OMG they took a draw to help themselves! CALL NIGEL SHORT!!!
It's just a practical choice which benefitted both so it would have been a bit stupid to keep playing when most likely neither player would have scored any points.
There is nothing wrong with this. This is a tournament format result, not a chess game result. What I mean is that the game was decided by the players with the tournament result in mind rather than the chess game in mind. This is a necessity when the goal of winning the tournament is a higher priority than winning an individual game. There is pretty much no way around these types of things, so they are allowable. I can see it offending the sensibilities of a purist (which I definitely am, though this doesn't bother me much), but it is more than acceptable and I don't know of any game or sport where it's not.
Quick (but not pre-agreed) draws aren't a crime against anybody except for the audience, who are robbed of an interesting game of chess.
So isn't it a good thing that they drew when they did and went on to play more interesting games against other people, cf.
So isn't it a good thing that they drew when they did and went on to play more interesting games against other people, cf.
I don't see anything wrong with agreeing to a draw. Its by mutual choice and if your behind then it was your fault for not playing better.
No, if you always agreed to a draw very quickly, you could pile up points one at a time. Probably there should be some version of the 40-move rule - maybe 20 moves for bullet?
You're wrong. Alireza could have still won the tournament if he berserked his last game and won it. No conspiracy here.
@iBishop that would be pretty much impossible in the arena tournament. most players are looking for a win especially as you get more points when on a winning streak
only time people will often strategically take a draw is in last few seconds of the tourney
only time people will often strategically take a draw is in last few seconds of the tourney
For training purposes it’s better to play on, sure. But I remember not few egoistic prematurely agreed draws of mine to secure 1st place.
It would better without those draw agreements probably but as long as the rule exists I‘ll use it mercilessly.
It would better without those draw agreements probably but as long as the rule exists I‘ll use it mercilessly.
This was a multiplayer tournament not 1-on-1
The idea is to get the maximum points. With the clock dying on you, it is natural to get that extra 1point before the clock runs out.
It is logical, it is definitely fair.
Infact, it was brilliant :-)
The idea is to get the maximum points. With the clock dying on you, it is natural to get that extra 1point before the clock runs out.
It is logical, it is definitely fair.
Infact, it was brilliant :-)
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