Anish Giri's 14 Draws

It also goes hand in hand with many posts on the net, thanks for demonstrating!

I happened to luv your troll Jason....TY hon !........entertaining. 

Glad it made someone smile, you're very welcome

I'm defending ? Whom ? What ? How did that happen ?

I clearly joined the attacking line this morning!

Giri played well. This is all stupid. The result of him drawing 14 games is more due to him missing some winning chances and not cashing in on one or two winning positions ... and also defending well when his position was inferior. It wasn't because he didn't take risk.

Petrosian became world chess champion without taking risk and so did Karpov and Carlsen. Capablanca didn't take many risk. Botvinnik didn't take many risk and Smyslov didn't take risk. Kramnik, who was world chess champion not so long ago, also doesn't take many risk.

Giri is just 21. None of these guys were world chess championship challenger by age 21. Hypothetically, if he qualifies in a few years, that would still make him one of the youngest challengers ever. It's actually remarkable that this young man played 14 games against the best players in the world and didn't lose, but here we are criticising him like f__kin' idiots.

I may have made a sarcastic remark sometime (I often do) but I do not remember specifically mocking Giri. Are you maybe confusing me with someone else ?

I think they should change the point system like soccer:

3 points for win and 1 for draw.

Some players often draw their games intentionaly and that's not good.

Then I will leave you in the state of being unsure. It will give you something to think about, which increases brain activity and and is generally very healthy. I certainly feel no motivation to clarify just because you demand it, lol.

But on the other hand, if doing so gets your knickers in a twist then maybe I should start mocking Giri ?

Choices, choices...

I so hope a giri becomes world champion.

Alot of his games were quite exciting far from boring

Oh you do not....you hate women........

(and stay outta it everybody....this one's between me and him)

Giri's in neutral. Watch out when he's in 5

Tournament organizers have tried for years to reduce the number of draws in their events in order to make the games more exciting and decisive.

I mean, who wants to see a player win an important tournament with all draws? One suggestion to reduce the number of draws might be to stop rewarding players for drawing games. What if draws had a score of zero (0), and losses a score of -1? (Wins would remain +1).

The standings in the recent Candidates Tournament would remain the same, but the point spreads would be markedly changed. Giri, with his 14 draws, finished only 1/2 point behind Anand and Caruana, who together played 10 decisive games!

Under the proposed system, Giri would have finished a full point behind them. Not to single out Giri, who was tied with three other players, all of whom were only 1-1/2 points behind the winner, Karjakin, who played 5 decisive games. Under the new system, they would have been full 3 points behind.

Not counting draws would force players to take more risks, fight for the win, and I believe, make for more exciting tournaments.

Chess would become more like scaling Mt. Everest, you can't make it to the top without taking a few risks!

As I recall, there were a number of Championship Matches in the past where draws didn't count. Capablanca vs. Laker comes to mind.

Giri still finishes equal 4th. He'd probably be just as happy with that.

I wonder, from a purely financial standpoint, would it not be better to alternate first and last places in the elite tournaments as opposed to always land in the middle of the field ?

Good idea.  Maybe you should write him.

No one would remember 13 draws and 1 win. 14 draws is history that will live on.

Lol.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/tournaments/who-will-win-the-world-chess-championship-2016