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2016 World Chess Championsip

Poll: 2016 World Chess Championsip (8 member(s) have cast votes)

Who'll win?

  1. Magnus (7 votes [87.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 87.50%

  2. Sergey (1 votes [12.50%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 12.50%

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#1 User is offline   nige1 

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Posted 2016-November-28, 11:06

Who will win the 2016 World Championship? At what stage? What were the best games?
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Posted 2016-November-29, 08:04

When I heard yesterday that a Russian chess player killed himself falling from a balcony, I thought he must have lost that last game. Glad to see otherwise.

Surely the speed-play rating differences will tell, now, and it's a bit meaningless. Pity they don't play the golden goal rule, or some variation on that such as a clear +1.
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Posted 2016-November-30, 13:58

Enjoyed that one. watch
Sometimes I can make a play like a world champion!
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Posted 2016-November-30, 17:54

Great finish.
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Posted 2016-November-30, 19:03

Like in soccer. Leading a long time 1-0, then equalizer by avoidable mistake shortly before the end......and losing 1-2 in overtime
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Posted 2018-March-27, 15:43

USA! USA!
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Posted 2018-November-16, 17:40

Quite an exciting game 6 today!
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Posted 2018-December-20, 15:45

12 straight draws sucks in any kind of competition.

The rules need to be changed to greatly lessen the chances of a draw.

Players are now allowed 2.5 minutes per move for the first 60 moves.

Make it 2.0 minutes per move and see what happens.
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Posted 2018-December-20, 18:02

I thought the 12 draws was fascinating, to be honest, and didn't see anything wrong with it at all. If anything, it was a shame it had to be decided by quicker and quicker formats. They were exciting draws - would have loved to see them keep going and going. (Though had the tiebreak format not been in play, Magnus would have won that 12th game.)
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