Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing to change out of jeans

Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by ANewFormation on Saturday December 28, 2024 @12:29PM (#42532607)

His edge in rapid/blitz is generally seen as much larger than in classical.

One of the biggest examples of this was in his title defense against Caruana. Every game of that match had been drawn, and in the final game Magnus had a very promising position where he could squeeze with basically no risk.

Instead he offered a draw which was immediately accepted. That sent the game to rapid tie breaks where he casually butchered Caruana 3-0.

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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by n2d4 on Saturday December 28, 2024 @03:52PM (#42534611)

That's because Caruana was a bad Blitz player though; on the elo rankings, Carlsen's lead is (and usually tends to be) smaller in Blitz.

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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by ANewFormation on Sunday December 29, 2024 @08:02AM (#42539667)

The tie breaks were rapid, not blitz. And rapid is where Magnus' gap over #2 is the largest.

And no great player is bad at any time control - they're just 'less good'. Except Magnus - since he's #1 at everything he's just more or less dominant.

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Re:Chess: Magnus Carlsen disqualified in N.Y. after refusing... by nameless_me on Saturday December 28, 2024 @06:06PM (#42535659)

Oh boy, offering a draw so he could annihilate Caruana in the next phase is a totally gangsta move. <whew>

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