World Chess Championship

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SPR Apr 2023 2:14pm, 30 Apr 2023 40,366 posts	0 SPR Nepomniachtchi resigns in a lost position Ding is the World Champion!
Oranj Apr 2023 2:16pm, 30 Apr 2023 3,595 posts	0 Oranj That was intense (There was a perpetual on the cards which was surely what Ian was playing for and then Ding gambled on keeping the game going)
jda Apr 2023 2:17pm, 30 Apr 2023 14,785 posts	0 jda Better than resigning in a won position That was fun.
SPR Apr 2023 2:19pm, 30 Apr 2023 40,367 posts	0 SPR For once the issue for Nepomniachtchi was time trouble.
Pou Pou LePhoõk Apr 2023 3:38pm, 30 Apr 2023 3,912 posts	0 Pou Pou LePhoõk King Ding.
Oranj Apr 2023 8:36pm, 30 Apr 2023 3,598 posts	0 Oranj At the time Magnus won in 2013 and then jumped into the hotel swimming pool afterwards felt great. A shaking up of the old conventions twitter.com But at the same time I'm looking forward to the era of Ding. He's very much a chess champion in the old style: quiet, modest, reserved. The bromance with Rapport was a bonus. A geek has won. I guess we won't see him modelling for G-Star anytime soon They're all going to be in action in the Grand Chess Tour next week, whoa. (Not Carlsen though)
Oranj Dec 2023 5:12pm, 15 Dec 2023 4,027 posts	0 Oranj Anyone watching the current Champions Chess Tour? A weird format with lots of repetitive rounds between the same players. The final is So v Carlsen. This afternoon I saw a twitter exchange between So and Caruana, joking about prepping 1.b3 (So played it in the semifinal just to mix things up). So has just played it in is first game against Magnus
JCB Dec 2023 12:00pm, 16 Dec 2023 5,349 posts	0 JCB I've seen some game summaries. The format is a bit like tennis with sets.
JCB Dec 2023 12:01pm, 16 Dec 2023 5,350 posts	0 JCB Game analysis is the phrase I was searching for. 😀
JulesR Dec 2023 12:16pm, 16 Dec 2023 29,646 posts	0 JulesR I’ve found it quite a watchable format for Rapid games, helped by interesting commentators, but only having 8 players isn’t ideal when they play each other in more than one round. My favourite expert is David Howell, Magnus’s chum.