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>If you inspect all of the dozens of draws in this world's Tata Steel, which included ~300 GM-level games, you won't find a single that ends this way. Here's o
by tehnub 5y ago
>If you inspect all of the dozens of draws in this world's Tata Steel, which included ~300 GM-level games, you won't find a single that ends this way.
Here's one: https://www.chess.com/events/2022-tata-steel-chess-tournament-masters/05/Esipenko_Andrey-Caruana_Fabiano https://www.chess.com/events/2022-tata-steel-chess-tournamen...
Draws by insufficient material are quite common, but I wouldn't call them the bane of modern chess, or anything close to that.
- vikingerik 5y agoWell, GMs agree on a draw well before it actually gets down to insufficient material. Many draws-by-agreement would degenerate into that if they kept playing.
- tehnub 5y agoWell yeah, they usually do that, but draws by insufficient material still happen pretty frequently. Also, king vs. king is not the only way it can end; you'll see king vs. king and knight (or bishop) pop up pretty often too.