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So now Carlsen is heavily encouraged to play for a draw in the next 8 games?
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
So now Carlsen is heavily encouraged to play for a draw in the next 8 games?
- throwaway81523 5y agoMore or less yes, except it's 9 more games. The match ends if someone reaches 7.5 points, and Magnus now has 3, so with 9 more draws he wins the match by 7.5 to 6.5. Going into the last game the score is 7-6 so if Nepo wins then the match is tied and goes into tiebreaks. CORRECTION (see below): this was game 6, not game 5 (I had lost count), so current score is 3.5 to 2.5, and there are potentially 8 classical games left.
- junar 5y agoThis was Game 6. Magnus leads 3.5 to 2.5. There are only 8 more classical games remaining.
- throwaway81523 5y agoOops, sorry, I just came back to fix that but you caught it first. I had somehow thought it was game 5.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI'm only aware of this through this post, but the website says Carlsen now has 3.5 points. So 8 draws.
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- birken 5y agoYes, but also keep in mind Ian has a lot of agency. Throughout the first 6 games, he has had moments to make the games more chaotic, increasing the chances of one side having an advantage, and thus far he has almost always played calmer, less chaotic moves. Now he will likely have to change tactics and enter into more aggressive and risky ideas. It should increase the odds of a decisive result one way or the other going forward, regardless of whether Magnus is "playing for a draw" or not.