After Game 13 ended in a draw today, Ding and Gukesh are level on 6.5
points each meaning we will have the final classical game tomorrow to
decide this world chess championship. Game 14 of 14!
Ding has a slight edge because he has white. But at this level of chess
- and based on what we have seen so far, anything can happen.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on to the
tie-break format ?
On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
After Game 13 ended in a draw today, Ding and Gukesh are
level on 6.5 points each meaning we will have the final
classical game tomorrow to decide this world chess
championship. Game 14 of 14!
Ding has a slight edge because he has white. But at this
level of chess - and based on what we have seen so far,
anything can happen.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
Ding is a Ninja!
As for tie-break, I've heard they have to fight to the death
with the Lirpa!
D wrote:
On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
After Game 13 ended in a draw today, Ding and Gukesh are
level on 6.5 points each meaning we will have the final
classical game tomorrow to decide this world chess
championship. Game 14 of 14!
Ding has a slight edge because he has white. But at this
level of chess - and based on what we have seen so far,
anything can happen.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
Ding is a Ninja!
Ding Liren has actually surprised me. He has played some really
good chess in this match. Maybe he has lacked a bit of ambition
at times, but the standard of his play has been of very high
quality. After the Olympiad I had written Ding off as Gukesh D
was on fire, so Gukesh was my favourite for the 2024 title.
Even today, after thirteen games, we are no closer to knowing
who will take the 2024 World Chess Championship crown.
As for tie-break, I've heard they have to fight to the death
with the Lirpa!
Non-Star Trek chess fans will be heading to Google...
Ding Liren has actually surprised me. He has played some really
good chess in this match. Maybe he has lacked a bit of ambition
at times, but the standard of his play has been of very high
quality. After the Olympiad I had written Ding off as Gukesh D
was on fire, so Gukesh was my favourite for the 2024 title.
After Game 13 ended in a draw today, Ding and Gukesh are level
on 6.5 points each meaning we will have the final classical
game tomorrow to decide this world chess championship. Game 14
of 14!
Ding has a slight edge because he has white. But at this level
of chess - and based on what we have seen so far, anything
can happen.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
After the Olympiad I had written Ding off as Gukesh D was on
fire, so Gukesh was my favourite for the 2024 title.
Silver Skull wrote:
After Game 13 ended in a draw today, Ding and Gukesh are level
on 6.5 points each meaning we will have the final classical
game tomorrow to decide this world chess championship. Game 14
of 14!
Ding has a slight edge because he has white. But at this level
of chess - and based on what we have seen so far, anything
can happen.
It can and DID! Ding Liren blunders the endgame and gives Gukesh
D the world title!!! A game that Ding Liren should have had no
problem getting a draw from.
What a crazy end to this world championship match.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
No tie breaks needed... Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the FIDE World
Chess Champion 2024.
Silver Skull wrote:
After Game 13 ended in a draw today, Ding and Gukesh are level
on 6.5 points each meaning we will have the final classical
game tomorrow to decide this world chess championship. Game 14
of 14!
Ding has a slight edge because he has white. But at this level
of chess - and based on what we have seen so far, anything
can happen.
It can and DID! Ding Liren blunders the endgame and gives Gukesh
D the world title!!! A game that Ding Liren should have had no
problem getting a draw from.
What a crazy end to this world championship match.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
No tie breaks needed... Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the FIDE World
Chess Champion 2024.
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
Ding Liren blunders the endgame and gives Gukesh the world
title!!! A game that Ding Liren should have had no problem
getting a draw from.
What a crazy end to this world championship match.
It looked as if Ding was up +1 on gothamchess. He must be very angry
with himself letting that slip away. =/
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
No tie breaks needed... Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the FIDE World
Chess Champion 2024.
Cashing in a sweeeeet 1.3 million dollars! Chess is a nice way to earn a
lot of money quickly! If you are good at it, that is. ;)
Blueshirt wrote:
After the Olympiad I had written Ding off as Gukesh D was on
fire, so Gukesh was my favourite for the 2024 title.
