FIDE World Chess Championship Singapore 2024: Official Discussion Thread

I think Liren this time. A kid fighting a grown man.

If anyone wants to do daily chess while chatting please offer me! We could talk about the meaning of live or just trash talk 😂

Me is very excited

China vs India is very cool.

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Ding is probably better in both openings and endgames, but Gukesh' blunder rate is better, and he handles novelties with more precision. I'd weigh those as the more important factors, and Gukesh has as calm a personality as there is. Gukesh is not much weaker in openings and endgame. Ding really needs to regain most of his best form to compete here.

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Possible result: infinite tie: 7-7 in classical, 2-2 in rapid, 1-1 in both 3+5 tiebreakers, and remaining 3+2 games draw.

*Actually 1-1 in both 5+3 tiebreakers.

Match of Century = 1972 world championships. Maybe this is Match of 21st century.

I believe the best tie breaker is to keep playing the same time control until one player reaches a 2 point lead. That forces both to have equal opportunity with both colors.

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Time only will tell how significant this match is. If Gukesh becomes as strong as I think, it will become a keynote in a career that will have him in the new desire to advocate for a new GOAT, which actually happens in every generation (it is the term that is new). If Ding wins, it will show that depression is not completely crippling.

Or that age and experience are important advantages.

I don't doubt that they are, and that Ding would have a significant advantage were he in best form. Even if Gukesh loses, if he matures to his potential, it should be a noteworthy memento to the potential of an 18 year old star.

Perhaps,or he might fade, like Kamsky.