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Hard to take the WCC seriously when everyone know Carlsen would have won and just find the whole thing too boring to take part.
What a horrible comment
The whole thing is already hard to take seriously usually with the whole wild card thing and the format being criticised by approximately everyone.
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Ding is in fact the sole player that can make this not statement not true, as he is a candidate with a known positive score against Magnus. A couple WCCs ago Magnus said Ding was the only player that he wasn't sure he could win against -- but that he wouldn't make it, after a poor showing in the candidates at the time. Anyways, I don't know who would win in a Carlsen - Ding WCC. Nobody does. If the game statistics ar…
Ding has a losing record against Magnus in every time control.
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Ironically engines made the game better IMO.
Hopefully engines make the game more fun for humans. >_-
I'm a lowly 1400-1500 rated player so I'm not using engines to prepare the sorts of crazy lines you see in a WCC but they help me understand when a position has outs/things to play for and/or quickly identify when a winning line was available.
i.e I mostly use it for post-game analysis and it's been really good. I don't have the sort of money to pay for 1:1 chess mentorship so engine is the next best thing.
I derive my enjoyment in chess from improving, engines help me improve ergo engines make chess more enjoyable for me.
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Hopefully engines make the game more fun for humans. >_-
I think they have, depends on what level you play at. I'm a lowly 1400-1500 rated player so I'm not using engines to prepare the sorts of crazy lines you see in a WCC but they help me understand when a position has outs/things to play for and/or quickly identify when a winning line was available. i.e I mostly use it for post-game analysis and it's been really good. I don't have the sort of money to pay for 1:1 chess…