Murray was a champ back when the game still mattered and the world championship was held in exotic locales like Bangkok. Nowadays they hold it in fucking Astana in a Ramada Inn.
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Another draw. Nepo absolutely blew this game. Missed the correct move on 36.
The world “championship” settled tomorrow with rapid. Ding is probably a bit better in rapid. He should have the advantage."The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham Lincoln
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Some scintillating shit in the tiebreaks. Sort of like watching the Genius of Ferentz battle CHOP THE WOOD!!!!! on a rainy Piscataway Saturday. You know someone has to win and someone will win, but have absolutely zero interest in how the outome is reached.Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.
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Couple of good things about Ding winning:
1) The Russians lose. It’s kinda like watching Tennessee play LSU in football. One side has to lose. Glass half full stuff.
2) This means that Magnus will probably come back to face Ding. The Norwegian hates Nepo personally and thinks he plays boring chess. He just had zero interest in facing him again in a title defense. I think it likely he would be the challenger to Ding’s champion (lmao). And he would destroy him.
"The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham Lincoln
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Correct. Bullet is his only possible chink and that's only because Hikaru is stupendously good at that nonsense.
Classical? If he plays Ding he'll be playing the bong cloud and/or Botez gambit by game 6 just to keep him interested.Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.
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And honestly, with an increment added, I like Magnus as the best at bullet, blitz, and rapid as well as classical.
Bullet with no increment G1m, give me Hikaru or Firoujza. With Carlsen and Tang nipping at their heels.Last edited by AlabamAlum; May 1, 2023, 03:54 PM."The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham Lincoln
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Joking aside, Ding won't make it to game 12. Magnus literally could play a5 or the Botez gambit or whatever for the final 3 games (at least).
The only way Magnus gets beat is by Hikaru and that's only if Hikaru can manage to draw 14 classical games, 4 rapids and get black in the 3-minute rapid.
But drawing Magnus in classical is a challenge given his relentelss endgame.
But -- yeah -- against Nepo it was almost like -- meh, I'll take all the draws if you're going to play like that and then go all HARBAUGH!!!! on your ass in rapid, which you can't play for shit -- relatively speaking. He has zero interest in that.Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.
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