Mostly cowards here...

The world championship is a pre-arranged number of games, not a series of rematches based on one or other participant having a hissy fit because they lost and want revenge.  It's also the most boring top-level chess competition on the planet as a contest.  The fact it was 12 games last time meant nothing other than that we got 12 draws.  Of course some of them were interesting as individual games, but on the whole how many people want to see the same two players play 12 draws in a row?  If anything it's a strong argument against playing the same person over and over, not in favour of it.

As for Fischer, given how his mind was or was reported to be in latter years I don't think I'll take his opinions about people's minds very seriously thank you!

Wow, glam, you dumped on the world championship and a chess icon all in one comment. Lighten up! Albeit a game of war, it’s still just a game. How about, “Bobby Fischer and I simply have different opinions”? You could’ve just said that. And maybe games between chess titans bores you, but they don’t bore everyone. Speak for yourself.

One thing’s for sure, you and I definitely have a difference in opinion. Yes, it’s preplanned, but it’s not one game that’s preplanned; rather, it’s many many games. There’s a reason for that and it’s not rocket science: The more games you have, the more definitive the victory. It’s simple math/statistics; if you disagree, you are just being disingenuous.

FYI—Bat girl, I submitted the suggestion for two out of three and three out of five.

Cheers, Everyone!

Yeah, that 6-6 draw from the 12 games last time was a very definite victory.  I enjoy watching games between top players in tournaments, not the same 2 players drawing with each other 12 games in a row.

As for Bobby Fischer, I basically did I don't share his opinion, I just used different words!

It’s not OK to say, “as for so and so, given how his mind is I don’t think I’ll take his opinions about people’s minds very seriously thank you!”? That’s a horribly damaging thing to say.

And just because a game, or games, is a draw doesn’t mean you can’t learn something from it, especially if the game is played by Titans. It may not be as satisfying to the onlooker to see a game end up in a draw, but that doesn’t make it boring, just not completely satisfying. It builds the suspense for if/when they play next.

I'd still rather see 12 draws between different players than 12 draws between the same players!  Draws can be exciting, but less so when they are quite often the same openings from the same players.

Hm 'Continuing their discussion of the Sveshnikov.' I don't think chess helps itself (or FIDE helps chess) with the format of the world championship cycle and match. 

The main point to take away from this is that no one owes anyone a rematch or an explanation and whatever reasons or motives the spurned opponent may ascribe to the rejection,  they are pure conjecture based solely on his own agenda or emotions. 

It’s usually because I have to go to the bathroom.

However, if I’m already IN the bathroom, I’m ALWAYS up for a rematch

We could start a new thread - what percentage of blitz chess games do you play while “on the throne”. (Don’t lie, you know you do!)

I learn more when I lose.. I have been playing several games where I have yet to win one with a friend of mine.  I keep trying!!!

Rematches with friends are definitely a different matter than with random internet strangers.  They make perfect sense.

I have actually made new friends online with random internet strangers.  You know, during this time of social distancing, I have been playing more online chess and got some of my personal friends on Chess.com to play.  I am finding that Chess helps relieve the anxiety.

Yeah, I've made some too over the years, who I have played multiple games with.  I guess my point there was more that once they become friends (even internet ones) they cease to be just random players.

I block chat in live games nowadays though so I don't tend to add many new friends from that, and I kind of stopped writing things like 'Good game' or similar on people's walls after live games since mostly they didn't respond anyway (which is fine, but not much point doing it one-way only!)

Each time you play someone, whether consciously or not, you pick up things about how they play and conversely they pick up things about how you play. So, the ensuing games are more rewarding on multiple levels.
In essence, when you rematch, you are practicing the art of playing a deeper game with your opponent. The world championships are a series of rematches (and Magnus would actually like to increase the number of games), so it doesn’t hurt to practice “rematching.”

You can rest assured a vast majority of the time people decline rematches it's out of cowardice I accept 90% of rematches and the 5% I don't is cause I have other stuff to do and the other 5% is because I just won and I wanna leave on a winning note and I do not like my chances in a rematch 

idrl to play ppl twice in a row. and most times i win ppl at will. lol ! and if i lose to s/o i NEVER ask for a rematch. so if they wanna play me they can ask. besides theres too many players out there and variety is a good thing...they say.

Opponents have every right to decline rematches, and it doesn't make them cowardly. They very well could have to get off of chess.com after your match, or maybe you were insulting them or trash-talking and they didn't want to deal with your toxicity. The mentality of "they didn't accept my rematch so they're cowards!" is only going to hurt your progression in the long run. It stems from a feeling of entitlement to your opponent's time and winning the match. You should instead look at why you lost the match, analyze, and be better for the next one against a different opponent. 

If you aren’t analyzing your game afterwards then you are afraid to analyze

So to summarize, you lose 95% of your games and when you win you never give rematches out of cowardice.

lol !!...howbout not UB-42 and i could really not any less mosta the time

so. i spose u study how to open a game right ?...well have NEVER studied openings and i dont think like u.