Sons of Arthur Bisguier -- The Chess Thread
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He finally cracked. Dukesh picked the right strategy today with a very sharp, Benko type opening with weird complications throughout
No kidding:
- Ding spent 35 minutes on move FIVE
- Ding then spends 22 minutes on move 6. After that move he had used 62 minutes and 35 seconds of time. In contrast, Gukesh had used 32 seconds
- Gukesh then spends a little over an hour on move eleven
- By move 18, it was 19:33 on the clock for Ding vs 21:48 for Gukesh
Then Ding blundered Qc8 in 27 seconds. Wild is right
Just casually wins on demand playing almost perfect chess. No biggie.
It's almost like he has to be in a spot where he can't be overly cautious and play for a draw for him to shake the nerves and be aggressive. As one of the people in the reddit thread said, "Ding down a game in the WCC is one of the scariest players of all time"
It's almost like he has to be in a spot where he can't be overly cautious and play for a draw for him to shake the nerves and be aggressive. As one of the people in the reddit thread said, "Ding down a game in the WCC is one of the scariest players of all time"
I think Gukesh got overconfident after his win, thought maybe Ding was collapsing, and IMHO played way too ambitiously as black in the opening when all he needed was a draw. This became apparent when he went for Nc6 early.
To be fair, I did basically give multiple options of what could happen so had many options to get it right. Still, I will take the teeny tiny internet victory when I can.
To add to the thread, very interested to see where things go from here. Does Ding go back to his theoretical strategy of playing for draws to gain a potential edge in rapid? Or does this game unleash the Ding(TM) and lead to him playing more aggressive with the white pieces and go for a knockout? I suspect Gukesh will play the same, as it is in his interest to push for a win in the next few games.
To add to the thread, very interested to see where things go from here. Does Ding go back to his theoretical strategy of playing for draws to gain a potential edge in rapid? Or does this game unleash the Ding(TM) and lead to him playing more aggressive with the white pieces and go for a knockout? I suspect Gukesh will play the same, as it is in his interest to push for a win in the next few games.
ShhhhYou kind of did it again
I'll be honest, I did not expect THAT to happen. I fully expected it to go to tie-breaks.
Yeah, Gukesh has not been as strong as faster speeds and Ding would have had good chances.Shhhh
I'll be honest, I did not expect THAT to happen. I fully expected it to go to tie-breaks.
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Yeah, mental error. Gukesh was putting pressure on him by playing good moves and time was getting low, so you can sort of see it. But it's still a huge blunder.
Magnus forced to forfeit a game at the World Rapid and Blitz because of a dress code violation. Looks like he's dropping out of the tournament and maybe done with FIDE events for good.
Yep. Was asked not to wear jeans. Basically responded "I care more about wearing jeans than I care about your stupid f'ing tournament."
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/43191036/magnus-carlsen-disqualified-chess-tournament-wearing-jeans
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/43191036/magnus-carlsen-disqualified-chess-tournament-wearing-jeans
Probably more rooted in the Freestyle Chess kerfuffle and his general disenchantment with FIDE than his love of jeans.
Honestly, probably also influenced by the fact he wasn't doing terribly well (5/8 with a loss to Lazavik)
Sucks. Anything that gives any oxygen to Hans sucks. I know controversy draws eyeballs, but the game's better when it gets fame for legitimate reasons and not from admitted cheaters splitting hairs.
I dunno, Hans is legit becoming a threat now, I think, at least at blitz. Magnus barely escaped today.
I'm not saying he's not a talented player. I'm saying he's an admitted cheater and rageholic venue-destroyer who's bad for the game and should be shunned.
He cheated as a kid. Although he went on an unhinged period after the whole St Louis affair, over the last six months his demeanor has changed completely. Probably has been told by adults that this is the only way that he'll get invited to elite events, but lets hope its something permanent as the talent is immense.
Wild ending to the Blitz Championship. Ian vs Magnus, Magnus wins the first 2, Ian wins the second 2, then 3 draws. Magnus asks Ian if he wants to just share the title, Ian says sure, and so that's what they do. The chess reddit page has a lot of feelings about this.