im pretty confident that two of the best creative geniuses alive are gonna be squaring off in the match next year. when maggzy beat fabi i did concert quite a bit of effort into figuring out where the leverage was, but i knew in my heart it was a game of man versus boy and carlsen was profitable at 10,000-1 odds.

this time will be substantially different. they call magnus the mozart of chess, but ding is comically more talented than mozart, and magnus is even stronger than ding.

but thinking-focus on strength as a dynamic component doesn't play here. ding is a force of nature who can make the wind. he is one happy dude. it might be possible that ding has experienced happiness in a way that magnus never has: so who's "stronger" now?

this puzzle has some unbelievable elements. the world's rice supply might factor into ding's play. carlsen could be convinced to throw the match due to Norwegian chess politics and a potential for a chinese chess boom? does magnus want nothing more than to grow the game?

i'm not even playing. they asked ding in st louis about his hopes for winning a tournament and he shared his worry about running out of ****ing rice. that is one bad dude.

i have no doubt that i'll complete the circle. i have too much free time not to. it's going to be a daunting mission that i'm neurotically feeling anxious about.

plan is to consume an extreme amount of psychedelic drugs and get my mind into a totally far out meta state where i'm convinced that i'm wandering into a desert looking for a medicine man and then Mr. Ding randomly wants to have a cup of tea....

got 13 months tho. no sweat.

is this the world championship? like Fischer versus Spassky?

yeah

excellent. I'd be interested to watch that.

There's a chess thread at the new forum.

u registered over there?

no. i like this forum just fine.

voted bastard

i dig

so do I

Ding hasn't qualified YET.

There's a Candidates tournament where the 1st place finisher becomes the title challenger in a World Championship match vs. Magnus.

Just wanted to make that clear for people.

I saw a tweet from someone ITT in Botez's stream today. Have also seen them in C squared's Discord

This sounds cryptic. Tumadamus wants to know more.

Not that many posters itt.

We should have had him play Nima in bullet instead of that other guy

Is this thread about piracy?

Pirates chess and fortune telling

he dropped out of the speed chess championship. Will he ever play again?

dunno what's up with ding. as hintend in thread's magnificent op he might get the blues.

i fell out of love with chess. passionate, perhaps doomed as romance is. i just like watching carlsen play now. nice of him to stick around as a sub world champion unlike bobby.

Everyone knows who the real world champion is.



Hint: It's Magnus. He just didn't want to devote many months on end each cycle, with the sole focus on preparing for WC which impacts everything else he does chess wise.

Tyler1 is the real world champion

https://i.imgur.com/PIWLPHL.jpg

:sad:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/ding...-2024-comeback

Haha just came here to post that

Your pawns are slow, Greg!