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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after one move by tromp on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @08:57AM (#32911004)
> If you are playing with a handicap, you have to make overplays

Some players may feel they have to, but others manage to refrain from making overplays, and just keep playing moves they consider objectively best, patiently waiting for their weaker opponent to make big mistakes. Usually such patience does get rewarded.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after one move by vintermann on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @09:51AM (#32911662)
For small handicaps, maybe you can see it that way. But it's harder to call a move "objectively best" when you're technically in a dead lost position.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after one move by tromp on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @12:43PM (#32914320)
With objectively best I refer to maximizing territory. A much stronger player of course realizes they're in a technically lost position throughout most of the game, but that doesn't make resigning objectively best.
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