Okay, it took a while, with plenty of ups and downs along the
way... but we got there in the end! :-)
In 2024 Gukesh won the Candidates tournament, the Chess Olympiad and now
the world chess championship. For an 18 year old I think he is very good
at it !
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:39:03 +0000, D wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
Ding Liren blunders the endgame and gives Gukesh the world
title!!! A game that Ding Liren should have had no problem
getting a draw from.
What a crazy end to this world championship match.
It looked as if Ding was up +1 on gothamchess. He must be very angry
with himself letting that slip away. =/
Ding might regret the games where he settled for draws instead of
pressuring Gukesh.
Will it be the winner takes it all tomorrow or do we move on
to the tie-break format ?
No tie breaks needed... Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the FIDE World
Chess Champion 2024.
Cashing in a sweeeeet 1.3 million dollars! Chess is a nice way to earn a
lot of money quickly! If you are good at it, that is. ;)
In 2024 Gukesh won the Candidates tournament, the Chess Olympiad and now
the world chess championship. For an 18 year old I think he is very good
at it !
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:59:21 +0000, Silver Skull
<silver.skull@nopsam.com> wrote:
In 2024 Gukesh won the Candidates tournament, the Chess Olympiad and now
the world chess championship. For an 18 year old I think he is very good
at it !
If only Tal (the previous youngest champion) were here to see this!
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:39:03 +0000, D wrote:
Chess is a nice way to earn a lot of money quickly!
If you are good at it, that is.
In 2024 Gukesh won the Candidates tournament, the Chess
Olympiad and now the world chess championship. For an 18
year old I think he is very good at it !
Maybe a duel against Magnus up next? =) I would watch!
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:31:21 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Okay, it took a while with plenty of ups and downs along the
way... but we got there in the end! :-)
I have just finished watching game 14 on Youtube and I am
amazed at the finish.
While I prefer the end we got to a day's worth of speed chess
for the world championship I know I will never forget that
finish.
D wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:39:03 +0000, D wrote:
Chess is a nice way to earn a lot of money quickly!
If you are good at it, that is.
In 2024 Gukesh won the Candidates tournament, the Chess
Olympiad and now the world chess championship. For an 18
year old I think he is very good at it !
Maybe a duel against Magnus up next? =) I would watch!
They'll surely meet in some classical matches in 2025 but I
don't think Magnus will return to play for a world title... not
under its current format anyway.
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus Carlsen's
time at the top is limited anyway... he'll surely have Arjun and
Gukesh breathing down his neck at the top of the FIDE rankings
in 2025.
The Horny Goat wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:31:21 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Okay, it took a while with plenty of ups and downs along the
way... but we got there in the end! :-)
I have just finished watching game 14 on Youtube and I am
amazed at the finish.
The ending was a shock! In my head game 14 was heading for a
draw and the rapid section was on its way this weekend.
While I prefer the end we got to a day's worth of speed chess
for the world championship I know I will never forget that
finish.
Yes, speed chess to 'decide' a world championship title isn't
ideal.
Although long-term I do think that FIDE will need to tamper with
the world title format at some stage... but that's a discussion
for another day.
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus Carlsen's
time at the top is limited anyway... he'll surely have Arjun and
Gukesh breathing down his neck at the top of the FIDE rankings
in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be handicaped by time.
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus Carlsen's
time at the top is limited anyway... he'll surely have Arjun and
Gukesh breathing down his neck at the top of the FIDE rankings
in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be handicaped by time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written off already.
!!
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus
Carlsen's time at the top is limited anyway... he'll
surely have Arjun and Gukesh breathing down his neck at
the top of the FIDE rankings in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be handicaped by
time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus
Carlsen's time at the top is limited anyway... he'll
surely have Arjun and Gukesh breathing down his neck at
the top of the FIDE rankings in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be handicaped by
time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Although I do think Magnus Carlsen's days at #1 in the world are
numbered.. if he's not knocked off the top in 2025, then I'm
sure it won't be too long afterwards. There's a lot of talented
youngsters coming up through the ranks.
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus
Carlsen's time at the top is limited anyway... he'll
surely have Arjun and Gukesh breathing down his neck
at the top of the FIDE rankings in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be
handicaped by time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Why not? If I look at documentaries about what it takes to
prepare for a world championship, mentally and physically, I
would definitely see it that way.
