग वेरी वेरी फाइन ऑन हिज बोर्ड अराउंड इक्वल सो वी हैव एज ऑन टू बोर्ड्स इक्वल ऑन थर्ड एंड गुकेश अगेंस्ट वॉकिडोव आई थिंक दिस गेम इस आल्सो लाइकली गोइंग टू एंड इन अ ड्रॉ बट यू कैन सी हाउ गुकेश इस कंपलीटली फोकस्ड हियर राइट ही इज़ नॉट गोइंग टू ट Yeah, I think, uh, I'm sure the other team members are, you know, smart enough and strong enough to understand that Mukesh will keep the game going, but it's very— it's going to be very hard for him to actually win the game.

True.

So I think we can basically count on the 3rd and 4th boards being around equal at the current situation, and we are expecting one win from our top 2 players. And I think that means that the Indian team has Found one feet advantage in the race right now.

Yeah, but that's a good, that's a good calculation. Roundup में right now India is pushing. Yeah, we can say Indian team has the initiative.

Yeah, I was also surprised that I used to think that third and fourth board would push, one and two will be solid, पर उल्टा हो गया। One and two are pushing.

Yeah.

Okay, so onwards to women board.

Let's do it.

So let's go to our women's board because India versus USA. Is a very important clash. Yeah, and I'm going to take you to first the senior Carissa Yip. Does she have? Ah, okay.

She has so much like Maroczy Bind, but the only thing is white does not have the pawn on e4. Hence, it's not Maroczy Bind.

And white just played the move queen to b3. And you were mentioning, Amruta, how white does not have the pawn on e4, which generally. Controls the d5 square, and I do wonder and believe that this is a better version of the hedgehog for black because now rook fd8 and the break of d5 comes much more naturally.

So, but do you think you have to have a look at b5 takes takes bishop b5? No, nothing there. And if directly d5 because you mentioned there is no e4. Directly d5. Interesting, because if you take here, Knight d5 also. I was wondering e4, e5 later, bishop is open.

I think, I think both sides would like to just, uh, develop right now. Rook fd8 and, uh, slowly improve and not commit to a decision, because I think a move like d5 is, uh, is kind of against this whole system that Black is playing, which is a flexible system. The Hedgehog Opening, known to become— be quite flexible. So this game is complex. I wouldn't say white is better. I wouldn't say white is worse. It's just a dynamic position.

Going to Divya's board, time is not updated, but the position is.

Wow! Divya actually managed to have a fine position because Amruta, we were analyzing and we thought that Alice Lee has an advantage after this. But Divya found Bishop E six. Harshibhai, best move.

She found Bishop E six, which is a Very good sign.

And the threat is bishop f8 winning here. So that's why she took.

Rook takes and queen e8 is a fine move here, putting pressure on the pawn on e4.

Let's go, Divya!

Yeah, and if f3, we also have ideas connected with knight to d5. That would be just epic, you know.

So weak, right?

But e4 is hanging, Amruta. e4 is hanging. How do you save it? So actually, Harshit bhai's point is very valid.

See one 94, bishop e4, rook e4.

And your pressure— by the way, there is a very interesting move, pawn push, because if you take, bishop f4 could happen potentially. But she plays rook b1, and now rook d8, 94. Divya looks equal.

I think Divya has equalized, and I think very likely this game going to end in a draw.

Okay, but no, but if because if Divya wins a four, no, or something like that, she might have an outside passer.

Yeah, I think I think this game will likely end in a draw.

Let's see where this goes. Yeah, but also let's quickly check. We had the insights of a second Arjun Kalyan who said that one of the ideas, one of the reasons to rest Vaishali, not the only one, was to also give Vantika the chance to. Play again against Irina because she had a good score with him, with with her.

Yes. But you know also we were analyzing this exact line where black plays knight d five and after bishop d two b six and Emil mentioned that this shouldn't give white a lot of chances. But Vantika has has some words to argue because she plays the move pawn to d four and is now trying to break open the position.

Take.

Knight takes d5.

No, no, no.

Knight takes d5.

He takes. I was thinking if does queen takes work? Oh, it's a blunder.

Yeah, queen takes is a big blunder.

Knight d4 or g5?

Yeah, knight takes d4. Queen takes d4. Bishop takes c6. Rook to b8 and bishop f4 just wins the black rook on b8. And okay, this is what Vantika has.

In her mind, but let's see what Irina responds back with. We have very pleasant memories of commentating with Irina Krush at the Global Chess League, but now she's a player. Just goes to show what a multi-talented person she is. But today, Vantika is putting pressure on her with her last move. But as always, Vantika is 21 minutes down on the clock.

Yeah, but I don't think, uh, we are gonna be worried with that because we know that she always takes her time. She handles it. This is a key game. This is a very important game for us as Rose Atwell takes on Savitha Shree, and Savitha is playing with the black pieces. She is a pawn up. Castles, Rook c1, Knight c8, and white gets Knight a5, Queen to e2. Some compensation For sure, white's position actually, Harshit bhai, because pressure here, pressure here.

If you lose a pawn, you will suddenly be worse, right? So I, I.

What if knight a four over here?

Knight a four. And if the bishop goes back, bishop a one.

And then bishop b eight. You will go knight c six.

Yeah.

Yeah. Knight c six.

Bishop takes.

You have to take, right?

Yeah. No, I thought I can move the queen also.

No, but you're doing it right. Take, rook takes.

No, no, d takes.

D takes. Ah, d takes. That spoils the structure, right?

Or yeah, but I mean, I think we control some important squares and we are also going to win the e5 pawn. So after queen e2, I don't think that black is better. I do think white has enough compensation for equality.

The match is very even. It's very, very head-to-head. India versus USA in the women's section. It's time for us to head back to the men's section. But I must say, Harshit bhai, if we had to choose the neurofocus move of the day, it has to be Prag's d5. Yes, let's go there and let's show our viewers what we were talking about. It was this moment in the game of Pragnananda, where he took on c4, bishop c4, and found this move d5. Pawn to d5. It was an epic move, and this, dear friends, is the neuro focus moves of the day. अच्छा भी खाओगे?

Oh wow!

Timing, timing. Everything needs a timing.

Yeah, I understand.

And Talking about timing, it was the perfect time to play this move pawn to d5 and then push the pawn to e4. Bishop goes back to f1. Rook e7. I love this small developing move by Prag. Goes queen to c6. And guys, the evaluation is sometimes changing by 0.2, but I don't think that the nature of the position is changing because black is always going to have this static advantage of expansion. Of space, and the question is how will Prag use the space in his favor? I was thinking 98, 96 is always a good idea, just making sure that white doesn't get the c4 break, and also giving us the potential idea of pushing f5 and f4. This could be a very cool idea.

F5, f4.

Oh wow! But then what is?

But I think if you go 98, the moment you go 98, c4 is coming. I think.

Yeah, she's played Queen c6 last move.

Not she, he.

Sorry. Why shall he? Yeah, so what if right away c4 is played? Because I think this is the move every moment you have to consider.

Yeah, I think it's a, it's a, it's, it's already a good idea for White to play c4 to just try and, uh, challenge Black's black central pawns.

Also, COD has asked B5 first before we. Did we get so many help chess?

Yeah, just a small bit of thirty seconds I need to take. Okay. Because five to six people have contributed on helpchess.org for the next set of talents of Indian chess. Jog, thank you so much. One thousand and one. Neeraj Kumar, one hundred. प्रसाद नटराजन 500, अरुणलाल 1000, देवेंद्र धवाले 5000, पॉन पटाका 101, प्रतीक हरीश, बिशब बरोसे थैंक यू ऑल फॉर कंट्रीब्यूटिंग एंड फॉर सपोर्टिंग मीनवाइल नॉर्थरबैक अब्दुसत्तरोव हैज प्लेड सी फोर हर्षित भाई वाइल वी डिड गेट एक्साइटेड फॉर प्राग आई डू फील दैट नॉर्थरबैक सातरोव विल कीप थिंग्स अंडर कंट्रोल। ही प्लेट सी फोर, ओके। ही इज़ पुलिंग द ब्रेक्स। व्हाट इफ़ वेरी फर्स्ट क्वेश्चन? आई थिंक सी फाइव, सी फाइव। अमृता, मेबी यू हैव टू बी अ बिट वर्रीड, या अबाउट दिस मूव। बट यू नो?

सी सिक्स। आई एम चैलेंजिंग यू हैव टू गो रुक सी वन, करेक And here if I take, then you are taking with the queen. But am I not getting these passes? Like, I don't know, Rook c5, Rook c5 takes d4.

Oh wow, wow, wow!

Look at this.

If you go back after after Rook c1, after Rook c1, yes. If black plays the move Knight d7 here, just you can show the arrow white to play. What could be a cool idea for white here? Or maybe I'm miscalculating something. I might be miscalculating something.

Okay, my idea was bishop a six, bishop a six, rook c seven, cb six. Yeah, yeah. Queen c two, bc seven. Exactly, exactly.

Well done, well done, guys.

Wow, this is so cool.

I have started to understand Harshit Pai well, so I knew that there is some trap here.

Yes, let's go.

Well done, well done.

Amazing tactic. 2700 played.

Wait, he did not go c4.

He plays b3. Oh, he didn't play. I thought he played c4.

Even I thought he had played c4.

No, no, no, we were analyzing it and this, uh, is, uh, a game where Arjun— well, Prag is slightly better, but Arjun has gotten a very nice advantage, I think.

ओह लेट्स गो टू अर्जुन। अर्जुन। हाय। इस टाइगर भी आके गया इधर गाइस। टाइगर का इमोजी हो जाए एक बार। बिशब एफ सिक्स, बिशब ई थ्री, क्वीन डी सेवन। but a four not the best move। but guys the way I see it black has an outside passer। अर्जुन has c passer। but अर्जुन's bishop is very bad on e three at this point। uh black has an isolated pawn on d five And b5 is better here.

Well, b5 is very weak, and, uh, the bishop on e3 is actually a good, good piece because it protects the pawn on d4.

And also active piece, but it's obviously not a good bishop.

Well, because the bishop on f6 is also just eyeing towards nothing.

Sometimes you have to, you have to kind of put the bishop in a way that it limits opponent's possibilities. And then you go and expand. So Queen b4, you play here Rook a1. This, this is what I was thinking that we can do. I can sense that this bishop is like, you know, Harshit bhai, it's, uh, it's like this piece or the family member who is sacrificing their own life so that others can fly.

Exactly. And I think the pawn on c5 is the pawn that's gonna fly down the board at Also, the rook.

The rook can come here. The queen can go here. It does look like an incredibly interesting position, but you have to be very accurate as Arjun. You can't— I mean, whether to take or not.

I think we shouldn't.

I think if we take on a4, we are giving black this extra, uh, passed pawn on the a-line. I think a good move here could be rook b1, and you're waiting for black to take the pawn on b3. Because if you do, I'm gonna take back on b3 with the a-rook, and suddenly the pawn on b5 is just under tremendous pressure.

And by the way, a very interesting super message by Manasvi says, all the best. By the way, huge supporter of Indian chess, 62 months a pillar of Indian chess.

So good.

That's more than 5 years. Yeah. All the best to Indian team. They will bring their best form against the most important match of the tournament. Let's hope so. Right now, भाई अजूबा ही को सब लोग बोल रहे थे भाई form में आएंगे नहीं आएंगे अर्जुन is like guys रुको जरा मैं हूँ यहाँ पे it is not for any other reason than अर्जुन has crossed 2800 before he is feeling the energy right now he is looking how to take advantage against the world championship challenger yeah and I think you know In the beginning rounds, it was clear to us that Arjun needs to come back in shape for rounds like this.

These are the kind of rounds and matches that we need Arjun Irigesi in the best shape. Pawn to a4. The question is whether he will find this move rook to b1. This calm little move here that is going to give him a nice edge.

I have one question. If today Arjun beats Javokir, You know, Bhukesh will be like, Ajubhai, next World Championship match तक program क्या है भाई?

आपका जरा थोड़ा आजा भाई हमारी team में थोड़ी देर practice practice करते। Yeah, I mean, you know, as much as Bhukesh would love to have Arjun in the team, I think you know Arjun has his own aspirations of playing in the World Championship match.

But he could help Bhukesh. I mean, would be surprising if you ask. For help, generally people like in world championship matches they take sides sometimes. They don't go for like elongated times for camps and all, but could very well help for like one idea, one game, one practice match or few practice matches. So I'm pretty sure that Arjun there is rooting for Gukesh. Correct. In the match. Okay, guys, I hope that oh with it by. का यू नो विदित पाई का भी टाइमिंग एकदम सॉलिड है ऐसे बोल रहे थे कि लेट्स सी लेट्स सी हाउ द मैच डेवलप्स वी विल ही विल डिसाइड बिकॉज़ गाइस रिमेम्बर विदित इस दैट काइंड ऑफ़ ग्लू टू द टीम इमेजिन सम गेम एंड्स दे में वांट टू स्पीक विद विदित अबाउट व्हाट हैपन्ड एंड सो ऑन सावधति हैज़ एन नाइस मैसेज फॉर अस मेंबर फॉर 62 मंथ्स प्रेडिक्टिंग 3-1 अनदर ओजी मेंबर प्रेडिक्टिंग 3-1 फॉर इंडिया ग्रेट वर्क एस ऑलवेज़ गैस थैंक यू सो मच 5:38 मिनट्स फॉर अर्जुन गैस डोंट डोंट गेट वर्रीड जस्ट बिकॉज़ अर्जुन इज़ लुकिंग अवे फ्रॉम फ्रॉम द बोर As right, Niall किधर है?

He is walking. Niall Sarin is walking and he is putting a lot of pressure on Yakubov's clock. Twenty-two moves are done. Twenty-eight minutes for Yakubov and he needs to make twenty-eighteen more moves to reach the time control.

I'm just checking with these cameras where we are heading and we have this one dedicated to this match, but it's a little bit on the delayed side. So we are not getting the live pictures from this one.

Yeah, you can see a lot of people wandering around this this top match. You could see Gavin Jones there, one of the top players from England. Fabi was there, and now what do you think about his move F3?

And maybe he's getting ambitious there.

Well, I think he just wants to control the E4 square. I I think with the Manuor Knight C8, Knight D6, Nihal Has made sure that white doesn't get the e four advance, and at some point Nihal might want to go h four h three himself if he starts feeling ambitious. So you know I like Nihal's board because this is a board where Nihal can change the character of the position based on the other player's situation.

Nihal ऐसे गाड़ी चला रहा है and he's like ऐसा turn मारने का option है but he's like सीधा चला रहा हूँ moment is some problem he can take a turn और वो धीरे चला रहा है गाड़ी He's not going very, very quickly so that he misses the turn.

He's making sure that he has that option. Because on board number 4, on Gukesh's board, I do think that the option of taking turns has passed. I think that on Gukesh versus Shamsiddin's board, we have, uh, we have a very, very equal endgame where Gukesh is pressing because black has this weak pawn on c6. But on the other hand, white also has doubled pawns on e2 and e3. And I don't think just this one weakness of black of the pawn on c6 will be enough to win.

But I love Gukesh's pose though. By कैसे बैठा है वो? He is sitting like as if पूरा focus.

Well, because pre-match it was clear that Gukesh has to press.

Pre-match.

Now the situation has changed. Now the players who are going to put pressure are on Boards one and two. So actually, Gukesh can relax a little bit because the pressure and the weight has been taken away from his shoulders by our top two players.

Right.

And we have a news coming. Let's go. We have the man of the moment on our way. We will have. So four guys are fighting.

Yeah.

In the venue. The fifth guy. Is going to join us here. The one and only VD is coming here, and we are very excited to have him. So भाई मैं जाके उनको लेके आता हूँ क्योंकि he doesn't know exactly where to come. Sure sure sure हाँ. So maybe I will कौन सा game आपको लगता है आप पांच मिनट तक बात कर सकते हो so that you don't have to change too many cameras. Yeah, Arjun.

Can I see if Arjun made a move just to see?

Okay, no.

Frog's game.

I think he has made a move.

Yeah.

Ten thousand of you watching, and you are going to have a treat as we are going to get our Indian team member joining us just in a few minutes from now. विदित विल बी ज्वाइनिंग अस फॉर सम टाइम। बाय द वे, वी हैव क्वाइट अ फ्यू मूव्स ऑन नॉर्डरबेक वर्सेस प्राग्स बोर्ड, एंड वी लेफ्ट इट हियर व्हेन क्वीन सी सिक्स एंड बी थ्री वाज प्लेड। प्राग डिसाइडेड टू टेक ए टेक्स बी थ्री एंड प्ले द मूव पॉन्ड टू बी फाइव। एंड व्हाइट प्ले And now I feel what is happening is that we are getting a lot of exchanges. Black is going to take the pawn on c4. White will take the pawn on c4. If white takes the pawn on c4 again, queen takes c4, and we reach this endgame. Well, if black decides to trade, where it's I mean on paper slightly more comfortable for black, but I think it's actually getting closer to equality. So guys. Prague's board might be heading towards some sort of a draw. Actually, he had a small edge, but Abdusattorov found this cool idea of going b3 and then to go c4. And after takes, takes, this is the live position on the board right now. Wait, yeah, b takes c4. Prag is thinking whether to take the pawn on c4. I think he should for sure, because yeah, he takes the pawn on c4. Cannot allow white to get c5. I think both players in some ways know that this is a very, very equal position. You can see Jawahir there is walking, keeping an eye on this board. I wonder if any of these players would offer a draw as Prague looks on all the other boards. Maybe, just maybe, here after a takes b3, a takes b3, this move knight to e8 could have been a challenging move. And if c4, to then go for boom, pawn to f5. But of course, it's very hard to find this. Very hard to find this. Prag thinks that the team is doing quite well and decides to go for this equal position. Takes the pawn on C four. Gukesh now is also walking, looking on the other boards. So draw lag raha hai guys. Board one pe. Board one it feels like Prag's game with the black pieces might be ending in a draw, which is a good result. Which is a good result because then Ajubhai with the white pieces would need to strike. Because with black, I mean, Prag, you know, he's playing against Abdusattarov with black. A draw is considered to be a very good result. Oh, oh, this match is going to go down to the wire if प्रग ड्रास, गुकेश ड्रास। येस्टरडे वी हैड रिजल्ट्स ऑन बोर्ड वन एंड फोर। टुडे बोर्ड वन एंड फोर आर गोइंग तू बी अ ड्रा और द बोर्ड्स इन द मिडिल, टू एंड थ्री, विल बी विल बी वेरी टेंस। प्रग रिएक्टेड? वेल, आई काइंड ऑफ़ फील लाइक यू नो बाय द एक्सप्रेशंस ऑफ़ प्रग, ही हैज Unless something, something very drastic happens, I think this game is likely to end in a draw. Prag drinking some water there. Uh, I will keep the— this camera of Prag and just to quickly show you what's happening on Arjun's board as well. Well, no moves by Arjun just yet. Arjun has not made his move yet, guys. The move Arjun needs to find which will give him a nice advantage is Rook to b1. Rook to b1 is the move. You're just waiting and asking Black, what's your idea? Because if you take rook takes b3, we saw that this is a big edge for white. If black plays a move like h6, let's say for example, now we can take the pawn on a4, and after b takes a4, rook to b4, and you can see how we are nicely putting pressure on the pawn on a4. We can even play the move queen to d1 with a similar idea, and the thing is that this pawn on a4 Is not supported by another pawn. Whereas if you consider white's pawns, the pawn on c5 is supported by the pawn on d4, and this is the key reason why Arjun is better. And he plays rook e a one. Okay, rook e a one played by Arjun, which is a great move. Great move by Arjun. In fact. Rook b1, say Rook ea1 might be a better move. And Jaukir is under pressure on board number 2. Jaukir is under pressure. He plays a move quickly though. What does he play, guys? Ajubhai had a setback early on. Can he bounce back When we need him the most, rook to a six.

