Anyone watching the chess?

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

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No.1 vs No 2 is currently a draw-fest, which is not exactly a good advertisement for the game. Live commentary on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/chessnetwork

Computer AI chess tournament will probably be the logial next step.

[Suky]

I will be now. Thanks.

Although I'm likely to get more out of Buster Scruggs. Which is just incredible.

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

That's 8 draws in a row. Ireland at Italia '90 basically.

[sevendaughters]

Yes, I am. Carlsen got really lucky yesterday. I think Carlsen will take it in the play-off, Caruana needs to start attacking and throwing out some kind of novelty, but I think he's not programmed to play off-book as well as Carlsen.

It's amazing chess is experiencing a renaissance because of the internet, but also it feels like a sport that technology has essentially suffocated at the highest level. It's not the romance of the post-war to Karpov era, is it? There'll never be a Mikhail Tal or Bobby Fischer dancing their pieces around in a counter-intuitive manner again.

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

After 12 straight draws it's tiebreaker time (shorter games).

https://www.twitch.tv/chessnetwork

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

This is insane.

[sevendaughters]

first blut to Carlsen, think that should seal it!

[Cuellar]

Golly. My grasp of chess is limited, but that all seemed to collapse for white in an instant.

[Depressed Beyond Tables]

That pretty much knees it in the stomach for another 2 years. See you then.

[sevendaughters]

Kind of a disappointing end, but high end classical chess is just about not making errors these days.