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Lol guessed it when I read the title. But I genuinely get annoyed now when you have headlines that says some kid beat Carlsen and it turns out it's some bullet,

Lol guessed it when I read the title. But I genuinely get annoyed now when you have headlines that says some kid beat Carlsen and it turns out it's some bullet, blitz or rapid game. Debate all you want and I'm sure plenty of people have debated it to death but it doesn't count unless it's a classical game and they should stop headlining these irrelevant shorter time control games against kids.

bionsystem 3y ago
A rapid game would count as a huge achievement as it's Carlsen's specialty, and it's probably not very easy to beat him at blitz either.
Miner49er 3y ago
It's still a huge achievement. Carlsen is probably still top two or three in the world at bullet.
- hilux 3y ago
  For the kid (or any player), of course, beating Magnus in a game is the chess memory of a lifetime. But [for the public] as far as signifying anything meaningful in the global chess landscape ... not really.
joshxyz 3y ago
its like winning a mini game of half court shoot out with stephen curry. still well done on the kid tho lol. at 10 i dont even have enough iq.
Scarblac 3y ago
Carlsen says he's not sure he'll play in classical round robin tournaments again, he wants to play the faster formats.
- throwaway81523 3y ago
  Faster formats = rapid (25 minutes more or less), not 1 minute. Bullet (1 minute) is way less predictable (trick openings, etc). I think pretty much any 2300+ player could beat Magnus at bullet a few percent of the time. My money would be on Magnus every game, but I'd expect to lose once in a while. There was an online game (3 minute) where GM Luis Paolo Supi beat Magnus using an insane checkmate trap. It was all over youtube, showing Magnus shaking his hand as if it had burned. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jpYWwGRD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jpYWwGRD8 (Added: Gothamchess analysis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX4tGHEjItY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX4tGHEjItY ) Still, doing that at age 10 is impressive.

bionsystem 3y ago

A rapid game would count as a huge achievement as it's Carlsen's specialty, and it's probably not very easy to beat him at blitz either.

Miner49er 3y ago

It's still a huge achievement. Carlsen is probably still top two or three in the world at bullet.

hilux 3y ago
For the kid (or any player), of course, beating Magnus in a game is the chess memory of a lifetime. But [for the public] as far as signifying anything meaningful in the global chess landscape ... not really.

joshxyz 3y ago

its like winning a mini game of half court shoot out with stephen curry. still well done on the kid tho lol. at 10 i dont even have enough iq.

Scarblac 3y ago

Carlsen says he's not sure he'll play in classical round robin tournaments again, he wants to play the faster formats.

throwaway81523 3y ago
Faster formats = rapid (25 minutes more or less), not 1 minute. Bullet (1 minute) is way less predictable (trick openings, etc). I think pretty much any 2300+ player could beat Magnus at bullet a few percent of the time. My money would be on Magnus every game, but I'd expect to lose once in a while. There was an online game (3 minute) where GM Luis Paolo Supi beat Magnus using an insane checkmate trap. It was all over youtube, showing Magnus shaking his hand as if it had burned. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jpYWwGRD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jpYWwGRD8 (Added: Gothamchess analysis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX4tGHEjItY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX4tGHEjItY ) Still, doing that at age 10 is impressive.