Too many other people are using computers and earbuds to cheat too.
Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title
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Re: Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title
#382Earlier quoted context omitted.
White could start with a knight move. Unlike Hexapawn, in chess, white moving first provides an increase in optionality for white, and the board positions are not forcing white on some losing track, because white is free to "burn" a move with many pieces by taking 2 moves to get to the same place they could with 1 move. White can use two bishop moves, or a pawn push to the 3rd rank followed by the 4th rank, to turn a…
That would give black two moves in a row, which is a different scenario, and might still be optimal for black.
Black doesn't know it's getting two moves in a row when it makes the first move. And on the second move, it can only take advantage if white's first move reduces white's optionality in a specific manner, e.g. by blocking another piece essential for response to a certain tactic, which by construction, would mean it wasn't really an opportunity to transpose the game to hand over the initiative.
Re: Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title
#383Hikaru kicking himself about that last game, now.
My thoughts exactly. One game away from playing for the world championship. Would have been awesome to see, and I think he would have had a very solid chance against Ian.
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> ... it is hard to think of a competitor in all of history more dominant over his sport or game than Tinsley. I've got another one: famous hold 'em poker player Stu Ungar never lost a game of gin rummy. Utterly dominant.
Sounds like an urban legend. Gin rummy has too much luck for someone to have a perfect record.
The list of sound defeats is kind of a who's who from back in the day: Black, Hawk, Robison, Klein, Leo the Jap, Price, Stein.
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#385Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you disincentivize win trading?
How do you mean one can trade when someone has lose? Do you mean that all russians agree to lose to their number 1?
He means I let you win with white, and you let me win with white, and we both end up ahead by doing so.
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#386Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh, intriguing title. How is the book?
It's probably too basic for anyone who's taken even college-level math courses, but I thought it was an engaging summer read that got my imagination going. Easy to read but also required some work. It was fun to imagine examples of everyday life as geometric objects -- but you probably have to be in the mood for that to enjoy it.
Is it a junior high math textbook, or does it convey any other information?
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#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
nepo at candidates was in my opinion favored to beat magnus...he dominated the candidates harder than anyone else has in the history of the candidate matches - and it was not an easy pool of candidates, either. Sure, there were a lot of sloppy games, but only a couple vs nepo - with one of them being after the 1st place spot had been guaranteed. If nepo plays like he did in the candidates, I would not be so quick to…
Well Magnus destroyed Nepo in the previous match, I don't see a reason why Nepo would be favorite this time. I think his chess and mental fortitude in general is inferior to Magnus. Personally I am not interested in this championship match at all.
Magnus didn't destroy Nepo, he was the first to win a game. At the level of chess in the first 6 games catching up after a loss is difficult, and Ian likely decided not to fight too hard. Also he said he overprepared for the match and was to burned out.
A fresh match with a new score could be very interesting.
Re: Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title
#388Earlier quoted context omitted.
> ... it is hard to think of a competitor in all of history more dominant over his sport or game than Tinsley. I've got another one: famous hold 'em poker player Stu Ungar never lost a game of gin rummy. Utterly dominant.
Sounds like an urban legend. Gin rummy has too much luck for someone to have a perfect record.
Not nearly as much luck as poker, especially Texas hold ‘em which is almost pure luck with very little room for strategy or calculation.
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#389Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe his opponents were too confused by his name being Go.
Go is the Japanese reading of his Chinese name. He was born Chinese, and his surname is 五, the number “5”, pronounced Wu in Chinese and Go in Japanese. Not the same “Go” as in igo (… but the same “go” in “gomaku”, the game of five-in-a-row) His opponents who played him were sometimes mystified, though the reason often becomes clear many moves down the road. He was not afraid of starting complex fights, even ko fights…
His surname is 吳. Not only is it a different character from the one used to write 5, but it's also pronounced with a different tone in Chinese.
Also, his given name contains the character 源, which is read "gen" in Japanese, not "gan".
Re: Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title
#390Earlier quoted context omitted.
> They have also become less entertaining. The classical World Championship matches have never been entertaining to watch live. In fact they used to take 2 days for one game. > No one dares to take any risks. Caruana was just defensive and all games ended in a draw. Chess, in theory, with absolutely perfect play, is a draw. It's not a game of "risk" in classical time format. You can take risks in blitz and rapid, but…
I've found them entertaining to watch. But Norwegians are master of slow-TV, so I guess that's why. They have good experts that manage to explain it to normal people. Interesting guests in the studio between moves. Interact with audience through questions from chat etc. > Chess, in theory, with absolutely perfect play, is a draw. I don't think that's solved, actually.
Trips to Spain between moves.