A great strategy by Grishuk. He can cut the number of serious games he needs to play by half if he always offers draws with white. Then play for draws with black, again manageable. Then finally take his opponent out in Blitz. This solves the problem of having to win full length games over the board. Furthermore, when this is all over, whoever wins it needs to play a Title unification game with the current World Blitz Champion. It is all very mind boggling.
A Draw after 14 moves. What a joke! And the grandmaster analyzing the position had just said what a great game we had to look forward to in this position! Then they agreed to a draw!
This is further evidence its time to change the nature of chess. The late Bobby Fischer was ahead of his time when he introduced his novelty…Chess960.
Sure, the number of draws could theoretically still be the same but the outcomes cannot be guaranteed to end in drawn games with Chess960 like it can in classical chess.
I think it’s high time FIDE seriously investigate the merits of Fischer Random Chess as an alternative for official recognition.
Clearly we need Susan’s younger sister to be the Honorary Arbiter for all of these matches, so that Sofia Rules.
Or we may need a rest day every two games, as being closer to how people naturally felt it was best to organize and pace an important match, in the days when sponsorship in a more elevative environment allowed it and the pressures of expenses were less.
Dennis Monokroussos, here at The Chess Mind, explains that 9…b5! was a “stunning” novelty that defused White’s ambition. Still, the position had a fair bit of play left, and Sofia Rules (or Mama with the proverbial rolling pin behind her back to whack any hand prematurely extended in peace) would have been good to convey why it was drawn, if…
The position on the board wasn’t a draw, there was alot still to play for. FIDE needs to act against this, it makes high level chess look so pointless and boring. It’s not in the spirt of the game or of good competition to play like this, it’s laughable. Kramnik was doing the same thing. Anand would beat either of these players in a match, he’s too strong and would push for the win. It’s a shame Anand won’t get to play a better class of oponent. It’s like in boxing taking a journeyman and giving him a chance to fight for a world title. This event has turned into a complete joke.
A great strategy by Grishuk. He can cut the number of serious games he needs to play by half if he always offers draws with white. Then play for draws with black, again manageable. Then finally take his opponent out in Blitz. This solves the problem of having to win full length games over the board. Furthermore, when this is all over, whoever wins it needs to play a Title unification game with the current World Blitz Champion. It is all very mind boggling.
A Draw after 14 moves. What a joke! And the grandmaster analyzing the position had just said what
a great game we had to look forward to in this position! Then they agreed to a draw!
This is further evidence its time to change the nature of chess. The late Bobby Fischer was ahead of his time when he introduced his novelty…Chess960.
Sure, the number of draws could theoretically still be the same but the outcomes cannot be guaranteed to end in drawn games with Chess960 like it can in classical chess.
I think it’s high time FIDE seriously investigate the merits of Fischer Random Chess as an alternative for official recognition.
The joke is not that the two players agreed to a draw of 28 moves (14 move-pairs), rather…
The joke is the incompetence of the match RULE MAKER who decided against requiring the games to continue for at least the first 30 or 40 move-pairs.
25/27 = 93% draw rate. Pure fiasco.
Never gain should speed chess be used as time breakers for candidates’ matches.
GeneM
Clearly we need Susan’s younger sister to be the Honorary Arbiter for all of these matches, so that Sofia Rules.
Or we may need a rest day every two games, as being closer to how people naturally felt it was best to organize and pace an important match, in the days when sponsorship in a more elevative environment allowed it and the pressures of expenses were less.
Dennis Monokroussos, here at The Chess Mind, explains that 9…b5! was a “stunning” novelty that defused White’s ambition. Still, the position had a fair bit of play left, and Sofia Rules (or Mama with the proverbial rolling pin behind her back to whack any hand prematurely extended in peace) would have been good to convey why it was drawn, if…
The position on the board wasn’t a draw, there was alot still to play for. FIDE needs to act against this, it makes high level chess look so pointless and boring. It’s not in the spirt of the game or of good competition to play like this, it’s laughable. Kramnik was doing the same thing. Anand would beat either of these players in a match, he’s too strong and would push for the win. It’s a shame Anand won’t get to play a better class of oponent. It’s like in boxing taking a journeyman and giving him a chance to fight for a world title. This event has turned into a complete joke.