Chess

[Federberg]

5 wins and 4 draws in 9 games here. Very impressive - or unimpressive, depending on how the games were. I remember a few years ago Carlsen and Caruana played 12 straight draws. It was the end of chess, some people said. Too mechanical and predictable.

Then along came Nepo…

The match between carlsen and caruana was pretty much flawless. This one, while more entertaining is far from that.

 

[Federberg]

Can we honestly say that the play of either of these guys truly merits title of World Champion? It' exciting stuff for sure.. but... but...

 

[Kieran]

Can we honestly say that the play of either of these guys truly merits title of World Champion? It' exciting stuff for sure.. but... but...

If anything, it highlights their inadequacies. We saw Nepo’s inadequacies clearly in the last championship match with Magnus, and there’s nothing here to suggest that Magnus was wrong to withdraw from the championship match, given the reasons he gave…

 

[Kieran]

I like watching these matches with Stockfish analysis. Stockfish can be cruel towards limited grandmaster humans, but very funny too!

 

[Federberg]

this was a fantastic watch!

 

[Federberg]

lol! He's quite frank... he still doesn't trust Niemann

 

[DarthFed]

lol! He's quite frank... he still doesn't trust Niemann

I don’t blame him or anyone for being suspicious of Niemann. A guy caught twice online who goes quickly from IM to Super GM is automatically going to be sus.

With that said, we have to acknowledge that the possibility that Niemann does not and has not cheated OTB has only gone up as his results have remained pretty consistent since the scandal broke out, both in classical and speed chess. At this point if he’s still cheating and getting away with it that’s incredible and I have no idea how he could pull that off.

 

[Federberg]

I don’t blame him or anyone for being suspicious of Niemann. A guy caught twice online who goes quickly from IM to Super GM is automatically going to be sus.

With that said, we have to acknowledge that the possibility that Niemann does not and has not cheated OTB has only gone up as his results have remained pretty consistent since the scandal broke out, both in classical and speed chess. At this point if he’s still cheating and getting away with it that’s incredible and I have no idea how he could pull that off.

I think you’ve nailed all the key points there. 100% agree

oh… Hans is utterly obnoxious

 

[Kieran]

I don’t blame him or anyone for being suspicious of Niemann. A guy caught twice online who goes quickly from IM to Super GM is automatically going to be sus.

With that said, we have to acknowledge that the possibility that Niemann does not and has not cheated OTB has only gone up as his results have remained pretty consistent since the scandal broke out, both in classical and speed chess. At this point if he’s still cheating and getting away with it that’s incredible and I have no idea how he could pull that off.

Brother Darth is back in the house! How are you? Niemann is a strange bloke - even for chess. He’s like a character from a Wes Anderson film. He seems permanently caught in the headlights but acts like he can’t see them, when he obviously can.

Carlsen is the most ordinary looking genius, isn’t he? Usually you see something fidgety or otherworldly about chess geniuses, like they could control the world through mind power, but he just looks like a competent bloke who can win from any position, without fuss. And without beads of pearls jammed up his arse..