Oh wow!

Shauki finding a great move here. He is ready to double his own rooks on the a line and b takes a four quickly by Arjun. Arjun has some idea in his mind. He takes on a four immediately. This is a big match, guys. Look at Prague there. Look at Prague eyeing the game of Arjun because I think everyone has now realized that board 2 where Arjun is going to press and this board where Nihal doesn't have an advantage on the board but Nihal has an advantage on the clock. Are going to be the 2 critical boards for Team India. Going back to Arjun's board here as we have more moves. Uh, b takes a4, b takes a4, Queen c2. Now we have 3 attackers on the a4 pawn. Black brings in 3 defenders as well, which keeps, uh, the balance. You cannot still take the pawn on a4. And the question is, yes, White is like symbolically better with these pawns on d4 and c5, but do we have a breakthrough? Because we can, we cannot really put more pressure on the pawn on a4. So how do we proceed? How do we proceed? Yeah, still, you know, slight better for white, but I don't see a way for white to break through somehow. By the way, There is a move by Nordirbeck played on the board, and what is that move? What is that move? Yeah, H4 was by the way D5 played.

Wow!

Nordirbeck does not take on C4 with the queen. He goes for the move pawn to D5. And if queen to d6, I think he wants to play queen takes c4. Even if this position is equal, Prague is on the better side of equality. And the reason I say that is because this pawn on d5 is blocked. This is a light-squared bishop, which means that it can never really put any pressure on the square of d6. Oh, not queen takes d5. Sorry. So d5. This is the live position on the board. Sagar Bai is trying to bring us with it in the studio. Very excited for that to happen. Arjun game. People are saying Arjun game. Well, Arjun, did he make a move?

Oh yes.

King g2.

Was played by Arjun, and look at Javakir. Yar blitzes out H5, H3 played by Arjun. Both players playing some quick moves. G6 played by Javakir, and I think what Javakir is claiming is that Arjun, how do you break through?

Huh?

Maybe.

Guys, an idea for white could be to go rook b1 and rook b6. Maybe this could be a way how white tries to invade. Thirty-one minutes for Arjun, but just twelve moves to make. So I don't think time is an issue. Guys, come on! Team India needs to win. यार कोई ना कोई बोल पे तो स्ट्राइक करना होगा। यस सागर भाई। I'm sorry, I have bad news.

He decided not to come.

Oh okay okay.

It's not happening.

Sure sure.

That's okay. We'll see. Okay so pressure is mounting.

No pressure is mounting. I'll just give you a quick update while you were gone. We had a lot of moves on this game.

भाई आपने कैमरा भी चेंज किया?

हाँ?

अच्छा वो sorry किया कि नहीं कैमरा चेंज कैमरा हम इधर इधर इसमें देख रहे थे भाई। Oh, crazy!

So I'll just quickly tell you what happened, bhai. Yeah, we left it here after a4, and Arjun decided to play Rook ea1.

And after Rook a6, he actually decided to take the pawn, which was perhaps not the best decision.

Or yeah, I was thinking Rook b1 was quite an old move. Yes, but Rook e1 was interesting. After Rook a6 takes, Queen c2, Rook a8, King g2, h5, both players making some fast So the point now is that Sindarov is claiming white doesn't have a break.

To push c six. Yes. तो वो तो बैठ जाएगा इधर. Correct. फिर अपुन घुसेंगे कैसे?

That's the question.

That is the big and I think g four might be somewhere coming.

That is the question. You absolutely said it right. How do we break through from?

Yeah, I think Javokir feels a bit more confident right now.

Yes.

Well, are saying really missing Vidi, really missing Amruta, guys. Sorry, but the thing is it's so stressful here. You can imagine the tension that is there, and I think at some point Vidit was like, you know, it might be better if I just. Take my time and you know I don't know if I should come.

So right, like we respect his of course emotions. Imagine the kind of you know emotions he must be going through while following his teammates match. This is a big match for Team India guys.

We are the defending champions and भाई बहुत धीरे-धीरे चल रहा है match है ना ऐसा ऐसा लग रहा है कि मतलब छोटी-छोटी चीजें हो रही हैं काटे की टक्कर काटे की टक्कर oh nice one. But do you, do you think any hope in this Gukesh Samshidin game? या अभी भी उधर ही है? कुछ नहीं। भाई मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि yeah I was thinking if you just push this pawn but then he will push this stop this yeah What about what about the women section? Okay let's go to the women section.

It's been a while since we saw what's happening. Here, India playing against the U.S. team. Let's start from Savita's board.

Oh, Savita direct! Hi, Savita's position seems to have become a little more free.

She decides to give up the pawn back.

कि ये मारोगे तो skewer and if queen c four bishop d five so tricky tricky tricky Savita yeah amazing so white decides to Go Bishop h3, Rook e8, Rook a1, Knight c5.

I think Savitha is gonna get chances to win this game.

Seems like it, because even now if you take here, the same threat is there, right? Or even Bishop a6.

Correct. So I think Savitha is gonna get her chances, and this is an important board for us. Savitha has won all of her games.

Let's go, Savitha!

And we need her to win again.

Come on!

Let's go to Divya's board.

भाई नहीं पहले वंतिका आह सर या वंतिका she is slightly better pushing yeah because of this weak pawn correct but somehow this bishop is amazing right so you want to trade it and then put here and then if you can trade these two bishops and blockade this pawn you are better correct but the bishop on f six is very active so I mean I would still say white is slightly better But no big advantage for Vantika yet. Right.

And then going to the other board, भाई आगे जाते हैं दिव्या के board पे। Sorry sorry. Oh wow!

Wow!

Alice has decided to sacrifice a pawn on A four.

And right now, maybe equal. Yes.

Yeah, around equal.

But do you think that Divya will sacrifice something, open up the position? Oh, ऐसे कुछ आ रहा है क्या भाई already?

G three and then it's it looks interesting, but I think white is doing fine.

I mean, Divya is thinking somewhere.

Yeah, exactly. We we don't have the times on this in this board, guys. We just have the position. So the position is around equal.

And guys, yeah, unfortunately, unfortunately, we said something, but fortunately things have changed completely. We have the one and only within Gujarat in the house.

Hello, hello, hello.

Hi, good to see you.

Likewise भाई, अभी मुझे पता है आप कहाँ से करते हो comment। एक crazy जगह है तो हाँ। भाई मैंने ना थोड़ा chat को sad कर दिया था कि विदित भाई you know pressure is high so he is not coming। पहले बोला आ रहे हैं and then they were like okay we understand and then you are here। विदित भाई late सागर वो बोला था पांच मिनट में आ रहा हूँ। भाई मैं क्या वो पता क्या है?

मैं just जाने के पहले wife को phone किया, video call किया। तो बाल बनाने में time हो और फिर goggles भी पहन के आया ठीक है ओपेटी दिल से देखो भाई हाँ सीखो भाई अगर कुछ but विदित भाई what an exciting day we are having edge of the seat action yes भाई मैं every time I think that during the game when they are playing I'll try to sleep but it's very hard to fall asleep because I'm so curious like in the back of the mind And then this leeches has the sound tuck, and I wake up and I go there like what happened? वो tuck sound के वजह से मैं सो ही नहीं पाया। क्या चल रहा है भाई?

Everyone is just with it by you came and suddenly evaluations are changing. भाई not in open in women Savita Shri seems to be winning here.

She was better from the open. Oh what oh bishop c eight. Bishop c8, why takes rook b2?

Wow!

But bishop takes c8, rook b2.

You can also solve this tactic on Chess Ranga tomorrow.

Let's go!

I think she'll find it. She'll find it.

With it has brought luck here by coming here. Why crazy?

Let's go!

Let's go India! Everything was equal. Do you know why you can't? बिलीव हमलोग वो ने तो बहुत धीरे-धीरे चला सविता वाज़ बेटर फ्रॉम द ओपनिंग इट्सेल्फ या बट बट इट वाज़ लाइक पॉइंट थ्री इट हैड बिकम लाइक यू सी हियर इट वाज़ लाइक नॉट भाई मैं वापस से कंट्री लूँ क्या और एक बोर्ड में कुछ ब्लंडर हो जाएगा मज़ा आ जाएगा यू नो व्हाट इवन इफ नहीं नहीं भाई मैं ऐसे बोल रहा था कि I'll be gone फोन नहीं रहेगा मेरा तो फोन ऑन किया था भाई इधर I can put internet for you if you want नहीं नहीं मेरे पास है internet भाई भाई आज पता है आनंद महिंद्रा सर देख रहे हैं आपकी stream really हाँ उन्होंने tweet किया ना आज match देख रहे हैं वो really let's go sir if you are watching we are really really thankful for everything please और एक बार आप तोड़ना मत sponsor कर दो सर ओलंपियाडी का लास्ट टाइम देख डिटेल किया था और एक ओलंपियाड हो जाएगा अमेजिंग ओके सो वी हैव ओह शी मिस्टेड शी प्ले बिशप बी बिकॉज़ दिस इज़ आल्सो गुड यस वंस यू सी दिस देन यू डोंट थिंक ऑफ़ बिशप सी एट बट द प्रॉब्लम इज़ नाउ बिशप सी थ्री यू विल स्पॉट दैट Knight c4, and then knight e4 is there.

It's still clearly winning. It's like Gukesh's game yesterday. He was better, but it like was not the most precise, so he had to work hard again during the game. So, but still it's winning, so that's the good news.

So Savita, instead of winning a full piece here, she has won a Like couple of pawns, we hope that this will not hurt her chances. But let's see.

This is like in the past day, can I say?

Yeah, we just see it.

It is not an easy move at all, especially you are just trying to understand what's happening.

Correct.

भाई मुझे लगा था Prague was better.

But what do you think about his position right now?

I mean he'll play Queen d6, I assume. Because if you take on d5, I think what is happening?

Rook e4. Maybe bishop c four and bishop c four, rook c eight.

Sorry, what is the move?

Knight d five. We are calculating what will happen if bishop c four, rook c eight. I was thinking rook c one only move because rook d five is queen d five.

Yeah, that's a nice trap.

But rook c one, b six four bishop takes seven.

Yeah.

And I think Rook e4 is very hard to meet now. So probably I think Black is pressing, but I am curious. I think Prag might play Queen d6, but no, yeah, it's hard to play Queen d6. Queen c4, and it's like, what are you playing for? Like Rook e8, e3, but Queen c6 will be there. So I think he might take Knight d5. We might see Knight d5 in the game.

Knight d5 and maybe draw this But problem is rookie four, rookie four.

Yeah, that's the problem. Like everything will be exchanged and it's probably a draw. How did Abdusattor defend? I thought Prague was better.

Actually, this moment, you know, after a takes b three, a takes b three, this moment was.

Could he play a three or no? B three, b three को a three नहीं खेल सकता था क्या?

Yeah, also possible.

C four, yeah. Yeah, it was not so easy. It was like very minute.

Sort of gave an edge, but then quickly realized and found very hard to even say that it was an edge.

Like more comfortable is what I would say.

Yeah, and this is happening.

So maybe this is heading towards equality.

Can we do an overview of all the games?

Arjun, can you do it in sixty seconds with this? भाई real link बनानी है। नहीं नहीं real link for all the people who are joining now.

Sure.

Many times we do one overview and in between we get stuck. Okay.

So I saw that computers were saying that white is better here, but it was not so obvious to me how.

Yes.

Because this a pawn.

Maybe g four is the break that will come right at some point.

Not now. Not now. If I can get bishop to e five, I will be very happy because the bishop is a bit passive. I wanted like how do I create a threat? Like okay, rook b four. But then what? How do I attack the a4 pawn?

And does exchanging the queens help white?

Yes, I was thinking like imagining like queen goes to b5, I exchange it, let's say. Of course black will avoid it. Then king comes to d3. There I feel like white has serious chances.

But maybe black will also bring king towards d6.

Yeah, no, I think this engine is giving evaluation, but it's not what I would evaluate. I would not evaluate the same way during the game. I would think it's like no zero two maybe, but not really much.

But objectively it's good.

So if we look at this board one Prague, Nodirbek going into equal.

Yeah yeah yeah.

This one also maybe around even.

Yes.

Here would you say that it's little bit more chances than the Prague game here?

Of course of course here because the game. It's like wide open. Yeah, I'm even worried that this a pawn, like let's say if black goes bishop c7, rook b8, I don't want to face this passed pawn also. Like, but the thing is the bishop cannot attack. So the rook on a3 is blocking the pawn on a4. He can't really come in to attack it. So white is comfortable here, but not easy to improve. I go bishop f Bishop goes to f6, and then how do I improve?

Not easy. Can I, can I play with the engine? You make some moves, maybe we'll get some ideas.

Can we go?

Next game? No, I mean, clearly there might be some—

Of course, engine is, uh, 3200, 3600, 3800, and I am 2690, like a big difference. Yeah, but let's do an overview first.

He played bishop f4.

He played bishop f4.

Yeah.

Oh, he played it.

Let's go.

But मुझे क्या लगता है पता है निहाल के game में there is some chance. That is what I feel because the thing is and also Harshid Pai also was saying and Emil came here during commentary. He said that Yakubov can sometimes get very ambitious and over time pressure because look at the time difference.

He still has to make 15 moves, and Yapubo is a very strong player without a doubt. But time pressure में as Porshana said, yeah, there are no heroes in time pressure.

So that's a really good one.

So I I would like to get queen on g five and double the rook on e seven, e eight. But it's asking too much because black white also has e four threat.

So not right now you have like Many controls, so it's not easy to get.

If I play Queen e7, I was thinking e4 might come. No, no. Yeah, I have f5 at the end.

Ah, you mean take, take, Bishop d3?

Queen h4 was even better, but yeah. So Queen e7 might be a logical move because Queen, if it goes to g5, I can put pressure. Let's see if, um, He will play Queen e7.

Or objectively, you think Black is slightly pushing? I mean, time plus position.

Or if he gets the queen over to the kingside, yes. But with queen on c7, it's a bit passive. Like, for example, now I see the ingenious Rook e7 as the main move, and then b4, Rook e8, let's say. Well, my queen is stuck. I would want the same position with queen on f6 or g5 Create threats. Then it's saying to play f6, king g7, g5. It's like this Kasparov game.

So Petrosian, Bobotso and Kasparov versus some. Yeah, it's with the famous book of my great predecessors.

Ah, you can buy on Chessbase India shop.

I have a question with it.

When play rook e7.

He played Rook e7.

So we have to ally question.

So we have to Rook e8. क्या करेगा? I think मुझे लगता है very likely that they just hold the position and it might get repeated. Very likely.

But maybe Nihal sees other boards and sees that okay, I have to push.

He doesn't need to take unnecessary risk here because it's not clear and it's not Nihal's style to play f6 g5.

Can Black book Queen d8, Queen f8, and then Rook e8.

If given time, I really liked actually Queen to f6. Can could be done.

Queen e7, Queen f2. Can I go Queen f2? Or even Rook a3, Rook b3. I will still.

Hmm.

But is it good?

Yeah, it's playable for sure.

Which move?

I think Queen f2 played.

Queen f2 played.

Rook e8.

रुकिए मेबी वांट्स टू प्ले ह थ्री जी फोर विथ व्हाइट मेबी वी आल्सो शुड थिंक लेट्स से रुकिए ये कैन व्हाइट डू ह थ्री इट डज़न चेंज दी वैल बट बट आई वुड से डोंट गेट डिसीव्ड बाय दिस इक्वल वैल लाइक द पोजीशन हैज लॉट ऑफ लाइक सप्रेस्ड एनर्जी इन अ वे लाइक ई फोर या जी फोर को Again, it's fight. It's not closed. So very exciting. And I think Nihal just played so well this game. Taking him out on the yeah, of course, of course.

What is this?

Yeah, that's Nihal for you.

Are you going to scold him for playing this?

Why?

Played a great game.

He played a great game.

By the way, the when we had two of the seconds here, Sankalp and Arjun had come. I think they revealed that Seturaman faced Nihal. And e4 a6 is what Nihal played with him, and here Sethu helped him prepare this. So maybe Sethu was impressed with e4 a6.

It's very much possible. I mean, not impressed, but very much possible that it was Sethu prepared this. And Nihal likes this stuff. He has played many games with me also. He has played h6 a6. One thing with Nihal is that he's even he doesn't know what is going to play the next day. So it's.

Amazing story whereby if you know what you're going to do, someone can guess it. But if you don't know at all, who will guess it? It's like how Harshit bhai lives his life. I don't know where he's going every night. He also doesn't know.

Only during night.

By the way you put it, it doesn't sound right. No, no.

I mean, many times he goes for good purposes also. अरे यार!

Okay, Gukki's position looks not very equalish.

This game we have been talking since the almost the opening that it is equal. Yeah, uh, any hopes you think or anywhere you see that unlikely?

Yeah, because the pawn structure is ruined. Um, this positions come very normally in Catalan. Um, but the only chance was probably if to not exchange the knight in the Um, when he played Bishop a6, right? It was a hard move. Rook c1 is the most natural move, but probably to play Knight d2 to keep the knight, because knight overpowers the bishop many times. But he was surprised, and it's very hard to play this. Rook c1 is a very normal move, actually.

Did you, did you know this move b5 with it? Because yeah, this was the key move.

It's a very old, um, theory, apparently, uh, 2015. I think there were some games But yeah, I think it looked like Bokido was in his prep and he was blitzing out here.

I like how Vidit said very old and I was going into 1900s like some Alekhine game, but that is a 2015.

Yeah, nowadays that's old. So looks like very even match, but we have objective edge on Arjun's board. Can we just once have a look again? Like Gopi's game, I think it should be a very It should be a draw. Oh, bishop got exchanged.

Is that good news or bad news?

Apparently it's equal.

Wait, so we left here after bishop f4, 31st move, and black played bishop c7 here. And white—

it's a very hard judge, like, to judge if exchanging bishop— like, I cannot see why, um, Exchanging the bishop drops the eval. So I think it's a very human-like play which they are playing, and I think I expect a draw because I think there is a chance now.

You see this rook can swing here somehow if we can get this into the game. I mean, no, भाई आप सोते नहीं हो पर सपने बहुत देखते हैं। Queen h6, rook h6.

तीन बीच में दो पॉन है। वो रिद्धा ड्रॉ ड्रॉ हो गया। वो ड्रॉ कर लिया। किसका? अर्जुन एंड जावो के इसे ड्रॉ। कैसे हुआ रूप?

क्वीन बी वन ऑफर्ड ऑफर्ड ड्रॉ। सागर के सपने चूर चूर हो गए। नो आई मीन अंडरस्टैंडेबल डिसीजन। लुक्स लाइक द मैच इज़ हेडिंग टू टू टू। बिकॉज़ अर्ज I'm just curious. Will they speak?

No.

Both are unhappy.

Maybe they will not speak here. Maybe because it might disturb players.

Hi, we have one very nice shot, but it's a little थोड़ा delayed है वो मतलब. You can get a feel of what's happening here.

Yeah, I was watching it from my home. There was so much media before the game.

Crazy.

There is no space left. Is that Abu Dhaa there? Yes. Abu Dhaa never misses a moment.

But Arjun is still playing, so this is a little delay.

So maybe we'll go there later. By the way, with it by, we have a very nice thing. If you can do the honors of putting the scorecard, so you have to do this and this.

