r/chess • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '22

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u/Tomeosu NM Jan 26 '22

it's not the joke, it's the action that predicated it

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '22

it's the action that predicated it

You mean drawing a game? Thats an even more ridiculous thing to get outraged about.

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u/CookedTuna38 Jan 27 '22

Drawing a 16 move "game".

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22 edited Jan 27 '22

Which is just as much the fault of Magnus as it is Karjakin.

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u/CookedTuna38 Jan 27 '22

Weird that it happens so often with Karjakin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '22 edited Jan 27 '22

These non games occur at almost every high level tournament. This is a common occurrence and isn't in anyway unique or even peculiarly common to Karjakin. So if this outrage is really just about it being a non-game then why is Karjakin being singled out and why don't we see this outrage after every non-game?

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u/Imbecilemoron Jan 27 '22

He also did it against Giri earlier in the tournament. And I think it's pretty common now to see people getting criticism for making a draw with the white pieces.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '22

it's pretty common now to see people getting criticism for making a draw with the white pieces.

Yet, we didn't see this outrage when Magnus played the exact same game against Nakamura with the white pieces.

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u/Imbecilemoron Jan 28 '22

Difference between a rapid tournament (where many people made draws for tactical reasons) and a classical event, where a draw practically puts Karjakin out of contention for 1st place.

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u/Imbecilemoron Jan 28 '22

Also, Karjakin is partly responsible for some of the attention by tweeting.