Magnus Carlsen is an embarrassment

Hmmm it seems like Caruana got away with 50,000 euros that should have been Carlsen's. Interesting...

I really don't think there is anyone from the current generation of top players who have any chance of dethroning Magnus anytime soon! he is simply a beast!

I haven't seen the game, but their are probably many reasons that Magnus offered a draw. It could have been that he knew he was going to beat Fabiano Caruana or that he thouht that if he pushed for a win, Fabi could be able to find counterplay. Maybe his style has changed. Or it could have been for an entirely different reason. I don't think that Magnus Carlsen is an embarrassment, though.

Nah, they both played cowardly like little weasels.

Human chess on a professional competitive level is doomed. Computers have surpassed human play in every way. Humans are just good enough not to get slaughtered by one another, but all creativity is gone. A world champioship for classical chess with all draws and decided by a tiebreak with fast time controls. What's the point of all this?

People try to spin it, but they are reaching. C5!!!! Wooohoooo… yeah baby!!!

This was the most pathetic WCCC ever.

I watched the game and it turns out that Magnus didn't want to take a risk by pushing for the win. I still think he should have took the risk.

You seem to know a lot about it

/sarcasm

I dont think it was pathetic but it definitely had a Kmart, JCPenny, Sears feeling to it. You can tell it's time has come and gone and it just seems like a formality now negotiating how it will end. No one wants to watch things like this anymore, like you said, mainly because of computers. Who wants to watch two humans play like computers when two actual computers can do it better.

I was so hyped for this World Championship, but it turned out to be a big anti-climax.

Also, not only do computers play more accurately, but nowadays they are also more creative.

If you were paying attention, you'll notice how they didn't play like computers... but ok, more whining from the peanut gallery.

Stiggy, you still flogging this one? Go learn a new opening!

Maybe it's hard to tell right now, but it's possible that game 12 was the most significant game in human history. Every failed enterprise has a straw that broke the camels back moment. Maybe it's possible that game marked the beginning of the end of professional chess as we know it. Interest in professional chess I'm sure is probably already waning, and that might be the moment that it becomes obvious there is no reason to beat a dead horse. If two humans are going to play like computers, what do we need the two humans for?

Just passing the time like the rest of you dorks

What was the worldwide viewership? From the results I saw, they played 12 games in a row that ended in draws. which means they both played very well and very equally. And very boring. That's what computers do.

lol

If someone knows a good melodramatic 6 year old meme, send it to me, I've found a comment sorely in need of it.

I can't even tell if you're being serious.

I want to say one more thing. The post game press conferences were a complete disgrace this WC. 

Answers to the question of journalists,, some of whom had to travel half way across the world to watch these players play.

Magnus Carlsen's answers:

"I don't know"

"I don't care"

"Maybe"

"Yes

"No"

And giving these non-answers while staring at the ceiling like a petulant child. Danny King failed hard as well as a moderator, kissing the rear end of the players like his life depended on it. "These dumb journalist know nothing and should stop asking questions"

Kasparov needs to come out of retirement and save chess

No, you're right. Computers play better AND a more exciting type of chess.

Like I said, the pinnacle of human chess is to not get beaten by the other player. That's the maximum. 

Bobby Fischer "Chess is no good no more"

We've had over a hundred years to appreciate it. Just like Sears, its time has come and gone. You dont have to be a major stockholder to appreciate WHY Sears is going bankrupt. And you dont have to be a grandmaster to appreciate WHY the world chess championship is losing appeal. 

I'm just saying times change. There are no more fax machines. There are no more rotary phones. Major chess championships used to be interesting. This one clearly was not interesting, as 12 boring draws in a row attests to. People who attended the event say the same thing. It was, boring, dull, sterile and unenthusiastic. Sort of like Sears.

lol

But just want to point out, Carlsen - Karjakin was much more boring, with Karjakin actively playing for a draw with white every time. This was the most interesting match in a while, and we got Sicilians instead of Berlins.

Carlsen - Anand had many boring games too, but Anand made more mistakes, so (apparently) people like you think it was exciting. I think this WCC match was much more fun to watch, and produced better games too.