Sagar bhai is just flexing his stream deck. हाँ, कौन सा लाइए?

हाँ एक और पिंका भी and the scores are updated oh क्या बात है but I must say the first stream deck we were gifted was by Vidit यही वाला है क्या वो नहीं ये अभी नया बड़ा लिया आपने छोटा दिया था with lesser buttons now now in this big one but in this big one also there is double page उसपे भी होता है भाई double page पर उसमें आप दोनों भी connect कर सकते थे पर ठीक है जो भी मैं सागर भाई को गिफ्ट करता हूँ वो आगे दे देते हैं नहीं नहीं नहीं गिफ्ट किया भाई भाई हैं करते हैं नहीं नहीं स्ट्रीमडेक नहीं स्ट्रीमडेक की बात नहीं कर रहे समय की बात कर रहे हैं वो समय अगर नहीं नहीं घड़ी हाँ तो this is draw actually one of our games where we thought we had the best chance was Arjun yeah is draw but maybe we were mistaken read the chat what's going on आप मैं भी हुए मिस्टेकन थाउजेंड पीपल यार गाइस सेंड सम गुड मैसेजेस तू विदित हीज रीडिंग अरे भाई ये जबरदस्त क्यों भाई नहीं भाई उनको लिखना रहता है बट उनको पता नहीं ना अभी वो मेहनत करके आप मतलब दिल कम्युनिकेट विथ हाँ कुछ इंटरेस्टिंग लिखो भाई एक कुछ सिक्स थाउजेंड का सुपरचैट है ह But I think Norderbeck has found a way to capture it.

Why so many messages hard to even read? Super chat करो। मेरे भाई, let's go!

गुजराती इंविजिबल्स कम आउट राइट नाउ। भाई तीनों गुजराती हैं। भाई आँख तो गुजराती हैं। That is in in debate.

Why you don't know? Because Anish ने बोला था कि विदित is not a Gujarati। अरे भाई मेरा सरनेम ही Gujarati है। नहीं नहीं but he has a stream। विदित is not Gujarati and then he was going to take your clip in GCL also। आज का निश्चित। सागर, was it true?

भाई क्या हो रहा है ये गेम में?

Group E D। We will tell us। By the way you know today Netherlands team got a I know four over। बीडी कोड बोल रहे हैं। but apparently I read that they were requested, can you change the timings?

They said they want to play on the same time.

I want to read out what has been because we we were sending we were sent by someone. Ah okay. So due to observation of Yom Kippur on September twenty and twenty one, the Israeli Open and women's team requested adjustments to their playing schedule. For round five, they needed to complete their games earlier than standard. schedule would normally allow. So in round 5, the opponents agreed and they started Israel versus Singapore and Israel versus Colombia in women in the Sawicki Hotel. But this time in round 6, unlike in the previous round, neither opponents agreed to play at a different time. Therefore, they did not reach and they were forfeited.

So there was one instance in European Club Cup. I play for Novibor team, and we were playing the Israeli team, and they had requested this time change, and the game started much later after all the other games were almost over, and my game had finished midnight. Oh, like that.

So so the pairings will not happen. No, but for the next next game.

भाई ये नहीं मुझे बोल दो। Oh oh time.

We have to see the knockout event, Harshid bhai.

Knockout event? We have to see actually with it. You can have neuro. Is this your favorite flavor? मैं अभी recently cinnamon पाया था। Oh yeah cinnamon Ashwin loved it so much। हाँ मुझे cinnamon पसंद है। Wait wait wait I'll give you। नहीं नहीं मेरे पास है मेरे पास है cinnamon। अरे ये crazy। But I think नहीं iced coffee होता है। इसमें हर्षिद का देना। हाँ cinnamon वाला पसंद है मुझे। You did Speak in before one of your reels before the tournament that of all the preparation one is banana you have dry fruits one dry fruits and then you also have neuro yes neuro I had before the game in GCL I was you know using it so I won a very good game against Dubov really and before that I was feeling sort of groggy so I had it and I played so good कि मैं बाद में हर गेम के बाद ले रहा था अभी यार every game के पहले खाते हो क्या not every But most of the games.

But guys, please important. This is only above eighteen, so make sure that you are at least eighteen.

Or make sure you are above eighteen. मतलब अगर आप नहीं हो तो don't have it. If you are above eighteen, you can have it and it's actually good for energy. And actually, Vidipai, to show you some professional.

Let's ओह ये वाला ओह ये एल बैंड विद इट नाइस एंड विद इट वी एवरीडे आल्सो हैव अ नॉकआउट टूर्नामेंट हियर अमोंग द पैनल सो हर्षित इज़ ऑलवेज़ लूजिंग दैट वो कैन ईट द चिंगम फॉर अ लॉन्गेस्ट टाइम आह बट आई एम हैविंग मिंट इट्स नॉट चिंगम नाउ ओह आई विन आई विन यू विन श We do a recap and I think it's just the same.

Like Prag is equal, probably it will also be a draw soon.

So what's happening here?

Like yeah, various ways to play. I think Rook e4, Bishop d5, Rook e1 might be played. I I guess so because Prag is low on time.

हाँ भाई आपके लिए सुपरचैट कर रहे हैं विदित भाई लव यू करके आया था। मेरी वाइफ अर्जुन सीम्स तू बी मैडमैन ऑफ चेस, but after last analysis true madman is सागर भाई. What a line! सपने भी तो कितने भयंकर्स अरे भाई सागर क्या है? And with it what is your plan in near future? Are you going to target next candidates or are you going to take professional chess a bit easy now?

Letter by letter I'm taking it a bit easy.

And as someone had sent love you with it भाई.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh, what is Nodirbek's Marathi auntie called? Kakubo.

अरे मुझे तो तेरी orange पहन ली। भाई है, भाई है अच्छा ही नाटक। भैया, मुर्ता का बहुत influence हुआ अच्छे नाटक। पहले शायरी करते थे वो, फिर अभी आती थी कि jokes करते थे। नहीं वो मारता था। भाई एक विदित भाई ओपी लव अरे जो उधर लव यू ऑल विन और लूज ऑलवेज टीमेंडे विन विन विन भाई विन करने दो बहुत इम्पोर्टेंट है ये पोजीशन मुझे लगता है इक्वल है पता ही है भाई लेट्स गो टू द नेक्स्ट वन अर्जुन ड्रू सो निहाल स्कोर निहाल प्लेड एफ सिक्स ये हुआ है एफ सिक्स जी फाइव भाई निहाल सरी नहीं नहीं किलने भाई किलने आई थिंक इट्स जस्ट अ पोजीशनल वे टू डेवलप बट आल्सो लाइक बोथ साइड्स आर सो मच लाइक वेल प्लेस कि अगर कोई पुश करेगा तो कैन बैकफायर राइट सो द थिंग इज़ लेट्स से यू प मैं क्या मैं सिर्फ king h1 king g1 खेल रहा हूँ। king g1 हाँ करो आप जो करना है करो। knight f5 e4 आएगा भाई। हाँ okay so let's say h4 है। मैं king h1 खेल रहा हूँ। and now knight f5 maybe। e4 king g1 knight g3 king g1 knight g3। wow that's the point। tricky राजा tricky राजा। king g1 पे भी knight g3 था। and where is the mate हर्षित भाई? भाई हम दे देंगे queen e3 rook h1 rook h8 रुक और फिर क्वीन डीएट क्वीन एचटी इस मेड नो वे किंग डीएट रुक है रुक हेच वन एंड क्वीन डीएट ओह माय गॉड ओह माय गॉड भाई निहाल ये शायद सोच सकता है ऑफ़ कोर्स निहाल तो इस मेड है चेक फाइव लेट्स गो इवन टू वंस अगेन व्हेन यू बो हिच फोर देन एंड एक्चुअली व्हाइट डज समथिंग लाइक ए White should play h four and g three in any more order. But white, white, white, white, white. So it's very hard to judge that you should play this. So if I would say that white would wait most likely, like a human thing is to wait.

But नहीं h four why you are saying is hard because काफी natural नहीं है क्या?

To stop h four bishop g six knight f five ऐसे लगता है कुछ हो जाएगा वहाँ पे। Like white वीकेंड में टेन मिनट्स। ओके, दिस गेम इज़ प्रॉब्ली वेर देर इज़ द मोस्ट मसाला हैपनिंग। टेन मिनट्स फॉर याकूब। भाई रिस्टियानो कोनाल्डो सेज़ व्हाट डिड सिंदारो कोच एडवाइज़ इन हिंदी आस्किंग हिम टू सरवाइव द राउंड?

जाओ किर जिंदा रहो। भाई अमरुदा का बहुत स्प्रेड हो रहा है भाई। H four played?

Yes.

No no.

Played it.

No no.

कहाँ है?

Look he will come on the board now.

He played H four?

Yes he played it.

Wow.

No bye.

Played bye.

हो गया। हो गया। Bishop G six मुझे तो नहीं समझ आ रहा है कि H four क्यों इतना obvious है। फिर भी bishop G six खेला। Bishop G six bishop G six ही खेलेगा और कुछ की नहीं है। If he takes on G five is it dangerous?

By the way, g takes h four is something we never want to do because that would be really bad. We don't want to like isolate our pawns on f six and h five. So I think g g five के pawn को वहीं पर रहने देना है, right? That's the key idea.

Yeah, I would really want knight f five, knight g three, but I think he will not allow me. Very interesting game this is turning out to be and time pressure. भाई यहाँ पे कुछ सपने देखो और कल मैं देख रहा था हर्षित भाई वाज़ वेरी मच ऐसे कि अरे कुछ होगा होगा आप बोले नहीं होगा हर्षित भाई करो कुछ यार बोले भाई कौन सा गेम था हाँ वो गुटेश और वो प्रग का गेम था नाइट डीपी खेलेगा कि नहीं खेलेगा बोले थे आप बहुत मुश्किल है हर्षित बोले नहीं खेलेगा खेलेगा हर्ष He plays bishop g six.

Nihal never makes positional mistakes.

I have seen like he like he has so much more time which gives me a lot of confidence.

And he played it.

Guys, ना move बाकी है. Ten moves.

I think I really think that Nihal is going to press.

मंगेश जी ने super chat किया है. Vidit by big fan. आपके साथ एक photo के लिए कल की Dubai समर्कन flight पूरी worth होगी.

Love to see you on स्ट्रीम डेली। अरे भाई 25 दिन हम देख के इधर ही अरे ही इस कमिंग हियर। अच्छा। नो ही सेड इफ़ ये अगर फोटो मिले। but भाई समदे विदित विल कम तू प्लेन दुबई तब लेना इतना मतलब। बुला लो और विदित को अपने घर पे राइट नाउ ऑल दोस्त ऐसा कुछ ऑफर है ही नहीं। नहीं। हाँ तू मेरे भी आपको ऑफर दे By the way, guys, a very important point mentioned that if it is two-two, of course it's early days in the tournament, but India's game points are little lower, right, than Uzbekistan. So actually, we are more incentivized to try.

I feel हमेशा Uzbekistan के साथ पिछले दो ओलंपियाड से two-two हुआ है। It has been very close.

Yes.

Yeah, Kuboyev is going to take on G five. And go queen g three I have a feeling Nihal hero बनेगा आज and king h six भाई and we have to defend like this and करेंगे भाई attack h four knight f five I think this is getting dangerous for Nihal h four is very hard to play h four queen h two क्या फिर d f queen d भाई बहुत crazy है it's not easy मुझे तो चाहिए कि मुझे तो लगता है कि engine ही बंद करना चाहिए position देखने के लिए engine बंद कर लोग चिल्लाएंगे। प्रसाद इस सुपरचैटिंग प्लीज़ टेल निहाल तू शो कंपैशन फॉर माय ओल्ड नर्व्स। नो नो टुडे देर इस नो कंपैशन। क्या खेला क्या खेला?

क्विंजीत्री खेला?

नाइट एफ सेवन मत खेलना निहाल, किंग एट सिक्स ही खेलेगा। नहीं नहीं किंग एट सिक्स खेलेगा। नहीं नहीं किंग एट सिक्स। न Check and finito la comedy.

Oh my God! This this will not happen.

Yeah, King H six will happen for sure.

King H six will happen and then what will white do? E four बता रहा है which is logical.

What if he goes knight F five but?

Knight F five, knight E six check अमरुदा। भाई एक मुझे लगता है थोड़ा एक suspense रखते हैं कि क्या होगा ये board पे? Women board का एक रिकैप कर लेते हैं। मैं बहुत क्यूरियस क्या हो रहा है?

क्या बात है? The video का वो ये vibe। प्रग्रु by the way। प्रग्रु? प्रग्रु? What?

Yeah। हाँ प्रग्रु प्रग्रु। Oh my god! वही हुआ होगा रुकी four bishop d five। Oh my god!

Because we have this camera which is slightly delayed. We can see in that one second। अभी है प्रग बैठा है उधर। भाई गेम दिखाओ ना। बिशप सी फोर पे है। अच्छा बोर्ड नहीं दिखेगा क्या?

नहीं नहीं ये रहेगा। नहीं वो कैम एंगल। No it's fine। तो रुकी फोर सी थ्री। बिशप सी फोर। Queen A four। Wow! सारा एक्सचेंज हो गया। Takes takes। Actually और रुक। Oh king आ रहा है। King F one king E two। Wow wow wow। Okay good game from both of them। Both side। Yeah good game good game। GG ठीक है दिखा सकते हैं कैमरा एंगल two boards remaining only are निहाल एंड दुकेश दुकेश इस गेम इज़ likely gonna end in a draw so निहाल के भाई सब कुछ ये गेम पे अब everything boils down to this विदित भाई do you feel the nerves ऐसे-ऐसे देखते वक्त या you are calm I get excited it's not the same as playing playing में you feel like lot more responsibility Here I get excited as a teammate and a fan of the game, but it's incomparable. Like game पे जो pressure होता है, you can't even like even in training games you cannot get that pressure back. Like you know all the top players can relate. It's very different.

जैसे अभी निहाल पे कितना pressure रहेगा तुम्हारे हिसाब से?

Um, I think It depends how he's evaluating the current position. If he thinks he is fine, then the pressure is low. But अगर उसको लगता है कि और because we have the engine evaluation in the board, they don't. They don't know if it's equal. It can be plus equals. It can be equal plus. So that uncertainty makes it what is it? And you know, it's a very tricky position. Right. Although it looks equal, it's very dynamically equal. So I think both the players.

निहाल इस यॉनिंग आल्सो मैंने निहाल का मैंने देखा है वो स्ट्रेस में कभी यॉन करता है लाइक ही ऑलवेज़ डज इट ड्यूरिंग गेम्स सो इट्स हाँ ऐसे नहीं होता है आईव सीन दिस बट भाई वन क्वेश्चन हाउ मच डू यू थिंक मैटर्स फॉर निहाल और फॉर इवन नॉर्थर्न बैक तू सी दैट वन मोर टीम म I think they also feel that the position is very draw. हाँ, they feel.

So I don't think because support feel होता है? इतना नहीं। नहीं, इतना नहीं। अगर बाजू के board पे कोई especially especially जब मैं खेलता हूँ तब मुझे मेरे पास अगर time कम रहा तो I don't even check the other games many times because the best thing I can do is play well on my board right? I cannot control the other boards so Unless like पहले मैंने गेम देखा था and it's completely winning and I need to make a critical decision of draw or something which I did let's say in Indonesia match. So where I saw Nihal is winning and then I switched my plan and I started playing fast.

I'm actually a bit scared of Nihal's position because he has not played a move and he played he played.

King at six.

That is he has not played and if king at six imagine if white plays but there is no other move.

Yeah, but no other move. King h six. The good thing is there is no other good move.

If he plays this e four, h four, na h four very natural move. Queen goes back and now what?

Queen h two is good actually because if you trade the queens, my pawn. No, no, you cannot trade the queens as as whom? As black, right? You cannot play knight e four.

So now what to do? Queen d eight, is it?

Queen d eight, yeah.

And यहाँ पे अभी suddenly white is also g three, e five, knight f five, yeah. G three, G three knight takes E four maybe even.

Ah, but this is the first move which you'll calculate. Knight E four, Queen D four or Knight E four, Queen D four.

Yeah, yeah.

So he has to play.

Oh, he played it. Let's go. Played King H six.

I have a feeling that Nihal is the one who is pushing here practically.

This idea that you mentioned with this, I think this is very cool. Queen D eight. Yeah, and this keeps the pressure.

Yes.

But the thing is instead of Queen H two. Why does Queen g4 protecting the pawn on e4? Then Queen goes to h3. But I'm thinking why not d or d f four yeah?

No way.

No what d f four only no?

Wow.

Wow that is a very cool idea. I guess f four is the only move and it's super messy like very well found.

I don't even know. What's happening here?

And he plays e four.

He plays e four, yeah. Okay, this is getting very exciting.

Wow!

Guys, भाई एक बार women board का recap करके आते हैं यहाँ पे क्योंकि ये game पे रुकना है। Yes.

So Hampi is playing against Karisa. Yep.

Made myself.

After the opening, what happened?

Right now it seems equal, right?

It's very comfortable for black. I would even prefer black. Because this d5, b5 break and with pawn on f4 there are some weaknesses. Yeah, it probably equal and she has low on time. That's the most worrying part for me. But in control. Okay, this is just a draw. Yeah, takes takes and rook e4 and rook eight queen c5. No, they already repeated once. They'll play rook eight queen c5. They repeated already once. Yeah, yeah. So it's gonna be a draw.

And Vantika drew already, is it?

No, no, Vantika is better.

Whoa, let's go! Vantika is winning. Vantika is winning.

Winning, yeah.

Because how do you—

yeah, Rook e8 you cannot play. You have to give the rook.

Bishop e7.

I think she's also up a pawn, yeah.

Whoa, pawn up also.

Yeah, she's pawn up.

You know, we left it here, but in 5 moves everything changed. Bishop a six.

She decided to give the pawn.

Come on, let's go, Vantika.

Let's go.

The tendencies on her side. Very good. Very good. Vantika is pushing.

Savita is also.

Savita, let's go. But opposite color bishops. Opposite color bishops.

मैं कर लेगा मैंने। She's two pawns up.

But फिर भी drawing tendencies are there. She still needs to work hard. But we are pushing here. That's good, that's good. We can go back to Nihal's match.

So India could very well do three one, but Humpty has to be careful at board one.

But I mean it's equal, it's equal. I think not anything major to be worried of.

All eyes on this boy here, Nihal.

एक बार गुकी का भी गेम देखले अपडेट कुछ आया है क्या? क्योंकि जस्ट ten minutes. Oh, it's draw. Yeah, yeah, he's up a pawn, but but double pawns are doubled and but okay, it looks like white is not in any danger, but it should be a draw. Yeah, I guess it will just be a draw. So it's all on Nihal's game. Yeah, let's go Nihal.

Let's go Nihal. And Nihal is about to make a move as well.

E four e six, c four a six खेल के अगर मार दिया तो भाई.

Go to Nihal's game. I am getting a bit goosebumps here.

Okay, taking is forced, right, in a way, because you can't allow e5 over here.

Correct.

So wisely, I'm thinking what would be an interesting thing.

It might be that Yakubov might have offered a draw. Looking at the board, it's always a possibility, especially 30 moves are done, and in earlier Olympiads Like not the last one, but पहले you could ask the captain.

Yes. Should I take or not?

Play h four.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Now the pressure is on Yakub.

Queen g four is that will be great. Yes.

No, but Queen g four is active and he might just play. Yakub is a very strong player. I hope he goes Queen h two.

By this idea of f four that you mentioned with it, by I feel that's very hard.

