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fart simpson posted:go ding he has this game now. its a very straightforward win for white on the board. match on
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jesus WEP posted:nepo looking real sad its just gonna be 2-2 after this, he can still win it
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Apr 13, 2023 13:08
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I really hate those kind of position in my games. where I have clearly won, but converting take forever of precise manoeuvring.
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VictualSquid posted:I really hate those kind of position in my games. where I have clearly won, but converting take forever of precise manoeuvring. im pretty sure both of these guys are up to the task
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Apr 13, 2023 13:52
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We have a match
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Apr 13, 2023 14:16
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Nepo going too fast struck back?
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Meadowhill posted:Nepo going too fast struck back? The opening Ding played is surprisingly tough to play against as Black. I'd looked at it a bit when I wanted to pick up 4.e3 against the four knights and decided not to play it because I'm not confident with the pawn structure, but it seems to promise white a small but steady advantage. The ideal way it plays out is sort of like in the game, where white gets a good centre that forces black to play pretty precisely. Eventually Nepomniachtchi got somewhere where (1) there was only one move to keep the balance and (2) it was too unintuitive to actually play. So he plays Nd4 instead of g5, Ding sacrifices the exchange, and Ding kills him on light squares.
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Apr 13, 2023 15:05
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dings mom in the background looking happy
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Wow. The challenge for Nepo now is not to tilt or see ghosts after quick moving into that sac. I hope he recovers and we get a great match but I could easily see it leading it to a collapse like after he lost that one game in the title match against Magnus.
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That's a very wholesome photo and it confirms that Ding Must Win. Outta the way nerds! I'm optimistic that Nepo won't tilt too badly, this being his second WC match I'm sure he's worked on that aspect of his game, and crucially there's no Magnus Effect. It's been fun so far.
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Hand Knit posted:The opening Ding played is surprisingly tough to play against as Black. I'd looked at it a bit when I wanted to pick up 4.e3 against the four knights and decided not to play it because I'm not confident with the pawn structure, but it seems to promise white a small but steady advantage. The ideal way it plays out is sort of like in the game, where white gets a good centre that forces black to play pretty precisely. Eventually Nepomniachtchi got somewhere where (1) there was only one move to keep the balance and (2) it was too unintuitive to actually play. So he plays Nd4 instead of g5, Ding sacrifices the exchange, and Ding kills him on light squares. I'll take your word for it. I'd be out of book by move 3 and I'd have no idea what to do as black. I'm starting to feel like it's not only Magnus Carlsen not playing that's making this WCC so exciting. It's that they're not playing the Ruy or Catalan every game. It feels fun when they're trying out different things.
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Apr 14, 2023 10:13
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Another Carlsen Nepo match would not have been as good as this.
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Well, yeah, we saw how that plays out. Either Magnus gets in Nepo's head and he blunders, or he doesn't and they just grind it out with a slight edge for Carlsen.
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Ian is somewhat inconsistent but when he's on, he's really on
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I feel like Ding's positional defensive instincts often err towards "gently caress it, let him have that square, what's the worst that could happen?" and then he gets killed. And I gotta say: I relate.
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Apr 15, 2023 15:03
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Remember when we had like 2 decisive games in 24 World Championship classical games? Seems forever ago.
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Richard Rapport must be involved at all future World Championships
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algebra testes posted:Remember when we had like 2 decisive games in 24 World Championship classical games? Seems forever ago. The Carlsen-Caruana match was probably the highest standard of chess ever played by humans, but as a normal non-gm spectator this is certainly more interesting to watch.
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Anish already thinks Ding's going to win this one, 80% chance in his opinion. I'd love to believe that but it's still so early in the game! Would be wild to get three decisive games in a row.
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I do miss Jan and Svidler and also Simon Williams because he's a goof.
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algebra testes posted:I do miss Jan and Svidler and also Simon Williams because he's a goof. Jan does the German language commenting, right now. Also funny that Danya is taking a break from commenting, presumably to finish up shilling his new london book, on the day that they play the london.
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tanglewood1420 posted:The Carlsen-Caruana match was probably the highest standard of chess ever played by humans, but as a normal non-gm spectator this is certainly more interesting to watch. this match is cool imho
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Apr 16, 2023 12:53
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I love that Anish can't work out why it's good only that it is.
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Jesus christ.
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algebra testes posted:Jesus christ. Seriously. Loving this match so far.
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algebra testes posted:I love that Anish can't work out why it's good only that it is. yeah that was incredible
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the press conference questions are always so bad lol. "question to ding liren: anish giri said you're a genius. do you agree?" "question to ian: why did you play so bad?"
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He played the loving London?fart simpson posted:the press conference questions are always so bad lol. "question to ding liren: anish giri said you're a genius. do you agree?" In retrospect maybe Andrea Botez asking "how does the horsey move?" wasn't so out of place.
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The london is an affront to humanity but I adore this WCC where they play almost whatever they want instead of testing each other in a single theoretical line that deviates at the 15. move. The double R is a good second.
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Meadowhill posted:The london is an affront to humanity but I adore this WCC where they play almost whatever they want instead of testing each other in a single theoretical line that deviates at the 15. move. The double R is a good second. Nah, everyone loved the WCC in 2018 when Carlsen and Caruana just grinded out draws for 12 games in a row
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love to see these decisive games in the world championship match! meanwhile, somebody played 1. g5 (the grob) against me in 5m blitz and i lost somehow  the reason for my loss? "a bad plan is better than no plan" is not actually true! i should have just moved my king back and forth 😂
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Helianthus Annuus posted:love to see these decisive games in the world championship match! i recently won by playing the macho grob (1. e4 g5 2. d4 g4) against a very reasonable club level guy who is probably 100-200 points better than me, over the board, in a clockless game that took nearly an hour so the guy had time to think about 
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lol at ding looking all pleased at his joke about magnus while there were zero laughs. as someone who has made many many bad posts on this forum i empathise and want ding to win now
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jesus WEP posted:lol at ding looking all pleased at his joke about magnus while there were zero laughs. as someone who has made many many bad posts on this forum i empathise and want ding to win now Ding is the SA spirit animal
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algebra testes posted:I love that Anish can't work out why it's good only that it is. Anish's frustration and excitement trying to figure out what Ding was cooking was great. He was all "DON'T TALK TO ME I'M THINKING" to David Howell lol.
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jesus WEP posted:lol at ding looking all pleased at his joke about magnus while there were zero laughs. as someone who has made many many bad posts on this forum i empathise and want ding to win now nepo looked like he wanted to kill someone at that point lol
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I'm proud of a minor milestone: I broke into a 4-digit rating on chessdotcom. Granted, it's in Daily, but I figure if I can play at 80%-85% accuracy when I spend 5-6 minutes per critical move, I can eventually do it faster in a Rapid game.
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