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FIDE world chess championship decided in rapid tiebreaks

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Re: FIDE world chess championship decided in rapid tiebreaks

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Post by davidguetta »

Thanks to the commentators to make the game accessible to us 1100 elo >It's funny because at my level I thought it made 100% sense to decline draw and go Rg6. With two beautiful passed pawns and a bishop in the middle ding had a clear plan and very low risk (to me) to lose while Nepo had to do so many super accurate queen moves to defend... which seemed impossible (to me) in time pressure. It's basically (to me, again) the same problem than the super long game 6 in 2022 against carlsen.

Re: FIDE world chess championship decided in rapid tiebreaks

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Post by alexmolas »

I didn't expect Ding winning Nepo in the tiebreaks after watching him getting crushed by the pressure and time in previous games. Well played! The last game has been incredible. Watching the world cup being decided in less than 10 minutes was something I didn't expect.

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Post by jeremyjh »

I'm really glad it was decided in rapid if it couldn't be in classical. The first three rapid games were of incredibly high quality, just as good as the best games in Classical in terms of accuracy and much more exciting than you'd think just hearing they were draws. The last game had its ups and downs but seemed to be a clear draw until the very end. Under time-pressure both players made some mistakes but there is no other way for a winner to emerge really.

Re: FIDE world chess championship decided in rapid tiebreaks

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Post by jeremyjh »

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #2

Nepo has brought it on himself, losing that dramatic 12th game while leading in the score with a an unbelievable blunder. Hope he comes back for the next title challenge.

Not just a blunder, but a blunder made too quickly when he had plenty of time. If Nepo won a third straight candidates (he's automatically qualified) that would be an extremely impressive achievement that would be a first in world history I believe.

Re: FIDE world chess championship decided in rapid tiebreaks

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Post by ninepoints »

davidguetta wrote: post #3

Thanks to the commentators to make the game accessible to us 1100 elo > It's funny because at my level I thought it made 100% sense to decline draw and go Rg6. With two beautiful passed pawns and a bishop in the middle ding had a clear plan and very low risk (to me) to lose while Nepo had to do so many super accurate queen moves to defend... which seemed impossible (to me) in time pressure. It's basically (to me, aga…

It was only low risk in hindsight. Yes the two pawns looked good, but the black king wasn't exactly completely secure either.
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