Magnus Carlsen is an embarrassment - Chess Forums - Page 32

staples13

Mar 2, 2019

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#621

DavidDeVere wrote:

Of course Carlsen is a joke, everybody knows this is true. BTW- Ali was a phony-too much rope-a-dope, Lebron is a ball hog-scores too many points, Pele couldn't foot a ball to save his soul, Nicklaus never amounted to much-couldn't putt, Hank Aaron struck out too much, Joe Montana was too short to win anything.

"Grits ain't groceries

Eggs ain't poultry

and Mona Lisa was a man." (Little Milton)

Carlsen doesn’t belong on the same sentence as any of those greats

autobunny

Mar 2, 2019

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#622

staples13 wrote:

DavidDeVere wrote:

Of course Carlsen is a joke, everybody knows this is true. BTW- Ali was a phony-too much rope-a-dope, Lebron is a ball hog-scores too many points, Pele couldn't foot a ball to save his soul, Nicklaus never amounted to much-couldn't putt, Hank Aaron struck out too much, Joe Montana was too short to win anything.

"Grits ain't groceries

Eggs ain't poultry

and Mona Lisa was a man." (Little Milton)

Carlsen doesn’t belong on the same sentence as any of those greats

Saved by periods then. I meant they separate sentences ...

autobunny

Mar 2, 2019

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#623

staples13 wrote:

People really shouldn’t be as hard on Magnus as they are in this thread. He is easily the fourth or fifth best player of his generation and probably a top 50 player all time. That’s quite the achievement.

Nothing even close to busting the Sicilian though

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/a-bust-to-the-sicilian-defense

staples13

Mar 3, 2019

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#624

autobunny wrote:

staples13 wrote:

People really shouldn’t be as hard on Magnus as they are in this thread. He is easily the fourth or fifth best player of his generation and probably a top 50 player all time. That’s quite the achievement.

Nothing even close to busting the Sicilian though

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/a-bust-to-the-sicilian-defense

I didn’t bust the Sicilian, I just discovered that the Sicilian is busted. It’s like cavemen. They didn’t invent fire, but they discovered it.

willitrhyme

Mar 3, 2019

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#625

Seems like Carlsen is doing just fine, even without the certainly well-meant advice coming from people who are entire magnitudes beneath him.

CM BL4D3RUNN3R

Mar 3, 2019

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#626

... are entitled to their stupid opinions. (MC)

AlbAmchess

Mar 14, 2019

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#627

Magnus offered a draw in that round because it was the last classical match, he knew he would crush Fabiano in rapid.

IM aa175

Apr 23, 2019

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#628

staples13 wrote:

JustJackinIt wrote:

Let's all remember that chess is a board game, there's so much melodrama. Magnus is going to win it, he was always going to win it, who gives a crap? We still got to watch twelve awesome games, and now we get to watch Magnus shred Fabi in Rapid.

I doubt it. Magnus does not believe he can beat Fabiano, otherwise he would’ve played on. If you don’t believe in yourself you have no chance of winning. Fabiano will win the tiebreak. I guarantee it

(Sorry for bumping)

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#629

congrandolor escribió:

Bereket000 wrote:

caruana supporters r funny crying b/c he has no chance of winning in rapid and blitz...we all know u Americans(caruana supporters) don't care about honour and sportsmanship....a brilliant and calculating man made a decision to increase his winning chance get over it!!!

you, the Carlsen fan boys, don{t realize something: if Carlsen was so willing to play rapid chess because he is sure Caruana has no chance at that kind of chess, why didn´t he take the chance to play rapid chess??? I mean, Caruana had nine minutes on his clock to make ten moves, so it was something like playing rapid. In addition, his position was worse.

This is a fallacious statement because they still had more time controls ahead and a bigger increment not to mention the fact that they were well in the middlegame.

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#630

staggerlee escribió:

blueemu wrote:

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.

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.

