Or they could go another direction, maybe Greenland. Nigel Short has played in Nuuk but they would probably end up on some desolate frozen tundra.
WCC location is unfair to Caruana
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Apr 2, 2018
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#24
MitSud wrote:
I hate London, too much traffic.
I hate London as well. Money has a different value there. A £30,000 two bedroom house in Burnley would cost £300,000 in London.
gingerninja2003 wrote:
MitSud wrote:
I hate London, too much traffic.
I hate London as well. Money has a different value there. A £30,000 two bedroom house in Burnley would cost £300,000 in London.
Then maybe the match should have been in Burnley. It would be just as unfair to Caruana, but a lot cheaper to organize.
yureesystem wrote:
Caruana is going to win, regardless of the location; this is the first time Carlsen is playing high caliber player and Carlsen falter under pressure. Caruana is good enough to hold the one point advantage in 12 games match and Carlsen will never catch up.
ROL. "this is the first time Carlsen is playing a high caliber player and Carlsen falter under pressure."
Carlsen only plays high caliber players... He is extremely used to pressure as he is the reigning world champ.
Apr 2, 2018
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#27
As an American I am rooting for Caruana, (Have no connection to either so my rooting interest is a nationalistic one), I can not see playing in London as unfair. I am excited to see the match.
With a bit of luck (Marketing) this will, win or lose, help chess in the US.
Apr 2, 2018
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#28
Taking in consideration earth´s curvature the match should be played in the middle of South Greenland.
Apr 2, 2018
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#29
Or if you want to be more exact probably in a cruise ship between Northern canada and the South tip of Greenland.
We should start blackmailing FIDE and opening a goFundMe and petition.org campaign. The gofund me to bribe them the petition to make the bribe offer to FIDE.
Apr 2, 2018
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#30
BronsteinPawn escribió:
Taking in consideration earth´s curvature the match should be played in the middle of South Greenland.
Still not a good location, as people hate non euclidean geometry and Greenland would feel like home for a descendant of vikings like Carlsen.
Mars would be a suitable place though, far enough so that tiny differences in distance would not affect the result of the match.
St' Louis should have out-bid London.
Apr 2, 2018
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#32
Are there some jet lag considerations here? Otherwise its not a big deal to ride a plane is it? London isn't exactly right next to norway either.
Apr 2, 2018
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#33
ArgoNavis wrote:
BronsteinPawn escribió:
Taking in consideration earth´s curvature the match should be played in the middle of South Greenland.
Still not a good location, as people hate non euclidean geometry and Greenland would feel like home for a descendant of vikings like Carlsen.
Mars would be a suitable place though, far enough so that tiny differences in distance would not affect the result of the match.
Brilliant.
It's not as if Caruana just lives in his home town in America all year round, or Carlsen spends all his time in Norway. These guys are constantly travelling all over the world. In fact, their internal clocks are probably synchronised to each other more than they are to any particular time zone.
Apr 2, 2018
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#35
WhatAbuotBob wrote:
Obviously, the only fair solution is to play up to 3 points in Norway or USA, and then vice versa. Then if it is still a tie, they do Chess 960 right at the gravesite of Bobby Fischer.
Oh paper sheet. STOP IMPROVING UPON ARGONAVIS IDEAS.
The champion choose one country for the half of the tournament. And the challenger choose one country for the rest of the tournament.
Some people love London, Svidler for example states that its his favourite venue and to be fair our English cousins do know how to throw a lawn party or two. Expect people to turn up dressed as giant pawns, Romans in togas or in the case of Nigel Short an absurd effigy of himself.
Apr 3, 2018
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#38
robbie_1969 wrote:
Some people love London, Svidler for example states that its his favourite venue and to be fair our English cousins do know how to throw a lawn party or two. Expect people to turn up dressed as giant pawns, Romans in togas or in the case of Nigel Short an absurd effigy of himself.
That would definitely happen if they were playing at a cricket ground.
yureesystem wrote:
Caruana is going to win, regardless of the location; this is the first time Carlsen is playing high caliber player and Carlsen falter under pressure. Caruana is good enough to hold the one point advantage in 12 games match and Carlsen will never catch up.
"Carlsen falters against pressure". Best joke ever !
they will have to play in Africa:
Ceremonial opening move played by 'The Queen of Katwe'?