The Chess Thread - Page 121

ZeroByte13

191 Posts

January 02 2023 18:17 GMT

#2401

On January 03 2023 01:32 0x64 wrote:Why not have the champion playing the candidate tournament, and if he finishes first, he is automatically new champion. If not, he plays a match in a shorter format winner.

This sounds like a good idea to me.
Current champion is really incentivized to play their best to get first place. And if they don't - they get a second chance, but with a morale boost for the tourney's winner.

RKC

2765 Posts

January 03 2023 03:15 GMT

#2402

Yes, that's a great idea actually. But this will unlikely happen because the potential lack of a title match deprives FIDE from milking more money.

Magnus was already bored and frustrated playing championship matches since the match against Fabi. Fabi can really play exciting chess and his podcast is really awesome. He's my top 3 favourite player. But let's face it, that match was more of a battle of who did their homework better. And the 'who' isn't just Magnus or Fabi but their whole team of seconds.

Also, the long prep period makes it possible for player's strategies to 'leak' accidentally (or who knows, maybe someone would attempt a hack).

The title match makes sense during an era where there was less competitions and the Internet did not exist. At the end of the day, Magnus just wants to play chess at the highest level as much as possible without holding anything back. Prepping for a title match months in advance (which forces him to play less competitions and hide openings) just defeats his drive - or in short, 'does not spark joy'.

irfan1122

1 Post

January 10 2023 08:30 GMT

#2403

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usman321

1 Post

January 14 2023 17:33 GMT

#2404

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M3t4PhYzX

Poland3198 Posts

March 19 2023 09:18 GMT

#2405

The "American" Cup 2023 -->

Nakamura / Robson / Sevian / Caruana / So / Dominguez Perez / Aronian / Shankland

Format:

The format has two brackets composed of eight players. The eight-player field competes against each other in knockout style. The double elimination format ensures a second shot at the top for any player who loses a match.

Participants play a 2-game classical match followed by rapid tiebreaks if needed. The winners advance in the Championship Bracket, while those who lose their match continue with rapid chess in the Elimination Bracket. Anyone who loses their match in the Elimination Bracket is then eliminated from the tournament.

- The classical time control will be game in 90 minutes plus 30-second increments from move one (G/90+30).
- The rapid time control will be game in 25 minutes plus 10-second increments from move one (G/25+10).
- The playoff time control will be game in 10 minutes plus 5-second increments from move one (G/10+5).
- All standard games in the Championship bracket will be played at classical time controls.
- All standard games in the Elimination bracket will be played at rapid time controls.

Livestream --> https://tiny.pl/w85sr

Day 1 (video) -->

M3t4PhYzX

Poland3198 Posts

March 19 2023 09:19 GMT

#2406

what do you guys think of the format? I actually think it's a very interesting idea. Hopefully it will work well! Would be nice to have different tournaments with different formats throughout the year instead of small round robin and swiss all the time.

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