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Crash Bam Boom…
Let loose the dogs of war!
Let the Bloodshed begi……
Oh, they drew 🙁
With that scintillating performance, I think it’s safe to say Kramnik has given up trying to win this thing.
He can always maintain he wasn’t beaten in a real match…
I’m starting to lose my interest in professional chess. This sort of thing just shouldn’t be allowed. If I was a sponsor and witnessed a 13-move draw, I’d pull my sponsorship. Maybe if a few sponsors started doing that, we’d see some changes in top-level chess.
mhowe said… “Maybe if a few sponsors started doing that, we’d see some changes in top-level chess.”
I wouldn’t call this top level chess. I am sure more interesting games were played in the 650 simul exhibition.
Why not apply to chess the soccer rules :
Win – 3 points
Draw – 1 point
This way, after round 10, the standings would be:
Anand 16
Gelfand 13
Aronian 12
Kramnik, Leko, Grischuk, Morozevich 11
Svidler 8
“Why not apply to chess the soccer rules :
Win – 3 points
Draw – 1 point”
It has been proposed before, but in a double-round-robin it becomes very difficult to guarantee that players do not collaborate to exchange wins. I think that it might work in a Swiss format, which generally also encourages players to play for wins. I would have loved to see this lineup play a 15-round Swiss with or without the extra point for a win.
Personally, I’d also like to see Chess960 become the standard. Openings are far too well studied and that’s a major factor contributing to draws. Swiss Chess960 with Sofia rules. Now that might be exciting.
Mr. Kramnik – shame for chess…