I want king ding to win but its probably gonna be gukesh who will come out victorious
Ding or Gukesh? Who will win the World Chess Championship this year?
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magipi wrote:
lfPatriotGames wrote:
BigChessplayer665 wrote:
magipi wrote:
lfPatriotGames wrote:
what would happen if they both resigned simultaneously. Out of principle. Both of them knowing they are not the best in the world.
I think chess is the only sport in the world where this kind of bizarre nonsense has a chance of being taken seriously.
Imagine the same argument for tennis, or basketball, or whatever. Anyone suggesting that finalists should resign "out of principle", "knowing they are not the best in the world". Anyone coming up with this would be ridiculed endlessly.
Not the only sport just one of the only few sports
This just speaks to why chess is not a sport. Imagine tennis, basketball, or any sport where one side regularly resigns, or resigns out of principle. It just doesn't happen. It's unsportsmanlike.
In sports, you play until the end, no matter what. Take any example, maybe competitive running. You will regularly see people literally run until they collapse or faint just to come in dead last place, rather than quit.
Contrast that to chess, where if someone is down a pawn, they will resign. Part of sports is fight until the end, no matter what. Part of chess is quit the moment something isn't exactly quite right.
Super irrelevant.
You can pick some other sport you don't consider a sport. Like bridge or poker or backgammon or anything. Imagine an argument that the finalists of the worlds championship should both resign "out of principle", "knowing they are not the best in the world".
It's just complete nonsense. As it is complete nonsense for chess too.
The worthy winner of the world championship is the guy who wins it. Not some other guy who didn't even participate because he just quit.
Actually people can give up in sports they just don't like to part of sports is the competition aspect more accurately if you try to not give up and win you are more likely to win in chess if you just give up and lose because your down a pawn you lose more just like in sports there are many similarities in chess for sports (and differences )
So he's sorta right about that there's plenty of sports you can consider "not" a sport unfortunately that doesn't make it not a sport
Ding!!
Gukesh got it in the bag
Jul 3, 2024
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As we begin to think of the World Chess Championship, we have our two competitors Ding and Gukesh. Who will be the World Champion? We saw an outstanding performance from Gukesh, but will he be able to beat Ding? Vote below!
I will try to keep track of how many votes each player gets!
Gukesh : Votes 43
Ding : Votes 16
Last Update: May 30, 2024
Voting closes October 31st, 2024, at 21:00 UTC
Also post if you think the match could be Hikaru vs Gukesh
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Gukesh for sure
Gukesh will get the world champion title most likely. Ding's recent performance hasn't matched up to Gukesh's recent performances.
I agree, Ding might get into pressure of defending the world championship title and end up losing to Gukesh. Gukesh is in super good form right now.