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Re:Armageddon Looms over World Chess Champs after Carlsen’s ... by necubi on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:40PM (#18546459)
Color is determined by random draw. I think most people feel that black has the advantage, but because there's no standardized timing it's hard to find relevant statistics. Armageddon is pretty much a thin chess-like veneer on top of a coin flip.
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Re:Armageddon Looms over World Chess Champs after Carlsen’s ... by cortesoft on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:50PM (#18546537)
Most sports that have these 'last ditch tiebreaker' rules end up being coin flips in practice, or at least end up testing a completely different skillset than the normal game. Hockey and soccer shootouts are pretty much coin flips, and American pro football overtime is a completely different game. College football overtime is even more of a diversion from the actual game.

Whenever you try to force an outcome in a sport, you get further and further away from the original game.

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