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LOL Magnus looks like a fish that has been on land for too long. Time to get back into the water, my boiii.
TBH, this is probably the best format in all tournaments for the players and also spectators. Any draws are quickly settled by Armageddon and those who like to draw when leading in standings will be punished for complacency.
3:55:13 bruh
what a world champion
It's funny, even the commentators don't seem to really understand how to read this scoring system. Even as they know it's different, they still can't help looking at the standings like they would standard scoring (e.g. 3 points is a big lead, 1 point is a comfortable lead), with the caveat that things are much more volatile. In fact you get a much better sense of how far apart the scores are by dividing them all by 3. Then you see it's largely the same as standard scoring, the only difference being that instead of each player getting 1/2 point for a draw, one gets 1/2 and the other 1/3, depending on the Armageddon. This actual scoring is better in that it avoids complicated fractions (like 5/6 of a point), but it definitely makes it seem more different than it really is.
where are the people who said today table bang is coming?
World champion of what😂
Vincent doesn‘t like time pressure… 🫠
Hey David Howell - Though we typically read 2-0 as "two-zero" this side of the pond, we do in fact know what "two-nil" means. I have no idea, on the other hand, what a Lucky Dip is.
They need to invent a chessboard with sensors that records the game automatically and prints a copy for both players. Having to write down every move feels like a needless distraction. The players are already processing complex positions, calculating variations and quietly questioning the meaning of life. They look miserable enough as it is. Most of them barely want to make pleasant eye contact, as if a smile would lose a pawn. Making them write everything down on top of that feels less like notation and more like administrative torture.
I got so excited to watch when i saw David commentatig, but then everything was ruined when I also saw Tanya there... dang it
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