Thank goodness. Makes the So loss not so bad. TBH I felt Caruana played the best two years ago. Karjakin was a decent amount luckier. Caruana seems clearly superior of the two in general, though. However, Magnus might take the match seriously and smoke him.
I was rooting for Kramnik and Aronian this tournament, so the last couple days haven't exactly been great. Oh well, now I have to root for Caruana since I'm hoping for good chess in the match.
Just saw that. So good. It's like he's completely lost all objectivity. Every game now he makes very impractical decisions and Svidler isn't even attempting to rationalize or guess at the reason I g behind them any longer.
I'm rooting for Mamedyarov. It's not what is right in a "historical" sense, but I think it would produce the most fun chess on average. His performance rating in classical games over the past year has been second only to Carlsen, over a big sample too, so it's also clear that he has elevated his game from that "fringes of the top ten" level to a true "in the mix for #2" shared with a half-dozen others.
Last edited by Rei Ayanami; 03-19-2018 at 09:24 PM.