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On November 30 2016 21:05 Fighter wrote:
There's not a free stream for this, is there? I know I'm a bit late to the party but I just moved into a better time zone where I'm awake during the games ha.
Chess24.com is where I've been watching. Magnus should theoretically dominate in rapid/blitz, but then I expected him to dominate in classical too. Karjakin's defence frustrated him into mistakes.
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Doesn't have the players, but I've been watching on Twitch at ChessNetworks channel.
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ChessNetwork is great for me, calm voice, telling me stuff I understand as someone whos knowledge of chess is limited to unterstanding all rules.
I want to see some Armaggedon.
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On November 30 2016 21:11 sharkie wrote:
What I can't believe is how so many people are surprised by Magnus' actions in the last game. He already was on the brink of losing the whole match because he tried to go for something once. I would have done the same thing in his position. He knows he is the better rapid player.
Trying a bit without pushing too hard really doesn't cost anything with white. Magnus is much superior in classical play and the white pieces are a big advantage, why kill the game immediately.
In any case there is a problem with the format if players are encouraged not to take any risks at all, go for draws and wait the playoff. Like in Anand Gelfand, it ends up being a rapid contest. And there is already a rapid wch.
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On November 30 2016 23:58 Biff The Understudy wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2016 21:11 sharkie wrote:
What I can't believe is how so many people are surprised by Magnus' actions in the last game. He already was on the brink of losing the whole match because he tried to go for something once. I would have done the same thing in his position. He knows he is the better rapid player. Trying a bit without pushing too hard really doesn't cost anything with white. Magnus is much superior in classical play and the white pieces are a big advantage, why kill the game immediately.
Pretty strong contrast to some of the Anand games in the two previous WC series. Magnus was willing to grind seemingly drawish positions for hours on those.
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On November 30 2016 23:58 Biff The Understudy wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2016 21:11 sharkie wrote:
What I can't believe is how so many people are surprised by Magnus' actions in the last game. He already was on the brink of losing the whole match because he tried to go for something once. I would have done the same thing in his position. He knows he is the better rapid player. Trying a bit without pushing too hard really doesn't cost anything with white. Magnus is much superior in classical play and the white pieces are a big advantage, why kill the game immediately. In any case there is a problem with the format if players are encouraged not to take any risks at all, go for draws and wait the playoff. Like in Anand Gelfand, it ends up being a rapid contest. And there is already a rapid wch.
They were somehow encouraged to win before tiebreakers, but seems like 50k mean nothing to Magnus.
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I'm quite hyped for today, might be a long night. Any information about the duration of pauses between games? I'm also curious how the commentatros will deal with the much faster pace of the games.
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On December 01 2016 02:42 Mafe wrote:
I'm quite hyped for today, might be a long night. Any information about the duration of pauses between games? I'm also curious how the commentatros will deal with the much faster pace of the games.
3.7.4 There shall be a pause of 10 minutes between all tie-break games, unless the Chief Arbiter decides otherwise.
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I think the commentating will be fine for the Rapid games, but if it goes to blitz then it could get a bit hairy.
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Ah 10 minute break in between the rapid games
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On December 01 2016 03:54 NovaTheFeared wrote:
I think the commentating will be fine for the Rapid games, but if it goes to blitz then it could get a bit hairy.
Yeah. The free streams especially will have problems due to the moves lagging behind, coming in batches or being transmitted incorrectly.
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It's time guys, 1 minute until the first rapid game begins.
25 minutes for rapid, huh... I thought 15 was standard?
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I might be biased towards Carlsen, but I am impressed it is going to the tiebreaker. lets not hope for an armageddon game.
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Germany3128 Posts
SK already 7 minutes behind on time
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Carlsen up eight minutes on the clock at move 17. It seems like it's been this way every game, but in rapid it matters a lot more.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Looks like the first draw.
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I'm rarely watching Chess. So many draws.. :/
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On December 01 2016 04:56 HolydaKing wrote:
I'm rarely watching Chess. So many draws.. :/
They should really change the rules to make stalemates 0.75-0.25, would help so much.
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On December 01 2016 04:58 FiWiFaKi wrote:Show nested quote +On December 01 2016 04:56 HolydaKing wrote:
I'm rarely watching Chess. So many draws.. :/ They should really change the rules to make stalemates 0.75-0.25, would help so much.
The problem is that this encourages black to turtle even more.
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EPT