Enlighten me!
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus
Carlsen's time at the top is limited anyway... he'll
surely have Arjun and Gukesh breathing down his neck
at the top of the FIDE rankings in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be
handicaped by time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Why not? If I look at documentaries about what it takes to
prepare for a world championship, mentally and physically, I
would definitely see it that way.
Enlighten me!
It's the "modern" bit I'd have a problem with... as chess is
anything but!
Which for a sport that wants to grow and capitalise on the
growth in the game at the non-elite levels is its biggest
problem. (FIDE wouldn't really be considered a progressive
organisation either!)
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus
Carlsen's time at the top is limited anyway... he'll
surely have Arjun and Gukesh breathing down his neck at
the top of the FIDE rankings in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be handicaped by
time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Although I do think Magnus Carlsen's days at #1 in the world are
numbered.. if he's not knocked off the top in 2025, then I'm
sure it won't be too long afterwards. There's a lot of talented
youngsters coming up through the ranks.
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:37:49 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:21:49 +0000, D wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024, Blueshirt wrote:
The Indian's are on their way so it's possible Magnus
Carlsen's time at the top is limited anyway... he'll
surely have Arjun and Gukesh breathing down his neck at
the top of the FIDE rankings in 2025.
True! And he is getting old. Soon he will be handicaped by
time.
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Nor would I. I wouldn't call it any kind of sport.
Although I do think Magnus Carlsen's days at #1 in the world are
numbered.. if he's not knocked off the top in 2025, then I'm
sure it won't be too long afterwards. There's a lot of talented
youngsters coming up through the ranks.
Right, nobody stays at the top forever.
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:37:49 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Nor would I. I wouldn't call it any kind of sport.
On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:09:13 +0000, Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:37:49 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
D wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
Poor Magnus Carlsen - 34 years old and he's being written
off already. !!
It's modern elite sports and a biological fact. Same for
everyone.
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Nor would I. I wouldn't call it any kind of sport.
The term e-sport is used by the pros for the competitions featuring
speed chess variants, which I think is fair enough.
It was announced last week that chess is going to be part of the
"E-sports World Cup" in 2025 which is the first time the game has been featured. Hopefully it proves a popular attraction.
https://en.chessbase.com/post/esports-world-cup-2025-announcement#:~:text=With%20tools%20like%20instant%20time,term%20esport%20was%20ever%20coined.
On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:09:13 +0000, Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:37:49 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Nor would I. I wouldn't call it any kind of sport.
The term e-sport is used by the pros for the competitions
featuring speed chess variants, which I think is fair enough.
It was announced last week that chess is going to be part of
the "E-sports World Cup" in 2025 which is the first time the
game has been featured. Hopefully it proves a popular
attraction.
Wow! Fide are being threatened! I think Magnus will probably
move in, and maybe, this format will take over.
I can live with e-sport for the sake of the peace of the
group. ;)
Merry christmas dear, fellow chess enthusiasts!
D wrote:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/esports-world-cup-2025-announcement#:~:text=With%20tools%20like%20instant%20time,term%20esport%20was%20ever%20coined.
On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, Silver Skull wrote:
On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:09:13 +0000, Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 20:37:49 +0000, "Blueshirt"
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I wouldn't call chess a modern elite sport!
Nor would I. I wouldn't call it any kind of sport.
The term e-sport is used by the pros for the competitions
featuring speed chess variants, which I think is fair enough.
It was announced last week that chess is going to be part of
the "E-sports World Cup" in 2025 which is the first time the
game has been featured. Hopefully it proves a popular
attraction.
Wow! Fide are being threatened! I think Magnus will probably
move in, and maybe, this format will take over.
FIDE are slow to adapt to change so yeah, possibly. But I'd
say it will be more a case that rich business people will move
in and money will take over!
I can live with e-sport for the sake of the peace of the
group. ;)
Online chess as an eSport is fine with me... as that's basically
what it is.
Merry christmas dear, fellow chess enthusiasts!
Merry Christmas D... and everyone reading RGCM. I hope it's a
good one for us all.
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