Also Queen g four Bishop h five Queen h three is very tough.

I think Queen h two is very logical, but then देखो क्वीन जी फोर बिशेप एच फाइव खेला बिशेप एच फाइव क्वीन एच थ्री अभी अब डी ही मारा तो व्हाई इज़ ब्लैक फाइन वाइट फाइन यस टू गो नाइटी फोर इट्स नॉट एट ऑल नॉर्मल जस्ट पर आर व्यूअर्स एंड फर मी क्वीन जी फोर इस सपोर्टिंग दिस पॉइंट हाँ जीत सकता है क्वीन एच टू हो गया क मीनिंग था भाई। F four, F four, F four, F four four था। अच्छा। But he went back. He played Queen h two, right?

Yes. Now we have some D, F e, D ninety four नहीं मार सकता क्या?

D one.

No because then you are up upon.

What up upon?

Ah we are not actually. So D four ninety four.

No but then you can play Rook d seven in the end. No D four, F e four will be played. Yeah, let's go d four f four.

Hey, he got up, he got up.

Is it after d four ninety four? Maybe black has knight f five.

Also, also ninety four is a very bad move. Yeah, I think f four will happen, but he's thinking f four is also move he'll consider here. F four, but very dangerous, very dangerous for ya.

That's a good suggestion.

My time will play a role.

Four is too much five. F four हो सकता है भाई। Guys, this is a key match for us.

Wait minute, let me think. Let the chat think. With it, look, you are getting all the moves. We know your level.

हमारी level तो समझो। Just E three I think.

E three नहीं भाई. E three नहीं। Most practical, let's say not the best move but the most practical is knight F five.

Yeah yeah.

Give up the pawn and play better endgame.

हाँ एफ जी फाइव किंग जी फाइव नाइंटी सिक्स अरे भाई बचके बचके अभी नहीं ले सॉरी सॉरी नाइंटी सिक्स चेक नाइंटी सिक्स चेक अच्छा इधर हिला है तो ई फोर मर गया ना फिर ई फोर गायब हाँ नाइंटी सिक्स भाई ये तो तो एफ फोर डिफ्लेक्शन गैस एफ फोर एफ फोर खेल सकता है वो भाई एफ फोर इज और ऐसे कैसे खेलेगा?

क्यों नहीं खेलेगा यार?

ये four f four is too much, just e three let's say. Oh Harshit भाई। Good भाई, under control.

But fg fg घर की मुर्गी ताल पर है। सब वो ढूँढ रहे हैं वो। But fg king g five पे equal है। King वापस डालेंगे। भाई easy नहीं है वापस लाना। हाँ queen h four knight f five। Yeah। Let's go हो सकता है भाई ये भाई निहाल ढूँढती है thirty one minutes। भाई पर इतना और अभी याकूबोय क्या खेलेगा?

बताओ बताओ क्या खेलेगा?

F4 खेलेगा, FP खेलेगा, 94 खेलेगा। वही मुझे पूछना है। अरे वही मैं तुझे पूछ रहा हूँ। तू बता। क्या खेलेगा भाई?

खेल दे भाई F4 खेल दे। क्या खेलेगा?

मेरे को relax। FP4 is भाई F4 is too risky in this situation। FP4 खेलेगा। भाई?

FP4। F4। F4 खेलेगा। चिंदी ट्रिक्स नहीं चले। भाई उसको प्रेशर लग रहा है या आपको वहीं पे लग रहा है प्रेशर?

भाई, forty seconds। भाई, this is so tense this match is like। भाई, भाई look at Nihal। Nihal is like oh। भाई, भाई Nihal Sarin is like fully in it into it and as Vidit rightly pointed out since last two editions India Uzbekistan has been two two। और अभी one one and और एक गुकेश का board is ending in a draw it'll be one and half one and half everything वो सोच रहा है ना वो इतना obvious होता तो इतना नहीं सोचता हाँ so समझ रहे हो आप समझ रहे हो आप समझ रहा हूँ भाई ninety fours में क्या हो रहा है भाई एक बार just evaluation ninety four पे knight f five ही हाँ knight f five right yes but this I'm afraid कि ये बहुत equal ना हो जाए भाई बहुत मुश्किल है ये understand करना True, true.

94 पे 94 भी है ना? क्या खेला भाई?

He's nervous by his thinking. Five minutes. Six moves to make.

Fifteen thousand people are watching.

क्या बात है?

Let's go guys. Do like the stream.

Send positive energy.

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कुछ भी हो सकता है ऐसे सिचुएशन पे कुछ भी नहीं भाई इंडिया कर जीतेगा भाई निहाल gets up from the chair let's go भाई भाई वो सोच रहा है बहुत tough decision है tough decision है उसको क्या करेगा I think he will then go then you are saying simplicity no F E four ninety four वो मुझे लग रहा है खेल सकता है उसके body language से but not clear I think उसको पता है कि slightly worse Maybe he uses all time and then plays F4. ऐसे करेगा। भाई chess is such a complex game.

Elon Musk बोलता है solve हो गया भाई। खेलने आओ इधर। Elon Musk बोल रहे हैं ना he will not remember anything ना। I am an ENT surgeon unable to concentrate because of your stream। भाई please। भाई ऐसे मत करो। बंद करो stream बंद करो नहीं तो surgery बंद करो। भाई less than five minutes now for Yakupov six moves to make look at him। He's tensed.

He's very tensed.

क्या खेल रहा है भाई? भाई ये move बहुत वो हमेशा उसका ना habit है एक piece के पास आके भी वो opposite जाता है। वो तीन-चार बार हुआ है मेरे साथ। Body language can trick the opponent, no? नहीं नहीं कुछ trick नहीं वो habit है बचपन से हो जाता है ना it's not intentional. It's not intentional. वो उसको habit है ऐसे जाके फिर वो भाई पर वो मारने वाला है कुछ ना कुछ मुझे नहीं लगता वो F4 भाई भाई body line भाई भाई बड़ा कर सकते क्या screen आपका ये ये studio बंद कर देंगे भाई ये कर सकते हो भाई वो वो moment नहीं नहीं वो इधर जाके वापस लिया उसने हाँ और निहाल आके बैठ गया क्या कर रहा है भाई चलेगा this is a very cool moment this is the moment guys what will Yakubov do I think FTX E4 होगा भाई उसके साढ़े तीन minute है और the reality is कि पंद्रह मिनट पहले हो गया है और भाई please बताना मत भैया कर मुझे थोड़े चार्च मैं इधर बैठा हूँ नहीं आपको कोई message ना आ जाए कहीं से नहीं नहीं भाई ऐसे कुछ नहीं आता है मुझे message X E four याकूब and look at शाम सिद्धिम he is also looking at भाई वो भी nervous है भाई वो भी nervous हो गया I think उधर भी रुकेश को chance है देखो रुकेश का body language We shot one extra pawn over there.

16,000 people snakes in the chat.

भाई वो confused है क्या खेलेगा?

Snakes नहीं भाई. We need rocket.

भाई snake and rocket.

क्या इन्हें खेला?

F4 खेला? Let's go भाई.

E3. E3.

अरे रुक जा भाई.

Let's go भाई E3. अरे रुक जा. अरे रुक जा.

E3.

अरे रुक जा भाई. Oh my god he's blundered. भाई look at Mukesh.

F4.

But F4 पे अभी E3 FG5 King G7 is not easy but it's Nihal style. It is Nihal style. It is Nihal style.

31 minutes.

It is Nihal style.

अच्छा एक चीज़ है E3 की जग़ा पे और कुछ move भी है क्या सोचते हैं?

भाई direct King G7.

Same हो गया न भाई FG5 के बाद.

हाँ मतलब पर मतलब that is the other way to play.

FG5 Queen D8 है क्या ऐसे कुछ?

Just to put things in perspective India is winning right now if Nihal finds the right way.

Yes yes yes.

होगा होगा नहीं देखो एक प्रैक्टिकल ऑप्शन ये भी है किंग जी सेवन आया एफजी एफजी मारा क्वीन डीएट ओके देखते हैं ये सब प्रोटेक्टरी किंग जी सेवन एफजी बाय क्वीन डीएट क्वीन डीएट नाइट एफ फाइव लाना है मुझे ये भी बेटर है ये भी बेटर है नाइट एफ फाइव नाइट एफ फाइव खत्म ख़लास स्टार्टअप नहीं अभी निहाल ने सिर्फ सोच रहे हैं उसको सेंस करना चाहिए कि ये क्रिटिकल मोमेंट है। भाई आई फील निहाल इस फीलिंग इट देखो ना वो कैसे बैठा है वो। हाँ हाँ। भाई निहाल को मैं जादू की चप्पी देने वाला हूँ गेम के बाद। भाई निहाल को इधर लेके आओ भाई। Man, I think he realizes clearly and I think he even wants to play the move quickly but he's forcing himself to not play. रुको रुको भाई। क्या सोच रहा है भाई क्या सोच रहा है and draw draw draw draw on the board everything down to our point Nihal and seventeen thousand people are watching आप पूछ रहे थे ना pressure होता है कि नहीं अभी I think होता है क्योंकि उसको पता है वो is better तो ये भाई मुझे लगता है गुकेश ने देख लिया इसने flutter किया draw दे लिया नहीं नहीं ऐसा नहीं गुकेश अपना game खेल रहा था he just realized कि there is no point in playing position देख लो गुकेश का it's no point in playing भाई dead draw है Rukesh is like a big fighter. वो कोई सिंपल पोजीशन पे ट्राई करेगा, तो डज़न मैटर। ये तो इक्वल था एंड निहाल। He should take his time now.

Yeah yeah. Is down to the last board. It is one and half, one and half. निहाल is better.

I think if he finds E3, it's going to be amazing.

But can I? Can I look at the line?

नहीं नहीं नहीं नहीं नहीं। Resist the temptation.

Okay. पार्टी है रात को। भाई। सासियों भाई क्या कर रहे हो?

भाई I think e3 can happen भाई। Because in general you want to like you know put your pawn on this dark square and it's a very strong pawn.

So e3 is like a candidate move I think। वैसे तो और क्या-क्या moves हैं? Actually ज़्यादा moves हैं नहीं position में। Bishop h5 is a move but it's just weird। बहुत dangerous लगता है भाई। Bring your bishop away। So I think e3 or king or you mentioned king g7। हाँ किंग जी सेवन but the idea कि एफजी पे किंग जी फाइनली मारना is very important which is not obvious correct भाई what about knight f five मैं first भाई मैं वही खेला था भाई वो तो blunder है that is the blunder हाँ and the thing is after takes now the thing is queen is hanging oh he three played he three played boom oh my and he gets up भाई एफजी एफजी मारेगा अभी तो एफजी मारेगा अभी किंग जी सेवन जाना है ढूँढने का वो आएगा अब वो किंग जी सेवन जाएगा वो किंग जी सेवन जाएगा। मुझे निहाल पता है, निहाल किंग जी सेवन जाएगा। कितना मूव है? चार मूव पाँच मूव है। पाँच मूव करना उसको। नहीं चार मूव। Thirty six thirty seven thirty eight thirty nine forty पाँच मूव पाँच मूव करना। भाई eight players ये मैच स्टार्ट किए थे। सिर्फ अकेला याकूबो एक बोर्ड पे बैठा भी and he knows he's in trouble. He's gonna take the pawn on g five for sure। भाई आप इंग इतना जल्दी इंस्टेंट क्यों खेला?

इतना इंस्टेंट क्यों खेला?

96, right?

नहीं किंग जी फाइव क्यों नहीं नाइट किंग जी फाइव इक्वल हो गया। G three खेलेगा ना भाई? G three खेलेगा भाई। Oh the best move was king G seven। और इंस्टेंट खेला यार थोड़ा रुक जाता। G three खेलेगा। कुछ नहीं कुछ नहीं अभी भी हो सकता। G three G three knight F five he wants। And gh four king h six. But g three knight f five. Oh ninety six check. Knight f five ninety six check.

Oh my god! I hope he doesn't do that.

Knight f five ninety six check.

This is actually a possibility.

I think Nihal please search, भाई please search.

Please knight f five नहीं। I think he missed it.

No no no no no no.

He has to go king h six now. Probably realizes now. And he shakes his head. King h six, king h six. अभी भी equal. King h six.

How is it equal? Because you are losing a pawn.

King g seven, king g seven. फिर knight f five.

Compensation है बोल रहे हो तुम। अरे यार। So the point here was if he went king g seven here, he would have been close to winning because this pawn is strong and knight is coming here. Boy knight f five किला?

Hey, आपको बॉयफ सीज़ है। Oh my God, he's taking the hand.

Oh no, Nihal.

Oh oh no. And Nihal has blundered.

ये टैक्टिक बार-बार आ रहा था 96 हमेशा आ रहा था ये 96 का टैक्टिक यार he missed he missed shit shit yeah rook e six yeah g h four point is check and you lose the queen yeah there's no nothing now it's like just gone Yeah, guy, 96 is gone.

And a shocking moment, actually.

It's possible to miss this, but just here, time. Here, time.

Yeah, it turned from a winning position to a losing in a matter of 2 moves.

Yeah.

So, and now Nihal has no choice because he's losing the queen.

He had so much time, yeah, that was the only concern. He got excited. He knew that he was better because if, if not Knight e6, gh4, King h6, white is completely, uh, black is completely winning. It is just this particular move, Knight e6, which is the problem. So he saw this, he missed Knight e6 in excitement.

Right.

Like yeah, it's very unfortunate because if he did this, then again, it was a fighting position.

Yeah, it was a fighting position.

Yeah.

Okay, now it's yeah, yeah.

That's that's how it's gonna gonna end, guys, because three draws and Nihal just lost his queen. And you can see he knows that, you know, it's over. It's over.

It's a pity.

He played so beautiful.

Yeah, he played great game, fantastic game. That is just one mistake and everything flips.

Yeah, so many difficult moves he found, you know, like it just—

for Nihal, it's tough, you know, because Even in recently, in a very important match in the Global Chess League, he he he lost a winning position. So sometimes I'm sure this is going to be very very difficult for him to come back from.

Especially in a team tournament, it hurts, right?

Yeah, of course.

But I hope he doesn't.

Yeah, and this was the moment, guys. This where actually if you go here, I think here even the more King g7 and Queen d8 with Vidit suggested. I actually think that was a great practical decision, great one. And to just play this, and, uh, White is having a weak pawn on d4. This was the best way to play. Um, he played e3.

It will be very important for Nihal to recover from this because he's playing very high-quality chess overall. He's a very important person in this Uh, team, you know, he has been taking the torch many of the rounds, so he should recover.

The unfortunate thing is, after this blunder, it's like there's nothing that you can do.

This game is gone. But for the next game, he should not feel like, you know, guilty or anything. I mean, that will not happen because you guys have such an amazing bonding and all.

Guys, this is sports. This is, this is why You know the unpredictability that remains in sports, which makes it exciting. Of course, you know.

I think against Uzbekistan there have been these heartbreaking moments. Yeah, worst then your Nihal. I think last year maybe it was an even match. But yeah, with it by. Quite a yeah, it was a bummer. Yeah, it was like emotional roller coaster that we went through today.

I'm very yeah, it was it was he found E three as well King G seven.

I think he's thinking कि वो क्या कर सकता था है ना वो ऐसे बैठ के कि कहाँ गलती करनी यहाँ पे कि what was the best way?

और मुझे एक ही दुख हो रहा है कि I think उसको भी वही हो रहा होगा कि उसने बहुत जल्दी खेला ये position पे। और even यहाँ पे वो excitement था। I have been there in his shoes many times and I've felt what he is feeling कि you sense it's winning and then you like the nerves take over and you play this otherwise there's no chance Nihal misses it's all nerves actually it's not about the tactics. You give them this position, you wake him up at 5 AM, he will find the pose.

It's just nerves.

Otherwise he doesn't play so instant, right? Like, why would he do it? So it's nerves which happens in high situations, high-pressure situations. So I understand how, but I'm feeling sad as well.

Yeah, yeah. Well, I think with it, uh, what you took us through was Intense. We, I think there are at least thousand people who are saying विरुद्ध भाई के साथ देखने को इतना मजा आ रहा है। So I'm very grateful that you came and very sorry that this happened like this.

But the tournament is not over.

Yes.

And the this game might be now very hard to come back from, but the tournament is not over and we have seen crazy things happen. So it's important to keep positive energy. And great. In the next games, we'll give our best. And I think I would not like. I mean, practically, I know that this is impossible, but somewhere one percent in my heart, I still hope for a miracle, which is super unlikely. But somewhere in my heart, I hope that unless it's over, it's not over.

Playing yeah. Yeah.

But but yeah, it's but there are still like I think five more games. And Uzbek might lose to USA or other teams, and we still have chances.

Yeah, and India still has to play.

So we'll just focus on on our own games and take it from there. Maybe we should see the women boards so that we have some positive energy.

One Tika is slightly better.

Alice Lee have drawn already. Yeah, so just adding these scores. Uh, Tarisa, Yipan is still going on, very complicated.

Yeah, but it looks like a lot of exchanges might happen. And Savita is winning, right? Oh, it's— oh, it is 2 pawns.

Yeah, 2 pawns should be.

Yeah, it's because you play g6, you bring the rook to d2, b2. You maneuver it slowly, slowly you will win. She's better, so we are doing well in the women's, man. Yeah, you remember last year, uh, women's team lost to Hungary and they made a comeback?

Poland only.

Poland. Sorry, sorry, in Hungary we lost to Poland and we made a comeback. So never say never. Okay, this is technical, it's not completely winning. There's a lot of work to be done by white, but it's just an extra pawn. But still a lot of work to be done in this game. But Savita's game is much, much more winning.

So Savita would win here. There are chances, and Hampi has to hold. Yes, which she can, I think. But it's getting very dangerous. Yeah. For Hampi, if Hampi loses by chance, then Vantika and Savita both have to win. Otherwise, it would be a draw.

Also, I would just say that whoever is watching and they were watching the game of Nihal, please send him positive energy and love because it's a game at the end of the day. And please don't be harsh because mistakes happen. I have made countless number of mistakes and blunders. Magnus Carlsen also makes mistakes and he lost. In the final in GCL, so we are all humans at the end of the day. But you sending in positive vibes will be very important for us going ahead.

Yeah, that's a very nice.

Please no negativity and just yeah, lot of love.

Harshit bhai said every day. Yeah, so thank you.

I think from the audience I would just request that.

And also Niall has played. I mean he played amazing chess. He's playing amazing. It was one game sometimes. Yes. Similarly has won the games. For the team also, yes. In this way, so yes.

And like imagine you show him lot of compassion and love now, and next five games he makes like insane. He wins the matches, clutches it. Yeah. So that's how it is to be a good supporter, to always be there through thick and thin.

As a player, it matters. Yeah. To get the positive in general, everybody, the team energy, everything.

Like for example. Maybe we have seen that many times you blundered in good positions and lost, and then such messages. Do you get time to check or ऐसा कुछ मतलब? Has it happened that positive energy?

I mean, you don't like go through social media, and I am sure Nihal is not there on social media. But just in general, I believe in positivity and like the universal energy that is there. So if you guys think, if you believe, you know. I think it makes a difference. I don't know how, but it makes a difference. At least the atmosphere. So we'll also try to keep uplifting energy in the team now.

So women are winning and I think I think you guys just heard what Vidit is going to tell Nihal when he goes back.

I think I think you cannot say anything. That's the thing. You realize as a top player this is. There's nothing that you say that can make them.

Feel better.

