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Yeah he has time to think when the opponent is moving, but 30 seconds just isn't a lot of time if you consider there is a minimum practical time per move just b
by georgemcbay 13y ago
Yeah he has time to think when the opponent is moving, but 30 seconds just isn't a lot of time if you consider there is a minimum practical time per move just based on the physical reality of being a human that has to move the piece and hit the clock, as illustrated pretty well by Carlsen's move where he knocked over a piece and burnt something like 3 seconds on one move.
I think any decently skilled (but non-world-class) chess player could have run him down just by playing defensively. Of course, that would have been terrible tv, so we got someone who probably only plays casually getting steam-rolled by the "Justin Bieber of chess".
- oldstrangers 13y ago"Justin Beiber of chess". 'The Mozart of chess' is the general consensus. The 'Justin Beiber of chess' is rather insulting.
- georgemcbay 13y agoI agree with you, I was sarcastically quoting the article this was linked to. 2nd paragraph under the video: ""Wow, that was fast," he said to Carlsen, whose rockstar appeal has won him the moniker the "Justin Bieber of chess.""
- oldstrangers 13y agoHaha ouch. That's awful.
- prateekj 13y agoI couldn't agree more! Why would anyone come up with "Justin Bieber of Chess"?
- georgemcbay 13y agoFreelance journalists aren't paid by the word anymore, they are paid by the Bieber. No sense writing an article without the word Bieber in it, that's not worth a dime.
- prawn 13y agoNo one would've been talking about it if they said Mozart of Chess.
- tedsanders 13y agoI used to play against a chess master, with 5 minutes on my clock and 30 seconds on his. He routinely crushed me. I also used to play against some amateur chess players with 30 seconds on my clock and 5 minutes on theirs. I routinely crushed them. Even with 30 seconds, a significantly better player will still almost always win.