Originally posted by no1marauder What a remarkably stupid idea.
thank you for remarking on my idea - i take it as a compliment 😉
of course i would not like to see it based only on fast games - but 1/3 of the championship could be based on fast games - we would really find out who knows how to play chess that way.
If it goes to tiebreak, I really hope that the 4 rapidplay games will be sufficient to determine the winner.
Otherwise it will come down to a couple of blitz games and if they're tied, a 6 minute versus 5 minute game in which a draw counts as a win for Black! The odds favour the Black player so much in that scenario, that whoever is given that colour (presumably by tossing a coin) is very likely to emerge as the World Champion. So effectively the title would be determined by a coin toss.
my thoughts on the fixation of high level chess with slow games is something like this ...
(a conspiracy theory)
... the best chess players do not want to look like fools, they do not want to be seen making mistakes.
by playing slow games they try to never show mistakes.
they are just scared to show themselves to the world - their social skills are not well balanced.
gifted children at schools often show a similar reluctance to reveal themselves.
let them out - let them play and stuff up and still be crowned champion!
Originally posted by flexmore thank you for remarking on my idea - i take it as a compliment 😉
of course i would not like to see it based only on fast games - but 1/3 of the championship could be based on fast games - we would really find out who knows how to play chess that way.
Originally posted by flexmore have you ever played blitz against someone rated way above you? - or below you?
the results come through.
blitz is chess.
slow chess is a paranoia of gifted kids grown into adults being scared to reveal their weaknesses, and so they also cannot show their strength.
If you don't like the way chess has been played at the Championship level for 150 years, go watch checkers or tic-tac-toe. A 1/3 blitz match makes about as much sense as a 1/3 Fischer Random match.
Originally posted by no1marauder If you don't like the way chess has been played at the Championship level for 150 years, go watch checkers or tic-tac-toe. A 1/3 blitz match makes about as much sense as a 1/3 Fischer Random match.
i ask you :
2 players face each other:
if you have 4 weeks then how should they play games to find out who is the best chess player?
a chess player successfullly learning our language successfully mimics you in your rudeness ... and then you respond with profanity and crudity - get a grip on the real world.
Originally posted by flexmore my thoughts on the fixation of high level chess with slow games is something like this ...
(a conspiracy theory)
... the best chess players do not want to look like fools, they do not want to be seen making mistakes.
by playing slow games they try to never show mistakes.
they are just scared to show themselves to the world - their social skills ar ...[text shortened]... o reveal themselves.
let them out - let them play and stuff up and still be crowned champion!
Different games, different abilities tested. It's like playing one half of the football world cup final as five-a-side - it's still football, but it's not the same.
By all means, have a rapid-play world championship. But keep the classical world championship for 'classical' chess.
Typical answer from you. While in uni, didn't they teach what good manners are, didn't they? Or (most probably) they tried and failed miserably. Or better yet, if you are a "lawyer" and exhibits your education in a court the same way you are doing here, I'm sure you are posting from the jail.
Originally posted by CrazyLilTing Typical answer from you. While in uni, didn't they teach what good manners are, didn't they? Or (most probably) they tried and failed miserably. Or better yet, if you are a "lawyer" and exhibits your education in a court the same way you are doing here, I'm sure you are posting from the jail.
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