Only the next game, and once you do well there, with time it eases off. Like I'm sure when Guki lost to Nodirbek, he knew that he was winning. He knows it. He realized the blunder immediately as he plays it. So there's nothing that you can say that make them feel better at that moment. But in the long run, it's I think useful to have positive intent.

I still remember Gukesh winning. I mean, you guys winning 2024, and then in the press conference he is saying, "I now repaid my debt." Two years later.

Yeah.

So you know that was playing on his mind.

Yeah. And still five more games to go.

Yeah.

Five more games.

Okay. I think on this note I'll leave and carry on, guys. You guys are doing an amazing job.

Thank you, Vidit bhai, for coming and being so generous with your time and also, uh, for giving us such great insights. Guys, Vidit OP ho jaye chat pe. Uh, he came today, um, in the middle of so many things that are happening. So thank you.

Thank you, bhai. Thank you. See you.

Yeah, that was Vidit, guys. So nice of him to come and join us and share his thoughts and insights. And you could see how, how nicely he took it, uh, how nicely he, you know, took, uh, this match in his stride. Like he's saying, like, you know, just one game, 5 more games to go, and immediately he's thinking about the next 5 games. And this is what we should do as well, guys. This game is over, but there are 5 more games remaining. We should focus on the next best step. The next best step is to, you know, just relax. There is a rest day tomorrow. Come back stronger for the last 5 games because nothing is lost yet. We will still get our chances to fight for a, for a medal and maybe even gold. So Everything still on the table. By the way, Humpy's game, 36 moves have been made. Five minutes for Humpy. The material is around equal. Small, small edge for black because of the ex the past B pawn. But I think Humpy should should be doing fine here. Divya drew. But our boats three and four are doing really well. So the women's team seems to be in very good shape to win this match, and against USA it's never easy. So yeah, you know, of course even I am a human. Even I was a bit upset when that happened, but now it's done. What's done is done. And we will focus on the future matches. Okay, Queen takes f7 played by Humpty. King takes. Four more moves to the time control. Savita, this is a game where we have a completely winning position. Savita is up two pawns and we are playing the U.S. team, guys. The U.S. does have an excellent team. So defeating the US team is a great result for our, uh, for our Indian women's team because they lost yesterday against Poland and now they are making a comeback, which is great to see. Savita is winning. She has been the MVP, winning all of her games. And then Vantika also has an advantage if you count the pawns. 5 pawns for white, 4 for black. So, one ticka is just a clean pawn up. So, if we win on boards three and four, we are going to essentially win the match. And I don't think Humpy will lose this. I I think Humpy should be able to hold this.

Yeah.

Why does it? Nihal's game, by the way, coming to his board after knight f five, knight e six check. This was the blunder. Rook takes g h four, knight h four, queen c seven check. E2, and Nihal is still trying to fight because if bishop takes e2, rook takes e2, rook takes e2, rook takes e2 check, there could potentially be like minute drawing chances for Nihal. But the question is if whether he was even psychologically recovered from the shock. So We'll keep an eye on this game as Yakubov is thinking. Coming back to Humpy's board here, 30 minutes were added exactly. Don't give up, Nihal. Yeah, I mean he's fighting. He is fighting here, and if I can bring his camera again, of course Nihal looks quite upset. But let's try to understand if he has any chances, guys. He played e two. Yakubov has to give up the bishop. By the way, Yakubov could have gone with his king to h one. And this was just clearly winning for him because after knight e1, rook e1, e2, he simply can move his bishop away. Bishop to g2. So a small, small inaccuracy by Yakubov, but of course he's a queen up, so should be winning.

e2.

Okay, let's say he takes. Rook takes e2. Rook takes e2. Rook takes e2 check. King f3 is actually already a bad move, very bad move because of Bishop h5 check.

Uh-huh.

So he has to go King g3, and I'm just not in time, I guess, because if Rook to e6— ah, Queen f4 check. This is the problem. And then Queen h4 is a checkmate. So after King g3, White is threatening Queen f4 check. If Nihal goes rook to e4, maybe white can capture the pawn on b7, and white is winning, guys. White is winning. But Yakubov just wants to make sure he doesn't let this win slip away.

Is the camera stuck?

Oh, the camera is stuck, I guess. Amruta, is the— can you just check if this camera is stuck or which one of Nihal?

हाँ, it is stuck. But they are playing, right? Or is it over? Niall is still playing. No, he didn't resign.

No, he's still playing. He's fighting. He's fighting.

Um, that's, that's still good, you know, that he's fighting.

Yeah.

What's happening to women's this thing? Maybe this one I'll just. Ah, this is stuck. They need to.

And look at Srinath there, by the way. Yeah, he gets up there. Rook takes e two played. Rook takes e two played by Nihal. Bishop takes e2. Ah, Nihal so not happy, but bishop takes e2, rook takes e2, and king g3 is the cleanest move here, which threatens queen to f4 check. If Yakubov finds king g3, that's going to be it, and he's about to move his King, can he find king to g3? Can he find king to g3? Yakubov needs to play the move king to g3 here, and the threat, guys, after this move is queen to f4 check and queen to h4 checkmate. And that's why this is such a key move for Yakubov. If king f3, the game is actually going to turn around equal, but king g3 is just a winning move for Yakubov, and it's not very difficult. It's not very difficult. Maybe bishop to d3. You know, and somehow he can still try to fight here.

Nihal, let's see.

Yakubov still needs to convert this position. He is winning, but he has not won yet. Not won yet. Nihal trying to somehow. Fight even after that unfortunate blunder.

That is very interesting because many times you tend to resign here. I think, uh, what we have seen many times, what players continue because they want to leave that, um, kind of sadness in some way over there only. While Nihal leaves from here, obviously this is going to be very, very heartbreaking for him, but as much as he can leave it over here The more, the longer he plays, it's just easier for him to recover. Though very hard.

Yeah, of course. You know, right now I don't think he's thinking so much about recovering. Right now he's still playing, so I'm sure he's still thinking about this game and how he can somehow find a miracle to save this. Yakubov still needs to do some work. 23 minutes for him. That's a lot of time, right, Amrita? I mean, after you get this additional 30 minutes, you suddenly get just a lot of extra time to find the best continuation.

Absolutely. So, uh, 44th move over here for Nihal. Also, it's going to be a lot more time over here, and there is zero chance, right? Like, this is hanging, you can't save it. These pawns are just going to be lost.

Well, if he finds King g3 And one more accurate move, that's gonna be it.

Just one more move check, maybe king f2 and that's it. Yeah, rook d3, queen b7 to just quickly show you how this can be over. Takes, takes, takes.

Oh no, queen c5 check as well.

Yeah.

Rook to e2 and.

So shall we move to women's board? Because this is.

Sure.

Going to be over over here, but for us very important is firstly Humpy's game, and she is holding like it's equal pawns. Just that you had to be careful about the outside passer earlier. At this point, I don't think it is anything to worry about without the rooks and only two minor pieces on board.

I think Humpy is fine. Also looking at the H one square is of the light square, whereas black has the dark square. Squirt bishop. So yeah, I think this should be fine.

So Hampi would most likely end in a draw. Divya has ended in a draw. Vantika was better, but right now, as Vidit had mentioned, that technically it is not so easy to convert this because you don't have an outside passer.

But I think she might win. I think she might win. And even if she doesn't, look at Savita's board.

And Savita is completely winning.

Totalmente.

40th move is done over here.

Yeah, and, uh, and a completely winning position for Savita here.

Wow, so this is completely winning. By the way, after Rook a2, uh, Savita's last move, you can see first of all this pawn is weak on that square. This is weak on dark square. The light square bishop can never defend that. The rook is nicely placed over here. Everything is well defended, and this pawn cannot be easily attacked. मतलब black is not giving time to rose to you know take care of everything.

Yeah, no, this is two pawns up. White's bishop is passive. Savita should win this and move to like she has been by the way five out of five करेगी यार Oh, that is like—

I think from this moment onwards, Savita can— should never be given a given rest.

I mean, we have, you know, we also have Vaishali in our team. We just have a very strong women's team. But I think this decision of, of playing Savita today and Vaishali taking a rest for important rounds was a great decision.

Yeah, yeah. No, but 100% score, will she be the only one in Olympiad or anyone else is on 5 out There should be players, I think, but I think, uh, for the Indian team, she has been a star.

Um, you don't have the chat.

Do you have it?

No.

And going back to Humpy's board, yeah, I mean, she, she basically can even consider taking the knight on c5 and then playing something like knight e4. I mean, um, yeah, she has a very big drawing margin.

Gold is not gone yet. Exactly, guys. Harshit bhai.

Yeah, and he has not gone yet.

Harshit bhai, we have to be pumped up. Like as Vidit said, guys, we have to leave positive energy. And firstly, women's, they are playing amazing chess. If it the history repeats, then they will lose to Poland and they are going to be winning the gold. That would be the historic thing. करेक्ट फॉर मेंस इवन इफ़ वी लॉस्ट इवन इफ़ वी आर लूजिंग टुडे आई थिंक दे गेट सम टाइम टू रिकवर हम्म हम्म टुमरो इधर है डे फिर भी आज उन्होंने बरमुडा पार्टी जाके दे जस्ट हैव टू लेट गो व्हाटेवर हैप्पेंड आई गेस दिस इज़ मेनी टाइम्स यू नो लाइक यू जस्ट हैव अ चेंज Yeah, and let's see Nihal because right now for a moment, King G3 found. But Yakup was very alert. Yeah, very sharp to not miss. Knight e6. I think sometimes when you have seen the tactic, you're always hoping your opponent falls for that. So I think for Yakubov, it was, um, something where he could not believe what just happened.

Yeah, King to g3 threatens Queen f4 check and Queen h4 checkmate, Amruta. That's the idea that Yakubov has set up right now.

Yeah, and if I go e4, doesn't matter anyway. Yeah, as we had seen this already, and yeah, too much. So maybe we are seeing a resignation.

Maybe Bishop d3 is a good try here.

How?

Like if I take here, then it's Bishop b5.

Is it a fortress?

Yeah, now it's a fortress. So after Bishop d3, you have to give a check. Maybe this is a good practical try because I can't go here, guys.

Because find a move with— let's ask after a long time white to play over here. What's the move? Can you find it? The theme is keywords. Keywords.

Yes, exactly, guys, exactly. A lot of you writing it. Rahul, Sonal Gandhi.

But this is a good trap, no? Nihal has said, because if Yakubov plays very fast, very likely he'll miss it. But if he takes time, then obviously he will not.

Yeah, I don't think this, this will happen. I think after Bishop d3, he will give a check on g7, force the black bishop to come back to g6, and now capture the pawn on b7. And you cannot protect both the pawns on C6 and A6. So that's going to be the way.

So maybe final trick, yeah, which Nihal has over here.

Yeah, good. And we have a very special guest joining us.

Yeah, you can say.

We have the 5-time world champion and the current FIDE interim president here with us. Vishy, thank you for joining us. Must be very busy times for you.

Yes, uh, most of them I don't even know what I'm doing.

So maybe a good idea is to look at some chess and some games. Uh, that would be, I think, uh, the ideal thing, but a very Very close fight between India and Uzbekistan.

Of course. In fact, I thought it was heading for a 2-2. Then I had this, like, a premonition, because when the king was on g7, right, there was a moment where the king is on g7, queen g3. And I was just telling a friend, I hope, I mean, Knight f7 is a terrible blunder because of Knight e6. And of course, King h6 happened, and then we know the rest.

Yeah.

And then next thing, I saw King takes g5, and g3 happened, and I thought, oh, I really hope he doesn't play Knight f5, because it's very easy to mentally play Knight f5, gh4, King h6, and then Knight e6 doesn't work. Correct. But in the reverse order it goes. After that, I wasn't sure that, uh, I thought maybe Knight f3 check, but it seemed very unlikely that this would be fine.

Yeah, I'm surprised that Nihal is still playing, actually.

Yeah, this is the live position.

Ah, no, I mean, well, he's trying for Bishop d3, but now then Queen f4 is winning. No, no, it's not. Uh, it's not Queen f4, it's Queen G7, maybe.

Yeah, Queen G7. And if King F5, Queen H7. And if Bishop comes back, then now you can take the pawn on B.

Yeah, now you take the pawn and everything is messed up. But why not King H5? Ah, King F4. Because if Rook F2, then King E3 wins everything. That's the house here. Oh, but then you have Rook E4. Wait a minute. Ah, and King F3 is winning. Okay.

When it happened.

Yeah, but, uh, okay, tough.

With it here at that point, and he mentioned that this is something that would only happen because of sometimes nerves And, you know, Nihal would see it in a second, like such things, right? But I think it's the pressure, right?

Yes. I mean, in bullet, he would see it immediately. But let's put it another way. It's not a question of time. Normally, if there are 100 tackles, you'll see 99. But the missing one is rotating. You might miss a different one at a different moment or something. It's just when the brain fails, it fails suddenly. And that's it. All of us have made too many blunders to not be familiar with the process. But it's still painful. And okay, it was a really crucial match.

Yeah.

But I think Nihal has also scored some very important wins for the team. So, I think he has still been a very important player for the team.

No, that's not the problem. The problem is now that Uzbekistan has won the direct encounter. And— 2 points ahead.

Yeah.

So now we need a big turnaround, a very big turnaround. That's the point. I mean, nobody will really question Nehal's value or contribution. It's just this was a particularly bad opponent for it to happen against. What can you do? That's life.

Yeah.

But Vishy, do you think like this Olympiad is still very wide open because Germany, USA, and China. These are three opponents that still Uzbekistan has to play, which which are quite strong.

Yes, there are many rounds left, but look, you give me a two-point lead against your main rival, I'll take it.

Right.

Of course.

Yeah.

Also, did China beat Germany?

Actually, Ding Liren is completely winning against Vincent Kaimer.

Exactly. Yeah, that's what. And also. Donchenko, I thought, was in very shaky position, but somehow he escaped.

So two draws didn't escape fully on boards two and three, and oh, Xu Shangyu is also winning.

He's also winning because he's just winning the ending.

If you take here, you lose this, and otherwise the king is slowly coming in, and maybe h six g five and win g three or something else.

Okay, so then it's actually winning by two point margin. So you know, we shouldn't assume that Uzbekistan has won. The point is relative to us, they've got a big thing. But maybe China is still the country to beat. So yes, well, if we beat China, yes.

China beats Uzbekistan and we beat China.

You knew it coming.

As soon as you saw Sagar's face, because I had the same thought myself and I wanted to stop myself from saying it. I thought, okay, let me take stop Sagar from saying it. So that's it. But yeah, okay, we have the same problem.

Okay, China is not doing it for us.

The women's team actually is doing very well. We are playing the gold this, right?

Yeah.

Any worry for Humpy or it should be something?

Look, I I don't want to put my foot in my mouth. Yeah, it doesn't look to me that there's a problem currently.

But so Hampi is gonna Divya drew her game. But Vantika oh actually we left it. They have reached move forty. We were looking at it somewhere here.

Oh big advantage and then it's gone south a bit.

Yeah, like Queen F six maybe. Okay, but they had shared thirty nine seconds.

Yeah.

And a few inaccurate moves, and right now it feels like maybe black can hold this.

I think black has already held. If you touch the rook, queen with d5 check is a draw.

Ah yeah.

And so on.

And then actually we come down to the last board of Savitha, and this game I think we are like, we can just very generally, we don't want to say this, but this game I do think like we can maybe say black is It's gonna win, right?

You think -8.3, it might slip through? No, but like, on a good day.

Yeah, no, Savitha is completely— and she has actually won all of them.

But I do say, I'm happy you got this far, because if she had not, I think then she'd really kick herself for missing bishop c8.

Yes.

Yeah.

Oh my God. Yeah, I mean, uh, missing bishop c8 was really—

This moment, exactly.

Yeah. Bishop c8 and Rook b2.

Wow, this was a very cool backward move.

Sometimes it's a bit hidden, right, this Bishop c8, uh, concept.

And yeah, if you take, then this was the winning move, but she still kept it under control after Bishop takes d5. And now finally, this is the live position. So she might—

Yesterday, uh, women's team lost their match, but today came back strong against a tough opponent. So that's actually a good, uh, good comeback.

Yeah.

For, for them.

And by the way, you can see Carissa Yip is, uh, quite upset because she knows that although she'll hold, her team will lose. And there was another, maybe in the open section, can we look at, uh, the board number, uh, 3?

Uh, England versus France. And Vityubov drew against Maxime with black.

And oh, Michael Adams is winning. Vishy, do you like enjoy watching the games of, let's say, Michael Adams or Ivanchuk, or, you know, the guys with whom you played so many years?

Yes, of course. I mean, I don't particularly only watch the games or something, but Of course, you're curious to see how your old buddies are doing and what's happening to their old openings and that stuff.

So yeah, you shared a very nice story of, uh, Ivan Chu.

I know, it is hilarious. I didn't see it coming. He said— I mean, you expect someone to say, you know, Arjun, uh, wearing it looks like Neymar. Neymar looks like Arjun.

I thought it was very cute.

I like that story. Okay, so Michael Adams, I guess, and Gawain, maybe, right, will take and he's up a pawn. And this maybe is also weak, and Gawain is actually losing. So this might be a very close 2-2 draw because board 4 between, uh, Luke McShane and Jules Massard is already a draw.

Okay, so still could go to 2-2.

Yeah, exactly. One win by Adams and then Moritzi Mark Andrea could bounce back and make it even.

And in the next one, Armenia is I know below it. Yeah. There are three draws already: Armenia, Iran, and one last board remaining. And Sean facing it.

This is so weird to see the black rook on c six, right?

Yes, well, not that weird. I mean, it was sitting on d six.

It will go and go back.

If there was a pawn on d six, then I'd be more impressed. I mean, you can play rook a six, c six, close it with b six. But I mean, that would jump out at me more.

Have you ever liked solving such things like where they give a position and reach this position in like seven moves or something?

No, not particularly. I remember my second world junior, they gave a puzzle like that and I, man, I think I managed to solve it or something. But somebody else wants to won the prize. But retrograde is a special. You need a special taste for that.

Not a huge, right?

And it is like solving a crime, isn't it?

It's like how it like yeah, crime yeah.

Because at some point you realize that black played a five and h five and this rook is the one sitting on h eight or something like this. Interesting question. If I yeah, no it can't. If you go rook a six h six h eight and then you move everything, can you cast?

Unless no one notices.

Yeah, it's worth a shot. You know what happened with, um, Kasparov and Dreb once? They were playing in Moscow and Kasparov had a strong attack, and at some point Dreb castled, and I think Garry had missed this, and then he didn't know what to do. He thought, how did I miss this? And he didn't know what to do, um, and he lost that game. And then later on in the evening, people only discovered it because they tried to enter the moves into the database.

Correct.

So they were entering the moves and it's not letting castles happen. They kept on trying to castle. Then the guy looked and realized that one of the errors had happened and they couldn't. 96.

Oh, I will try to find it again.

Yeah, yeah, you should. It'll be spoofed in the base. They'll have to basically The first game will be Uncle, Uncle castling.

Second game will be from them.

And actually, Interzonal is a very serious event.

Yeah, like, no, no, this is an Intel event.

Intel event.

Sorry, sorry.

The Intel Rapid.

You know, in Intel Rapid, there's one game of yours that I saw on video, because at that point there were not so many videos that were being shot.

Right, you mean my thing with Kramnik?

No, the one with, uh, Ivan Chupa, where you play a pawn and with f3 check, g takes f3, and then king f— like, you, you have very little time and then somehow you give up a pawn. It's your first round, you're going to get knocked down, but you save it. Like, you're losing that game. I think it was against Smirin, maybe.

Yes, yes, yes, yeah, f3, correct, correct.

