The Best Moments In Chess From 2025!

Oh, my God. Oh, that's a rook! Off the board! That's a wrap. Oh, my goodness. And Magnus takes the bishop, takes the pawn, walks the king over. He's the champ. Unbelievable. Let's go. And a rise pile. And he is the 2025 World Blitz Champion. And Rapid Champion. Magnus has saved it. Miracles do exist. He's run out of material here. Xabakir knows it as he slows down for the first time. Magnus books his ticket to the Grand Final. Now he's going back. Levon Oronian is going to secure the draw he needs. And there it is. And he does it. Levon Oronian, your fifth Grand Slam Champion. 12 years old. And that's it. Beautiful blow. You can't take. And he's won on time. Faustino Oro wins it and progresses to the next round. And how will you celebrate this pitching? Oh, it will get dark probably. Weiyi is losing his queen. Sindarov is about to become World Cup winner 2025. He knows it. He looks away. Weiyi leans back and stops the clock. It's a result. Wow. His family, his supporters are all there to celebrate this historical moment. The 19-year-old becomes the youngest ever champion in World Cup history. Thank you for everyone. Yeah! Gary, you are sitting down from Bishu for the first time in a very long time. What was the feeling like? I owe him because, you know, I had a pretty good score against him. A quick shift in the feelings of the audience, the players themselves. Two seconds to work with here for Gukesh. Oh, it's definitely not over right now because Black has three pawns for the bishop. There's a lot of checks. The White King is exposed. Oh! Wow! What a finish! Give it up for your Checkmate champions, Team USA! Will you double check me that I went tight enough? Oh! I can't do it. Promotion in under 10 seconds. Climbing the wall. Pawns don't go backwards. He's off. He's going faster for sure. Yeah, yeah. He's way under 10 seconds. Oh, my gosh. He's one second. He's going to play. It's not enough. The rook's coming in for another check. Oh, my goodness. You absolutely love to see it. Magnus taking his time out. Tekaru gets ready to resign. Checkmate incoming. It's going to end here and now. GG, Magnus Carlsen in an incredibly thrilling Armageddon game. It's unfortunate I couldn't get the job done, but hopefully tomorrow, Alireza can kick Magnus' ass. And look at this, Pawn to E6, the first blunder of this game. It could be over now. Magnus now looking at the fans, smiling. We're going to see the final move of the tournament. Magnus Carlsen takes the victory. He wins a game, set, and match. Your Esports World Cup champion. Do you like Alex and Andrea more than me because they're more successful? No. Yes, I definitely like them more. No, on the success part. True. Two seconds on the clock for both teams. King E3 next. King E3, King E3. King E3. No! Oh, my goodness. At least I beat one. He won. There it is. The resignation. Levon Aronian. OK, I'm going to draw a chess piece. That's horrible. I'm going to be artistic on this one. I think I'm going to skip. It does not look like what it's supposed to look like. My game is already extremely boring. Weiyi's game versus Arjun, I think, is the other one. Fairly boring. It looks exciting already. I don't think I'm better by any means, but I do have some resources, so we'll see what happens. Yeah, just forget everything I said in my last confessional. I just realized that H4 is a possible move. The knight attack right now. She does repeat one. She won't do it twice. Ana falls back with the queen. Every move, the bar is changing. Oh, my God, that's it! Insane. Holding this position so far long against Magnus Carlsen. Magnus! Rukesh Knight! This is over! If Rukesh has calculated this knight line all the way through... Oh, my God! Magnus banged the table and the pieces fell over. Look at that. And the championship will rely on what happens on the Fabi versus Rukesh match. And we have the queen. Oh, my God! And suddenly there's a swing! It's a check, but there's a fork at the end. Rukesh has blundered a knight fork. Rukesh had the draw in his hands. Oh, and there you see him. Oh, my God, the heartbreak. And he resigns. And we have a handshake. Magnus Carlsen is the Norway Chess 2025 champion. We have a handshake. It is a draw. History repeats and legend regains. Ju and Jun becomes Women's World Champion for an astonishing fifth time. In that final moment, all the feelings when I become the champion, I think it's very memorable. I would like to welcome to the stage the Chief Chess Officer of Chess.com. Give it up for Danny Wrench. Just a moment ago in the playing hall, I guess he gets up to leave. Whoa, whoa, what happened? Slow-mo. Off the platform. Almost took out one of our cameras. The defensive mastery on display, of course, had to be given in opening. No, I said it at just the wrong moment. And Ekaru just shaking his head. I think he just missed it. Are you ready to rock? Pawn to C4. There are some interesting possibilities here. Are they? Hold on. Don't start talking trash already. You're blindfolded, okay? Yeah, but I see the position better than you do. Hey, okay. Dress slacks don't do justice to his superb butt. You know, Randy, my wife says exactly the same thing. Who is better, Gokesh or Prague? Gokesh. Is Gokesh currently dating? Like Vishesh has said. Who do you go out on dates with? A chessboard. Do you think that you're a better player than I am? Of course not. Like, your achievements are way higher. He's lying, yeah? He's lying. No. It's true. Especially after this move. I got him. Okay, wow. Gokesh desperately trying to push the pawns to try to create an imbalance, but now none is to be created. The G4 square in control, and Gokesh is giving up. Wow, Gokesh's time runs out. Prague is the winner of the Tata SteelMasters 2025. It's like Lord of the Rings, huh? When they're warming themselves on top of the mountain. It's true. I thought you know Lord of the Rings back and forth, man. What are you doing? We saved some for you, Mr. Polo. I guess after God, family is very important. I didn't see the importance back then of living by myself, but I just turned my life completely around. Like, they helped me with every problem, every issue I have. I feel I'm in a very good place in my life right now, but the journey has been very up and down. Like, I would never have guessed what would happen. Like, there are times in my life that I look back to and then I wonder, how did I even survive that? I feel like, you know, God definitely protected me and led me to where I am now. Seeing my daughter and my wife being so happy, it's very special. A lot of people, my family, friends, yeah, they support me a lot. My coach, my friends and family also, they always support me. My girlfriend. My wife, yeah, I would say, yeah. I mean, there are two very clear candidates, which is my wife and my son, and I think they will take joint first place on that list.