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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann in the second... by zibby8 on Monday September 19, 2022 @07:31PM (#32905584)
The top 8 players in the tournament get invited to the next tournament. Hans Niemann got a free point from the game Carlsen resigned. That impacts the standings for all the other players. It’s hard to see how they’re not impacted.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann in the second... by Retric on Monday September 19, 2022 @08:36PM (#32906106)
That ultimately impacts one player if Hans gets in instead of them, or zero players if it doesn’t change the results.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann in the second... by zibby8 on Monday September 19, 2022 @08:42PM (#32906161)
Talk about moving goal posts
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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann in the second... by Retric on Monday September 19, 2022 @08:57PM (#32906287)
“all the other players” vs 0 or 1 other players.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann in the second... by zibby8 on Monday September 19, 2022 @09:01PM (#32906321)
In addition to that one, very concrete impact, the situation may also have subtle effects. Players may be going into matches against Hans being down a point when they would have been tied, changing the psychology of their play style. Similarly, Hans may play more confidently being up a point. Even spending a single second thinking about the situation is an unnecessary impact forced on the other players by Magnus. Pretty unsportsmanlike.
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