And then in one game you were completely losing— uh, no, you were completely winning, but you had no time. I think it was at someone, you sack a rook with 2 pawns, then he takes the rook at f6 check with rook and king, and you take it and you just in time make a draw.

Like, ah, eliminating the— so no pieces left for the— yeah, yeah.

Oh, it was so exciting, like all this, because the flag would go like this and you don't know if there is enough time. That was epic. That was the one you won actually, that Intel, uh, event.

Sure.

You beat, I think, Ivan Chuk in the finals.

No, I beat Kramnik in the final. Kramnik beat Kasparov in the semi.

Yes, yes.

Epic events, right? Like these rapid knockouts are being missed right now.

No, I—

one event that I would love to see come back is the Amber event. Like, I would love to— like, because, uh, the Amber, for the people who don't know, was a blindfold event that used to happen long back. So People would sit in front of each other but without the actual board.

Yeah.

And you would just, I guess, say the move or put it on the machine. I think you used to play it on the machine, right?

You used to just—

yeah, you would input the move.

Imagine this board with no pieces and you would enter the moves and the notation would only show the last half move. Correct. So that's all you would see. And from that you would see the move number and the move and you could then work backwards if you want.

I think that is okay.

We did enough retrograde there, so we don't need more puzzles. Because every time you forgot, you had to go all the way back and try it.

Would it happen often that you would forget?

I mean, given that we played 11 games, I think I might forget less than once a year. But nonetheless, once you forget something, like once with Morozevich, I wanted to play some Exchange queens and then make some move. I made the move and he took my queen. I'd forgotten to exchange queens. Something like that. So some accidents happened in blindfold. But sometimes people would come to the game and think, okay, this is obviously the blindfold game because he blundered everything and it turned out to be an active game. The blindfold games are quite a lovely combination. So you never know what—

It was in Monaco, right?

Amber Monaco.

No, it was a beautiful tournament. Total lap of luxury. Just a fantastic tournament. Yeah, I mean, for us it was the tournament we looked forward to the whole year.

Do you think that tournament— like, it's been a while since I think people discussed about blindfold, or I'm not sure, like, if— like, what about, like, in your group? But I feel like if that tournament comes back, it could be very exciting, no?

It could be fun. Yeah, it could be fun to try blindfold now. I mean, we're trying so many other variants.

Why not?

Yeah, exactly.

That's a good question. Because variant is changing the board.

Something on the chessboard, like, no, but there is no piece.

But we see, how is it going here? Are you, uh, enjoying? Like, how much time do you spend in the hotel and how much time are you meeting people? It must be a lot of meetings.

I have had days when I had my meetings In the hotels, I also had days when my meetings were here, and I'm going back and forth. But today I decided to come by anyway. That's why I messaged you, right? And because you had asked earlier.

Yes, thank you.

It took you a while, and then I realized you're really engrossed in the game. You're not checking your phone.

Yeah, this I missed it. I had written to him, but then I wrote to you also. So did it?

But then I thought, okay, very busy. I was about to give up and go back to the hotel, but luckily you caught me.

Thanks for stopping by. And overall, like, are you— you must be following this, but are you also thinking about the PDA election and playing in your head?

A bit of both. I mean, I spent part of my day doing that. You have to meet the delegates. But it's nice. I mean, I actually enjoyed coming. I also was with Sahil and Salah, so I was there. And then, so I enjoyed today actually discussing chess for a while.

Like, do you think to change the mood or something for the Indian team today, like they should Go to the Bermuda party. They should do something else.

You should ask this question.

People can't see you. Yeah, but if they can hear me, it's fine. Yeah, I'm asking if she's okay.

I don't know. Everyone recovers the way they recover, but it'll be a tough night for them. But I think they should take the attitude that everything is still in play. There are 5 rounds. and go for it. Nothing's in our hands, but we go and fight. I think they'll do it as a team. And yeah, there will be hopefully options.

Do you see like what would be— because you are like the king of fortresses— do you see any kind of fortress here? Like if bishop goes to b5, that's a fortress.

Thank you for making me a king of it, but I don't know how to get there because always the queen is interfering. We also bishop d3, queen g7 check, for instance, we saw and so on. So it's not that easy to achieve.

But if he's not careful and plays bishop d3, king f3, for example, then it's bishop d5 and draw.

Yes, look at it. Because see, the earlier point was the reason I had to play queen g7 was because king f5 loses to Queen h7, right? Otherwise, uh, King f8, g5 is a decent waiting. But King on h5 is also in danger of getting mated.

Actually, King f4 is also— I don't know, actually, if Queen b7, Bishop b5, even this. Yeah, but the Black King, maybe as you said, is a bit too weak.

So I'll tell you what I think the problem is. I think, yeah, King f3 as well, but better to do a check With Queen b7, Queen b7. No, Queen g7, King h5, Queen b7, Bishop b5. Queen b7, sorry. And then you give a check on f7 or something and then move the king. Yeah, she nailed it.

Yeah.

And guys, we have the one who has scored a very important win, 5 out of 5. And what a timing, Savita, to be here. We also have Vishy here, so congratulations. Nihal is losing right now.

Losing, uh, because you saw the queen go, right? This happened, uh, so this is what happened. f4 is much better. He took with the king g3, and then he went. Yeah, actually was being better, but now knight e6 is the problem because you reverse the order.

Yeah, I mean, okay, I could see it in his face. Yeah, but Savita, you. Played an incredible game. Maybe, how was how was it for you? You, I think your win is most likely going to help India win this match against U.S.

Yeah, I'm grateful for it. Yeah, how many were the bad news?

Yeah, you can tell her.

When you played bishop takes d five, I knew I play I missed. Something.

Yeah. Now do you like you know it or?

Uh, I thought okay I must have won bit easier but I where did I? Should I still not turn it off?

Yeah.

No, I don't think there is a mistake.

So here.

Yeah.

How?

Why?

Wait, wait.

Sorry.

I thought it was a.

No, here.

I'm talking about this game.

She should have played bishop a three, right?

I don't know, but at that point, instead of bishop d5, bishop c8 wins on the spot. Bishop c8 with b2 and c2.

I actually thought bishop c8 at some other variations, but I just like I took it in a minute, so I didn't even consider these bishops.

Yeah, it's a bit tricky, no backward move.

If you hadn't won, we wouldn't have told you.

I wouldn't have told you. I think now we can spoil your mood a little bit.

I thought I played a pretty good game, and now yeah.

I'm sorry I spoiled that, but anyway.

But anyway, you still played a good game.

It was it was it was also winning bishop d five. Like it was not.

Okay, that's plus six, and this is plus two.

Yeah.

Yeah.

After that, I didn't give any chance, right?

No, you were clean.

Cleanly.

Okay, then fine.

But this opening you played, were you aware of it?

Yeah, that was my prep.

Uh, so till here it was my prep because she was always playing g3. That's what, uh, Arjun was here, uh, the second, uh, and he told like, uh, opponent always plays g3.

So she mainly plays Catalan, but I was like, I only know that instead of castles you're supposed to play a5, right? So that's why a, b, c, b. Now you can play Bishop f4 and all that stuff. But you were gonna sack the exchange or something, maybe.

So like a5, bd6, and, uh, knight d2, b5, ab6, knight b6. This is the line. Yeah, like if she plays correctly, like I'm the one who should be defending, uh, but yeah, okay, this was unexpected. But also d5, I didn't understand. I mean, I thought, okay, it's easy play for blacks, and, uh, yeah.

And then it was like a very smooth. Savita, one question: your debut and five out of five. Are you feeling like? Did you ever feel a bit of nervousness going into this Olympiad playing for Team India?

No, not really. Maybe like this round I was a bit nervous because yesterday we lost to Poland, and if something goes wrong in this game, okay, there's no chance for the medal.

Yeah.

So at the start of the game, yeah, I was a bit nervous for this round, but once The game started, I wasn't really thinking about that because I got my prep.

Yeah.

How are you so confident, Savita? What's the secret? Not confident always, but this time I don't know.

But Vishy, I think you also interacted with Savita a bit. Maybe any thoughts on like just that she's here? If you can say something.

You're putting in a fun spot.

No, not at all. Coming to.

Oh no, no, no. But my team coaches, I think, come. Oh, team coaches. But it's going to be the first time. You're not excited to come to Bermuda? I mean, what is there to be excited? Very good. But where she?

I'm not excited.

Reflect your question a little bit.

Were you like? Did you go to your to the Bermuda party first time you played?

No, I didn't even. I don't think there was a Bermuda party there. I went to the first. My first Bermuda party was in Calvia, 2004.

I was not even born.

How many of them?

Arjun, I think.

Arjun, yeah, 2003. They did.

Yeah, but not.

And of course, and Nihal was born as well. It's 2004, isn't it? Yeah. And Kalvia was in October.

So what's funny about it?

No, good odds. I mean, like, yeah, I think Nihal is born before October. I mean, good odds.

5 out of 6 to get.

But yeah. It was really cool, and right now there's only this game.

Just Mantika is also playing.

Mantika is still playing, but but I think she'll make a draw. She will be able to draw, and Humpy is still playing.

No, Humpy drew. Finished, I think. But I don't know the result.

I hope. I think she would draw, and also Mantika cannot lose a pawn after ten games. So India will win against USA, and Savita congratulations, and keep going. I think you are playing amazing.

Thank you.

And Vishy, thank you so much for stopping by. And you know, just it was so wonderful to have you. And also best wishes for the three-day elections in four days or five days from now. So hope that things work out today.

Thank you, sir.

And one of the days also, if you will be again able to come.

Sure, I'll stop.

The next few days actually I have.

चेयर लॉट ऑफ़ पीडीएफ मीटिंग्स होंगे। ओके, गाइस, वील बी बैक इन अ बिट, बट अ बिग थैंक यू टू विशी एंड सविता फॉर बीइंग हियर। All right, guys.

Oops, I think the camera is stuck. Maybe let me just get back to the Being bored here, and it was very nice of Vishy to drop in and also to kind of lighten the mood. Savita joined us, you know, five out of five. It was even if those few minutes, it was very nice. To have you have her over here, and I'm just I think the camera is not everything is fine. We already know what happened in Savita's game fifteen minutes in advance, but it's fine. It's good to know. Well, I think Nihal did try the final trick, but of course Yakubayev was. Very alert and did not. Oops, sorry, little. And did not allow it. He gave a check, King H5, and here we are. Right? But it's very interesting how like he's still there, yeah? And he's also using time. It's sometimes you're losing, but you also play very quickly and it finishes off. But not so much. There is no fortress. It's not going to be any fortress, guys, because yes, right now after Rook h4, if you take here, then there is Bishop b5. But at this point it still doesn't work because it's slightly different than the previous scenario. King g5, and, uh, there is going to be a check here. King has to go here. This king is very active, so maybe, maybe it's much different because the rook is going to be struggling. You know, you can't go over here because there is check and you lose. You can't go back, you lose in skewer, and otherwise the threat is to win the rook. So that way, King g3, and he goes Rook e4. Yes. Thank you, sir. So I guess this now clears. Maybe your super chat was much while ago and it was analyzed by everyone. We we also have a help chess contribution by Zing Chess. So always supporting this, and I also met him in GCL at Bangalore. So thank you so much, Zing Chess. Very kind of you. Tough luck for Nihal. Yeah, absolutely, Nihal. I I mean especially. You know, it happens when you've played a very beautiful game and you've found some— even sometimes at this level, to find 2-3 absolutely interesting ideas in the middle game is huge. And Nihal was very bold to go for the plan with f6 and g5 and so on. It was very ambitious of him. And yeah, he could have been the hero of today. Um, but definitely he should not feel that, you know, because of him the team got impacted, because it's so much a part of the game. Sometimes you will win, sometimes you will lose. Abeer says sad for Nihal. Yeah, we all are, but I guess this is also the mental test to recover, guys. Top players, the faster they recover, the more mental strength they get, and that's always useful because they have to play many such games. They they will be losing such brutal ways in the career. होने ही वाला है प्रतिची से sending love to Nihal guys. Nihal के लिए chat में एक बार hearts हो जाए like a lot of hearts. Just one time.

Yeah, and guys, मेरे को actually India को gold medal का route दिख गया है। Wow! I have seen it. How I'll tell you? So tomorrow they'll play China because China is winning right now. Ding Liren beat Vincent Keimer, which is a huge result actually.

Okay.

So it means that the score will be China will be one match point behind Uzbekistan, and then Uzbekistan will play China, and there maybe China could beat Uzbekistan.

China.

And then what will happen is India will play China, and if we beat China, then we will again come up.

So, but you're right, because I was also thinking that China has been, uh, you know, number of times it has won Gold in Olympia, and it has had the maybe maximum experience how to lead the event. And maybe they help, they help us. But but do you know the?

No, they help themselves, and then we have to help ourselves. So it happens, by the way.

Yeah. No, we can't stop dreaming because we have to keep dreaming. That's that's awesome. No.

If you take here Amrita, this spot becomes a passer. And if you take this way, then this pawn becomes a pass. So b5 is I think the final nail. But I also admire that Nihal keeps playing on.

Yeah, yeah, which is quite interesting. It's not easy to sit there. And this is one thing I really like. You just gather yourself until the end. Moment, right? You just do that, and then you kind of the moment you get out, you have recovered. Then you are in like okay, what next? So much in the present. Can't he keep giving checks? But with checks with black, no, because if he gives a check, by the way, B five, yeah. Yakubov has found it. Even Yakubov has, has played practically amazing. I would say the decision of f4 was not an easy one.

It was a mistake, but it worked out.

Yeah, engine-wise, definitely a mistake, but was slightly intimidating as well in one— in some way. By the way, in women's section we had Savita who won, Vantika was drawing, and Humpy was drawing her game. Ding Liren completely winning against Vincent Keymer. Oh, he won! It's over. Actually, this was come out of it out of the blue. Like you didn't, you don't expect Ding to beat Vincent who has been in amazing form.

Like Zhu Xiangyu is the replacement. Like all the boards were played by Kong Xiangru, who is like the fourth board, but he didn't play today. And Zhu Xiangyu came and beat. So the German team which looked invincible actually got beaten. So मतलब ये tournament एकदम खुल गया है ना?

Unpredictable हो रहा है। सिर्फ अभी तक Uzbekistan is the only team with 100% score, but Uzbekistan has done very well. One of the things which they have on their side is the confidence, is the kind of opponents getting intimidated by their performance, which we have seen last year happening with India. Yeah, India has been like completely sweeping it. Sweeping in. How do we say it? Yeah, guys, if rook keeps giving check, then the king is going to come forward. So if you give a check, then you will. You can't come here because there is a check. So that's actually a good point. King goes to F three.

Full screen.

We have to refresh it.

All right, pause there.

No, but I just एक बात डबल की। For Uzbekistan, it is definitely a very, very happy news today because the tournament is happening in Uzbekistan. They have so many you know fans coming in, coming from Samarkand, Tashkent, and what all places here. You can see always Sindaro while he's leaving, he's completely completely mobbed with so many people for autographs and selfies. And, uh, like for India, how in Chennai Olympiad everyone was very happy to see the players, similar for Uzbekistan right now.

Ah, Nihal! When Nihal was winning for us in the last 5 rounds with 4 out of 5, everyone was rooting for him. Now when he's down, people showing their— well, I think, guys, as Vidit mentioned, as Vishy mentioned, I think tournament is still wide open. I truly believe that anything can happen. If India were on the verge of winning this and in one move could blunder it and lose it, it means that anyone can, can do that. It can happen to the best. So, my feeling is that we should just keep the morale of our players high. Like, with it went, just give them the support. And in the end of the tournament, we can analyze what went wrong, what went right.

Ah, his heart is breaking, you know. He's remembering that moment.

Yeah.

And he just—

also, Nihal is very sensitive as a person.

So for him it would be a little bit, but he has amazing team and I'm sure, you know, all the team members are going to be helping him to absolutely get out of this. So that's very nice.

Uh, Prophylactic Vision, uh, 1.5-1.5 is because of 3 draws. All those who are joining in right now, this is how the matches have been. You can see the scorecard at the bottom. सुप्रमान्यन पोन्या सेज़ अग्रीट सागर बट ये 29 मिनट्स ये कुड़ हैव स्पेंड सम टाइम टू कैलकुलेट सो I think, uh, what happens in such moments is that excitement comes over you, uh, that, that you are— you feel like you are winning. So it's actually the old— if you see, like, he played fast not because he thought he would lose, he played fast because he thought he's winning. And, uh, this— I think it's just a matter of sometimes going through this experience and then coming through it and maybe using this to remember, okay, this is how it is. And in general, it's very tough because I see like players have been working on chess all their life and still this keeps happening. So it just goes down to that fact, Abruta, that chess is tough.

Chess is not just tough, also brutal. And, uh, the— you know, no matter what, it might seem funny, but the most important advantage of chess is that it breaks your heart a million times and it helps you in life because, um, that's what happens in life as well. And your resilience improves when you face the brutality of life.

Yeah, I don't know. In general, Amruta, I think the best thing that you can do now is to look at what are the possible options. Like, the thing is, you cannot keep analyzing why this happened, what happened. And as Vidit said, you know, he's been through this so many times that when he looked at Nihal, he could remember himself. And I think every player, including Gukesh from 2022 Olympiad, if you remember, +3 position against Nodirbek, it was not even like as complicated as today. It was like plain winning, and he lost from there. So, Everyone goes through this. It's just if we if we started playing chess at a very high level, we will go through this.

Even at even at any level, they will go through it actually many more times because it's so difficult to play an accurate game.

But brother, as fans, I believe of course there is a reason to be upset and you know you would feel so much of time and energy you've devoted. So you would feel like oh yeah. You know, if you only would have done that. But only my thought is there is still chance, there's still hope in this tournament. That's the thing.

Yeah, sir.

That is what I find very nice, that it's not the— it has not become hopeless.

Absolutely not. In fact, guys, we are going to be having a lot of gold opportunity. Does this work? अब बाद में करते हैं। but does this work? हाँ चल। so we have the opportunity. I am Sanchit Gupta says Nihal will make a remarkable comeback sending him loads of positive vibes. Nihal is a superstar and nothing can take that from him. Very nice and very true.

ऐसे similarly one round he wins a crucial game and यहाँ पे blunder होने का chance नहीं है दोस्तों like The thing is, even if let's say for example a six, I think Nihal will just sack this. The problem is not even that you will take here.

Queen a six rook d four is no still the problem is this Amruta.

And now if you go here, I give a check and win the rook.

And even king f five queen h seven you win the rook.

You are winning a full rook.

Pieces are scattered. They are not. At all defended, so you don't have time to like. Yakubov is careful not to give any time to create a fortress. Yeah, for all those who love Anjana is asking where did you buy the shirt? The link is in the description. You can pre-order. It will take two weeks, but you can pre-order. It's newly launched. And today, only we have launched.

Almost.

How do they calculate which team will play? Yeah, there's a software Swiss Manager, so that does it all. By the way, all those who had given a lot of super chats, thank you so much for your super super chats and positive ones. Have we?

Oh, it's happening. I think it's time for.

Oh, he resigns. अगर it's over, and Yakub signs the score sheet, and well, a sad moment there. Nihal knows it. But his teammates, you know, such moments sometimes they haunt you. Even you are in like randomly just pops up in your mind and you're like, oh my God, what did I do? Because you had such amazing, uh, thank you.

The thing is, it was a tough moment.

Look at Yeah. Oh, we need to. Yeah, Nihal. I think I guess Reenaat over there came and tried to. Yeah. Say it's okay, Nihal.

It's a tough tough moment for the coach as well.

You have to.

