Magnus Carlsen is an embarrassment

I think you're 100% right, there. Magnus' sister Ellen has said that she thinks Carlsen will retire from chess should he lose the match. Whether that's the case or not clearly remains to be seen, but for a long time (since before he became World Champion), I've had the feeling that Magnus won't have the motivation to continue to play chess for much longer than maybe age 30. He's now been the World Champion for four years, and the last couple of years haven't been desperately successful for him, at least not compared to the 3 or 4 years prior to that. His play feels a little bit stale, or rather his competitors have upped their game, and it's now time for Carlsen to do that to his own game. Has he got the energy to do it?

No I didn’t say Magnus deserved a lifetime ban for offering a draw in a better position. A posted said that she thought Magnus had colluded with betters to fix the world chess championship, and I said if that’s true then he absolutely deserves a lifetime ban

Magnus even said that he wouldn't have played this way if a draw wasn't satisfactory.

Didn't they say in the press conference yesterdays that both players get 5% less because the match is going into tiebreak? So I think monetary motivations are out of the question. Unless I misheard.

 Alexander Grischuk called Magnus draw offer in game 12 "the cherry on top" 

LMAO!!

They tested the final position in CCCC with various engines. 

Most of the games ended as draw! 80% I think. (there will be 56 games )

In this game, even no 1 stockfish cant win as black!

The likely result is that " Black's advantage is not significant enough to forced win" 

Is no one gonna mention how Carlsen basically pulled the same stunt from 2016? It's a move of practicality.

We need at least 18 game match format, and if the match ends in a draw, we should just declare two Co-Champions for a year, then have the two seeded into a championship knockout tournament the following year. The classical championship should not be decided by a rapid and blitz. 

No.

Since the title of World Chess Champion was first recognized, it has always been the case that the challenger must DEFEAT the incumbent in order to unseat him. A drawn match has always meant that the champion retains his title.

It seems to me the height of narcissistic arrogance that a bunch of untitled patzers would think that they know better and have the right to make changes.

I was absolutely THRILLED with the draw. And I'll tell you why. I Really Really Really want Fabiano to win this. I want our first American World Chess Champion in decades. Fabiano was getting murdered in this position, and he was down to 8 minutes vs Magnus's 45, in a position where Magnus was pointing an artillery canon at Caurana's head. I thought FOR SURE it was over. I was dissapointed and pissed. And when this draw came through, Fabiano and US Chess dodged a bullet. Also, on behalf of Magnus, of COURSE everyone here knows it was a "bad draw offer." You are all sitting at home or in the office, comfortble, no one watching you, with nothing to lose, not a dime on the line, all with Sesse and Stockfish telling you the perfect moves, so you "know" what ever player should do. They are sitting there in a fishbowl, the world watching, knowing every move will be studied by children and grandmasters for all of eternity, knowing every win and loss with be immortalized, with over a Million Dollars on the line. They don't have engines there, and they have no idea really what is going to happen. If Magnus didn't see a viable way forward, then no one here can tell me that they would have seen it if they were sitting in Magnus's place.

"Magus is a coward" Okay, you guys go beat the world number #2 with the world watching and a million dollars on the line after 11 exhausting games with no engine to tell you the perfect move. You all know it was a bad draw offer because you all had Sesse and Stockfish on your phone or desktop and you had nothing on the line. If you were sitting in the chair with no engine, I promise no one here would know more than Magnus did. You can't evaluate a decision by someone else using premises that apply to you - i.e. - Not tired, You have the engine and no pressure. You have to evaluate decisions based on the premises that apply to the person who made the decision. "But I would NEVER have offered a draw in that position!!" Of course you wouldn't, because Mutha fuckas, you aint NEVER gonna be in a position to offer anything to the world number 2 player in the world championship.

Wait a minute.

You're telling me that all these armchair quarterbacks here are wrong, and that Magnus Carlsen, THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION saw something they didn't and was right all along?

No way! 

I totally agree. 

Bring back 24 game format for WCC. All classical games I say.

Looks like when they are putting it in the engines it is coming out a draw most of the time, so I guess Magnus saw more than the untitled amateurs after all! Maybe that's why he's the world champion and we are on a forum. 

Magnus is not an embarrassment for chess, What he did was simply not take the chance of losing the total match, so he said was better to draw and take the chance in rapid or blitz.

I doubt people here would think differently if you was in Magnus shoes

The way it was in Fischer's day. 24 games, first to 12, in the event of a 12-12 tie the Champion retains the title. 

No.

The format of the World Championship has changed many, many times. The number of games, the frequency, how to handle draws, etc. Finding ways to improve the system is always worthwhile. 

It seems to me the height of narcissistic arrogance that an untitled patzer would think he knew better and have the right to ignore suggested improvements without reasoned argument.