Magnus won another game.
Seems like a lock he’ll win the whole shebang now.
Well, Magnus has won 3 now, with 5 games left. Last time, Nepo blundered a pawn. This time, a whole bishop.
I had expected some crazier games after the first W, but this is nuts.
Magnus won today, sealing the deal.
Everyone wanted a spicy match instead of a repeat of Drawfest 2018, and we got it. 7.5-3.5 is a crushing. Magnus won 4 out of the last 6, including 2 with black.
Sergey Karjakin is suspended from chess for pro-invasion comments.
That’ll give him the boot from the 2022 challenger tournament. He’s the last guy to take a game off Magnus in the world championship.
There are some pretty wild quotes by him in there.
An expected, but no less shameful decision by FIDE. All sports selections have been trampled, the basic principle that sport is out of politics has been trampled.
the basic principle that sport is out of politics has been trampled.
People keep trying to speak this “basic principle” into existence. It was never a principle, and never will be.
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Quite while you’re ahead.
Go out on top.
If it’s not fun anymore, why force yourself to continue?
etc.
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And he would have had to play Nepo again, who he just crushed last time.
Chess does have a history of the champ taking his ball pieces and going home.
The next wave of great players will probably exclusively play for draws on purpose unless the rules change again.
After 6 games, the world championship has had 2 draws and 4 not-draws, including an opening never used in the world championship before:
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