World Chess Championship 2014 - Playing Like Quackamura

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > World Chess Championship 2014 - Playing Like Quackamura

Will Anand Win a Game? This poll is closed.
Yes	11	22.45%
No	4	8.16%
Hell No	1	2.04%
Hahaha No	11	22.45%
Putin has managed to become a threat to both Russia and World Peace because Obama is not a strong leader like Ronald Reagan	22	44.90%
Total:	49 votes

[Edit Poll (moderators only)]

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Didn't know another of these was happening, though I don't have high hopes for the rematch. Is there a website doing streaming commentary for the matches? The Chess24 stream is a bit uninspired.

Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Nov 11, 2014

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 14:42

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 8, 2024 22:39

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

drat, why can't we get coverage like this in English?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2014 16:42

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

I wish there was a VOD of round 7's live coverage so I could experience the marathon as it happened.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 02:35

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

uXs posted:

It seems to be all here? http://www.sochi2014.fide.com/video-archive/

Good god I am terrible at the internet. Thanks.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 08:51

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

All I know about what's happening is that Svidler was a pretty good co-host for Sochi 2014.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2015 12:59

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Are there any tournaments where they invite the top ranked players, like 1-14?

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 04:58

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Why is the Candidates website such a piece of poo poo? I can't find any information about schedules or anything.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2016 22:53

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Hand Knit posted:

Anand was the only winner today, beating Topalov in a game that seemed to be pretty easy for him. It would be pretty funny if he won candidates again. And, I mean, he can't be any more of a longshot than last time, can he?

Please don't joke about that. Nobody wants to see Carlsen-Anand 3.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 00:22

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Hand Knit posted:

Anand winning candidates might spur FIDE to end the championship match format.

Do we... want that? Are people pushing for a round robin style tournament to decide the world champion?

# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 00:40

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Hand Knit posted:

I love the championship match format but there's quite a bit of pressure to do away with it and have a tennis-style Grand Slam. The Grand Chess Tour is a first step try to replicate this, although I don't know how much momentum it will have with Carlsen announcing he won't play St Louis this year.

e: Thinking about things, I think that using a Grand Prix style tournament would be really bad for (a) up and coming players and/or peripheral top-10 players to get shots at the title and (b) Chinese players who would have even fewer paths to the top than they currently have. The advantage of a candidates tournament (followed by a title match) is that you can have multiple ways to qualify, which can provide both security for top-5 players and ways in for peripheral players.

Moving to a grand slam format means no more world champion. And the 4 major tournaments would have to have different formats otherwise what's the point?

# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 01:11

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

They could do something like the soccer world cup - 8 players round robin then top 4 are seeded for a knockout stage or something like that.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 04:27

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Caruana and Nakamura's games are still going!!! http://worldchess.com/broadcasts/europe/2016/03/10/fide-candidates-tournament/round-2/

# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 16:42

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Hand Knit posted:

Karjakin-Nakamura shouldn't be going for much longer! Naka blundered a piece.

Seems like the commentators they have are pretty decent, so maybe less of a deal that they're blocking external feeds?

# ¿ Mar 12, 2016 16:52

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Anish Giri married Sopiko whaaaaat

# ¿ Mar 13, 2016 00:35

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Sounds like a dick move by Levon. Aren't accidental touches generally considered exempt from touch move rule?

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 22:06

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

Hand Knit posted:

Well, with one round left we're past anything can happen territory. Only two games matter tomorrow.

Karjakin (7.5) - Caruana (7.5)
Svidler (6.5) - Anand (7)

Here are the following possible finishes:

Karjakin wins: Karjakin finishes clear first.
Caruana wins: Caruana finishes clear first.
Karjakin and Caruana draw: Each player finishes with 8 points. Karjakin has 3 wins to Caruana's 2. Karjakin wins on second tiebreaker.
Karjakin and Caruana draw and Anand beats Svidler: All three players have 8 points. Caruana is +1 against the other two. Karjakin is even against the other two. Anand is -1 against the other two. Caruana wins on first tiebreaker.

So, uh, strap in.

So you're saying there's no way Vishy can face Magnus?

Thank loving god.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2016 21:08

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

LOOK I AM A TURTLE posted:

I'm hoping for a CarCar championship match, but CarKar is okay too I guess.

Pro post, thread title should be renamed to this

# ¿ Mar 28, 2016 13:19

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 8, 2024 22:39

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

To be fair, is there anyone who really has a chance to beat Magnus in Bo12?

# ¿ Oct 28, 2016 17:28

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > World Chess Championship 2014 - Playing Like Quackamura