Tiebreakers start at 2:00 PM EST. The 12-game match between the defending champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) and the challenger Sergey Karjakin (Russia) ended 6-6, thus today we have tiebreakers, meaning that by the end of the day, the champion will be decided.
The first tiebreaker is 4 rapid games (25 minutes + 10 seconds per move). If after the rapid games the score is 8-8, then the second tiebreaker will be 2 blitz games (5 minutes + 3 seconds per move. If after those games, the score is 10-10, then they once again play 2 blitz games, up to a total of 5 times. If after 10 blitz games, the score is 18-18, then a final sudden death (a.k.a. armageddon), where white has 5 minutes, black has 4 minutes, the players have no increment until move 60 (where they get 3 seconds per move), however black has drawing odds (meaning that a draw would mean a win of the championship for black).
hope that chicken shit Carlsen loses in Armageddon
I wonder if he realizes yet that his legacy has forever been tarnished by what he did on Monday?
Brody Kelly
Is an knight a athlete? Is an pawn? An tower? How about an queen?
Elijah Butler
>legacy >chess
Matthew Jackson
Yes. No. No. Yes.
Bentley Morgan
Yes, legacy. What's the problem?
Leo Martin
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Noah Ramirez
stop being a hater. even videogames are recognized as sports nowadays.
Easton Cooper
Why are you linking the Dungeons & Dragons board?
Sebastian Myers
fuck carlsen
Benjamin Green
EZ
just apologize now you cunts
Henry Martinez
/tg/ might be named "traditional games", but really, it ought to be renamed to "fantasy board and card games" or something like that. That's the only thing that exists on that board.
The simple fact that you can't use dice and roll a checkmate in 4 right on move 1 means that /tg/ will never be an appropriate place to discuss chess.
Nathan Bennett
Who gets black in armageddon game?
Chase Young
>tfw mods deleted my superior thread
Gavin Reyes
There's a drawing of lots. I don't know which exact mechanism they use to draw lots (i.e. is it literally drawing, or is it a coin toss, etc.), but whoever wins gets to choose which color they want to play.
However, given the fact that armageddon has been around for a while and that FIDE has played around with the exact time controls over the years, I'm guessing that it's more or less even for both sides, at least at top level.
Angel Mitchell
There was a way to watch official stream before using VLC and openining the livestream link. If someone who has paid can post it for us out of kindness maybe? then we can all watch for free.
Jaxson Lee
>by what he did on Monday? you mean by what he and karjakin agreed upon?
carlsen has always been a vocal advocate for change in the tournament, but he's not going to be an idiot when better opportunities for victory arise.
Brandon Morris
how many bings to the game ?
Austin Torres
I really want Karjakin to win, but I just can't see it happening in rapid
Aiden Cruz
I could be wrong, but I think mods/jannies don't want there to be a regular /chess/ general. However, if it's just a few threads once every 2 years to discuss the WCC, then I think they're okay with it, so long as it isn't a general.
Andrew Adams
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Jeremiah Lopez
Watching the blitz games through chess24 would be a nightmare, given that they're usually a good minute or two behind live in the past.
Isaiah Murphy
This. Peter and Jan are awesome, but there is a noticeable delay. Idk how they're going to announce this, but it probably won't be pretty.
Jayden Brooks
thanks
Juan Williams
Ok today I can watch from the start.
Dylan Walker
I think I remember you from the last thread I guess it won't fill your evening this time either.
Adrian Reyes
The Norwegian's "You can only post in this thread if..." threads generally stay up until they 404 though
I'm pretty sure it's just one new janitor who doesn't like chess threads. Evidently he doesn't realize that chess has been Sup Forums since the beginning
Nolan Edwards
who's the most based chess reporter/journalist, and why is it Tarjei Svensen?
In fact, it's really neat how involved Norway has become in the world of chess, they really produce quality stuff.
Daniel Thompson
Agdestein is our guy
Josiah Baker
Was there mass public outcry in Norway after that stunt Drawgnus Cowardsen pulled the other day?
Brandon Carter
I dont know shit about chess but I support the Soviet in this one
Seems like a supreme gentleman
Elijah Butler
Svidler is our guy
Bentley Diaz
Where can I watch this?
Jonathan Myers
only an autistic country like norway would actually air chess tournaments live on television, on numerous channels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television
Sebastian Walker
>beginning with the broadcast of a 7-hour train journey in 2009. Neat
I fucking love trains
check the OP
Jack Perez
not really. did your asshole ever recover?
