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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On December 01 2016 07:32 FiWiFaKi wrote: Rxc7... Oh geez man, I would've found that Rb1 with 3 second time controls. Pressure was too much. I mean everything was losing anyway, can hardly blame him for making a desperate move under that time pressure. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On December 01 2016 07:33 Plexa wrote: I mean everything was losing anyway, can hardly blame him for making a desperate move under that time pressure. True, it was over at that point. But that move was the silliest thing I've seen, there's at least 3 follow ups to that win the game in a few moves that I saw. Well, let's see if Karjakin can pull it off. At now point in these rapid games was I like, oh look, Karjakin is in a winning position. | ||
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Lachrymose
Australia1928 Posts
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On December 01 2016 07:36 FiWiFaKi wrote: True, it was over at that point. But that move was the silliest thing I've seen, there's at least 3 follow ups to that win the game in a few moves that I saw. Well, let's see if Karjakin can pull it off. At now point in these rapid games was I like, oh look, Karjakin is in a winning position. Was it over? Rb1 puts Karjakin in a very bad position, but not significantly worse than in game 2 imo. | ||
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On December 01 2016 07:39 ZigguratOfUr wrote: Was it over? Rb1 puts Karjakin in a very bad position, but not significantly worse than in game 2 imo. I'd be very comfortable playing it (and I'm at 1700 nub). All of white's pieces were stuck. You can quickly win back a pawn there to even it out, and I think once you start moving your other pawns forward, it's a very favorable position imo. | ||
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On December 01 2016 07:45 FiWiFaKi wrote: I'd be very comfortable playing it. All of white's pieces were stuck. You can quickly win back a pawn there to even it out, and I think once you start moving your other pawns forward, it's a very favorable position imo. I agree entirely. I still wouldn't call it losing though. | ||
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bardtown
England2313 Posts
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
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bardtown
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
On December 01 2016 08:02 bardtown wrote: Makes you wonder if in the age of dominant chess computers faster time controls aren't the better measure of a player's skill. I think we need at least slightly faster time controls. Also that would make spectating easier in some ways. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On December 01 2016 08:07 Arevall wrote: I think we need at least slightly faster time controls. Also that would make spectating easier in some ways. There's arguments for both. My view about game speed has been that game speed should be such that 50%~ of games end in draws at the highest level. I haven't watched many chess championships, but this definitely has been the most boring I've watched. Not sure if it's because of the games, or the paywall which leads to less people caring about it. | ||
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
On December 01 2016 08:09 FiWiFaKi wrote: There's arguments for both. My view about game speed has been that game speed should be such that 50%~ of games end in draws at the highest level. I haven't watched many chess championships, but this definitely has been the most boring I've watched. Not sure if it's because of the games, or the paywall which leads to less people caring about it. Sure. I haven't looked any deeper into the matter than the feeling that 2 hours too often give the best players enough time to figure out the critical complications in the mid-game. | ||
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calgar
United States1277 Posts
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TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
Might have not won the first game, but there was at no point where Magnus was in danger (in the rapid games). | ||
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WakaDoDo
Sweden1183 Posts
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Romania5298 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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