Ding or Gukesh? Who will win the World Chess Championship this year?
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Aug 6, 2024
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Aug 6, 2024
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GavinTheKing668 wrote:
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Ring-a-DING-DING!!
gukesh
It's funny, last time I rooted for Nepo, now I will be rooting for Ding.
I always fancy the underdog. Also I believe Ding has strong "reverse psychology" strategy.
"Who me? No... I'm just depressed, out of form... I play the Colle System because Rapport told me to... I hope I won't embaress myself" ----oops then he wins! 
Gukesh seems favorite... but I'll vote Ding
It's ridiculous having the uh... ahem..... "world champion" ranked #14. Ding never even won the candidates before. Magnus really threw a wrench into the whole situation by not announcing his withdrawal from the title match BEFORE the candidates started. As the candidates were being played all the players were unsure if only 1st meant challenging Magnus or if 2nd even mattered. That changes the whole dynamics & psyche of the players & their motivations & stategy during the tournament. Thanks Magnus.
DreamscapeHorizons wrote:
It's ridiculous having the uh... ahem..... "world champion" ranked #14. Ding never even won the candidates before. Magnus really threw a wrench into the whole situation by not announcing his withdrawal from the title match BEFORE the candidates started. As the candidates were being played all the players were unsure if only 1st meant challenging Magnus or if 2nd even mattered. That changes the whole dynamics & psyche of the players & their motivations & stategy during the tournament. Thanks Magnus.
You are actually quite right about that... But the Ding-Rapport bromance became somewhat of an ultimate underdog story of defying all odds... I'm pretty sure part of Ding's game plan is to really save all of his prep and fully serious fighting chess for the match itself... just like against Nepo people were writing him off and he kept coming back... Branding himself "unworthy" might be kindof on purpose here... In any case you can't argue Nepo Ding wasn't crazy entertainment