Isaiah James
A reminder that Karjakin won the world rapid chess championship on 2012 while Carlsen won it on 2014 and 2015. Also Carlsen won the blitz championship on 2009 and 2014. So everything point to Magnus retaining his title.
Jacob Harris
Hoping for some juicy chess tonight!
Aaron Hill
everything pointed to Magnus winning the classical segment as well, and yet from game 3 to game 8 all he did was choke like he was training for a semen slurping competition.
Jeremiah Jones
No and it never will.
He could have been the GOAT but he can never be
Samuel Gutierrez
No. Some experts were disappointed though.
Carlsen's main priority is to win, not entertain.
Jeremiah Myers
is there any hype in Russia?
Jose Gomez
chess 24 stream has started
they're recapping the 12 previous games
Colton Wood
Kasparov is eternal GOAT
Isaac Reyes
The recapping is well edited.
Jackson Butler
he was sorta prone to choking though
I think Fischer at his best was probably the best ever player. Of course his best only lasted a handful of years, and so if you take the entire career into account probably Kasparov is GOAT.
Wyatt White
post your chessfu
Robert Thomas
>I think Fischer at his best was probably the best ever player.
Kayden Bennett
So how long is this expected to last?
Several hours?
Cameron Baker
good goy
Christian Long
A more compelling argument is that Magnus lost playing white. That surely butt devastated any perceived advantage he had due to rating or status. It is amazing how lightly the press has commented on this but I believe if he looses today the press and chess pundits will start going for the jugular on that game.
Andrew Wilson
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Daniel Watson
The white advantage this match hasn't been that major of a factor, since neither player has been particularly ambitious out of the opening.
Parker Diaz
how long will they be playing tonight?
Justin Allen
the more insane they look while playing the hotter they are it's really weird
Cooper Ramirez
depends on the logistics of what happens between each game. could take less than an hour, but the officials probably want to rack up some time.
Owen Perez
25 mins + 10 seconds per move.
Cooper Edwards
it is guaranteed to last 3 hours pretty much,4-5 hours if all rapid games are needed, then no idea how long with the blitzes
Ian Jackson
4-5 hours I'd say
Samuel Miller
can someone explain what happened on Monday that everyone is shitting on Carlsen. thanks
Ryder Diaz
not really.
Tiebreakers are not even shown via state tv, I think, because there is biathlon world cup going on, which is probably more popular in Russia
Eli Powell
>P. Sviddy Jan is growing on me desu
Brody Howard
Allow 4 hours for the rapid games but could be much less.
Mason Parker
He purposely played to force the tie break.... As a result, the game was really short. He then acted like a douche during the autistic press conference that followed. He said something mean to a 6-year-old, also.
Levi Martinez
They blitzed out a theoretical line which exchanged all pieces in the first 30 moves and then immediately agreed on a draw (they have to play at least 30). Carlsen ended up with more time on the clock than he started with.
Carlsen looked very happy and just said that he wants to play the tie break. Karjakin said he's always happy with a draw with black.
Joseph Watson
Thanks, senpai-tachi.
Alexander Torres
>tfw your post is in that image
Parker Davis
its starting lads
Owen Robinson
Magnus Carlsen is literally autistic. Playing so much Chess must turn people into total spazzes.
Jacob Hughes
my guess is carlsen is gonna blunder and lose. carjackin has been cold all the match so far
Ethan Nguyen
>P-Swiddy
Evan Jackson
anyone remember the names of those 2 kids in Israel who do commentary on YouTube. they were pretty entertaining. Tal or something
James Garcia
doing too much of everything turns someone into a spaz.
luckily for carlsen its chess, so his behavior is not only tolerated, but expected
they put a fucking spelling bee on tv every year but not this
Ian Russell
noob speaking, is this broadcasted anywhere? (players actually playing onthe screen)
Xavier Wood
What did they agree to?
Jacob Sanchez
>not watching Jerry's stream
Leo Reyes
The game within the game, huh.
Parker Torres
Yes, on the official site, but you need to pay 7$
Luis Rogers
Buttsex
Nathaniel Fisher
I like Jerry but he sucks at chess, at least compared to GMs or a super GM like Svidler
Adam Collins
Chess Magazine's (I think that's the name of the magazine) Facebook page had a livestream of them a few matches ago, but I only checked it out once. Not sure if they're still doing it.
Dominic Watson
There's usually a stream available (for free) at some point.
Christian Edwards
tal baron has best stream
Oliver Diaz
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Dylan Evans
Svidler is drunk. Watch him.
Elijah Hughes
yeah but compared to me (1700 on chess.com) he's still very good, and able to help me immensely in understanding any given position/tactics. And his production quality is really good.
