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Re:Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess C... by phonebucket on Thursday November 29, 2018 @03:56AM (#18558944)
> So he exchanged a potential loss of €200k at a favourable odds for a sure loss of €50k with potential loss of €150k at a much better odds. Now here's where we could question his decision speculating what the actual odds were, but who knows if he cares about the money.

You’re ignoring the fact that winning also guarantees him a spot in next year’s final, so that would heavily tip this analysis towards playing it safe.

Although I don’t believe Magnus is trying to win this for the money, but that’s besides the point.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess C... by addicted on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:02AM (#18561152)
Also, the draw guaranteed he held his #1 ranking until the early part of next year at least. And Carlsen has stated in the past that he values the #1 ranking more than the world chess champion title.
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