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Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

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Re: Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

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Post by lspears »

lacker wrote: post #13

The rapid games are starting to become more interesting than the full-length games. I would not be surprised if rapid chess starts to become the more popular form of top-level chess. If you're just thinking about "playing the best possible game", the computers are doing that already. If you want to see two individuals intensely competing in a mental challenge, why not speed things up so that it's actually watchable?…

Agreed

Re: Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

#35

Post by Jach »

lacker wrote: post #13

The rapid games are starting to become more interesting than the full-length games. I would not be surprised if rapid chess starts to become the more popular form of top-level chess. If you're just thinking about "playing the best possible game", the computers are doing that already. If you want to see two individuals intensely competing in a mental challenge, why not speed things up so that it's actually watchable?…

I became a fan of Karjakin when he played http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1751475 in 2014. (Move 64 was his divine move. That link shows with forced analysis deep fritz found it too, after 26 plies... but no one or program saw it during the match.)

Anyway, humans play differently, and it's a different mental challenge when playing fast or slow. If you want a slow match watchable at quick speeds, don't watch live.

Re: Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

#36

Post by elgenie »

CalChris wrote: post #27
stouset wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Peter Svidler mentioned a very interesting suggestion that the players should play the tie-breaks before the match, which should produce more interesting games. This is the first such suggestion I've heard that I actually like.

Since 2003, MLB determines home field advantage in the World Series by the winner of the All–Star Game. Not same but similar.

The MLB system isn't similar at all.

Home field advantage in baseball is small and no certain road to victory and there's no specific series/game situation in which it would come into play in determining the result. To wit, the last World Series featured home team wins in just 2 of 7 games.

And the result of the All-Star Game is determined largely by the performance of players who will not feature in the World Series: at most 1/8th of the rosters are World Series participants, often much less. Further, the AllStar game is not managed with an eye towards maximizing the chances of victory, but instead to maximize the number of players to appear in the game; and pitchers that pitched two days before the game are not included, regardless of their skill level.

Re: Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

#37

Post by wallace_f »

akkartik wrote: post #34
slm_HN wrote: post #25

The ending of the match in puzzle form on Lichess: https://en.lichess.org/training/102787

I think I might have been the first to get that today. It said "played 0 times". Very humorous :)

I just played it and it also said it was played 0 times

To anyone that plays chess or would like to: lichess is an all-around wonderful site, and in my opinion the best place to play chess! It's also free, and ad free.

Re: Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

#38

Post by LanceH »

wallace_f wrote: post #37
akkartik wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think I might have been the first to get that today. It said "played 0 times". Very humorous :)

I just played it and it also said it was played 0 times To anyone that plays chess or would like to: lichess is an all-around wonderful site, and in my opinion the best place to play chess! It's also free, and ad free.

What does it have over ICC?

Re: Carlsen–Karjakin World Championship

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Post by iends »

LanceH wrote: post #38
wallace_f wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just played it and it also said it was played 0 times To anyone that plays chess or would like to: lichess is an all-around wonderful site, and in my opinion the best place to play chess! It's also free, and ad free.

What does it have over ICC?

imho, ICC is the gold standard. You can get at least a simul with a master almost everyday. The GM commentary is incredible for live tournaments, and things like ICC's Game of the Week from GM Joel Benjamin are unmatched.
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