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Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

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Re: Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

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Post by thatswrong0 »

bmacho wrote: post #13
295fge wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which confirms the point, right?

It's not chess but a variant. Maybe it has ~10-100 times less viewer base.

I wish it was more popular - it’s more enjoyable to watch and play since it’s not nearly as much prep / memorization

Re: Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

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Post by make3 »

saucymew wrote: post #9

It feels like the cohort GM player pool is mentally cooked against Magnus. Youngsters like Lazavik during the Speed Chess Championship or Sindarov in Freestyle were the most recent convincing wins against Magnus, but the historical mental edge that Magnus comes into each game after beating the brakes out of everyone is hard to overcome. Magnus' time will come! But not today.

or maybe he's just very good?

Re: Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

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Post by system2 »

make3 wrote: post #16
saucymew wrote: post #9

It feels like the cohort GM player pool is mentally cooked against Magnus. Youngsters like Lazavik during the Speed Chess Championship or Sindarov in Freestyle were the most recent convincing wins against Magnus, but the historical mental edge that Magnus comes into each game after beating the brakes out of everyone is hard to overcome. Magnus' time will come! But not today.

or maybe he's just very good?

Brain ages. He will eventually decline just like any human being. Let's hope by then he will have the wisdom to smile when that happens.

Re: Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

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Post by FreakLegion »

saucymew wrote: post #9

It feels like the cohort GM player pool is mentally cooked against Magnus. Youngsters like Lazavik during the Speed Chess Championship or Sindarov in Freestyle were the most recent convincing wins against Magnus, but the historical mental edge that Magnus comes into each game after beating the brakes out of everyone is hard to overcome. Magnus' time will come! But not today.

Are you referring to the odd individual game? Magnus beat Lazavik pretty badly in the SCC and knocked Sindarov out of the Freestyle final.

Re: Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship

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Post by make3 »

system2 wrote: post #18
make3 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or maybe he's just very good?

Brain ages. He will eventually decline just like any human being. Let's hope by then he will have the wisdom to smile when that happens.

Ageism also just one of these shitty unproven biases, like sexism, which is self-realizing by applying pressure to people who fall out of the mold even slightly.

He's 30 something, not 90.

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