En Passant Checkmate against Magnus Carlsen OR $100,000? - Chess Forums - Page 3

advaitpawar010

May 18, 2021

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#41

umm even if I defeat Magnus, people will say- "Magnus is a legend. It was just that he was playing bad. There is nothing special about you."

So I prefer the 100k

paul_morphine09

May 19, 2021

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#42

ethorson4 wrote:

DigitalWarfare wrote:

ethorson4 wrote:

I would without question choose the En Passant Checkmate, itz just too good to be true

You don't get anything for it. Your brief little ego boost to yourself, that nobody cares about, is worth $100,000 to you? That's insane.

money doesn't buy happiness, im not trying to get 100k to spend on stuff to make me happy, im simpy trying to enjoy life to itz fullest

If I can buy something that makes me happy (Chess.com memebership) I think money does buy happiness, but I get your point of view.

CM JamesColeman

May 19, 2021

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#43

100k?? I’d take $10

llama47

May 19, 2021

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#44

It depends...

If you mean "you're good enough to beat Carlsen at least 1 in 10 games, and one of the games happens to be en passant"

Then... probably I'd just take the money, because that's about 400 rating points below Carlsen which isn't worth as much as the money

llama47

May 19, 2021

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#45

So the new question you're asking me is essentially:

"Would you rather be given 100,000 directly, or would you rather have something that you can sell for more than that?"

Well obviously I would take the thing worth more. That's a pretty silly question, so let's get back to the original question.

First of all, beating Carlsen is not worth $100,000 and the en passant checkmate doesn't come close to changing that.

Secondly, any fame and glory of the feat is hollow if the win was due to some magical "make a choice and it will come true" scenario.

So if it's not worth as much money, and if the fame/glory is ornamental, then why would I ever choose the checkmate? That's my thought process.

Totalyeetboi0227

May 19, 2021

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#46

My dream come true , 🤩 just. The chance to play Magnus ,would far exceed 100,000 lol,, but then actually beating him with en passant mate . Holy crap ,, priceless!!

llama47

May 19, 2021

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#47

ChesswithNickolay wrote:

llama47 wrote:

So the new question you're asking me is essentially:

"Would you rather be given 100,000 directly, or would you rather have something that you can sell for more than that?"

Well obviously I would take the thing worth more. That's a pretty silly question, so let's get back to the original question.

First of all, beating Carlsen is not worth $100,000 and the en passant checkmate doesn't come close to changing that.

Secondly, any fame and glory of the feat is hollow if the win was due to some magical "make a choice and it will come true" scenario.

So if it's not worth as much money, and if the fame/glory is ornamental, then why would I ever choose the checkmate? That's my thought process.

Beating the world champion by checkmate is a dream that I would pay 100 000 dollars to accomplish.

It's not the win, it's what the win represents... which is the skill gained through hard work.

If I paid Carlsen $100 to let me win it would be meaningless.

V3RD1CT

May 29, 2021

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#48

My skills are 1500 even if I get famous I will gte no value so 10000dollard

hvenki

May 29, 2021

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#49

100k for sure

beating Magnus doesn't prove anything

DasBurner

May 29, 2021

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#50

100k is worth so much more than a bunch of twitch users going to you "omg En Passant mate so POG!!"

kimilao01

May 30, 2021

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#51

JackRoach wrote:

GM_chess_player wrote:

JackRoach wrote:

I'd get the 100,000$, but then I'd pay Carlos Magnusson 20,000$ to let me en passant mate him in a prearranged game, and I'd get money off of that, and the 80,000$ still.

this is what I call thinking outside the box

you get an A+!

I mean... no one gave me a box to think outside of, so how can I think outside of the box?

lol

25GSchatz22

May 30, 2021

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#52

BXR_Bailey_Blade_GT1 wrote:

Would you get a large amount of money from beating Magnus Carlsen?

the fame would give you money

kinkajouthedragon

May 30, 2021

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#53

i give him 40,000 and win a game then I earn the 100,000 dollers

yuann

Jun 10, 2021

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#54

JqH_415g wrote:

JackRoach wrote:

I'd get the 100,000$, but then I'd pay Carlos Magnusson 20,000$ to let me en passant mate him in a prearranged game, and I'd get money off of that, and the 80,000$ still.

Was gonna comment something similar. Guess you got to it first haha

#Jackroach big-brain-time

25GSchatz22

Jun 10, 2021

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#55

@JackRoach

yuann

Jun 10, 2021

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#56

BXR_Bailey_Blade_GT1 wrote:

llama47 wrote:

So the new question you're asking me is essentially:

"Would you rather be given 100,000 directly, or would you rather have something that you can sell for more than that?"

Well obviously I would take the thing worth more. That's a pretty silly question, so let's get back to the original question.

First of all, beating Carlsen is not worth $100,000 and the en passant checkmate doesn't come close to changing that.

Secondly, any fame and glory of the feat is hollow if the win was due to some magical "make a choice and it will come true" scenario.

So if it's not worth as much money, and if the fame/glory is ornamental, then why would I ever choose the checkmate? That's my thought process.

My question was not silly; all I'm saying is that:

Would you rather have money given to you directly OR be famous because you beat Magnus Carlsen?

The fact that you became famous by beating the world chess champion might give you the 100000 dollars.

My choice would be beating Magnus with En Passant.

I choose $100k

DropThoseMics

Jan 5, 2023

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#57

i know what jon ludvig hammer chose

d4Nf6Bg51-0

Jan 5, 2023

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#58

Thx for the 100k

Allen314

Jan 5, 2023

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#59

100,000, no contest. pay off some bills, get a more reliable vehicle. you can't eat fame.

Prince_USA

Jan 5, 2023

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#60

Where's my hundred grand?