You can't use too many words, but it does remind us of the final semi, you know, the game of the fires American gambits that we saw where Nihal lost against Pranesh, and there also Srinath was there as the coach of his team, and here also he's there.

Again, Yakubov is still staring at the board for some reason. I don't know why.

Where is? Ah, I don't see Rustab Kazib Jaro, the coach of the team.

Ramit Malhotra. Oh, he sent a big super chat. Hello, you guys. Timing not ideal. Just tuned in to check. Please buy Nihal a small. मूवी और समथिंग स्ट्रॉंगर बिफोर द मुड़ा पार्टी, आई एम शुरू इज़ गोइंग टू बाउंस बैक मच स्ट्रॉंगर. लेट्स गो इंडिया. ग्रेट कवरेज एस यूजुअल. सीबीआई टीम. मिस यू ऑल.

अरे रमित. थैंक यू रमित भाई.

थैंक यू सो मच. क्योंकि मैं आपको मिला इसमें आपका इतना अच्छा सुपरचैट.

One game going on between the Indian players. Vantika trying her best to win, but it's going to be tough for her to win. She needs a lot of energy to win this, but it's still going to be not easy.

We all also need energy, Sagar. But I think in rook endgames it becomes tricky suddenly because you are down to 30 seconds and then you have to Make the accurate moves, and then you are defending.

Yeah.

So then I would not completely discard the chances of one Tika to win. And mind you, all the like each oh man exactly I was wow I thought it will happen much later, but still what is the move to find white to play guys? Don't tell them who Sagar.

Yeah, I'm not telling. I don't even understand the winning move.

But even after we've seen the engine guys. It's not, it's not about one move. Maybe it's about a plan. The interesting thing is why would that plan not work if the rook is or rook was on C five? So guys, it's not very easy. Let's try to think all of us together. F five and G five are the moves you are suggesting, but. G five is completely wrong. You lose a pawn. F five king G five for the rook B one, rook H one, rook H five mate. के लिए time नहीं है। So yeah, F five king G five. So not the move.

Let's look at what was the right move was check or rook C one. Now if you play this, the the only winning move according to the engine is rook B one.

And the idea is very interesting. Over here, the idea is now if you give a check, yeah, the king goes to H four, making sure that you are you know putting a lot of pressure with this. Now I play F five and G G five is still not the best, but it's still winning. Yeah, it is good. And then you bring your rook to C six. Yeah. How it is different from this point where you should have given a check and I go king h four. Ah, rook c one then. Either rook c three check, king h four, rook c one. But then I should have rook b three, no? f five, king f six, rook b three.

Not f5.

I want to play direct rook b3, rook h1 check, rook h3, rook b1.

But then let's say rook b1. I give you a check.

You go here.

Now I again wait.

Then I go g5.

And I come here.

No no no not f5. अच्छा sorry if I go g5.

It's all a matter of one tempo yeah.

Okay it's not easy. Okay white is winning but guys this is not easy. I mean, I'm not sure if it can be found on the board. But she played king h four.

Yeah.

So now rook b one, rook b three भी चल रहा है. f five अभी भी चल रहा है.

I think the main idea Amruta is to come here. So for example, rook b one I wait.

Then why not rook c four?

f five. No, just just a second. f five first improving f five. You wait.

I don't know how is Rook b1 improving.

Now you take, Rook c6, King g7 check. If you go here, I go Rook here and I win this. So you have to go back, King h5, and winning. Now the, the natural question to ask is, why doesn't this work if I do it here? For example, if you give me a check, King h4, and you go Rook c1, I go here, you go here, and I come here trying to get in. In comes check, you have to come back, and black is the one who is able to hold. So basically, uh, you needed to get your rook behind the pawn. So right now in this position, when I go Rook b1 and you go Rook d2, now it's not good enough because Your rook cannot, your king cannot come here. So the moment you move your rook, I have check and I have mate if your king comes up. So you have to go behind. Once you go behind, I go here and I come in. It's a very concrete one.

So it's about you need calculation. It's nothing to do with rook end games. Here it is calculation. Can she find it?

So now if Vantika does not play rook b1, then black will take. The last rank is important because it's far away from the king. If you get this rank here, it's not enough.

Okay, tell me something. If I go with if you go Rook b two, this is a draw. No, Rook b two.

f five is also a draw. f five is a draw. Rook d one.

And now I don't have time for Rook c four or check. Got it. Oh, one more question. Instead of f five, can I go directly Rook c four?

Yeah.

Rook c four. रुक टेक्स बी फाइव, रुक सी सिक्स, रुक सी सेवन चेक। या। एंड यू डोंट हैव यू डोंट हैव दिस। The moment you go here, now I need to stop this idea of yours.

How do you do that? रुक बी वन किंग एच फाइव एनीवे?

No but now this is the point.

Here check king g six.

Oh. सब एक मुक्का समाल कमाल है। Okay, this makes sense. Ankit says, now I feel my interest on this Olympiad is shattered. Oh, and someone said if she finds Rook b1, it will be the neurofocus move. Did she find it? Or Rook b3? Okay, still, still she's winning only because I guess Because the point was, if you go rook d1.

There's a lot of hard work to do, but it can be done. Actually, I think Vantika is going to convert it.

I think Rook B three is also guys an excellent move.

Nice move. Well done, Vantika. Amazing.

सामग्रा सेस कैन इंडिया विन आफ्टर दिस लॉस? यस, इंडिया कैन विन बिकॉज़ इंडिया इज़ ऑन टेन मैच पॉइंट्स, उज्बेकिस्तान इज़ ऑन टwelve एंड चाइना इज़ ऑन इलेवन। नाउ इमेजिन दैट टुमारो, दैट इज़ डे आफ्टर, आफ्टर द रेस्ट डे, चाइना एंड उज्बेकिस्तान प्ले एंड इंडिया प्ल 13. Then India and China play. India beats China, we move to 14. China is on 3rd. Clearly it is a lot of, uh, ups and downs, but it is possible.

Vantika is rated more than Crush, but why she a IM and Crush is a GM?

Well, I think Irina's rating was 2500 and then it fell down, while Vantika's rating has never reached 2500. So she's not yet made her norms and rating. Irina made it and then came down.

Yogesh Rawat says it was painful to see Nihal being heartbroken. He will bounce back. क्योंकि घायल है इसीलिए घातक है। Thank you. Ramit says, okay, so some gymnastics need to happen, but we are in the medals with a decent chance still, I guess.

I think so, because Uzbekistan has to play still three strong teams at least: Germany, USA, and China. These are the three teams they have to play.

Durandarwala comeback. Does Vantika get a norm if she beat Irina today? No, generally norms require at least eight or nine rounds.

No, nine rounds and she has to face at least three GMs and she has to perform at twenty six hundred. बोरमुरा का badge लेके आया ये बंदा। हर्षित भाई I went and asked and they said if you want for your team you have to make application and all. मैं बोला ठीक है साथ में करेंगे आप. खुद का लेके आ गए भाई। भाई एप्लीकेशन वगैरह आप इतना लंबा प्रोसेस क्यों करते हो सब में भाई? जाके करके आ जाने का। भाई किस? और लेके आओ ना भाई चार। नहीं बोले ना?

एक ही देंगे बोले। नहीं नहीं भाई मीडिया पास्टी को दे देंगे। Oh by the way look yeah she is so she played rook c five rook b two हो गया। She was also waiting rook d five once again she's got the opportunity। Now she plays rook b one Good move.

And now all that one thing I have to do.

Five, five, five.

Rook d one, rook d six. Nice. And if king g seven check, king h five, king g six wins. Nice one. Nice one. It's a complicated, complicated win.

Complication. But I think it's possible.

Possible.

Possible that one thing.

Why you will? You are going to Bermuda party.

I don't know. I just got it and like I thought like it's good to have it and then to choose. You know, to have the flexibility of going and then also it's possible to.

मुझे भी बोल रहे हैं जाने वाला है और फिर कितना कितना भेजेगा तू मतलब guys limit होता है। Actually Harshit bhai Harshit bhai के लिए commentary तो एक बहाना है Bermuda party जो ज़्यादा है bhai I will tell you one thing you do today if imagine you are having the best time at the Bermuda party you are enjoying your heart out and you got get a message from Nihal saying that hey Harshit Can you spend time with me? What will you do?

You're joking me, right? Of course I will go.

So why then? Why don't we go to Nihal and you know?

I will anyway speak with him. I mean, he is very close. I find I am very fond of him. I will for sure like call him and ask him if he needs me. If there is anything I can do.

What would you do? Why imagine that you have to hype? Let's say I am not about hyping.

It's just about being there with the person.

Being there. What would you do? But like, let's imagine you enter the room and the mood is very low.

What would you do?

There is always someone that can potentially change your mood.

Oh, F5 good! Let's go, Vantika might win this. Let's go, let's go, Vantika.

So I think that I, I would try to be that person who would just, uh, you know, try to speak with him. And, you know, I feel like very often chess players are so engrossed in the game that they forget that there are many other things that, like, you know, we can talk and discuss and be happy about. And, you know, similar to what happened in the GCL, he lost an important game, but then the next day he won 2 games in a row. And Nihal is someone like, once he's able to you know, recover himself from this loss, he can be very dangerous, as we've seen in the former rounds. So, I will for sure call him. I don't know if he wants to be alone. Very often, people— players just want to be alone. But I would still try to ask him. By the way, I am— of course, I'm doing this, but they have a beautiful team. They have Srinath, they have Vidit, who is— they have all these players. They know each other for a long time. Time. So I, I, I think he's in good hands, but I would still offer if there is anything.

I'm also feeling very upset you never offer anything.

Every single day I tell you, just come for a massage with me, come for this with me, come for this, but you just want to work, right? So I feel like we just have different interests. So then it becomes very hard for us to—

but imagine that you are—

guys, you both are not compatible, so don't worry. Like it's fine, it's good.

Five केला है वन्तिका ने। Five बहुत interesting चल रहा है बस go continue continue बस five announce करना था वन्तिका का। Like suppose Nihal you are there for Nihal and Nihal says I want to just be here you are like no let's go to massage let's go for gym. No no I will be there. You will be there.

Yeah.

So I'm asking you let me let's go for a short walk on the street or something.

Always down for that.

When I when have I सेट मोटिवेशन, तो यू आर यूजुअली लाइक वी शुड गो एंड डू सम एक्टिविटीज़। या लाइक वी कैन गो रनिंग, वी कैन गो बाइकिंग, बट आई फील लाइक आई एम इन अ स्टेज वेर आई एम वेरी दिस थिंग्स एक्साइट मी, बट आई थिंक वर्क एक्साइट्स मोर, विच इज़ वेरी इंटरेस्टिंग। आई मीन इन अ गुड Father wife.

Yeah, exactly. You know, he he needed a wife who also like imagine I want to constantly go out and see the places and do things. Go shopping, go to places.

Bye, Ramit. Ramit bhai sent us a nice super chat.

So we would not have been compatible then. वो मुझे छोड़ देता। so नहीं मैं किसी को मैं हर्षित भाई को कभी छोड़ा हूँ। नहीं पर हर्षित नहीं नहीं पर why will I leave anyway? But suppose I would say कि सागर अभी we have to go out okay summer कंड देखने लिए we have to go out and see summer कंड so I will tell you please go and see करेक्ट करेक्ट no no but I tell you सागर you are my husband and we have to go out but everything it is in the to do list of one one two three No, no, no. That's what I'm saying. Like in general, but suppose somebody, some wife would really have that as a priority.

Yeah.

We would not work. It would not work out.

The rook was here.

It's not duty of the black.

This it's a draw. But because the rook is here, no just showing him.

Oh.

Here.

Wow.

Check king here moves.

Rook d six.

Check and you win because the king.

No. नहीं रू रुकड़ी सिक्स भूल गए क्या? रुकड़ी सिक्स रुपी फाइव। नो नॉट राइट ना। रुकड़ी सिक्स किंग जी सेवन, बिंगेच फोर। रुकड़ी सिक्स किंग जी फाइव। ओह देन रुकड़ी एट। हाँ डायरेक्ट रुकड़े। इस रुकड़ी सिक्स रोंग है? रुकड़ी सिक्स किंग जी फाइव। और नाउ रुकड़ी एट आई थॉट। To accept or not to accept. Hi, that's your, uh, you know, your decision-making will improve from now.

Oh, by the way, there is some very interesting lecture that has been given by the Israeli Chess Federation. Because they today forfeited the round and yeah, did not come.

Yeah.

But actually they had already spoken with FIDE previously. What the letter was given?

Yeah.

So I've not read it out yet, but I think they are going to put it out on social media.

So we should not read it?

You can read it. It's been given by the Israeli Chess Federation, but I think. Maybe it's.

Is it to be ready now?

Yeah, I think we'll put it out. And Israeli chess federation is also going to be put out. But they had already spoken with Pide that they wanted the round to start late today. But I think that did not happen, and they have had to lose the points. They were thinking about actually quitting the Olympiad, but they are going to stay back.

That's good.

Tough moments in different ways everyone is facing, uh, and some people, their journey is happening smoothly over here. Uzbekistan doing great, country is happy.

Remember last time we were— 3 of us were commentating in Budapest? I think there were many moments when India could have lost a match, but everything was turning out in our favor somehow.

Yeah, yeah. Agreed, agreed.

Like the match against Uzbekistan, Sindaro was beating Prag, but somehow Arjun got the win in and made 2-2. It was possible to lose that, correct? There today, somehow, like some tournaments, just luck is there on your side.

And very interesting moments will be shown, uh, in ChessBase India's clips or maybe one of the videos how The Uzbeki team met each other outside after Yakubov came out. Very cool footage going to be released very soon.

Oh, you you saw it?

Sorry, did you see it? Yeah.

Oh, you saw it live with your eyes?

No, I saw it in the video.

Oh, very cool.

Very cool. Were they very happy?

Yeah, they were. They were. They were full of energy and it for a reason. I mean, India was one of the biggest contenders for them.

Oh, India is the biggest.

Yeah.

Alongside USA and USA lost.

So it was Indians who won. So for them, this is a moment of celebration, especially before the rest day.

I think about this: China beat Germany three-one like smoothly. Those who beat USA, मतलब China का team भी अच्छा है। Why Ding Liren? Why Ding Liren? The win set कैसे हो रहा है?

Some reason you know we forgot about him, Mamruta. But Ding is like a miracle.

I was talking. I think you were there, or maybe I was talking to some other players, people in my team. And I was saying that for Ding to beat a professional player like Vincent will be very tough because Vincent is working every single day while Ding is perhaps not working as hard. Correct. And those who are of Ding's level will play well, get a draw, you know, hang in there. But to beat is very tough. And he beat today.

He beat him.

He was like, "भाई, तुमको जितना chess समझता है उससे ज़्यादा मुझको" And there is a reason why they put him on.

In which I was also there.

Yeah, you were also there.

Yeah, team.

Yeah, you had the conversation yesterday. Yeah, and I think Ding, you know, is a— there is a reason that they put him on board 1. Has so much experience, has so much class. And I'm— and, you know, a small part of me definitely wants Ding to come back to his best shape and join these, uh, top circuit events that, uh—

But Ding said in an interview that there are more things in life than chess.

I love that. I love that.

You know, we have a we had a t-shirt. Chess is life was said by Bobby Fischer. Chess is more than life was said by me. I mean dash me and I too because it was me. I made it a shirt, but I only kept it me.

There was a very famous quote. My chess is my life, but my life is not chess. Or someone someone very famous said.

I don't relate with that. I relate with chess is life. चेस इस मोर देन लाइफ। वो सेड़ दिस। That I related.

Who said this?

By the way, today in women's section four teams have reached so four were on five out of five. Four were on five out of five.

And what it's important what happened between Poland, China, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Actually, can we?

So Kazakhstan won. Kazakhstan is won and they are on full points. Poland versus China.

What happened?

Let's have a look. Poland versus China. ओ जॉर्जियन टीम इस कमिंग बैक विथ वेंजेंस भाई भाई भाई सब लोग तोड़ भाई भाई जॉर्जिया इस बीटिंग उज्बेकिस्तान विमेन टीम फोर निल उज्बेकिस्तान विमेन टीम जॉर्जिया जॉर्जिया का एक ड्रॉ हुआ ना ये देखो बोर्ड वन नाना सागनीत से बेटर बोर्ड टू नीनो बादशाह श्वीली विनिंग बोर Crazy! And actually, Kazakhstan is on full points in women, twelve out of twelve. And one team that I wanted to see was China.

Five four zero.

China one two three four zero. Oh my God! Three and a half Poland go four zero.

Three and a half half hour.

Poland go.

How we lost with Poland?

China.

चाइनीज ओपन सेक्शन और विमेन सेक्शन दोनों में वो तबाही कर रहे हैं। तो चाइना इज़ ऑन 12 आउट ऑफ़ 12, कजाक्स्तान इज़ ऑन 12 आउट ऑफ़ 12, सो टुमारो चाइना वर्सेस कजाक्स्तान। विल हappen। and so in women also we are in with a chance because think about it, चाइना में beat कजाक्स्तान then we will face चाइना। okay, we have to beat चाइना। correct। मुश्किल है पर कर सकते हैं। so दोनों में पीछे से आना इस बार आगे से नहीं पीछे के दरवाजे से एंट्री करना है क्या लगता है आपको होगा कि नहीं I think it's possible I mean what the women team did today we had Savita joining us it was very very nice to see how confident she is and how mature she is even though she is playing her Olympiad for the first time she is on full points She joined when Vishy was also here, and to to kind of not get too nervous or excited even with Vishy being here was was quite impressive.

No, her confidence was so good.

I told you, no, Mrudha.

Too good.

Savita believes that she belongs here.

Yeah.

It's not even in her mind that she shouldn't be here.

And you know it.

You cannot do anything successfully before. before you actually believe in it. So I think it starts from a thought, and that thought needs to transpire into a belief, and that belief can take you towards your goal.

Correct. Absolutely. I think this will also help you— this advice will help you yourself to make commitments in future.

I'm open-minded right now. Thank you. I, you know, I feel like also if you are actively looking for something, very often it doesn't come to you. But when you are not looking for it, it comes running to you.

So I think काफी लोग running आ रहे हैं। Actually, that is happening with me in my life with sadness. I'm not actively looking for it, but it keeps running at me.

I'm sorry, bye. Do you want to hug?

Yeah.

My goodness. Bye joke था joke seriously नहीं है ना अरे सुनो लेग अच्छा एक एक second रुगड़ी बना गया done done done oh Antika क्या बात है?

She she is fighting and giving Team India extra game points which are going to be crucial very much to decide the final rankings and I loved her spirit to keep the game going regardless of what is happening on other boards. Very nice performance by one team.

You can even play check. Both are winning.

Yeah.

I think for such rook endgames, in general, it is very important that you are in a flow. You like Irina is also commentator. She's into many multi other things, and you're towards the end calculations sometimes will not be the precise ones.

Oh, by the way, can I five G five king G six?

Bye, क्या मजा आ गया भाई.

Let's go. I'll show here. If rook b four, let's go back.

Well done.

Takes king g six and wins. This is known as umbrella.

By and this moment, you know, we both had the question. What if rook b four? And then we both found it at the same time.

And that's so if rook was on g one, that idea was not possible. Always takes g five.

Exactly.

Very good.

Very good.

Draw, Amruta.

So yeah, that I felt. For that trap. Thank you. क्या खेल रहे हैं पर लड़कियाँ? मतलब कल हारे हैं, like we have forgotten, right? That yesterday lost. Same is going to happen with the open section.

भाई कॉफी पियो थोड़ा। Guys, drinking water very important. Amruta, take some water.

