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!