In no WCC format did a draw mean that the challenger got to be co-champion, even less so champion. This is a textbook case of a strawman.

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#631

staples13 escribió:

Fact of the matter is Magnus and Fabiano agreed to this match to play to the best of their ability...

Did they? I'm pretty sure they didn't, it's the obvious thing to expect but they didn't sign a contract stating that.

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#632

lfPatriotGames escribió:

stiggling wrote:

lfPatriotGames wrote:

Who wants to watch two humans play like computers when two actual computers can do it better.

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

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.

Well then I suppose you havent watched very many computer games.

PolarPhoenix

Apr 23, 2019

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#633

Okay, have you beat him? If not, you're an embarrassment in your own words.

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#634

staples13 escribió:

brianchesscake wrote:

Botvinnik is a nobody? So people like Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, etc. are all wrong when they call him the father of Soviet chess?

Euwe might not have had an impressive chess career but he was FIDE president for a while (he was actually in charge of FIDE during the Fischer-Spassky 1972 match).

I had never heard of Botvinnik or Euwe until I looked up the world champion list ten minutes ago.

Oh jeez, so you putted Carlsen below two (very famous) chess players even though you didn't even know about them? Talk about bias.

staples13

Apr 23, 2019

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#635

SpiderUnicorn wrote:

Carlsen is better than you staples

It’s true, but at least I didn’t make a mockery of a world chess championship match

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#636

staples13 escribió:

SpiderUnicorn wrote:

Carlsen is better than you staples

It’s true, but at least I didn’t make a mockery of a world chess championship match

Worse yet, you made a mockery of yourself by claiming that the Sicilian was busted

staples13

Apr 23, 2019

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#637

Prometheus_Fuschs wrote:

staples13 escribió:

SpiderUnicorn wrote:

Carlsen is better than you staples

It’s true, but at least I didn’t make a mockery of a world chess championship match

Worse yet, you made a mockery of yourself by claiming that the Sicilian was busted

You are more than welcome to try to refute any of the many winning lines I have posted

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#638

staples13 escribió:

Prometheus_Fuschs wrote:

staples13 escribió:

SpiderUnicorn wrote:

Carlsen is better than you staples

It’s true, but at least I didn’t make a mockery of a world chess championship match

Worse yet, you made a mockery of yourself by claiming that the Sicilian was busted

You are more than welcome to try to refute any of the many winning lines I have posted

It's you that is making the claim, not me, you need to prove what you say, to do so you need to prove that all lines emerging from the sicilian are losing after whatever move you think wins.

staples13

Apr 23, 2019

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#639

Prometheus_Fuschs wrote:

staples13 escribió:

Prometheus_Fuschs wrote:

staples13 escribió:

SpiderUnicorn wrote:

Carlsen is better than you staples

It’s true, but at least I didn’t make a mockery of a world chess championship match

Worse yet, you made a mockery of yourself by claiming that the Sicilian was busted

You are more than welcome to try to refute any of the many winning lines I have posted

It's you that is making the claim, not me, you need to prove what you say, to do so you need to prove that all lines emerging from the sicilian are losing after whatever move you think wins.

I posted the winning lines. You and everyone else have failed to refute them.

Prometheus_Fuschs

Apr 23, 2019

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#640

staples13 escribió:

Prometheus_Fuschs wrote:

staples13 escribió:

Prometheus_Fuschs wrote:

staples13 escribió:

SpiderUnicorn wrote:

Carlsen is better than you staples

It’s true, but at least I didn’t make a mockery of a world chess championship match

Worse yet, you made a mockery of yourself by claiming that the Sicilian was busted

You are more than welcome to try to refute any of the many winning lines I have posted

It's you that is making the claim, not me, you need to prove what you say, to do so you need to prove that all lines emerging from the sicilian are losing after whatever move you think wins.

I posted the winning lines. You and everyone else have failed to refute them.

You posted "the winning lines", you didn't post the proof that other lines were winning.