I drank. Again, again. Thank you, thank you, bye.

Again, here. Guys, full focus, energy and focus needed to play chess at this level.

Thank you, guys.

Of course.

ख़तम कर लिया अभी। बस वापस पीती हूँ खाने के बाद। Yeah, actually no, we are not obsessed with gold at all.

हर्षित भाई where is the party ऐसे पूछ रहे हैं लोग हाँ where is the party भाई मैं भी मुझे भी actually जानना है just to have the choice I will tell you where it is हर्षित भाई पता है और से मत बता भाई तू तू I तू channel है तू how how much do you know हर्षित भाई भाई उसका full plan set है सागर कब जाना है किधर जाना है किससे बात करनी है कितना डांस करना है किससे बात करनी है वो भी पता नहीं सब कुछ पता है भाई अभी हमारे सब टीम के इंडियन टीम के सब सेकंड वगैरह आएंगे उनके साथ टाइम स्पेंड करूँगा ना थोड़ा हाँ like you will discuss what strategy to now take for second half of the event yeah by the way oh my god imagine if we kept the white rook on a seven let's say rook b four एक सेकंड एक एक सेकंड rook b four rook a seven rook b five now if we go g five Now king Rook f five, king g six. If rook takes g five, king takes f six.

Winning, नहीं?

Oh, rook b seven.

ये क्या आपने?

क्या-क्या एक सेकंड रुक b seven को हाँ b seven पर रखते तो ये चलता variation हाँ रुक b seven पर वही लग रहा है king g six यार इस not winning क्या?

Yeah king g six is just winning.

Rook g four king f six हाँ winning रुक बी सेवन पे ही रखोगे ना वैसे भी। सॉरी बी फाइव पे ही रख रहा था ना?

तो रुक बी सेवन, रुक गी फाइव। यार भाई ये भी नहीं है विनिंग कम से कम। यार किंग जी सिक्स रुक एफ वन इज़ अ ड्रॉ, but रुक जी फाइव किंग एफ सिक्स इज़ अ वेरी क्यूट वे। फॉर दोज़ हु डोंट नो लाइक इट्स इट लुक्स So this is winning. But yeah, just King G six coming in next, and Vantika is going to win her game, which means the Indian team will win with three one against USA.

That's a big win, big win. And our board three and four, I think, I think by Vantika and Savita will continue on board three and four for the tournament.

But where? What about Vaishali?

Vaishali, Vaishali will also.

Divya and Hampi will. One of them will take a break. ऐसे मुझे लग रहा है because think about it. वंतिका फोर एंड हाफ ऑन फाइव, सविता फाइव ऑन फाइव। हाउ डू यू रेस्ट सच प्लेयर्स? या यू हैव टू कीप देम प्लेइंग हंड्रेड परसेंट। लाइक टू रेस्ट देम वुड बी लाइक सेइंग दैट ओके वी आर गोइंग टू नॉट गिव द बेस्ट प्लेयर्स राइट नाउ और थ्री एंड फोर अ चांस। वी आर द टीम बेस्ट टी वो भी एक सवाल है ना। Like Vaishali, does she get more rest?

No.

Or Divya, who's played quite well, she hasn't lost a single game.

Or everyone is playing decent, I think overall. But you you have five players who's so rock solid on board one.

वो हारते नहीं हैं किसी से। So very tough call.

Yeah, tough call. By the way, now Irina is down to less than thirty seconds. I think she she knows it's Over. It's tough, guys. Imagine being Irina there playing, fighting for more than five hours and still not being able to save half a point. But very often it's not about the result; it's about being there and fighting it out. And she has made a move. I think she played rook to b four. It's gonna get updated just in a few seconds now. Yes, rook b four played and pawn to g five. Creating the umbrella is the winning way.

Very cute. Yeah, because guys, ये खेला तो takes what?

This is winning. Finger says.

Yeah, because your your rook is not on the long side. But पहले ये खेलना हाँ very tough.

That's why I thought rook b seven ही पहले ही.

Oh then Pantika could make a mistake, right?

No no no no no. She will play rook b seven पहले. Why will you enter in any calculation when B7 is simply winning.

Bye. Ramit makes a nice comment. Doesn't help her name is Crush. कभी Crush, कभी Crushed.

Nice one, Ramit.

And G5 played, played, right?

Guys, we had an unbelievable time with Irina commentating in GCL. वो इतना तैयारी करके आते थे। She would know all the history between Two players, कितने games दोनों खेले हैं क्या result हुआ है या G five. One tick off.

Nice one. Nice one. One tick off.

Very nice by Sanat. It's never the end of a story if only we play without any worry. Today we are unhappy due to the blunder but let's play on without a surrender.

Nice one. Yeah.

Nice one. क्या बात है? Lakshita says we should trust Sagar sir's prediction. क्या?

मेरे हिसाब से she's talking about that one. You said that Uzbekistan and China plays, China beats Uzbekistan, then we come and play China, we beat China, and then tournament opens up.

Oh guys, by the way guys, this is converting.

Lakshita's YouTube channel, she is doing some good content there as well. Because on Instagram she has more than thirty thousand followers.

No, you raise the chair. Sagar, full screen जाना है। These are the final moments now. F6. He's now incoming with a checkmate threat.

He's actually up two pawns right now, but it's about the quality of pawns and Vantika having the F5 pawn. Chess dot com India मतलब कोई तो अलग अकाउंट है पर बोलेगा I cried a lot after Niall loss and I already get feeling inside every day that's what gonna next अरे क्या I think like he he says like it won't be easy for him to maybe get over this but guys getting over things is the way to proceed and We we will get over it and we will like to.

Who is Gojo Satoru? Dragon Ball Z आपने देखा हो?

Why I have never watched this series and all and never played video games and stuff like this.

He he doesn't have to play video games.

His life is a video game.

King D eight played.

Now I mean six is not winning क्या?

It is it is.

It is the only move.

Amruta.

Okay, if it is only move then it's fine. But what can she do otherwise? King g7 is a draw. Q g4. Very simple.

Guys, कल she'll find round नहीं है। खेला। कल का दिन आप लोग थोड़ा rest कर लो। हाँ। Like the team. And day after tomorrow we'll come with a bang.

Do you think player playing five hours gets more tired when he or she is losing than the one who is winning? Very good point. Yes. Yeah.

When you win, you get the dopamine rush. So then you are able to go on. I know that people who have won tournaments can actually stay awake for two to three days at a stretch because of the adrenaline, the dopamine, and everything.

And then once they crash on the bed after they go back home, it's crazy.

Let's go! We have the.

We are looking at Vantika's game.

Who can it be? Let's go! Grandmaster Swayams Mishra is here. Hi, Vantika!

Congrats! Well done!

Thank you.

Please have a seat.

Congratulations! Sorry. Of Team India women's team and one of the two strikers today, Vantika and Savita. Both both came to the studio.

Yeah.

So we had Savita some time ago. Congratulations, Swayams and Vandika. Guys, yesterday was such a tough match with Poland, but today you guys came back with so much energy. Please share something like what? Because somewhere people are a little bit sad that Indian men's team lost, but it's a great learning from the women's team that we can get. Yeah, I think it's unfortunate for the men's team. They had a very close match and that was well fought. Coming back to women's, it was unfortunate again for us because yesterday was a close match again.

I think maybe there was a different day we would have ended up winning that match.

But yeah, just things didn't go our way and we ended up losing in a Close match. Yeah. But then what did you guys do? Like, did you have a team meeting? Was— how did the mood change, or was everyone fine? Yeah, I think everyone was more or less okay. Just, it's one game. It was not like everyone had a bad day or something. So, it was just one game that could have gone either way. And the team was, and in fact is, very motivated as well.

Uh, to get back, and, uh, today, uh, they showed it.

And Vantika, you had such a marathon game. We were actually looking because the thing is there is a 15-minute delay here. So if you look, you are still there, just about to finish off the game. What a game, yeah, you played. Uh, maybe at some point you were completely winning, then it went a little bit like towards a draw. But I think when Savita had won, maybe the pressure was not that much. Can you share?

Like, yeah, I think it was such a relief because Savita had already won. And, uh, um, yeah, Divya's position at once, it looked a bit dangerous, so her game had also ended in a draw. So I, I was pawn up and I knew it is theoretically a draw and should be an easy draw, but I kept playing. And I think my opponent was under a lot of pressure because her team had already lost But she had to still keep defending. I think that really helped me.

And you actually had defeated Irina once before.

Yeah.

Do you think like this was one of the reasons why you were feeling even more confident about this match?

Yeah, I think so. If you have defeated a player, then you feel more confident. And maybe for her also, she was feeling a bit tense because last time in Olympia she lost that crucial game against me, so I think more than her, it was me who was feeling more confident when she was playing crush.

Wow! It's a great strategy sometimes to have players face the opponents they have beaten already. Yeah, I think that gives. But one thing, you are playing something even yesterday. You were almost like better. Yeah, we thought that you could win. So you are on four and a half out of five. Yeah, amazing score. Tell us a bit about like. How are you able to play so, so well? Like, just if you can share some things.

Yeah, I think I just love playing for my country and I just try my best to fight every game and try to win everything.

Actually, you know, also in the initial rounds, actually I love that even I think in the first or second round you had the chance of I think repeating or playing on, and playing on was With less time, but you still managed to do that.

Yeah, round 1, I think. Yeah, yeah, round 1.

But then how do you— like, generally, you know, I am very afraid of time pressure. Many people watching are also like very nervous. How do you manage to keep your emotions and calculations under control with such little time?

I think I've been playing in time pressure for very long now, so I've got kind of used to it. It's not like the best thing, but I keep playing many times and almost always, so I'm used to it.

I was on the, like, on a bad end of this because I was playing Vandika in Abu Dhabi, I think, 6-7 years back, and she was under big-time pressure. And maybe the position was around equal, but I was just so excited that she has 1 minute on the clock, and I didn't know that she's so comfortable with 1 minute. So, I took a lot of risks. And then one thing I defeated you.

Well, you should have read her name properly. One is already in her name. Yeah, so she she won the game. But today, I mean, one thing I'm here we finish, and I think it requires precise calculation here that black king is not coming in time to push the pawn.

Yeah, I think I can just get king e five, king king f six, king e five.

Oh wow, King f6.

Yeah, she played King c7, I played King f6, and she just resigned. Yeah.

Oh, and if here you will come here and then just take the rook and your king is just so near. Amazing. And, uh, so, uh, how is the team bonding, team camaraderie? You have like a very interesting situation where the bottom 2 boards are playing really well. Savita 5 on 5, Vantika 4.5 or 5. And, uh, at the top you have Humpty, who has been solid, Divya, who's also been solid. Vaishali lost one game but also pretty good. So overall happy with how the team is playing? Yeah, I think, uh, the team is doing, uh, quite well. Uh, like the bonding is, uh, good, I would say. Uh, yeah, I think, uh, the players are able to score, that is important. Uh, uh, Humpty is getting Some good positions, and then she gets like let's say like in certain cases she had to defend, and she was able to defend precisely in those games. Deepya I think also has been scoring and has been a couple of solid draws as well. So the team looks good. Just hoping that we get the wins in crunch situations. And Vantika, will we see you today at the Bermuda party?

I have not decided yet. I'll see.

Will like, will you ask your coach?

Yes, I think if everyone is going, I mean considering we won today, I I could I'll go. I mean I would think of going.

It was never in our mind. We were more focused about this match. Now it's that. So you have a day to do it.

Yeah, we'll think and then we'll consider.

Amazing.

I'm gonna buy you. Also same.

Yeah, I expect dance from last year.

मैं जाके पांच मिनट में बड़ा-बड़ा dance करके आ जाऊँगा। But yeah, here you one one thing any one moment you want to show from your game that you thought was important like a critical moment or something?

I found D four to be very special, but of course that was Yeah, I think I didn't like what she played this bishop a six move.

I think it was around equal at that point, and then she just allowed.

Ah, you are right.

Yeah, this move I didn't like at all because my bishop on d five is so strong, and there was just no need to play this. She could have played anything else. Yeah, rook c eight.

I think in cup we saw this. We were like, okay, Vatika's position doesn't look that great because if you can trade the bishops here, then you are better. But it's very difficult. And then suddenly you got like a crushing position.

Yeah, I was thinking c4 looked wrong. Yeah, and I was a bit upset that towards the end that you know I had such a good position and now maybe it will end in a draw. But I thought okay. Okay, I can just keep pushing.

Did you feel like here there was a very crazy way to win? We also didn't understand it.

I think Queen f6.

Yeah, Queen f6.

Yeah, I saw Queen f6.

Yeah, I thought c8, then what? Rook c8, Rook d6. Yeah, ah, Rook d6. But Black has to play Queen c6 here, and this endgame is probably much better for White with that.

Yeah, I saw Queen f6. 6, but I thought maybe this endgame will end in a draw and I just didn't go for it. Maybe Rook c8 something else. Yeah, Rook d4.

Okay. Yeah, and if queen exchanges, Rook d4. Now also Queen c6 and that endgame is lost eventually. And here, and then play b5. And ah, okay. Also, maybe without Rook d8, White could also try somewhere Rook d4 and try to get the king to the queenside. That also has quite a good opportunity.

Yeah, and here I have three pawns in the game. It was even two pawns.

Yeah, with a slightly more passive.

But I think the last final idea was very cool. This f5 concept umbrella umbrella method.

Yeah, yeah. It would come in some books, Vantika. Oh, by the way, there was this— like, the thing is, I didn't understand it fully, but it's like black has to take the last rank, Rook d1. Yeah, distance. Because you could play Rook b1, you weren't taking it, and she wasn't taking it. So, but somehow it was difficult to understand this position a bit. It was complicated.

I saw this idea, but, uh, yeah, I think she had— she didn't feel the danger because You know, most of the rook endgames are draws, so I think that's why she just played those moves.

Amazing.

Nice.

What a beautiful way to end this stream, guys. Thank you for coming here because, you know, today was a very topsy-turvy day, just like yesterday. You know, yesterday we had one happy result, one not so happy. Today also the same. But I think ending it on a high note with Vantika's victory, with Swayam's coming in here, and, you know, Coach of the team and one of the top scorers of the team. I think it has been amazing.

Yeah.

So thank you so much, guys, for coming, and I hope to see you at the Bermuda party. Yeah.

And for you guys, we'll not have a stream tomorrow. It's the rest day, but we will see you day after tomorrow at 3 p.m. Indian time. Until then, bye bye.

Bye bye. Amrita wants to continue a bit, but I think we can end it.

Okay, thank you. Sorry, guys. Thank you so much. No, we have to like there's so many people who who have helped us to do this stream. First of all, a big thanks to Neuro and I actually really love the chewing gum. I do feel very energetic. So big thanks to them where we are able to travel and do things. And ha guys, everybody is discussing how over here it's very hot because We don't have AC, तो बात तो सही है, but it's fine. It's very interesting. I mean, because the temperature is very hot in the afternoon, but at night it's extremely cold. So it's a very contrast temperature because it's a desert kind of a place where we are. And also a big thanks to Ustas actually who helped us to get the mic with a lot of difficulty. I think we broke our mic on day one. First two days were a struggle. I think from third day it's been great. Also, Nordwin Gaming because of him, the internet has been very good over there. Everything is remote setup, and it's a it's amazing that we don't have to worry about internet and so on, and we are able to do the stream from here. But it's on another computer. So tech is tech is crazy, guys. Crazy, crazy. So. Also Vivek Bhai, who is helping to set up many of the things in general. So a lot of people also. So many like today Vidit came. We could hear the analysis. Vishy was here. Savita had dropped in. Vantika was here. इतने सारे लोग and guys obviously big thanks to all of you who are watching the stream, who watched everything. Like करो a final like if possible after the Stream. You can also send some positive comments, whatever moment you loved in the stream. And if you like today's Sagar shirt, we have newly launched it. You can check the description for the link to pre-order. It will take two weeks. It's still in the making, so you can pre-order it. इतना सारा अभी हो गया। And all of you who have super chatted, I think we could we cannot read some. Super chats many times because when there are guests and then where are things happening? Oh, we had Nayan, who is our friend and who has who is the founder of Melted Joy Chocolate. Says Vidit bhai dark chocolate भूल गया आप. Okay. तो ऐसे काफी interesting. I think we had Khaleeshi who said Godspeed to the women's team. It was great to have you, Vidit. Much love to Nihal too. Very nice. Um, thank you, Hold the Door. Thank you, Dream Bot. Also Hold the Door again. Also so many people who contributed on Help Chess as well. I really liked Ashutosh Srivastava's Super Chats. I think we are too obsessed with gold, which adds unnecessary pressure. Let's be proud of these youngsters, young players representing India at the highest level, and support them through every win and loss. So I think the players themselves will not be, you know, only thinking about gold because then it becomes result-oriented. And I think all of them have managed to reach this stage at a top level because they have not been result-oriented. So for them, it's not a worry. For us, uh, we are, you know, rooting Fun in that way. Obviously, it it's something where we give our best and we hope for the best. It's that way. But you are right; it should not convert into anything that is negative. Revit Revit with Anav Anavide says, "Anand sir, best sense of humor." Unpopular opinion. By popular opinion, Anand his humor is too good, like too good. Even, uh, you know, off the stream, he's so witty. And his speed— like, I think the chess lightning kid— his humor comes in, uh, in his jokes also. Like, it's so fast. I, I find some similarity between Anish and Vishy in that way for their wittiness. Okay, we had more Super Chats, but, um, Guys, thank you so much for all all of them, and we have the chance of gold. So I think gold chance is not gone. So please ऐसे मत सोचना कि सब खत्म हो गया है. Absolutely not. Today we will go to the Bermuda party, but it will generally we always go late. Like last year we we reached at one a.m. I guess to the Bermuda party. Before that, I think I skipped. In Chennai, Sagar went late like yeah, I lay twelve post. But here, here I think there are buses and we might go much earlier. To get a goal, lot of lot of things has to work out. You know, we can say so many things have to fall in place. So वैसे होना पड़ेगा PRT. Thank you so much. Definitely. Hi Sagar.

Oh Hans Niemann won क्या?

Yeah we can check the results.

Hans Niemann का game में अमृता USA का तीन draw हो गया था आज पता है?

I did know because yesterday also it was similar I guess and maybe Hans had lost.

Hans led his team to victory today.

Very nice.

Let's go Hans.

Very nice. Can we get the BTS of today and tomorrow if and when possible? Please, we would see this video next two years. So, Manas, we says. Of course, भाई, वरुणा पाठिका तो clips तो डालेंगे ही डालेंगे। Nine o'clock को bus है, we need to get a pass also.

Recap भी करना है। Update the score. Yes, sorry guys.

Yes, my hairstyle will not suit suit सब everybody. It's very subjective, but it's The least unimportant thing, most important is how should Sagar's hairstyle be.

All love both our teams. We will come back stronger.

Correct.

हाँ, okay. अभी तक pairing नहीं आया है, so pairing will come in some time and then we will know कि किसके साथ है, है ना?

हाँ, boss Ding beats Vincent. That was also big result. हो गया सागर। We we can like I would say right now the way things are getting two medals first of all which earlier was a very difficult thing for India even that is something we should not forget about gold is obviously something which is the best possible scenario but getting a medal also। I'm a Samrata Hathi jokes okay next next next Time I will bring you some hearty chitty jokes. Rest day tomorrow, don't forget that. Okay, Sagar, how is your health also? You have been having a lot of cough and cold, but बरमुडा पार्टी से तब ठीक हो जाएगा। Right, I will.

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करेंगे। Let's go. Thank you all.