20 Jun '19 16:00>
I have recently read a very interesting article which can be found here:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n11/ben-jackson/doomed-to-draw
In the 2018 world championship, Carlson had drawn 11 games against Arnand and he was ahead in the final 12th game when he surprisingly offered a draw. He then moved into the tiebreaker (with more rapid games) winning three in a row to retain his title.
Carlson probably did this as he knew he was stronger at rapid chess then Arnand.
But maybe Carlson is just getting a bit tired of classic chess where at his level human beings are playing like computers. Some of these high level games are just tedious and usually end in a draw anyway.
Even weak players like me feel their influence. But I prefer to stay where I am (1400s) and have the possibility that my opponent will not see my best laid plans straight away and that he might make a move that I can profit from.
In my opinion computers, -or should I say computer programmers have turned top level chess into a solid, tedious over prepared game.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n11/ben-jackson/doomed-to-draw
In the 2018 world championship, Carlson had drawn 11 games against Arnand and he was ahead in the final 12th game when he surprisingly offered a draw. He then moved into the tiebreaker (with more rapid games) winning three in a row to retain his title.
Carlson probably did this as he knew he was stronger at rapid chess then Arnand.
But maybe Carlson is just getting a bit tired of classic chess where at his level human beings are playing like computers. Some of these high level games are just tedious and usually end in a draw anyway.
Even weak players like me feel their influence. But I prefer to stay where I am (1400s) and have the possibility that my opponent will not see my best laid plans straight away and that he might make a move that I can profit from.
In my opinion computers, -or should I say computer programmers have turned top level chess into a solid, tedious over prepared game.