FIDE World Champs Carlsen vs Caruana London 10-28 Nov

[Garrett]

Well done Garrett, Max Illingworth, and thomasdav for their correct prediction.

See GM Sam Shankland's analysis of the games.

Thank you Capablanca-Fan.

[MichaelBaron]

Convincing and one-sided effort by Magnus!

[antichrist]

Convincing and one-sided effort by Magnus!

But in one or two games didn't he have an advantage but took a draw instead of fighting for a win? If future championships will follow this pattern they may as well be cancelled. Eventually interest will wane so they will become a non event.

[MichaelBaron]

But in one or two games didn't he have an advantage but took a draw instead of fighting for a win? If future championships will follow this pattern they may as well be cancelled. Eventually interest will wane so they will become a non event.

I was referring to the tie-breaker.

[Garvinator]

But Lasker, Botvinnik (twice), and even the currently grousing Kasparov retained their titles on drawn matches. At least Carlsen actually beat his challenger in some form of chess.

In those matches that you refer to, at least there were wins and losses exchanged. In 1987, Kasparov had to defeat Karpov in the game 24 to tie the match and keep the title.

[Garvinator]

Whilst a lot of the commentary here is making a lot of hu ha about the twelve draws, I think most of the criticism should go back to the match length, not the twelve draws.

Increase the match length, have rest days after three games, not two, and I think you would find that the match would be much more interesting as both players repertoires would be tested, both for breadth as well as depth.

[Kevin Bonham]

https://www.chess.com/blog/Rocky64/c...hat-was-missed

Article by Peter Wong as mentioned in the ACF Newsletter about the actual number of moves to mate in game 6. I like this sort of thing.

[Capablanca-Fan]

In those matches that you refer to, at least there were wins and losses exchanged. In 1987, Kasparov had to defeat Karpov in the game 24 to tie the match and keep the title.

But the objection I was replying to was that Carlsen could not win a classical match against his challenger. Yet unlike those other matches, Carlsen did not have draw odds going in.

[Frank]

https://www.chess.com/blog/Rocky64/c...hat-was-missed

Article by Peter Wong as mentioned in the ACF Newsletter about the actual number of moves to mate in game 6. I like this sort of thing.

A nice post.

[Metro]

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